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ARF- 1873

Regular Agenda Item 2- A

Regular BOS Meeting

Meeting Date:	06/04/2013
Submitted For:	Marian Sheppard
Submitted By:	Marian Sheppard, Clerk, BOS, Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
Department:	Clerk of the Board of Supervisors

Information

Request/Subject

Letter of Support for Gila Community College's Grant Application

Background Information

Stephen Cullen, Ph.D., Senior Dean of Gila Community College, would like to present a request to the Board of Supervisors at its June 4th meeting.

Evaluation

Gila Community College (GCC) is in need of a letter of support from the Gila County Board of Supervisors in relation to a grant application that GCC and other Arizona colleges are submitting to the U.S. Department of Labor through its Trade Adjustment Assistance (TAA) Program. If approved, the grant will generate approximately one million dollars to GCC. GCC is writing this grant with Eastern Arizona College (EAC) Central Arizona College (CAC), Cochise College and Arizona Western College. GCC cannot directly respond to the grant because they are a provisional community college district. This is the reason the letter of support is noting EAC rather than GCC.

Conclusion

The letter of support from the Board of Supervisors will greatly improve GCC's efforts to secure this grant funding.

Recommendation

It is recommended that the Board of Supervisors sign the attached letter of support, which is in regard to GCC's application to secure grant funding from the U.S. Department of Labor through its TAA Program.

Suggested Motion

Information/Discussion/Action to authorize the Chairman's signature on a letter of support to be attached to a grant application being submitted by Gila Community College and other Arizona colleges to the U.S. Department of Labor through its Trade Adjustment Assistance Program in an effort to secure approximately $1 million of funding for Gila Community College.
(Stephen Cullen)

Attachments
Ltr to U.S. Dept. of Labor for GCC