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STATELIBRARY
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July 18, 2014
Minh Duong, City Librarian
National City Public Library
1401 National City Boulevard
National City, CA 91950
Dear Ms. Duong:
We're happy to tell you your California Library Literacy Services program will receive funding for
the 2014-2015 fiscal year. It's an honor to support the important work you, your staff and volunteers
do in your community.
The library's funding formula consists of three parts:
1. A baseline amount for each of your approved literacy program components so that each
library has enough funds to provide a minimum level of local literacy staffing and services.
2. Aper capita amount per adult learner served in the previous year; and.
3. A match on local funds raised and expended for adult literacy services— reflecting a
commitment to a continuing state/local partnership, and providing an incentive for
increased local support for adult literacy.
As you may have heard, the Legislature and the governor included an additional $1 million in the
budget for our library literacy programs for the fiscal year that began July 1. However, this is a one-
time only augmentation. Therefore, you may see a "bump" in your award for this year, starting with a
$15,000 baseline instead of the usual $10,000. Without a similar augmentation in the budget next
year, funding will fall back to 2013-2014 levels.
It's your reporting of the successes you've achieved with these additional funds that help build a case
for continuing a higher level of state financial commitment.
At this time, we're providing the $15,000 baseline amount for your program. The remainder of your
literacy program award will be determined and then forwarded in the fall after applying service
statistics and financial data from the final report closing out the last fiscal year and which is to be
submitted later this summer.
We'll begin the payment process as soon as we receive your signed Claim Form (attached). A check
should arrive no later than six weeks after submitting your claim form. While we at the library
process your claim forms within several days of receipt, we're currently required to then forward the
claims to the Department of General Services. After their review, the department then gives the
information to the State Controller's Office, which by law has up to 10 working days to cut a check.
916.653.5217 phone
916.653.8443 fax
www.library.ca.gov
Library Development Services Bureau
P. O. Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
900 N Street, 4th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814
National City Public Library
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To be more responsive to you and other State Library partners, we're seeking approval to handle our
own accounting, which should significantly shorten this process in the 2015-2016 fiscal year. Thanks
for your understanding.
Direct additional questions to:
Carla Lehn at (916) 653-7743 or clehn(a,library.ca.gov.
Thank you again for your willingness to do so much for so many people in need.
Respe,4fully
Greg L as
State Li rian of California
cc: Melissa Solis, Literacy Coordinator (melissa.solis@nationalcitylibrary.org)
File
Enc.: Claim Form
916.653.5217 phone
916.653.8443 fax
www.library.ca.gov
Library Development Services Bureau
P. O. Box 942837 Sacramento, CA 94237-0001
900 N Street, 4th Floor, Sacramento, CA 95814