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Support Youth and Families

Goal 1: Partner with Local Organizations to Educate and Mentor
Objective 1: Strengthen Education and Enrichment Programs
Project Performance Measure(s) Department(s)
SYF Empower Student Learning • Increase new library cards for all Library
1.1.2 and Reading with a Library children under the age of 18
Card • Increase circulation by children
under the age of 18
Summary:

Libraries play an important role in the education and Increase in new Library cards for children
development of a child. The library provides support 17 and under
for the child and student’s development by regularly 30,000
partnering with Arlington Schools for purposes of 25,000
outreach and programming and to support students,
teachers, and faculty in their endeavors. 20,000
15,000
Currently, library offers limited access available for 10,000
Arlington ISD students using their student ID number, 5,000
but that only provides access to some of what the -
library offers. Additionally, that program is only 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
available for students in AISD, leaving out many
students in private and charter schools and those who FY 2022 FY 2023 FY2024
are homeschooled.

By partnering with the schools on this campaign, we Circulation of Juvenile and
can reach parents and students and work on getting Young Adult Materials
library cards into the hands of students. The goal is to 400,000
increase the access to children have to resources to
help them grow in their education and remove 300,000
barriers they may experience when attempting to get
a library card. In FY 2024, the library will kick off a 200,000
Campaign. A library card is an important school
supply! reminding parents that children who read at 100,000
home are positioned to perform better in school and -
are more likely to continue to use the library as a
source of lifetime learning. 1st Qtr 2nd Qtr 3rd Qtr 4th Qtr
FY 2022 FY2023 FY2024
Timeline:
• 1 Quarter: Secure partnerships with AISD,
st
local charter and private schools, and
homeschool groups
nd
• 2 Quarter: Develop campaign strategy
including possible changes in card sign up
process, create school list and contacts,
create promotional materials, start pulling
relevant statistics for comparison
• 3 Quarter: Train staff on new procedures,
rd
schedule partnership visits, Print materials
and order library card
• 4 Quarter: Partnership visits for staff, track
th
relevant statistics for comparison

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