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Resolution authorizing the acceptance of $10,000 from the Atkinson Foundation, via the South San Francisco Friends of the Library, to support Project Read’s Literacy Services through its Financial Well-being program and approving Budget Amendment 19.036
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WHEREAS, the City of South San Francisco (“City”) Library Department established Project Read to assist adults and their families in reaching educational goals; and
WHEREAS, the South San Francisco Friends of the Library is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting the South San Francisco Public Library; and
WHEREAS, the Atkinson Foundation has awarded $10,000 in grant funding to the Friends of the Library to support Project Read’s Financial Well-being program; and
WHEREAS, the Friends of the Library will turn over the grant funds to the City of South San Francisco; and
WHEREAS, the Financial Well-being program will support financial education courses and one-on-one financial coaching for low income or immigrant adult literacy students; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will be used to amend the Fiscal Year 2018-19 operating budget of the Library Department through Budget Amendment 19.036.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts $10,000 in grant funding from the Atkinson Foundation via the South San Francisco Friends of the Library to support Project Read’s Financial Well-being program and approves Budget Amendment 19.036.