Long Beach City Council
May 17, 2022

ATTACHMENT A
Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 1 (Initial Report) November 24, 2021

LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAM WEBSITE
The City has launched the Long Beach Recovery website, where all Long Beach Recovery Act information will be available to the public: https://longbeach.gov/recovery. This web portal will provide announcements and resources regardi ng Economic Recovery and Safe and Healthy Cities programs as well as communicate progre ss in implementing recovery programs. All Recovery Act Reports will be posted on the website as they are released.

LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAM FUNDING
Since adoption of the Long Beach Recovery Act in March 2021, the City has secured $251.8 million from a variety of funding sources, including:

Funding Source Fundin g Amount
ARPA $135,700,000
Airport Grant $15,100,000
Epidemiology Grant $26,700,000
Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 1 $30,100,000
Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 2 $21,200,000
HUD (Homelessness) $10,000,000
Vaccination Grant $2,700,000
Health Disparities Grant $7,700,000
Total Long Beach Recovery Act Funding $249,200,000
Since adoption of the Long Beach Recovery Ac t in March 2021, the City has secured an additional $2,600,000 for a total of $251.8 million from several funding sources, including:

Funding Source Fundin g Amount
HUD (Homelessness) $200,000
Vaccination Grant $2,400,000
Additional Long Beach Recovery Act Funding $2,600,000
City staff are closely tracking future opportuni ties for recovery fund ing including recovery funding allocated in the State budget, as well as future potential federal infrastructure grant funding. The State Adopted Budget includes direct allocations to Long Beach for recovery related to rental assistance, homeless services, public health, and economic recovery to help manage the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic as outlined below. More information on potential funding opportunities included in the State Adopted Budget can be viewed in the State FY22 Adopted Budget Memo and are listed below.
x Rental Assistance: The City received an additional $13 million for the second round of ERAP (listed in table above).

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x Homeless Services: The City is estimated to receive $8.6 million annually in FY 22 and FY 23 through Rounds 3 and 4 of the Homele ss Housing, Assistance and Prevention Program (HHAP). The City will also be able to compete for additional grant opportunities through the Project Homekey Program for crit ical projects that provide permanent affordable and transitional housing
x Public Health: The State Adopted Budget incl uded $300 million per year starting in FY 23 to bolster public health infrastructure and workforce. While specific allocations have not been determined, the City expects to receive recurring funding through this effort. x Economic Recovery: The City anticipates rece iving direct allocations for youth workforce and cannabis equity. For cannabis equity, Long Beac h will get $4 million for the City’s Cannabis Social Equity Program to assist transitioning from a provisional license to an annual license process. The City will also be eligible to apply for various economic inclusion grants, such as th e California Guaranteed Income Pilot Program. The City is also eligible for up to $6.3 million for youth workforce development. x Transportation: The City will be able to app ly for up to $5 million through the Clean California Local Grant Program of 2021 to clean and beautify streets and roads, parks, pathways, and other public spaces.

LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION
Program Development
Following the adoption of the Long Beach Re covery Act, the Long Beach Recovery Act Management Team (LBRA Team) was formed to provide overall management, control, and oversight of the $251.8 million program, a sum larger than the entire annual budgets of many California cities. The Team is led by Spec ial Deputy City Manager fo r Recovery, Meredith Reynolds, reporting to the Assistant City Mana ger, and is made up of sub-teams to provide management of more than sixty recovery programs across eight City Departments. To ensure appropriate program and financial management of the Long Beach Recovery Act, the City has implemented a three-year staffing and administration plan through December 2024, with many positions being filled by existing staff from various City departments, with their positions being backfilled. A diagram of the Long Beach Reco very Act Management Team can be found in Attachment B.

