HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 4668 - Grant Application - DOE - Library Literacty Projects - 11_17_1994Resolution No. 4668
November 17, 1994
Item #24
RESOLUTION
IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock BE and is hereby authorized and directed to
.ute for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock a Grant Application and associated subsequent
iments for library literacy projects by and between the City of Lubbock and U.S. Department of
cation for 1995-96, which Grant Application, shall be spread upon the minutes of the Council
as spread upon the minutes of this Council shall constitute and be a part of this Resolution as if
copied herein in detail.
by the City Council this 17th
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APPLICANT
TITLE OF PROJECT
PROJECT DIRECTOR
REQUESTED FUNDING
PROJECT PERIOD
SUMMARY
ABSTRACT
Lubbock City County Library
1306 Ninth Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Lubbock Read to Achieve
Jeffrey Rippel
Director, Lubbock City -County Library
$34,029
October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1996
The purpose of the Read to Achieve project is to reduce the incidence of
illiteracy in Lubbock County. The Reading Achievement center in the Lubbock
City -County Library coordinates community literacy efforts and serves as a
referral center for those needing literacy assistance. The project coordinator
recruits volunteers, provides for their training, monitors student progress, and
secures instructional space in the library and elsewhere. Read to Achieve also
provides assistance to groups wishing to establish volunteer, non-profit literacy
programs. During the grant period Read to Achieve will assist the library in
developing literacy services in the family learning center of the new Northeast
branch library.
BACKGROUND
Lubbock is located on the Llano Estacado, the High Plains of West Texas.
The City of Lubbock (1990 Census population 186,206) is the urban center of
Lubbock County (pop. 222,636). Lubbock has been described as "perhaps the
most isolated population center in America" (Natural History, Sept.1992, p. 10):
there is no larger city for nearly three hundred miles in any direction. The
Lubbock City -County Library serves Lubbock County; it is also a state designated
Major Resource Center and headquarters of the West Texas Library System, the
state's regional support agency for the the public libraries of 29 counties in West
Texas.
The Read to Achieve project is a joint effort of the Lubbock City -County
Library and the Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy. The Coalition adopted by-
laws on September 8, 1989 and has received an IRS identification number and a
statement of exemption from Federal Income Tax under Section 501 (c) (3) of the
IRS Code. The purpose of the Coalition is to develop and support literacy
services, and membership in the Coalition is open to any person in accord with this
purpose. The Coalition board members include the director of the Lubbock City -
County Library, the coordinator of literacy services at Goodwill Industries, Inc.;
the directors of the Lubbock Volunteer Center and JobSource+, the Dean of
Instruction and Reading Specialist of South Plains College, representatives from
the Lubbock Independent School District's At Risk program (for potential drop-
outs) and Head Start program, the coordinator of the West Texas Library System,
representatives of All Saints Episcopal School and Lubbock Christian University,
the Newspapers in Education Coordinator for the local newspaper, others with
volunteer experience and a business owner. The board continues to pursue other
funding sources to establish this project continuously, rather than on a year to year
basis.
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In the fiscal year 1993-94, "Read to Achieve":
Received 1387 inquiries through the reading HOTLINE
Held 7 workshops, training 95 volunteer tutors
Interviewed 230 people seeking literacy assistance
Paired 109 students with tutors
Referred 120 students to other literacy sources in Lubbock
The Read to Achieve project has always provided service to members of
traditionally underrepresented groups. From October 1993 to September 1994,
230 persons were assessed for tutoring or referral; 53% of these were Hispanic,
5.2% Asian, 13.5% Black, and 58.7% women, compared to the 1990 U.S. Census
Summary Tape File 3 report of 22.7% Hispanic, 1.4% Asian, and 7.5% Black for
the county as a whole. The Read to Achieve center is located in the area of the
city with a higher than average minority population. (See map, Appendix Al.)
Bonds have been approved for a new branch library in northeast Lubbock
scheduled to open in late 1995. Establishing a literacy center and collection in this
branch is one of the Read to Achieve objectives during the grant period. The
projected service area for the northeast branch is 63% Black and 33% Hispanic.
As the community has responded to advertising and the Reading HOTLINE
number, the program has expanded to fill the gap between available programs and
needed literacy services. Thus, the program has gone beyond its original goal as a
clearinghouse and referral center for those who needed literacy assistance, and for
volunteers and agencies concerned with the literacy problem. More agencies have
become involved; however, the Read to Achieve program remains the principal
center for recruitment and training of volunteer tutors, identification and
assessment of potential students, referral of students to other literacy agencies, and
particularly, the sole provider of one-on-one tutoring.
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NEED
According to the 1990 Census, of the residents of Lubbock County who
were twenty-five and older, 12% had completed fewer than nine years of school,
and a further 14% had not completed high school. Among Blacks these figures
rise to 18% and 25.6%, and among Hispanics to 36% and 22%.
The 1990 census gives a per capita income for Lubbock County in 1989,
for persons over fifteen, of S 12,008. 40,411 people, 18% of the county
population, were living in poverty. In the service area of the projected northeast
branch, according to the 1990 census, 39% of those in the service area were
below poverty.
The Texas Comptroller of Public Accounts has published a report on the
High Plains area which includes Lubbock County: it states, "The High Plains has a
long history of low unemployment. Between 1980 and 1990, the High Plains lost
86,000 residents, helping to keep unemployment numbers down." Unemployment
is not the entire story: the Comptroller's report also fmds that the High Plains
average wage is 17.2% below the national average (Texas Regional Outlook: High
Plains.) Lubbock unemployment as of October 30, 1994 was 4.9%.
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COOPERATION AND COORDINATION
As the program grew, student demand far outweighed volunteer supply;
therefore, Read to Achieve sought to develop other literacy programs to
accommodate local needs. Several programs have been developed in partnership
with the staff of the Lubbock campus of South Plains College, a state and locally
supported 2-year college which has long had special programs of academic
remediation and adult/continuing education. When the college lost previous
funding for these literacy and ESL classes, Read to Achieve helped to obtain a
private business grant to continue literacy instruction. Historically the majority of
students in South Plains College literacy and ESL classes have been referred by
Read to Achieve.
In 1993-94, 55 students were referred to South Plains College literacy/ESL
classes. Some classes were held on the South Plains College --Lubbock campus
and one at a facility supplied by St. Joseph's Catholic Church. The paid teachers
for these classes were South Plains College staff funded by Read to Achieve. To
assist these instructors, the Read to Achieve office referred 6 volunteer tutors
trained at Read to Achieve workshops which incorporate the Laubach as well as
LVA methods of instruction. The Read to Achieve program has also provided
LVA instructional material for these classes. Classes are offered during daytime
and evening hours; their continued success is due to open enrollment and the
informal atmosphere. In addition to these classes, several of the students needing
extra assistance are receiving one-on-one instruction provided by trained volunteer
tutors with the Read to Achieve program.
