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Logos

Include these logos on your promotions.

Please email lunch@library.ca.gov if you need a vector file for any of the images above.

Required Language

Please include the following acknowledgment statements on Lunch at the Library promotional materials:

On Pop-up Libraries promotional materials

English

Lunch at the Library is a project of the California State Library, supported with funds from the State of California.

Spanish

El Almuerzo en la Biblioteca es un proyecto de la Biblioteca Estatal de California y respaldado con fondos del Estado de California.

On Library Meal Sites promotional materials

English

This institution is an equal opportunity provider. The Summer Food Service Program is a program of the U. S. Department of Agriculture, administered in California by the California Department of Education. Lunch at the Library is a project of the California State Library, supported with funds from the State of California.

Spanish

Esta institución es un proveedor que brinda igualdad de oportunidades. El Programa de Servicios de Alimentos en el Verano es un programa del Departamento de Agricultura de los Estados Unidos, administrado en California por el Departamento de Educación de California. El Almuerzo en la Biblioteca es un proyecto de la Biblioteca Estatal de California y respaldado con fondos del Estado de California.

Unallowable Expenditures

Unallowable costs include but are not limited to the following (please ask if you have questions):

• Food and refreshments
• Performers for the purpose of entertainment (Presentations offering enrichment for attendees are allowable)
• Fundraising activities, including grant writing
• Cash reserves and endowment holdings; purchase of land, buildings or major construction
• Permanent construction or installations (discuss any plans related to this area with the Lunch at the Library team beforehand)
• Non-educational social activities such as receptions, parties, galas
• Gifts/prizes/incentives/giveaways; including cash prizes or gift certificates with monetary value, and Take and Make Kits (Books to build home libraries, which include literature connecting families to summer reading are allowable)
• Contributions, donations, honorariums, stipends
• Expenses incurred before the start of the grant period or after the ending date of the grant period without an approved extension
• Lobbying activities that are intended to influence the actions, policies, or decisions of government officials
• Backfill and salaries or benefits for individuals not directly contributing to the grant-funded project are not allowable as direct costs

Note for Youth Development program plans:

Interns: Payment using grant funds made to interns as wages, salaries, and payment for work under contract are allowable provided that the interns are only being paid for time spent directly on project-related activities and the payment method is not a stipend. This form of payment belongs under Salaries/Wages/Benefits on your Core Program budget.

Scholarships: Grant funds can be used to fund scholarships for those participating in educational and workforce development activities as part of the grant program and in alignment with the primary purpose of the grant. Note, this is different from a stipend as listed above and belongs under Services on your Core Program budget.

Templates

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