From April through August 2021, the LBRA Team developed streamlined processes and procedures, staff training curricula, and standardized templates that guide Department staff in designing equitable programs that achieve coll ective impact and maximize recovery for residents and businesses hardest hit by COVI D-19. These processes and procedures are aligned with funding and procurement guidelines so that expenditures are appropriate, and the accounting and documentation allow appropriate reporting and auditing to avoid jeopardizing funding or returning inappropriately spent federal funds.

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Departments have prepared Implementation Plans for each program , detailing how the program (1) addresses the needs of community members most impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic through targeted service delivery; (2) em beds an equity lens to the design of each program to address the needs of the most adversely impacted and vulnerable community members; (3) is communicated consistent with the City’s Language Access Policy and through partnerships with key community-based organizati ons to conduct culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach, engagement, education; and (4) demonstrates how each program conforms to federal funding eligibility and gu idelines, purchasing and reporting requirements and service delivery and collective impact metrics. The Program Implementation Plan Template is included as Attachment C.

Priority Programs
Upon initial approval of the Long Beach Recovery Act in March 2021, the City Council authorized immediate implementation of priority programs. The following programs have been expedited.
x Vaccination Distribution and Public Health COVID-19 Response Program Public Health COVID-19 Response - $18,618,900
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community
In December 2020, the City beg an a rollout of equitable di stribution of vaccines and administered vaccinations to healthcare workers, older adults, emergency services personnel, educators, and food sector employ ees in Long Beach. As of this memo,

67.9% of Long Beach residents have received at least one dose of the vaccine, including over 99% over the age of 65 and 81.7% ov er the age of 18, and vaccinations have become available to youth ages 5 to 12.
x Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Housing Support - $51,364,086
Development Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community
Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERA P), which opened applications in April 2021, assists landlords and income-eligibl e tenants (renters) who have experienced financial loss or hardship due to COVID-19 through rental assistance. ERAP will help income-eligible tenants pay rent and utilities, both for past due bills and future payments.

The program will prioritize assisting lower-income tenants who have been unemployed for 90 days or more and who are at risk of housing instability. The program is established to provide assistance exclusively to landlords and tenants in Long Beach and is separate from the State’s rental assistance program. The program will serve to implement the tenant protection laws enacted by the State of California. As of last week, $22.3 million has been disbursed, with an additional $15.7 million in the appraisal pipeline; 3,172 Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 1 (Initial Report) November 24, 2021

payments have been made with 1,123 additional cases preliminarily approved and awaiting final approval for payment.
x Clean Team Program
Clean Cities - $4,000,000
Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Marine Departments Economic Recovery
The Clean Team Program provides litter removal in public right-of-way, alleys, and high- traffic business corridors, removes illegally dumped items and graffiti to reduce blight and address code enforcement violations. The Program will also provide funding for litter removal at local parks. As of this memo, 4 additional Maintenance Assistants had been hired.

Programs Underway
The following programs critic al to addressing immediate needs of the community were developed and refined through the CARES Act and have been continued under the Long Beach Recovery Act.
x Nutrition Security Initiatives
Basic Needs - $3,200,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community
The Nutrition Security Initiatives provide food and nutrition-related services and support through the City and its partners to populations experiencing high levels of food insecurity and/or barriers to healthy fo od access as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. These include food distribution events intended to reach neighborhood residents in need, while others are working specifically with pre-identified “high priority” populations. This program carr ies over the work started wit h $3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Se curity (CARES) Act funding to support projects aimed at increasing food security, and additional reco very funding will continue food security programs to ensure no gap in service. The Meal and Food Delivery Program continued distributing food during the 2021 summer months under LBRA. x Basic Needs Response Infrastr ucture - LB Resource Line Basic Needs - $1,363,630
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community
The LB Resource Line is a hotline for residents to call and connect with knowledgeable Health Department staff who can provide accura te referrals to local services such as health care, mental health care, food access , housing and shelter, and legal aid. City staff utilize the Unite Us resource and refe rral platform (launched in January 2021) to Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 1 (Initial Report) November 24, 2021

