To provide quality customer service in all phases of animal services operations and quality care for all animals in Columbia County. Primary Responsibilities: Animal Services is responsible for all animal service operations, including nuisance complaints, animal cruelty investigations, animal attacks, handling of rabid animals, dead animals, the animal adoption program, and taking care of the animals at the Columbia County shelter.
The Federal Supplemental Educational Opportunity Grant (FSEOG) provides money for school to students with exceptional financial need. The federal government provides up to 75% of this money and the school provides the rest. This money is not guaranteed by the government and may vary form school year to school year.
Upward Bound is one of the eight federally funded TRiO Programs. Our program is 100% funded by a grant by the U.S. Department of Education. Our program holds two, five year, Upward Bound Grants, one for Tacoma and the other for Clover Park. The Tacoma Grant services 105 students who attend Foss, Lincoln or Mt. Tahoma High Schools in the Tacoma School District. This grant is funded at $446,000 per year, totaling $2.23 million over the course of five years.