In addition, the students referred from the Read to Achieve office for these
classes supported by South Plains College are offered access to the college's
special services, such as assistance in child care, transportation, and career
counseling. Also, as students progress beyond the sixth grade reading level, they
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are referred to other agencies which offer instruction in GED preparation as well
as being referred to the career and technological vocational programs at South
Plains College and other schools.
Read to Achieve also makes referrals to the JobSource+ program of the
Private Industry Council. JobSource+ provides classes of basic literacy instruction
and General Education Development (GED) preparation courses. However, their
clients have to meet certain qualifications and fall within income guidelines for
enrollment in the program. A client of JobSource+ in need of individual
assistance, is encouraged to request assessment by the Read to Achieve
coordinator and placement with a tutor for one-on-one instruction. Read to
Achieve also provided 4 trained volunteer tutors for individualized instruction at
the JobSource+ facility. JobSource+ is represented on the board of the Coalition
and the extent of its support is indicated by its provision of funds for unexpected
expenses incurred by the Read to Achieve office.
Since July 1991, Goodwill Industries has provided literacy classes for their
employees. Some additional people referred by Read to Achieve are allowed to
enroll in these classes. Goodwill will continue to refer their clients to the Read to
Achieve program for individual literacy tutoring.
In the summer of 1992, Vandelia Church of Christ decided to establish
classes based on the video cassettes of the Texas Scottish Rite Hospital Literacy
Program developed for people with dyslexia. The church applied to the
coordinator of Read to Achieve to assist in developing this program. The
coordinator worked with the church's volunteer administrator to publicize the
program, and to recruit, interview, and assess students. The program is designed
as a 52 week course for 18 students; the full number of students were placed in the
1993 and 1994 courses.
In 1993-94, Read to Achieve worked with the Lubbock Independent School
District's Head Start program to establish a family reading program and conducted
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a workshop to train volunteers willing to work with parents to encourage them to
read to their children and in the process improve their own literacy skills. In the
fall of 1994, the 8 week family reading program was expanded to include life skills
topics presented by community leaders from various organizations and city -county
library outreach librarians. The program was so successful that JobSource+ asked
that it be repeated at their facility for their clients in the spring of 1995.
The Read to Achieve program is also coordinated with the Adult Education
Center of the Lubbock Independent School District. The Adult Education Center
has a program of GED preparation, high school evening classes, and ESL and
amnesty instruction. However, people with a long experience of school failure
may be reluctant to return to school for help. Read to Achieve can supply these
people with one-on-one instruction with tutors and aid in their transition to a
classroom situation.
Thus, the Read to Achieve office and its Reading HOTLINE (747-READ)
are the essential point of access and referral for the literacy programs of South
Plains College, Lubbock Independent School District, JobSource+, Adult Learning
Center, Goodwill Industries and several churches. Read to Achieve also provides
publicity for all these programs, letting those who need help know that help exists.
Read to Achieve, South Plains College at Lubbock, JobSource+, and the
Adult Learning Center hold quarterly meetings to share information, plan outreach
activities and coordinate services among their programs.
The Read to Achieve coordinator is a member of the Lubbock Interagency
Planning Group, sponsored by the Texas Department of Human Services, and
established to coordinate resources for their clients. Read to Achieve has trained
some Texas Department of Human Services employees as tutors to enhance their
work with their clients.
Read to Achieve receives referrals of adult probationers from the Lubbock
County Community Supervision and Corrections Department for assessment and
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placement with tutors. The Administrative Assistant/Secretary, a former probation
officer, has a special grasp of the connection between illiteracy and the adult
probationer, as well as an understanding of the judicial system.
Lubbock's Volunteer Center provides continuous publicity to recruit
volunteers for Read to Achieve to train as tutors. It also publicizes tutor training
workshops.
Students are referred to Read to Achieve by the Texas Department of
Human Services, Texas Employment Commission, JobSource+, Adult Education
Center, civic groups, employers, and churches. Also, the local newspaper, the
Lubbock Avalanche -Journal, and local media have provided excellent publicity for
the program.
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PLAN OF OPERATION
The primary objective of the Read to Achieve project is to assist adults in
Lubbock County who have minimal reading skills to reach their literacy goals and
be successful in today's society. Read to Achieve is able to serve or refer those
with a broad range of needs (basic reading skills, pre-GED, ESL, re-training, etc.).
All services provided by Read to Achieve are free of charge to all who seek
literacy assistance.
The Lubbock City -County Library's request is for funding for a part-time
professional coordinator (30 hours per week) to oversee all the activities of the
Read to Achieve literacy program, and for literacy educational materials so that
there will be no financial barriers to participation in literacy programs. The
Lubbock City -County Library will provide office space, meeting room facilities,
areas for tutoring, office equipment and supplemental staff as needed for literacy
program activities.
The coordinator will be responsible for:
1. Operating the Reading HOTLINE, a clearinghouse of information for those
seeking literacy assistance, those able to provide assistance, and others
interested in the problem of illiteracy.
2. Assessing potential students and referring them to programs appropriate to
their needs.
3. Recruiting volunteers and arranging for their training.
4. Matching students and volunteers and providing them with materials and
space for learning sessions.
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S. Developing an on -going documented program of feedback from students
and tutors in the program and using the data for evaluating
curriculum/instructional materials and instructional techniques used for
tutors.
6. Continuing programs for encouraging additional reading by the new
readers.
7. Promoting adult literacy programs by community organizations, helping
them train volunteers, and providing on -going expertise.
8. Publicizing literacy instruction opportunities in the community.
9. Assisting in the development of the family learning center in the new
northeast branch library.
Objectives:
1. Operating the Reading HOTLINE: The Read to Achieve office will
maintain regular office hours Monday through Friday at the Lubbock City -
County Library. The Coordinator will interview, advise and provide
information to tutors, students, and the general public, as well as delegate
necessary clerical duties to the office secretary. She will also communicate
with key personnel of other literacy programs in the Lubbock community in
order to investigate and evaluate the various kinds of services available in the
Lubbock community, and will assist in organizing the quarterly meetings of
literacy providers in Lubbock supported by JobSource+ to maintain and
strengthen networking capabilities. She will maintain current information and
monitor student progress reports, and will provide monthly written and oral
reports to the board of the library director and the Lubbock Area Coalition for
Literacy. The coordinator will provide speaking programs about the literacy
problem in the Lubbock Community to other service organizations and civic
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groups so that the community will become aware of the literacy problem, the
Literacy program and its goals and services.
