BUDGET CHART One East Palo Alto/Sponsored Employment Program Title / Item Justification Narrative
Measure C /TOT
Funds
% of Grant
Request
In-Kind
Match Cash Match Total Budget
Example: Staff 1 Name
and Title
1 person @
$18/h @ 220
hours
Staff 1 will be the Project Manager; inkind support provided by existing organization funding; cash match
provided by RYV Foundation; etc.
$1,800 12% $700 $1,100 $3,960
One East Palo Alto
(OEPA) Executive
Director (AED)
.06FTE for 2.5
mos w/27%
benefits
ED responsible for program oversight
and stakeholder engagement. In kind
match provided by OEPA
1,750 $1,750
Subtotal Personnel $1,750
Benefits at X% 0%
Total Personnel $1,750 $0 $1,750
Title / Item Justification Narrative
Measure C
Funds
% of Grant
Request
In-Kind
Match Cash Match Total Budget
Example: Direct
Services Volunteers
12 @ 4hrs @
6 wks @
$15/hour
Volunteers provided by XYZ community
group.
60% $4,320 $4,321
Stipends for 25 youth 25 @
$16.00/hour
for 120 hours
and 14%
benefits
Stipends are for the six week work
experience
$54,720 63% $54,720
Stipend for 1 Peer Mentor 1 @
$20.00/hour
for 250 hours
and 14%
benefits
Stipend is for mentoring, role modeling
and assisting with program operations.
$5,700 7% $5,700
Workers Compensation Calculated
after end of
program
Fees for workers compensation $481 1% $481
ECSMC Executive Director .06FTE for 2
mos w/27%
benefits
Planning, Oversight; in-kind match
provided by ECSMC
$1,172 $1,172
College Track Site Director .06FTE for 2
mos w/27%
benefits
Planning, Oversight; in-kind match
provided by College Track
$1,172 $1,172
Belle Haven Community
Development Fund
.06FTE for 2
mos w/27%
benefits
Planning, Oversight; in kind match
provided by BHCDF
$1,172 $1,172
Staff or personnel cost should not exceed 30% of the total sought from the Measure C/TOT Fund. Expenses incurred prior to grant awards are not eligible for funding. Insert additional rows as needed. Please round to the nearest dollar.
Personnel (lead applicant staff)
Contractors/ Collaborative Partners
BUDGET CHART One East Palo Alto/Sponsored Employment Program Live In Peace .06FTE for 2
mos w/27%
benefits
Planning, Oversight; in kind match
provided by Live in Peace
$1,172 $1,172
JobTrain Executive
Director
.06FTE for 2
mos w/27%
benefits
Planning, Oversight; in-kind match
provided by JobTrain
$1,172 $1,172
$60,901 71% $5,860 $66,761
Title / Item Justification Narrative
Measure C
Funds
% of Grant
Request
In-Kind
Match Cash Match Total Budget
Professional Services Various
Contractors
Coordination of operations, translation,
youth incentives, fingerprinting, liability
insurance, payroll processing; multilanguage materials & sexual harassment insurance included; in-kind
match provided by raised funds
$15,545 18% $587 $16,131.45
Events & Training Events
implementatio
n expenses
Materials plus hospitality $300 0% $300.00
Marketing, Travel, Rent &
Custodial
Communitywide
advertising;
mileage and
facility-related
costs
Necessary expenses for maintaining
contact with mentees at sites as far as
Belmont; in-kind match provided by
raised funds from foundations
$381 1% $113 $494.00
Telephones, Internet,
Equipment Rental,
Computer Maintenance
Office Set up
for SEP staff
and Peer
Mentors
Necessary expenses for maintaining
contact with mentees at sites as far as
Belmont; in-kind match provided by
raised funds from foundations
$3,455 4% $113 $3,567.52
Employment Materials &
Workshop Costs
Self-created
Resources
Miscellaneous expenses $350 1% $350.00
Completion Ceremony Gala
celebration
with local
dignitaries
Printed programs, hospitality et al $250 1% $250.00
$20,281 24% $813 $21,093
Title / Item Justification Narrative
Measure C
Funds
% of Grant
Request
In-Kind
Match Cash Match Total Budget
Total Contractual
Materials and Supplies
Total Materials/Supplies
Other
BUDGET CHART One East Palo Alto/Sponsored Employment Program Admin. & Overhead OEPA houses
SEP staff and
Peer Mentors
OEPA provides SEP with a full array of
access to office resources including Inkind office space; computers, printing, photocopying, scanning, non-SEP staff
support etc.
