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Welcome to the online application for the Library Informal Childcare Provider Outreach Project.
This project’s goal is to determine key components for successfully reaching and supporting informal
or friend, family and neighbor (FFN) childcare providers and the young children in their care. Libraries
interested in serving as one of five pilot sites for this project should apply by 5:00PM Monday, May 7,
2018. One application per library system with one identified branch to serve as an initial pilot site will
be accepted. Libraries will be notified by Friday, June 1, 2018.
All applications must be reviewed and approved by your Library Director. Approval is noted by affixing
your Library Director’s name and contact information where requested at the end of this application.
*1. Library Jurisdiction
Fresno County Public Library
*2. Library Branch name
Mendota Branch Library
*3. Library Branch street address
1246 Belmont Ave
*4. Library Branch City/State/Zip Code
Mendota, CA 93640
*5. Type of Library:
Rural
*6. Library Branch contacts (2 front-line staff and 1 administrator must be listed who will participate)
Front-line Staff Contact Name:Ashlee Green
Title:Cluster Youth Librarian
Email:ashlee.green@fresnolibrary.org
Phone Number:559-600-9234
Front-line Staff Contact Name:Tanya Leyva-Gutierrez
Title:Library Assistant II
Email:tanya.leyva-gutierrez@fresnolibrary.org
Phone Number:559-600-9234
Administrator Contact Name:Deborah Janzen
Title:Manager of Public Services
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Agreement No. 18-713
Email:deborah.janzen@fresnolibrary.org
Phone Number:559-600-6257
*7. Approximately how many children/families/caregivers does your branch serve each month?
*8. Why is your library branch interested in being a pilot site for this project?
The Mendota Branch Library is interested in being a pilot site for this project to increase offerings and
support of families and caregivers in the community with small children. As the ‘Cantaloupe Center of
the World,’ Mendota is a rural, agricultural town that lies 34 miles from Fresno on the western edge of
the county, with a population of 11,394. The recent recession and drought have been a challenge for
Mendota. Effects are still evident in its economy, with a poverty rate of 49.5% and unemployment rate
of 18.3%. In the community, 57.2% of residents did not finish the ninth grade, and the high school
graduation rate is 29.0%. FCPL understands that future success in school begins with early literacy and
kindergarten-readiness in the home. By catching Mendota youth in the formative years and providing
relevant programs, services, and materials to support a community of FFN caregivers, FCPL can work
with families and community partners to better prepare children for success in school and beyond.
With a new youth librarian assigned to the area, FCPL is looking to increase programming for young
children and their caregivers in the Mendota community. Our new librarian, under the Manager of
Public Services’ guidance and through working with a key, youth-oriented library assistant at the branch,
will benefit from learning more about her new community through the needs assessment project. The
Mendota team will also benefit from professional development with the in-person training and through
successfully planning, implementing, and sustaining programs and crafting outreach strategies while
communicating with a shared network of practice. Children of migrant farm workers and families of
lower income living in public housing are two underserved communities with which FCPL hopes to
increase its offerings, and a pilot project focusing on informal caregivers is a good fit for the Mendota
community.
*9. How might this project align with, strengthen and or build on other projects your library has
undertaken to reach family, friend and neighbor caregivers?
FCPL was fortunate to receive training from the California State Library in the Brazelton Touchpoints in
Libraries practice. The training helped refocus how we see community relationships, valuing the parent/
caregiver as the expert on a child, and recognizing the Library’s long-range role in supporting caregivers
and families through the surges and regressions inherent in child development. FCPL offers popular
story times, play groups, and other programs for infants/ toddlers and preschool audiences. The Library
has Early Learning Centers in ten branches (including Mendota) to support child development, early
literacy, and creative play. Librarians frequently conduct outreach and school visits to local preschools,
day cares, and Head Start centers. This project will help FCPL expand offerings and increase awareness
of services in the Mendota area. The needs assessment of the community will result in relevant
programs to build supportive and trusting relationships with informal caregivers as they navigate the
essential developmental stages of the early years with the children they serve.
*10. What is your library’s capacity to sustain this project after the project ends in 2 or 3 years?
FCPL can sustain the project in Mendota past the initial few years through staff training by using the
cluster programming budget and through possible additional financial support from the Friends of the
Library. FCPL uses a ‘train the trainer’ approach to spreading practices throughout the large system,
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encouraging staff to share what they have learned with coworkers. Each geographically-grouped cluster
of libraries in the system receives an annual ‘cluster programming budget,’ providing funds to purchase
craft supplies and programming materials. FCPL is also fortunate to have a supportive umbrella Friends
of the Library group. Applying for future grants is another avenue for sustaining the project.
*11. How might your library partner with others organizations in your community to help with this
project?