2. Assessing students: It is planned that 150 students will be assessed in the
grant period and either referred to the appropriate literacy program or provided
with a tutor to help the student obtain his/her goals. Students are interviewed
and assessed with the San Diego Quick test; this enables the office the
opportunity to establish a student's needs, capabilities, and especially, to
discover the student's goals.
3. Recruitment and training of tutors: It is planned to recruit and train 85 new
tutors and to offer additional training for those already in the program. In
addition, two meetings will be held for tutors to meet and share information.
Tutors are required to attend the Basic Adult Tutor Training workshop prior
to working with a student. Feedback from experienced tutors has led Read to
Achieve to develop two supplemental workshops, Focus on Phonics and
Comprehension. Manuals for all three workshops were developed by the Read
to Achieve coordinator, reading specialists from South Plains College, and a
specialist in ESL and literacy curriculum hired under a Venture Grant from
United Way. Laubach and LVA materials are used in the program, but Read to
Achieve has created a more diverse curriculum to give students a broader base
to meet individual needs and interests. The majority of Read to Achieve
students are working at a sixth grade level or below; however, if a student and
tutor wish to continue working together beyond the 6th grade level, Read to
Achieve has pre-GED and GED materials available.
4. Matching students and volunteers: Volunteers will be matched with
students and will be given the appropriate reading material as indicated through
the San Diego Quick Test and intake interview administered by the Read to
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Achieve personnel. The tutors will be required to meet with the students at
least two hours a week, preferably for an hour session twice a week. The
Lubbock City -County Library will continue to provide space and facilities for
one-on-one tutoring sessions, both at the main and Godeke branch libraries. In
addition, several churches and other businesses have offered their facilities for
tutoring sessions. During the grant period, the new northeast branch will open
and tutoring sessions will be established there.
Experience with the Read to Achieve program has demonstrated the result
of a mentoring relationship between the student and the tutor. The tutors
involved in the program offer not only instructional assistance but
encouragement and emotional support. Also, many tutors and the Read to
Achieve office direct students to appropriate community services available to
meet their many needs and assist students in areas such as job placement.
5. Documented feedback: The Read to Achieve office will keep accurate and
current data on tutor/student progress. The volunteer tutors will evaluate the
effectiveness of the materials currently being used and the need for changes to
better support their student's needs. The information received from these
inquiries will serve to inform the Read to Achieve office of the strengths and
weaknesses of the program.
6. Reading Programs: Research has shown that to improve your reading skills
at every level, you must read. To encourage "new readers" to practice these
skills at home and with their families, Read to Achieve will continue to sponsor
a "Sail Through Summer with Good Books" reading program. The program
has introduced students to fiction and non-fiction selected for the adult new
reader. It is projected that 40 tutors and students will participate in the "Sail
Through Summer with Good Books" program in 1995-96.
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Read to Achieve also works with the Children's Department of the Lubbock
City -County Library to present a monthly "Share a Book with A Child"
program. The children's outreach librarian conducts story hour and helps
parents read to their children. A projected 150 adults will attend along with
their children. Using funds donated to the Literacy Coalition by the Friends of
the Library, Read to Achieve provides copies of the books featured in the story
hours which are given to the parent and child to read together, then take home
and enjoy.
7. Promoting adult literacy services: In the fall of 1995, an 8-week family
reading/life skills program for Head Start parents will be sponsored by the
Read to Achieve office. Volunteers will teach parents about reading and
talking about books in the home as ways to help both themselves and their
children. Speakers from community organizations will present life skills
topics. The program will be repeated in spring 1996 for JobSource+ clients.
8. Publicizing literacy services and instruction: Read to Achieve will create
brochures and PSA's to recruit students and tutors for the project and encourage
students placed and presently meeting with tutors to continue. The coordinator
will work with library staff to inform Lubbock organizations and civic groups
about illiteracy in the community and especially about the services in the new
family learning center at the northeast branch library.
The Read to Achieve office will distribute a quarterly newsletter to tutors,
members and supporters of the Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy, and other
Lubbock community organizations. This newsletter will demonstrate the
progress and current projects undertaken by Read to Achieve.
9. Promoting new literacy services: The new northeast branch of the Lubbock
City -County Library will include a family learning center with a planned
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opening date of fall 1995. A Library Assistant has been hired who will devote
50% of work time to supervision of the center. The Read to Achieve office
will provide trained volunteers as tutors and to aid the Library Assistant. The
library will supply computers for learning work stations; grant funds will be
used to purchase compatible educational software. The Read to Achieve
coordinator will also develop, monitor, and update a branch library collection
of high interest/lower level reading materials. The library is committed to
providing additional funds for the literacy collection from the branch book
budget.
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EVALUATION
The success of the plan will be measured against the following performance
targets:
SERVICE
1. Reading HOTLINE: To receive 1,000 inquiries about the literacy project and
services available.
2. Assessing and Referring students: To assess 150 new students and refer them
to an appropriate literacy program of a community organization.
3. Recruiting volunteers: To recruit and train 85 volunteers.
4. Matching students and volunteers: To place 80 students with tutors. To retain
students and provide space and materials for 2,000 hours of instruction.
5. Documented feedback: In August 1996, to send a methods and materials
evaluation survey to every tutor working with a student. The survey will
address the student's goal, assessment of materials used, and the successes and
failures of the program for the student.
6. Encouraging additional reading: To enroll 25 participants in the Sail Through
Summer with Good Books reading program during the months of June through
August 1996.
7. Promoting new literacy programs: To have computer based literacy
workstations and a literacy book collection available at the northeast branch on
its opening day in the fall of 1995.
8. Publicizing literacy services: To prepare, duplicate, and distribute brochures
for 6 Read to Achieve tutor training workshops and 3 literacy programs of
cooperating agencies.
Each adult student will be tested and interviewed as they enter the program.
Progress of students will be measured according to the instructional literacy
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material. Files will be kept on each student's progress throughout the program
including monthly tutoring calendars and a bi-annual methods and materials
evaluation report completed by each tutor on each student involved with the
program. The calendar will provide current information concerning each tutoring
session, the duration of the session, the lesson completed as well as any
observations made by the tutor. The methods and materials evaluation report is
categorized to consist of personal goals of the student, initial workbook series and
present workbook series, general assessment of workbook materials, use of
language experience stories, suggestions for new materials/books requested and
additional supplementary reading by the student.
