STRATEGIC PRIORITY: Quality of Life
AGENDA DATE: November 10, 2021
COUNCIL DISTRICT(S): All
DEPARTMENT: Library
EXECUTIVE: Joey Zapata
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SUBJECT
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Authorize the (1) acceptance of two grants from the Institute of Museum and Library Service through the Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) for the State Fiscal Year (SFY) 2022 Special Projects (Grant No. SPP-22004 Federal ID No. LS-249990-OLS-21, CFDA No. 45.310) in the amount of $74,934.00 for the period September 1, 2021 through August 31, 2022 and a interlibrary loan reimbursement grant (Grant No. 902457/FAIN No. LS-246193-OLS-20, CFDA No. 45.310) in the amount of $20,000.16; (2) establishment of appropriations in an amount not to exceed $74,934.00 in the TSLAC-Special Projects Grant Fund and $20,000.16 in the Interlibrary Loan 20-21 Fund; (3) receipt and deposit of funds from the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in an amount not to exceed $74,934.00 in the Special Projects Grant Fund and $20,000.16 in the ILL 20-21 Reimbursement Fund; and (4) execution of the grant agreement and all terms, conditions, and documents required by the grant agreement - Total not to exceed $94,934.16 - Financing: Texas State Library and Archives Commission Grant Funds
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BACKGROUND
Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) awards competitive grants to libraries across the state to public and academic libraries to support literacy and educational initiatives. The City of Dallas, Dallas Public Library, has been awarded one of these grants.
The TSLAC Special Projects 2022 will provide support for a new Music Equity Program at the Dallas Public Library that will provide access to music education and musical instruments to Dallas residents in neighborhoods with low-income families and higher percentages of people of color. Through group music lessons, the Library will expose children, adults, and seniors to stringed instrum...
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