EOLS receives grant from Watson Foundation Fund

Contra Costa County libraries are the lowest-funded in the Bay Area. Why are they so successful?

MARTINEZ — Library cards, book checkouts and adult literacy programs have surged across Contra Costa County — breaking numerous department records, despite being provided — free of charge — by the lowest-funded Bay Area library system of its kind. The library’s proposed $45.6 million budget is one of the smallest pots within the $7.1 billion that will be allocated countywide in the next fiscal year, and its services come at virtually no cost. Th…

EOLS receives grant from Watson Foundation Fund

A $20,000 grant will support a project to expand adult literacy services to five area libraries, according to a media release.