The project coordinator is evaluated annually by the library director in
accordance with the City of Lubbock personnel policy.
The tutor serves as the primary link to the student and therefore a major
source of information as to the effectiveness of the program. Establishing open
communication and encouraging feedback between the Read to Achieve personnel
and the tutor will serve to better meet the needs of each individual student.
The Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy board meets monthly to advise
and help make plans to meet the program's objectives. The coordinator's report to
the board will include the number of student assessments and referrals, volunteer
contacts, community organizations contacted and students placed with tutors over
the past month. The report will also include a list of plans of the Read to Achieve
program for the coming month.
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PERSONNEL
This project will be under the supervision of Jeff Rippel, Director of the
Lubbock City -County Library and the West Texas Library System since 1988. He
received an M.L.S. from the University of Texas in 1973 and has 20 years of
supervisory experience in libraries in Texas and South Carolina. As branch
librarian for the Waco -McLennan County Library, he established an adult learning
center offering GED preparation and ESL teaching.
The project Coordinator is Leigh McPhaul, who has been with Read to
Achieve since it began in June 1990. She is a certified teacher with a BS in
Education from the University of Texas and 2 years of classroom experience. She
has been a Great Books Coordinator in the public schools for 4 years. She has
been a volunteer for 11 years with the Junior League of Lubbock. During that
time, she served as a member -at -large on the Board of Directors, Assistant
Arrangements Chairman, and as a placement coordinator for volunteers. She also
serves on the Interagency Planning committee of the Texas Department of Human
Services, the Literacy Advisory Committee for the South Plains Head Start
Program, and on the board of the Self -Sufficiency program with the Lubbock
Housing Authority. The coordinator also teaches the Read to Achieve Basic Tutor
Training workshops along with a Reading Specialist from South Plains College.
Also, she has served as the instructor for the Family Reading programs, working
with the Head Start parents.
She has completed the Literacy Volunteers of America's ESL workshop
and courses in the management of volunteers and a 36 hour course on the
management of non-profit organizations. She has attended an ALA Conference on
Family Literacy and the Southwest Literacy Conference, and this past year she
attended the Governor's Volunteer Leadership Conference.
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Katherine Kelly serves as the administrative assistant/secretary for the Read
to Achieve program. She works 30 hours a week and will be paid with funds
provided by the Private Industry Council. She is a former adult probation officer
and legal assistant. Mrs. Kelly has two years of college education, majoring in
English, and is also a published author and the current president of the Lubbock
Chapter of Texas Press Women. She became interested in literacy through the
efforts of The National Federation of Press Women which has a literacy director
and sponsors family literacy programs. Since joining Read to Achieve she has
completed basic tutor training and phonics workshops. She is also qualified,
through training and experience, to provide basic computer and wordprocessing
instruction.
Helen Viser has been hired as the Learning Center Assistant for the new
northeast branch library. She is an African -American, a native of Lubbock with
many contacts in the branch library service area. She has been a library assistant
in the Houston public library and supervised and trained personnel in their
acquisitions department. Prior to the opening of the branch, she will attend Read
to Achieve tutor training workshops and will assist in the selection of learning
center materials and equipment, and the training of volunteers.
The Read to Achieve office has worked with four instructors from South
Plains College in the joint programs at the college and St. Joseph's Catholic
Church. These instructors have backgrounds in Reading, Bilingual Education and
Spanish.
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BUDGET
SALARY, WAGES, AND BENEFITS
Salary expenses will be those of the project coordinator working 30 hours
per week at $12.60 per hour, which is in the range of teachers' salaries in the
Lubbock area and commensurate with experience. The total annual salary is
$19,656. Contributions for Social Security at the rate of 7.65% will total $1503.
No other benefits will be provided. The coordinator is the key to all areas of the
project: coordinating literacy efforts, providing expert assessment and referral
services, and supplying encouragement and expertise for literacy programs.
Other personnel associated with the project will not be paid from grant
funds. The position of the administrative assistant/secretary has been funded by
the Private Industry Council and donations from the Lubbock Area Coalition for
Literacy since 1991. Approximate salary for this position is $11,755 including
Social Security.
The learning center assistant at the new northeast branch will spend 50% of
work time assisting patrons in the learning center and supervising volunteers and
other staff in the Family Learning Center. Half of the salary for this position is
$8,392 plus $2,807 in fringe benefits.
The salaries of other library employees proportional to their time spent on
the project will be approximately $5,333.
TRAVEL
$700 is provided for travel outside Lubbock County. This amount will pay
for transportation, registration, and room and board for continuing education
workshops relating to literacy services. For example, in prior years the
coordinator has attended the Southwest Literacy Conference and the Governor's
Volunteer Leadership Conference. Travel will require approval of the library
director.
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SUPPLIES
$1,700 is allowed for expendable office supplies and photocopying. $2,500
is allocated for expendable teaching materials. These materials will include LVA
instructor manuals and student workbooks, pre-GED materials, phonics books,
subscription to a newspaper for new adult readers and other supplies. Because the
program has expanded beyond the one-on-one instruction, Read to Achieve
provides materials to the other literacy programs and classes it helped to establish.
OTHER
Funds for workshops are estimated at an average of a $30 honorarium for
the instructor and $20 for workshop manuals and supplies for each of 7 workshops
for a total of $350. Space for the workshops will be provided without cost to the
grant by the library, by program sponsors, or by other agencies.
$600 is allocated for postage needed to distribute newsletters as well as to
carry on tutor and student correspondence. $1,700 is allocated for telephone
expenses. A commercial telephone line is installed in the library for the exclusive
use of the project; a single telephone access point for both literacy service
providers and those seeking literacy help is a basic objective of the project.
$700 is allocated for advertising expenses, such as the production and
duplication of PSA's, flyers and brochures. The Read to Achieve office provides
the major source of advertising for all the non-profit literacy programs of Lubbock
County. Historically, the City of Lubbock and local television stations have
provided services for productions of PSA's at no cost. Lubbock's Volunteer Center
and the local newspaper provide advertising for the recruitment of volunteers at no
cost to the grant.
LIBRARY MATERIALS
$3,000 is allocated for permanent library materials. These funds will be
used by Read to Achieve to provide literacy educational software in the northeast
branch library. Print or audiovisual literacy materials may also be purchased, and
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wordprocessing and record keeping software in the Read to Achieve office will be
upgraded.
