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OA, <br />Emergency Services <br />3. The Emergency Services Department has received additional grant funds totaling <br />$35,000 from the N.C. Department of Crime Control and Public Safety related to the 2017 <br />Emergency Management Performance Grant awards. The department plans to use <br />these funds to complete the Emergency Operations Center (EOC), provide additional <br />EOC trainings and exercises, up- fitting an Emergency Services response vehicle, and <br />continuing community outreach /education initiatives, such as OC Alerts, Five Steps to <br />Neighborhood Preparedness, and the CERT program. This budget amendment provides <br />for the receipt of these grant funds, and amends the following grant project ordinance: <br />(See Attachment 1, column 4) <br />Emergency Management Performance Grant ($35,000) - Project # 71049 <br />Revenues for this project: <br />Appropriated for this project: <br />Current FY <br />2017 -18 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Revised <br />EM Performance Grant funds <br />$288,914 <br />$35,000 <br />$323,914 <br />Total Project Funding <br />$288,914 <br />$35,000 <br />$323,914 <br />Appropriated for this project: <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is <br />applicable to this item: <br />• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY <br />The reduction of risks from vehicle /traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, <br />gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence. <br />Library Services <br />4. The Orange County Library has received notification from the Orange County Partnership <br />for Young Children requesting that an additional reading project, called "MotheRead ", be <br />implemented with the use of Smart Start funds. For FY 2017 -18, anticipated Smart Start <br />funds of $61,078 for a reading project, entitled "Time to Read" were approved. This <br />"Time to Read" project provides children, ages 3 -5, enrolled in participating North Orange <br />County child care classrooms, a rich environment by helping teachers, parents, and <br />caregivers build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Building <br />upon the Early Education foundation, the literacy educator will now also provide <br />"MotheRead" trainings for the parents of children attending the participating child care <br />facilities. Total Smart Start funding has been reduced to a total of $57,668 for FY 2017- <br />18. This budget amendment amends the following current "Time to Read" grant project <br />ordinance, and provides for the receipt of the Smart Start funds to create the following <br />new "MotheRead" grant project ordinance: <br />Current FY <br />2017 -18 <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Amendment <br />FY 2017 -18 <br />Revised <br />EM Performance Grant <br />$288,914 <br />$35,000 <br />$323,914 <br />Total Costs <br />$288,914 <br />$35,000 <br />$323,914 <br />SOCIAL JUSTICE IMPACT: The following Orange County Social Justice Goal is <br />applicable to this item: <br />• GOAL: CREATE A SAFE COMMUNITY <br />The reduction of risks from vehicle /traffic accidents, childhood and senior injuries, <br />gang activity, substance abuse and domestic violence. <br />Library Services <br />4. The Orange County Library has received notification from the Orange County Partnership <br />for Young Children requesting that an additional reading project, called "MotheRead ", be <br />implemented with the use of Smart Start funds. For FY 2017 -18, anticipated Smart Start <br />funds of $61,078 for a reading project, entitled "Time to Read" were approved. This <br />"Time to Read" project provides children, ages 3 -5, enrolled in participating North Orange <br />County child care classrooms, a rich environment by helping teachers, parents, and <br />caregivers build the skills needed to prepare children for success in school. Building <br />upon the Early Education foundation, the literacy educator will now also provide <br />"MotheRead" trainings for the parents of children attending the participating child care <br />facilities. Total Smart Start funding has been reduced to a total of $57,668 for FY 2017- <br />18. This budget amendment amends the following current "Time to Read" grant project <br />ordinance, and provides for the receipt of the Smart Start funds to create the following <br />new "MotheRead" grant project ordinance: <br />