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Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 20BCC000003 - Recognize Durham County Grant Revenue: "ULC Partners for Middle School STEM"
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Date of BOCC Meeting: August 12, 2019
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The Board is requested to approve Budget Ordinance Amendment No. 20BCC000003 to recognize up to $10,000.00 in grant revenue from the Urban Libraries Council (ULC).
Durham County Library has been awarded a place as a participant in ULC's Partners for Middle School STEM initiative to reach low-income middle school students to provide programs that ensure youth have fun with STEM while learning and understanding its long-term relevance and value in their lives.
The project plan is for Stanford L. Warren Branch Library's Teen Librarian Ericka Hill to offer STEAM Off After School Program at Stanford L. Warren Branch Library and the Durham County Youth Home. The four-week program will be offered to area youth at Stanford L. Warren Branch Library twice a week in the evening and once a week at Durham County Youth Home. Hill is working with community partners to ensure that participants at the library will receive dinner as part of the program as well. This theme-based enrichment program will give youth hands-on experience exploring topics such as outer space, LEGO robotics, and coding, and will culminate in a celebration of all that the students have learned and a panel of and presentations by local educators and STEAM professionals covering topics including the education needed for and careers possible in STEAM fields.
The grant is made possible by funding from the federal Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) grant number LG-95-18-0025-18.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This aligns with Strategic Goal 5: Accountable, Efficient, and Visionary Government, Customer Engagement and Responsiveness.
Resource Persons: Tammy Baggett, Library Director; Terry B. Hill, Deputy Director; and Ericka Hill, Stanford L. Warren Teen Librarian.
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