INDIRECT CHARGES
Indirect charges will be payable to the City of Lubbock at the rate of 5% of
direct charges to reimburse the cost of fiscal administration of the grant.
ADEQUACY OF RESOURCES
The grant will provide a project coordinator who will devote his/her full
working time to the purposes of the project; it will also provide funds for contact
with the Lubbock community, both providers and those in need of literacy
services, through varied modes -- face-to-face, written, telephone, and broadcast.
The grant also provides workbooks and other expendable study material, to ensure
that materials cost does not deny opportunities to those most in need of help. The
Lubbock City -County Library will provide office space, access to a photo copier,
furnishings, and utilities.
In its three years of operation Read to Achieve has had supplemental
staffing from a variety of sources: library and South Plains college staff, and
personnel hired with funding from the Private Industry Council. However, these
supplemental services would not have been available and beneficial without the
continuity and development of programs provided by the Read to Achieve
coordinator.
The major cost of providing literacy services is instruction, which is largely
supplied by the in -kind contributions of the volunteers. There is ample evidence
that people wishing to make these contributions exist. Attendance at training
workshops is excellent, and a large percentage of those trained become active
tutors.
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CONCLUSION
By granting this request for funding, the U.S. Department of Education will
allow the public library to continue to be the vehicle for training volunteers and
connecting them to those who seek literacy instruction, for making established
programs more effective, for establishing new programs, and for promoting
community awareness of literacy training opportunities. The effective use of
funds will build upon the work in progress, enrich local efforts, and attract
additional resources to combat the devastating consequences of adult illiteracy.
This program will build on the goal of education as the means for clients to
gain self-confidence and the motivation to become productive members of society.
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2 01 tG0
MINORITY INFLUENCED AREAS
CITY OF LUBBOCK
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----------------------� 18.01 119.01 20 3 4y
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`CONSTITUTE
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7.05
18. 1.000paw l
19.0.0 22.02
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{ 104.03 105.02 105.04 105.05 105.08 `_-- -----------
SOURCE: 1990 CENSUS OF i PARTIAL ' „TM,,AW
POPULATION & HOUSING i_________ • ----- I CITE LIMITS
L-----, I ------------
PREPARED BY CITY OF LUBBOCK I i NORTH
PLANNING DEPARTMENT
No precinct outside the city has a Main library, Read to Achieve office
Hispanic/Black majority.
� Northeast branch library
A-2
% INDIVIDUALS
BELOW POVERTY
CITY OF LUBBOCK
18.6%
SAMPLE DATA ;
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11.4% 13.4% 10A% �, 3 . •h
< .00
21.4% nn�anl�r
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12 4x
12.3% 27.6°h 18.6% 4.5
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I
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18.01
19.01
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17.03
11.0%
10.3%
% INDIVIDUALS I
<
TRACTS BELOW POVERTY i 24.8%
I
3.01 38.2•h I
<
8.7%
4.9%
4.06 22.6% I 7.05
6.03 45.9% I
6.04 34.3% i 7.2% 7.8%
18.0
6.05 41.6% j
5.6%
9.
15.1 %
6.06 47.6%
104.03
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SOURCE: 1990 CENSUS OF I nn+anl�r
POPULATION & HOUSING
3.4%
PREPARED BY CITY OF LUBBOCK
PLANNING DEPARTMENT I "•rrrarfea►
6.1% 1 Ile
CITY LMUTS
------------
NORTH
Main library, Read to Achieve office
Only one precinct outside the city has more
than 18% of individuals below poverty. c Northeast branch library
PART III - BUDGET INFORMATION
LSCA VI - Library Literacy Program
CFDA No. 84.167A
Check one: Applicant is a State library
x Applicant ie a local public library
BUDGET BY CATEGORY
BUDGET CATEGORIES
LSCA
TITLE VI
OTHER
SOURCES
A.
Salary and Wages
$
19,656
$ 23.312
B.
Fringe Benefits
$
1,503
$ 4,975
C.
Travel
$
700
$
D.
Equipment
$
$
E.
Supplies
$
4,200
$
F.
Contractual Services
$
$
G.
Library Materials
$
3 000
$
H.
Other
$
$
I.
Total Direct Charges
(add lines A-H)
$ 32,409
$ 28,287
J. -Indirect
Charges ( %)
$
1 620
$
K.
TOTAL PROJECT COSTS
(add lines I and J)
$ 34,029
$ 28,287
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CERTIFICATIONS REGARDING LOBBYING; DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION AND OTHER
RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS; AND DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE REQUIREMENTS
Applicants should refer to the regulations cited below to determine the certification to which they are required to attest. Applicants
should also review the instructions for certification included in the regulations before completing this form. S"ture of this form
certification for compliance with certition requirements under 34 CFR Part 82, "New Restrictions on Lobbyingg,, and 34 CFR Part8S,
Government -wide Debarment and Suspension (Nonprocurement) and Government -wide Requirements for Diu -Free Workplace
(Grants).' The certifications shall be treated as a material representation of fact upon which reliance will be planed when the Department
of Educadon determines to award the covered transaction, grant, or cooperative agreement.
1. LOBBYING
As required by Section 135Z Title 31 of the U.S. Code, and
implemented at 34 CFR Part 82, for persons entering into a
grant or cooperative agreement over $100,000, as defined at 34
CFR Part 82, Sections 82-105 and 82.110, the applicant certifies
that:
(a) No Federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be
paid, by or on behalf of the undersigned, to any person for
Influencing or attempting to influence an officer or employee
of any agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee
of Congress, or an emplovee of a -Member of Congress in
connection with the making of any Federal grant, the entering
into of any cooperative agreement, and the extension,
continuation, renewal, amendment, or modification of any
Federal grant or cooperative agreement;
(b) If any funds other than Federal appropriated funds have
been paid or will be paid to any person for influencing or
attemptin to influence .t officer or employee of any agency, a
Member o� Congress, an officer or employee of Congress, or an
employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this
Federal grant or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall
complete and submit Standard Form - LLL, "Disclosure Form
to Report Lobbying," in accordance with its instructions;
(c) The undersigned shall require that the language of this
certification be included in the award documents for all
subawards at all tiers (including subgrants, contracts under
grants and cooperative agreements, and subcontracts) and that
all subrecipients shall certify and disclose accordingly.
L DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, AND OTHER
RESPONSIBILITY MATTERS
As required by Executive Order 12549, Debarment and
Suspension, and implemented at 34 CFR Part SS, for
prospective participants in primary covered transactions, as
defined at 34 CFR Part 85, Sections 85.105 and 85.110 —
A. The applicant certifies that it and its principals:
(a) Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for
debarment, declared ineligible, or voluntarily excluded from
covered transactions by any Federal department or agency;
(b) Have not within a three-year period preceding this
application been convicted of or had a civil judgment rendered
against them for commission of fraud or a criminal offense in
connection with obtaining, attempting to obtain, or performing
a public (Federal, State, or local) transaction or contract under
a public transaction; violation of Federal or State antitrust
statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery,
bribery, falsification or destruction of records, making false
statements, or receiving stolen property;
(c) Are not presently indicted for or otherwise criminally or
civilly charged by a Sovernmental entity (Federal, State, or
local) with commission of an of the offenses enumerated in
paragraph (1)(b) of this certification; and
H5
(d) Have not within a three-year period precod. this
application had one or more public rantr sactions (Federal,
or ball terminated for cause or default; and
B. Where the applicant is unable to oettify to any of the
statements in this certification, he or she shall attach an
explanation to this application.
3. DRUG -FREE WORKPLACE
(GRANTEES OTHER THAN INDMDU,-LS)
As required by the Drug -Free Workplace Act of 1986
impplemented at 34 CFR_Part $5, Subppaart F, for gran
defined at 34 CFR Part 85, Sections 85V and 851
A. The applicant certifies that it will or will continue to
provide i- drug -free workplace by:
(a) Publishing a statement notifying employees that the
unlawful manufacture, distribution, dispensing, possession, or
use of a controlled substance is prohibited in the grantee's
workplace and specifying the actions that will be taken against
employees for violation of such prohibition;
(b) Establishing an on -going drug free awareness program to
inform employees about—
(1) The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
(2) The grantee's policy of maintaining a drug -free workplace;
(3) Any available drug counseling, rehabilitation, and
employee assistance programs; and
(4) The penahies that may be imposed upon employees for
drug abuse violations occurring to the workplace;
(c) Making it a requirement that each employee to be engaged
in the performance of the grant be ven a copy of the
statement required by Peragr+Ph ;
(d) Notifying the employee in the statement required by
paragraph (a) that, as a condition of employment under the
grant, the employee will—
(1) Abide by the terms of the statement • and
(2) Notify the employer in writing of hi:. or her conviction for a
violation of a criminal drug statute c.. -ring in the workplace
no later than five calendar days after such conviction;
(e) Notifying the agency, in writing, within 10 calendar days
after receiving notice under subparagraph (dX2) from an
employee or otherwise receiving act •:l notice of such
conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide
notice, including position title, to: Director, Grants and
Contracts Service, US. Department of Education, 400
Maryland Avenue, S.W. (Room 3124, GSA Regional Office
01VI0 Approval No- 034,-0040
ASSURANCES — NON -CONSTRUCTION PROGRAMS
Note: Certain of these assurances may not be applicable to your project or program. If you have questions,
please contact the awarding agency. Further, certain Federal awarding agencies may require applicants
to certify to additional assurances. If such is the case, you will be notified.
As the duly authorized representative of the applicant I certify that the applicant:
t. Has the legal authority to apply for Federal
assistance, and the institutional, managerial and
financial capability (including funds sufficient to
pay the non -Federal share of project costs) to
ensure proper planning, management and com-
pletion of the project described in this application.
2. Will give the awarding agency, the Comptroller
General of the United States, and if appropriate,
the State, through any authorized representative,
access to and the right to examine all records,
books, papers, or documents related to the award;
and will establish a proper accounting system in
accordance with generally accepted accounting
standards or agency directives.
3. Will establish safeguards to prohibit employees
from using their positions for a purpose that
constitutes or presents the appearance of personal
or organizational conflict of interest, or personal
gain.
4. Will initiate and complete the work within the
applicable time frame after receipt of approval of
the awarding agency.
5. Will comply with the Intergovernmental
Personnel Act of 1970 (42 U.S.C. §§ 4728-4763)
relating to prescribed standards for merit systems
for programs funded under one of the nineteen
statutes or regulations specified in Appendix A of
OP.M's Standards for a Merit System of Personnel
Administration (5 C.F. R. 900, Subpart F).
6. Will comply with all Federal statutes relating to
nondiscrimination. These include but are not
limited to: (a) Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of
1964 (P.L. 88-352) which prohibits discrimination
on the basis of race, color or national origin; (b)
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, as
amended (20 U.S.C. §§ 1681-1683, and 1685-1686),
which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex-
(c) Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as
amended (29 U.S.C. § 794), which prohibits dis-
crimination on the basis of handicaps; (d) the Age
Discrimination Act of 1975, as amended (42
(.: S.0 §§ 6101-6107), which prohibits discrim-
ination on the basis of age;
(e) the Drug Abuse Office and Treatment Act of
1972 (P.L 92.255), as amended, relating to
nondiscrimination on the basis of drug abuse. i fl
the Comprehensive Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism
Prevention, Treatment and Rehabilitation Act of
1970 (P.L. 91-616), as amended, relating to
nondiscrimination on the basis of alcohol abuse or
alcoholism: (g) §§ 523 and 527 of the Public Health
Service Act of 1912 (42 U.S.C. 290 dd-3 and 290 ee-
3), as amended, relating to confidentiality of
alcohol and drug abuse patient records; (h) Title
VIII of the Civil Rights Act of 1968 (42 U.S C §
3601 et seq.), as amended, relating to non
discrimination in the sale, rental or financing of
housing; (i) any other nondiscrimination
provisions in the specific statute(s) under which
application for Federal assistance is being made.
and (j) the requirements of any other
nondiscrimination statute(s) which may apply to
the application.
7. Will comply, or has already complied, with the
requirements of Titles II and III of the Uniform
Relocation Assistance and Real Property
Acquisition Policies Act of 1970 (P.L. 91-646)
which provide for fair and equitable treatment of
persons displaced or whose property is acquired as
a result of Federal or federally assisted programs
These requirements apply to all interests in real
property acquired for project purposes regardless
of Federal participation in purchases.
8. Will comply with the provisions of the Hatch Act
(5 U.S.C. §§ 1501-1508 and 7324-7328) which limit
the political activities of employees whose
principal employment activities are funded in
whole or in part with Federal funds.