$5,182 5% $5,182
$5,182 5% $5,182
$86,363 100% $8,423 $94,786
$86,363 100% $8,423 $94,786
Amount Time Frame
OTHER GRANT SOURCES FOR THE PROJECT
List grants that have already been awarded to support the project, if any.
Funder Additional Information
TOTAL PROJECT (direct plus indirect)
ADDITIONAL BUDGET NOTES
Total Other
SUBTOTAL PROJECT (personnel, contractors, materials, other) One East Palo Alto | 903 Weeks Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, Program Operations: 2396 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303 650.980-1809(ph) | [email protected]
One East Palo Alto Neighborhood Improvement Initiative
One community where residents are celebrated for their diversity and are engaged, informed and empowered to attain …and maintain a good quality of life.
NARRATIVE
1. CAPACITY BUILDING QUALIFICATIONS:
MISSION: Implement a mentor-supported training and paid work experience program affording youth and young adults (YYA) opportunities to stay productive, explore jobs and careers, learn valuable 21st century skills, especially those that will increase their capacity to thrive in a virtual work environment, and develop relationships with caring community adults.
ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION: One East Palo Alto (OEPA) is a 22-year old youth-focused organization with a mission to develop resident leaders, broker resources and services, build the capacity of individuals and organizations, and advocate for change leading to the improved social, physical, spiritual, educational and economic wellbeing of East Palo Alto residents and families.
OEPA was launched in 2000 as an East Palo Alto (EPA)-based comprehensive community change and neighborhood revitalization initiative. Today, OEPA has evolved into a successful youthfocused, 501(c)(3) nonprofit that operates as the City of East Palo Alto’s only community-based intermediary and premiere convener. Its current work aims to build resilience of EPA youth and families at highest risk via community organizing/convening and offering direct services such as the partnership based Sponsored Employment Program. Additionally, OEPA serves the East Palo Alto community through its work in YouthEastPaloAlto, a comprehensive, formerly federally funded, youth led initiative to prevent and reduce alcohol and other drug use among EPA youth. Since September, 2019 YouthEastPaloAlto has actively engaged residents in responding to the 2020 Census and the November 2020 & 2022 election and in 2021 tackled Racial Justice. Other OEPA services include The Barbara A. Mouton Multicultural Wellness Center (drop-in center for consumers of mental health services), the Behavioral Health Advisory Group Ambassador Team project (mental health crisis intervention services for middle school youth coping with traumarelated violence); Youth Empowerment Strategies for Success (YESS), a 44 member collaborative of youth serving agencies; the Pacific Islander Know Your Rights Initiative (convenings to equip Pacific Islanders with the tools to navigate immigration challenges); Our Community-All of Us Census Awareness Raising Campaign (a partnership based initiative to assure an accurate count in Census 2020); and the East Palo Alto Homeless Drop-in Center (A multi-organization initiative addressing the void in resources for unsheltered residents of EPA/EMP).
A Measure C grant will allow the organization to offer young people increased opportunities to find their specific niche in this virtual world of work, develop marketable skills and contacts in their specific area of interest and to work alongside seasoned professionals to experience overcoming challenges such as those presented in times of pandemic and global reset.
OEPA’s ideal capacity to successfully improve stability while serving the target population is best seen in the pivotal work it did to respond to community need at the height of the 2020-2021 pandemic. As need dictated OEPA shifted to virtual operations and still managed to broker funds and resources to its partners. Additionally, OEPA and its partners completely reimagined SEP to provide a safe and healthy alternative to the traditional SEP by weaving the Census 2020 awareness raising efforts into a viable work as well as provided COVID-19 outreach and awareness efforts in 2021, virtual training and mentoring experience.
