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Resolution authorizing the acceptance of $25,000 in grant funding from the County of San Mateo to support the South San Francisco Census 2020 outreach and education campaign and approving Budget Amendment 20.035.
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WHEREAS, the County of San Mateo has awarded the Library Department’s Community Learning Center $25,000 in grant funding to support outreach and campaigns and programs for Census 2020; and
WHEREAS, funding from the County of San Mateo will help fund hiring of community members as Census 2020 ambassadors in order to provide educational opportunities and census form assistance to populations identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as Hard To Count/Least Likely To Respond; and
WHEREAS, an accurate census will help benefit the community by providing the basis for reapportioning congressional seats, redistricting, and distributing federal funds annually to support states, counties and communities’ vital programs - housing, education, transportation, employment, health care and public policy; and
WHEREAS, staff recommends the acceptance of the grant funding in the amount of $25,000 from the County of San Mateo to support Census 2020 outreach and programming; and
WHEREAS, the grant funds will be used to amend Fiscal Year (FY) 2019-2020 Operating Budget of the Library Department via Budget Amendment 20.035.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of South San Francisco does hereby accept $25,000 in grant funding from the County of San Mateo and approve Budget Amendment 20.035 to amend the Library Department’s FY 2019-2020 Operating Budget in order to reflect an increase of $25,000.
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