9. Will comply, as applicable, with the provisions of
the Davis -Bacon Act (40 U.S.C. §§ 276a to 276a-
7), the Copeland Act (40 U.S.C. § 276c and 18
U S.C. §§ 874). and the Contract Work Hours and
Safety Standards Act (40 U.S.0 §§ 327 333)
regarding labor standards for federally assisted
construction subagreements
Sia�aa,d Fay^
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PROCEDURES FOR COMMENTS BY STATE LIBRARY ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCIES
Local Public N: ma ApPliainta
Local public library applicants for the Library Literacy Program must
give their State library administrative agency the opportunity to
comment on their applications. If an applicant jails to do so the application will
not be considered for funding under the Library Literacy Program. To comply with
this provision, local public libraries must do the following:
1. Submit a copy of the application to the State library
administrative agency at the same time as the application is
submitted to the Application Control Center at the U. S.
Department of Education.
2. Enclose with the application sent to the State library
administrative agency a copy of the page entitled
"Procedures for Comments by State Library Administrative
Agencies -- Instructions for State Library Administrative
Agencies" (see page H8).
3. Sign the certification below which confirms that the State
library administrative agency has been provided a copy of
the application.
4. ENCLOSE THIS CERTIFICATION WITH THE APPLICATION THAT IS
SUBMITTED TO THE U. S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION.
Certification:
A copy of the application was sent to the State library
administrati
November 17, 1994
(date)
David R. Langston, Mayor
Lubbock _City -County Library/ Texas
Name of local library / State
117
NOTE TO LOCAL LBRAR198: SEND 7'&78 FORM TO YMM STATE LIBRARY
Comments on applications submitted under the Library Literacy Program
may only address how the application relates to the long range plan
for LSCA Titles I, II, and III filed with the U. S. Department of
Education.
State library administrative agencies are not obligated to provide
comments or approve these applications. However, we encourage State
library administrative agencies to complete the form below and send it
to:
Ms. Louise V. Sutherland
Acting Director, Discretionary Library Programs
Division
Office of Library Programs
U. S. Department of Education
555 New Jersey Avenue, NW
Washington, D. C. 20208-5571
ATTN: Comments on LSCA Title VI
Comments must be submitted to the Lkparbnent by February 2, 1995.
Name of local public library:
Lubbock City -County Library
Name of State Library Administrative Agency:
Director/State Librarian, Texas State Library
Contact Person: William Gooch
Telephone Number: (512) 463-5460
State
Texas
The State library chooses not to comment on this
application.
The application submitted by the above local public library
IS consistent with the State Library's long range plan for
LSCA Titles I, II, and III.
The application submitted by the above local public library
IS NOT consistent with the State Library's long range plan
for LSCA Titles I, II, and III. (Attach explanation on
separate page.)
Signature of Head of State Library Agency Date
118
hsourcp
Lubboc Gana Co. Private lnuscry Council Inc,
1218 14th Street
Lubbock, FX 79401 November 7, 1994
(806)76S-5038
FAa(806)765-6944
Mr. Jeff Ripple
Mahon Public Library
1306 9th St
Lubbock, TX 79401
Dear Mr. Ripple,
It is a sincere pleasure to provide this letter in support of the work of the Lubbock
Barry Ballinger j Area Coalition for Literacy and their efforts to obtain a Department of Education
chairman literacy grant. We work very closely with the Coalition on referrals of literacy
students. These encompass their referrals of students to us for literacy training in
Don McCullough our Bridges Learning Center and our referrals to them of applicants whom we
Executive Director cannot serve. Our mutual efforts enable many people in the Lubbock area to
begin realizing their full potential through the unlimited opportunities that literacy
Chief Elected Officials opens up to them.
Mayor David R. Langston We look forward to continuingsuccessful relationship with the Lubbock Area
City of Lubbock our successp
Coalition for Literacy and pledge our full support of any programs that will be
made possible through obtaining a Library Literacy Program grant from the
Judge Don h Department of Education.
Lubbock Couuntynty
Sincerely,
Judge Giles Dalby
Garza County
Donald J. McCullough
Executive Director
DJM/mdm
Jab,Saurrr+ u an r9ual upparlunrty rrripGlyrdp%gram.
and i A A Relay 7exar: (800) 7.35-?98N
l'ml-bi)- llr,ll mjf.11!(Y Au%diaryaidl Jlld "'Vi— are ai'ail4i'le UIIII// ?rq Mr�l /,Ir I,ILIII'idUal, will) disabdllief
SOUTH PLAINS COLLEGE
November 9, 1994
Mr. Jeff Ripple
Director of Libraries
Mahon Library
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, TX 79401
Dear Mr. Ripple:
I am writing in support of the Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy. The work that they
accomplish for our community in advancing the literacy levels of our citizens is outstanding.
The Coalition has a history of effective service through its cooperation with all of the literacy
providers in the Lubbock community and through its assistance in the training of many Lubbock
area literacy volunteers. Their grant application and our participation with them in the Learning
Center to be built at the Northeast Branch Library have my full support with an offer of
continued partnership between the Lubbock Area Coalition and South Plains College in the
delivery of literacy services.
Sincerely,
i
Herlinda -Coronado
D of Instruction
4'ot
Linda Gober
Dean of Student Services
/vl
1 iO2 MAIN Slkff 1 IIIHBOCk Ifk61 /Q.J(�! (806', 747 01,76
LUBBOCK INDEPENDENT SCHOOL DISTRICT
BALLENGER HEAD START CENTER
1110 40TH STREET
LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79412
(806) 766-1600
November 8, 1994
Jeff Ripple
Director of Libraries
Mahon Library
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Dear Mr. Ripple,
I am writing to express our support for the continued
success of the library literacy program in its endeavors
promote literacy skills in the Lubbock area. We have
developed a cooperative partnership with Leigh McPhaul,
coordinator of the Read to Achieve Program. We welcome
opportunity to participate in the Family Reading Program
working with our Head Start parents to teach them the
importance of reading to their children.
to
the
the
Read to Achieve's volunteer tutor and the community leaders
speaking on invaluable life skills has made a tremendous
impact on our Head Start parents. These parents will teach
their children by example as they develop their new skills
and go out into their communities.
We appreciate all the efforts of this organization and
pledge our full support of the application for the DOE
library literacy grant. By working together within the
Lubbock community, we can make a substantial impact on
eliminating the cycle of illiteracy for families in our
city.
Sincerely,
Paula Jones, Principal
ti
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK
515 NORTH ZENITH LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79403 MAIN OFFICE 806.762.1191 FAX 76290836
November 9, 1994
Director of Mahon Library
Mr. Jeff Ripple
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, Tx. 79401
Dear Mr. Ripple,
I would like to express complete support of the Lubbock Area
Coalition for Literacy Program's application for the Federal Grant.