OEPA is well qualified to serve EPA youth and families demonstrated principally by the 1300 plus YYA and 54 college aged Peer Mentors SEP has served since 2005 and its inherent penchant for collaboration and partnerships. To date OEPA has successfully partnered with over 59 organizations including the 44-member organization known as Youth Empowerment Strategies for Success (YESS). Additionally, many of OEPA’s staff members were groomed in SEP and seasoned in post SEP internships at OEPA. Many other OEPA-trained young people are serving and making their marks nationally as Marriage and Family Therapists, and locally as Ravenswood School Board members, and Facebook and Google executives et al.
One East Palo Alto | 903 Weeks Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, Program Operations: 2396 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303 650.980.1809(ph) | [email protected]
One East Palo Alto Neighborhood Improvement Initiative
One community where residents are celebrated for their diversity and are engaged, informed and empowered to attain …and maintain a good quality of life.
OEPA has a proven track record for sustainability beyond the life of a grant. As an example, federal funding for YouthEPA ended in August of 2019 and the program continues to thrive by taking engagement lessons learned and applying them in other arenas such as the 2020 Census and Voter Education and Engagement and Racial Justice.
STAFF STRUCTURE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF PROJECT PERSONNEL OEPA is led by Executive Director, Kava Tulua, M.A., the former Special Projects Consultant for OEPA.
Ms. Tulua has led all of the organization’s mental health initiatives since 2007, was the Community Mentor Coordinator for SEP for six years and was groomed by the late Dr. Faye McNair-Knox. She instituted the highly touted Family Awareness Night, as well as the Community Mentor Career Connection event for SEP, assisted in launching the BHAGAT project and was the Acting Executive Director during Dr. McNair-Knox’s extended illness. In her tenure as Executive Director Ms. Tulua has taken the reins, embraced the challenge and taken the organization to new heights in every regard. Ms. Tulua is joined in this project by an eminently qualified supporting staff and by Rev. Teirrah McNair who has coordinated SEP operations since 2009. Rev. McNair is a pastor, educator, and people builder who has developed and managed soft skills and successful living programs and curriculum for over 25 years.
2. SCOPE OF WORK
PROPOSED PROJECT: One East Palo Alto (OEPA) is requesting $86,363 from Measure C in the Career Exposure and Employment service category to cover costs of providing 25 YYA stipends, materials and supplies for their participation in the Summer 2023 Sponsored Employment Program (SEP). SEP is a partnership-based, crime prevention initiative that provides summer jobs, mentoring and community connectedness opportunities for up to 100 YYA at highest risk in EPA and EMP. Selected EPA & EMP YYA, ages 14-24, receive intensive soft skills training and career focused professional development, are placed for six weeks at work sites hosted by SEP EmployerSponsors and are supported by one-on-one relationships with SEP Peer Mentor college students and adult Community Mentors representing a variety of professions.
GOAL. SEP’s overall goal is to provide positive income-earning alternatives and mentoring for EPA and EMP YYA at highest risk, a population that is alarmingly vulnerable to involvement in crime and violence, either as perpetrators or victims or both. As an important part of this goal, SEP targets YYA with multiple barriers to employment and helps them find the jobs they want and need to stay productive in the summer, learn valuable employment skills, be exposed to a variety of careers, help support themselves and their families and develop productive relationships with caring adults.
OBJECTIVES. ►Provide an employer-mentor relationship-based job training experience and develop community service leadership activities for up to 50 YYA in their work assignments. ► Create a project implementation structure in which local residents and stakeholders can lead the design and implementation of project activities. ► Coordinate the development of a network of supporting organizations and seasoned professionals local and otherwise and that can be tapped to make specific contributions to project implementation.
