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Resolution authorizing the acceptance of $8,800 in grant funding from United Way Bay Area to support the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program at Project Read and amending the Library Department’s Fiscal Year 2021-2022 Operating Budget via Budget Amendment 22.029.
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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 strengthening of programs is an action item in the City Strategic Plan under Priority #3: Quality of Life and Priority #6: Community Connections; and
WHEREAS, United Way Bay Area awarded a grant to the City to fund VITA programming at Project Read; and
WHEREAS, in the 2020 tax filing seasons, VITA programming prepared 218 tax returns for low-income community members, resulting in $264,391 in refunds; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will be used to amend the Fiscal Year 2021-2022 operating budget of the Library Department.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of South San Francisco that the City Council hereby accepts $8,800 in grant funding from United Way Bay Area to fund VITA programming at Project Read, and approves Budget Amendment 22.029.
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