There is a definite need for this grant to assist in the successful
operation of this program for the community.
The Lubbock Housing Authority administers several programs for Low -
Income families. One of the most important programs within the
Housing Authority is the Family Self -Sufficiency (FSS) program.
This program Coordinates with Section 8 Certificate and Voucher
holders and Public Housing residents with public and private
resources to enable these families to achieve economic independence
and self sufficiency, with the use of housing as a stabilizing
force. FSS permits the families to invest their energy in other
efforts including employment, education and job training, that is
necessary to achieve self-sufficiency.
The Lubbock Area Coalition for Literacy is an outstanding program
which helps provide the necessary Reading and Writing skills for
our residents who are unskilled and undereducated. The Coalition
has extended its help and cooperation with our. Program to help meet
the needs of our clients.
Sincerely,
Carmen Lucio
Self -Sufficiency Specialist
CM
Serving the
following
counties
and their
public
libraries:
Andrews
Bailey
Borden
Cochran
Crane
Dawson
Dickens
Ector
Floyd
Gaines
Garza
Glasscock
Hale
Hockley
Howard
King
Lamb
Loving
Lubbock
Lynn
Martin
Midland
Motley
Terry
Upton
Ward
Winkler
Yoakum
WEST TEXAS LIBRARY SYSTEM
1306 9th Street/Lubbock, Texas 79401/(806) 767-2858
November 8, 1994
TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
The West Texas Library System is in full support of the Lubbock City -County Library's
Title VI Literacy grant application. The library has shown an ongoing interest in, and
support of, literacy efforts in Lubbock and the West Texas area over an extended period
of time.
The program in Lubbock supplies training for tutors, works with area institutions to
establish new programs, acts as a referral center for persons seeking assistance, and
provides tutors for those students who need one-on-one instruction. The centralized
referral center is an essential aspect of this program with its purpose being to direct a
functionally illiterate adult to the programs which best suits his needs. In addition, there is
no other agency in Lubbock County (population 222,636) that offers one-on-one tutoring,
a particular need of many of the area's multicultural population. The program will expand
in the fall of 1995 to include a new branch library located in an area with a predominately
minority section of Lubbock. Teaching materials for this program are purchased with the
help of the West Texas Library System.
The library and community have taken on the tremendous task of improving the level of
literacy in Lubbock and the surrounding area, and the project deserves your consideration
for funding. Continued funding is essential to the growth and expansion of the Lubbock
City -County Library's Read to Achieve Program.
Sincerely,A" '
w,
Nancy W. Hill
Coordinator
NH: kk
LUBBOCK-CROSBY COUNTY COMMUNITY
SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT
ARNOLD N. EADY
Director of Community Supervision
701 Main Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
806-767-1200
November 9, 1994
Jeff Ripple,
Director of Library Services
Mahon Library
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, TX 79401
Sir:
We would like to submit this letter in support of the Lubbock Area Coalition For
Literacy Program and Leigh Mc Phaul, Coordinator of Services for the Read to
Achieve Literacy program. Our desire is to seethe funding for this program go
forward in the coming fiscal year. We have had an ongoing relationship with
this program for several years and have found that it has helped those clients
we have sent and who took advantage of it. Please continue this valuable
asset in our community. Thank you for your consideration of this program.
Sincerely yours,
Dale E. Bell,
Instructor Adult Basic Skills/Literacy Education
DEB\vld
VOLUNTEER
CENTER
OF LUBBOCK
1706-23rd Street, Suite 101
Lubbock, Texas 79411-1214
(806) 747-0551
Fax: (806) 747-8640
November 10, 1994
Jeff Rippel
Director, Library Services
City of Lubbock
P. O. Box 2000
Lubbock, TX 79457
Dear Mr. Rippel:
write in support of your grant application for the library literacy program. Such
a program is very much needed in this community.
The Volunteer Center continues to work very closely with the Lubbock Area
Coalition for Literacy to supply volunteers for tutors in the program. These
volunteers are well trained and their service has made a great deal of difference
to people in the program who are learning to read. To witness the achievement
of the people who are students in the program is very gratifying. The literacy
program is one of our best volunteer placements.
With the completion of a new branch library in Northwest Lubbock, the literacy
program will become part of the Learning Center planned for the branch. This
will fill a big need in that community which serves a population that has a high
rate of illiteracy.
We are happy to support this program.
Sincerely,
I
Louise Cummins
Executive Director
LC:Iy
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United Way
Agency
TexasO*
Department
H u man Services
P.O. Bo: 10528/2109 Ave. Q
Lubbock, TX 7%08
806-741-0541
COMMISSIONER BOARD MEMBERS
Burton P. Raiford Max Sherman
Chairman, Austin
David Herndon
Vice Chairmm, Audin
Robert Geyer
P1 Paso
Yava D. Scan
Howun
Brownrak
Carkla K. Vogel
Pod Wodh
November 9, 1994
Jeff Ripple
Director of library Services
Mahon library
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Dear Mr. Ripple:
This letter represents this Agency's support for the application of the United States Department of
Education Library literacy Program Grant for which you are applying. Since the beginning of the
interagency planning process to support the Job Opportunities and Basic Skills (JOBS) Program, the
Director of the Lubbock Area Coalition for literacy has been involved in planning to implement the
Welfare Reform Program. Agency staff have referred clients to the literacy Program as an initial
step in preparation for economic self-sufficiency; they have been assigned volunteer tutors or
referred to other programs. While it is unfortunate that adults must struggle to become functionally
literate, programs such as the ones you administer must continue if problems associated with
illiteracy are to be overcome.
Sincerely,
7Terry. Temple
Regional Administrator
L U B B O C K
Education Service Center
November 9, 1994
Jeff Rippel, Director
City -County Library
1306 9th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79401
Dear Mr. Rippel;
We, at Lubbock Adult Education, would like to express our
support of the continued success of the Lubbock Area Coalition
for Literacy, the Read of Achieve programs, and the coming
involvement with the learning center at the northeast branch
library. We have developed a cooperative partnership with
Leigh McPhaul, the coordinator of the Read to Achieve pro-
ject. This has been a positive and productive partnership
and the people we serve in our community are the ones who
benefit from us working together.
I look forward to continuing cooperation with the project
staff to help increase the use of the co-ordination of all
community resources for literacy -,and to bring those who need
help with the help that is available.
I applaud your efforts to provide effective programs to our
Sincerely,
Preddyle` arrell, Coordinator'
Lubbock"Kaull Education
ill] West Loop 289 0 Lubbock, Texas 79416 ■ (806) 792-4000