The Mendota Branch Library can partner with the two local Head Start centers (FCEOC/ Mendota Head
Start and Mendota Migrant Head Start) to reach children and the informal caregivers. There are also
three public housing sites and a farm labor housing site in Mendota, managed by the Fresno Housing
Authority. FCPL partners with the FHA in other communities to bring free books and programming to
residents, and expanding to the sites in Mendota would be a great next step. The Boys and Girls Club of
Mendota and the local school district can help recruit families where informal caregivers are caring for
younger siblings.
*12. Anything else you’d like us to consider?
Mendota is 96.6% Latino, and 87.2% of the community speaks Spanish in the home. Tanya Leyva-
Gutierrez is one of our certified bilingual staff, and we’d love to reach more of our Spanish-speaking
population. If selected, will it be possible to offer the programs and services from this project in English
and Spanish for our community? Thank you!
*13. Library Director's name and contact information
Name:Kelley Landano
Email:kelley.landano@fresnolibrary.org
Phone: 559-600-6237
Submission of this application indicates your Director's approval and support for your library branch's
participation in this pilot.
Thank you for applying!
Applicants will be notified no later than June 1, 2018.
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Award Notification
From:Flint, Suzanne@CSL [mailto:Suzanne.Flint@library.ca.gov]
Sent:Friday, June 1, 2018 10:22 AM
To:Landano, Kelley
Cc:Janzen, Deborah; Leyva-Gutierrez, Tanya; Green, Ashlee; Julie Weatherston
Subject:Library Informal Childcare Provider Project
Dear Ms.Landano,
Congratulations! Your application to serve as a pilot library in our Informal Childcare Provider Outreach
Project has been accepted. We look forward to the Mendota Branch of the Fresno County Public Library being
a part of this project. We received a number of compelling applications which tells us the informal childcare
provider population is one in which libraries are invested.
We look forwarding to working with you on this project!
Sincerely, Suzanne & Julie
Suzanne Flint
Suzanne Flint |Library Programs Consultant |California State Library
Library Building II |900 N Street |Sacramento, CA 95814
916.651.9796 direct 916.653.8443 fax suzanne.flint@library.ca.gov email
Early Learning with Families (ELF)http://elf2.library.ca.gov/
Supporting public libraries in their services to young children, their families and caregivers.
Julie Weatherston
Julie Weatherston |Project Director
Packard Foundation Library Informal Childcare Provider Outreach Project
650.288.9278 direct weatherstonjulie@gmail.com email
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Library Informal Caregiver Outreach Pilot Project Overview
This is a multi-year Packard Foundation and California State Library pilot grant that runs from
June 1, 2018 to December 31, 2019.
Purpose
The overall project goal is to reach the growing population of informal or family, friend and
neighbor (FFN) caregivers and connect them to library/community resources and support,
thereby helping to ensure that the infants, toddlers and preschoolers in their care are on track
for success in school and in life. Through a well-planned community assessment, pilot libraries
will identify informal caregivers in their community and begin to ascertain their needs. Based
on these identified needs, pilot libraries will design programs and services to help support
family, friend and neighbor caregivers and the young children in their care. Key components to
successfully designing, running, replicating and sustaining such library programs and outreach
strategies will be shared statewide.
Partnerships
Community partnerships with other stakeholders such as First 5 California; Head Start; Women
Infants and Children (WIC); Child Care Resource & Referral agencies (or CCR&Rs); or city parks &
recreation departments are strongly encouraged.
Role and Responsibilities of Pilot Libraries
Sites must commit a minimum of 2 front-line library staff and 1 library administrator to attend
an in-person training in October 2018 and to coordinate the project’s planning phase through
December 31, 2018. Approximately 125 hours of staff time total is anticipated, including
monthly planning calls. In Year 2, a minimum of 2 front-line library staff will coordinate and
oversee project implementation. This is anticipated to include approximately 600 hours of staff
time total to conduct outreach, run a weekly program (the broad terms of which may include
food, story time, open play/toys and staff engagement with FNN), participate in periodic
conference calls and administer project outcomes surveys.
Timeline
The first 6-months of this project will be dedicated to planning, with pilot libraries helping to
identify promising practices and effective strategies for serving this target audience. Then in
Year 2, each pilot site will commence implementation and testing of a specific program model
and outreach strategy that they have identified during the previous 6-months.
Funding
Each of the elected pilot sites will be eligible for a 2018 funding allotment of $5,000 to offset
the costs of staff time, supplies, and travel to the in-person training. Funding for 2019 is yet to
be determined but pilot libraries will be eligible for ongoing financial support.
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California State Library
Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA)
GRANT: Informal Caregiver Outreach Project
LSTA Funds Requested: $5,000
LST A Grant #: 2017-66785
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have executed this Agreement as of
the day and year first hereinabove written .
FOR ACCOUNTING USE ONLY:
ORG No .: 0107
Subclass: 10000
Org : 75170307
Account: 7406 , 7415
COUNTY OF FRESNO
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ATTEST:
Bernice E. Seide l
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County of Fresno
Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
County of Fresno , State of California
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