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Multi-Year Grants The Education Advisory Board awarded 5 Multi-Year Grants in the 2020 cycle. Multi-Year Grant#:20-42(1)Loved Twice,Collecting and Distributing 187,500 baby clothes(21,000 pounds saved from landfill)for homeless infants,Oakland,West County,$10,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to serve at-risk babies whose parents,often single mothers,are experiencing extreme challenges,including homeless,poverty,violence and teen pregnancy. Multi-Year Grant#: 20-43(1)Food Shift,Food Shift SB 1383 Technical Assistance Center,Berkeley,West County,$25,000.00- Funds from this grant will be used to develop a center,which will offer a combination of training,job placement,and consultancy using Food Shifts'knowledge across food recovery and redistribution,social enterprise workforce development and advocacy. Multi-Year Grant#: 20-44(1)Community Action for a Sustain Alameda,Alameda High School Reusable Pilot Program, Alameda,West County,$20,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to work with over 25 Alameda High students to deliver the AHS Reusables Pilot Program,to dramatically reduce disposable foodware waste in Alameda's downtown Park Street district. Multi-Year Grant#:20-45(1)For Here,Please,Mudlab+Youth/Adult Trainings,Oakland,West County,$20,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to fund Zero Waste educational workshops for Oakland youth and adults that will teach Zero Waste concepts to Oakland schools through field trips to the community space in North Oakland(MudLab)and by supporting students to become leaders in reducing waste in their school communities. Multi-Year Grant#: 20-46(1)Acta Non Verba: Youth Urban Farm Project,ANV Zero Waste Organics,Recyclables,Solid Waste Diversion Program,Oakland,West County,$20,000.00-Funds from this grant will be used to have youth participants in grades 6-8 research,develop and implement a zero waste policy and procedures for Acta Non Verba and Camp ANV.Funds will also be used to educate the youth on organic farming techniques and inputs focusing on establishing a community driven and youth led vermicomposting program. The total 2020 Expenditure Plan budget of$85,000 for Multi-Year Grants was approved by the Board along with the option to carry over all unexpended funds from previous grant years and expend if necessary. A total of$95,000.00 in Multi-Year Grants was awarded. ALARM Mitigation Projects Pursuant to the terms of the settlement agreement,the 2020 Expenditure Plan set aside$0 for mitigation projects for landowners in the vicinity of the landfill.The Education Advisory Board corresponded with ALARM(Altamont Landowners Against Rural Mismanagement)to notify them of the available funding.No applications were submitted for consideration during the 2020 funding cycle.The Board will continue to communicate with ALARM regarding appropriate projects for funding.