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Resolution increasing the acceptance of grant funds from the After School Education and Safety Grant by $36,163 for a new grant total of $283,858 in Fiscal Year 2021-2022 and amending the Parks and Recreation Department and Library Department Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Operating Budgets pursuant to budget amendment #22.059.
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WHEREAS, the After School Education and Safety Program (ASES) is a program under the California Department of Education, with the goal of supporting local efforts to improve assistance to students and broaden the base of support for education in a safe, constructive environment; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department has been the recipient of ASES grant funding since Fiscal Year (FY) 2006-2007; and
WHEREAS, the ASES grant provides crucial funding to sustain the after-school programs at Martin Elementary School, Los Cerritos Elementary School, and the Homework Club (for Spruce Elementary School) at the Community Learning Center; and
WHEREAS, the Parks and Recreation Department and the Library Department collaborate on the Homework Club program offered at the Community Learning Center; and
WHEREAS, City Council previously approved Resolution 109-2021 accepting grant funds from the After School Education and Safety Grant to be granted over a three-year term in the amount of $247,695 per year (total grant amount of $743,085); and
WHEREAS, the ASES grant has increased its grant amount by $36,163 for a total of $283,858 in Fiscal Year 2021-2022; and
WHEREAS, receipt of the grant funds will be used to amend the Parks and Recreation Department's Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Operating Budget from $86,693 to $99,350, and the Library Department's Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Operating Budget from $161,002 to $184,508, according to budget amendment number #22.059; and
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco hereby accepts the increase of grant funds from the After School Education and Safety...
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