NUMBER OF EAST PALO ALTO CLIENTS (40) AND TOTAL CLIENTS (10) PROJECT TIMELINE. The SEP timeline of key project activities is as follows: SEP Planning & Fundraising January-May 2023; Program and YYA Recruitment/Selection; March 13- June 13, 2023; Peer Mentor, Community Mentor, Employer-Sponsor & YYA Orientation & Training June 7-20, 2023; Six Week Work Experience June 22-August 2, 2023; Virtual Exhibit and Awards Ceremony August 4, 2023
One East Palo Alto | 903 Weeks Street, East Palo Alto, CA 94303, Program Operations: 2396 University Avenue, East Palo Alto, CA 94303 650.980.1809(ph) | [email protected]
One East Palo Alto Neighborhood Improvement Initiative
One community where residents are celebrated for their diversity and are engaged, informed and empowered to attain …and maintain a good quality of life.
HOW PROJECT HELPS ORGANIZATION FULFIL ITS BROADER
ORGANIZATIONAL MISSION. One East Palo Alto (OEPA) is a youth-focused, communitybased intermediary nonprofit that works to achieve comprehensive revitalization of the City of East Palo Alto (EPA), California. OEPA’s mission is to develop resident leadership, broker resources and services, build the capacity of individuals and organizations, and advocate for change leading to the improved social, physical, spiritual, educational and economic well-being of East Palo Alto, CA. The primary purpose of OEPA’s current work is on developing and sustaining a quality of life improvement initiative called YESS, a formal mechanism through which local agencies can more effectively collaborate, share data and resources to build youth and family resilience among EPA residents in greatest need. To this end, SEP addresses the broader groups’ goal of providing Job Readiness and Employment Opportunities, Neighborhood Safety and Mentoring.
RATIONALE BEHIND PROGRAM ACTIVITIES AND IMPACT OF THESE
ACTIVITIES
In 2009, 96 SEP participants were asked, “If you had not been selected for SEP what would you be doing this summer?” An alarming 47% said they would be “in the streets.” In end of program surveys conducted 2011-2021, 95% of respondents said their post-SEP activity would be returning to school and/or looking for more work. Role modeling by college aged Peer Mentors as well as regular interface with the community’s caring adults has impacted the way YYA think about both their individual and their community’s future.
EVIDENCE OR RESEARCH BEHIND SELECTED STRATEGIES. SEP is aligned with best practices recommended by the Center for Disease Control and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Both organizations promote jobs, mentoring and connecting with caring adults as a powerful strategy for preventing violence and dismantling the school to prison pipeline(www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention;https://www.cdc.gov/violenceprevention/youthviolence /pdf/ opportunities-for-action.pdf; www.vimeo.com/85566060/NationalMentoringSummit). SEP is also aligned with standards for Career Ready Practice as defined by the California Department of Education, 2015. (http://www.cde.ca.gov/ci/ct/sf/documents/ctescrpflyer.pdf)
HOW SERVICES WILL OFFER A SUPPORTIVE COMMUNITY ENVIRONMENT
FOR YOUTH, SENIORS, FAMILIES AND/OR REENTRY/REUNIFICATION OF EAST PALO ALTO RESIDENTS. SEP creates a community of caring adult mentors and college age Peer Mentors and integrates them into every aspect of program operations. The result is an environment where crime is neither the only option nor a highly celebrated option. Instead, excellence, positive career pathways and accountability to community are touted as the way to go.
3. BUDGET
SEP’s 2023 budget is $200,000 total, which includes $86,363 for the twenty-five (25) YYA and one (1) Peer Mentor supported by this proposal. Direct service funds will be strategically used to support training, mentoring and community engagement activities to the diverse target audience and their families.
A robust award and endorsement from the City of EPA will likely open doors to new funding from Bay Area corporations and foundations. Additionally, OEPA expects to receive renewal funding from the Chan Zuckerburg Initiative, El Concilio of San Mateo County, Facebook, Palo Alto Community Fund, PG&E, Silicon Valley Community Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank and the White Family Fund.