create closed loop referrals between agencies in the community. Over the last 9 months, agencies have joined the Unite Us network in Long Beach to create a “no-wrong door” entry service system. Residents can also access an electronic request form to connect with the LB Resource Line staff after hours. Additionally, residents who are interested in looking for resources at their own conveni ence will be able to search a public facing Unite Us resource database.
x Early Childhood Education, Childcare, and Literacy Development - Early Childhood Emergency Supplies Program
Basic Needs - $2,480,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community
The Early Childhood Emergency (ECE) Suppl ies Distribution sub-program provides emergency supplies such as diapers, wipes, and formula to licensed childcare providers and families in Long Beach to help increa se access to basic hygiene supplies for children in need. The Program will distri bute supplies at five Long Beach parks and LBUSD sites for families across Long Beach. Local childcare providers can access the supplies and receive more information about local resources by joining the local ECE Newsletter.
x BizCare Program
Technical Assistance - $247,042
Economic Development Department
Healthy & Safe Community
BizCare, which began in November of 2020 to support small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, has now expanded to include a new BizCare Outreach Team. The team, comprised of City staff, is focused on helping small businesses located in low-to- moderate income areas of the city learn about and benefit from small business grants, loans, technical assistance, and other resources. The BizCare Outreach Team will help people learn about and apply fo r all the various programs to maximize the equitable distribution of resources.
x Storefront Reopening Program
Direct Business Support- $2,210,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Storefront Reopening Pr ogram provides funding fo r a Property Reopening Ombudsman and provide grants to assist business and property owners with reopening and the removal of plywood board-ups, ba sic repairs, façade improvements, and beautification of high-need co mmercial corridors impacted by civil unrest, COVID-19 closures, and other safety or quality of life impacts.

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x Language Access Translation
Language Access - $500,000
City Manager’s Office – Office of Equity
Healthy and Safe Community
To ensure equitable outreach and commun ity engagement, funding and capacity for Language Access translation is specifically allo cated to ensure all Recovery programs are promoted and accessible in all languages.
x Park Summer Camp Program
Early Childhood Education and Childcare Support - $41,667 Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy & Safe Community
The Parks Summer Camp Program provides subsidized recreation and enrichment activities in a summer camp format, made possible by a combination of Recovery Funds and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This Program was offered to families at 20 park sites during the Summer of 2021.

New Programs to be Launched in Winter 2021 - Spring 2022 The following programs and subprograms have been developed and are approved to be implemented in the coming mont hs. Each subprogram includes a brief description along with the funding category and overall program funding amount the subprogram is funded out of. x Business Improvement District Grant Program
Direct Business Support - $1,344,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Business Improvement District Grant Pr ogram provides funding to non-profit business associations (BIDs) that cont ract with the City to manage Business Improvement Districts. The program will enabl e BIDs to help small businesses survive and recover by connecting them to financ ial assistance and te chnical assistance, promoting businesses, marketing commercial districts, and maintaining clean and safe commercial districts. BID Associations are eligible to receive a base grant of $70,000 for each BID they manage. Each BID Association is eligible for additional grant funding that will be based on the number of businesses or members (units) they serve. A cap of 500 businesses will be placed on the eligible list for additional grant funding. x Small Business Navigator Grants
Direct Business Support - $250,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
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The Small Business Navigation Grants program provides direct grants to non Business
Improvement Districts (BIDs) busi ness support organizations (non profit, for profit, membership based) that provide direct busines s technical assistance to business owners citywide that are not currently supported by BIDs. x Inclusive Business Navigator Grants
Direct Business Support - $250,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Inclusive Business Navigator Grants Prog ram provides direct grants to business support organizations (non
profit, for profit, membership based) that provide direct business technical assistance to under represented business owners of color, Re entry entrepreneurs, and women owned service sector businesses in communities most impacted by COVID 19
x Non-Profit Support Grants
Direct Business Support - $2,400,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Non-Profit Support Grants program provides working capital grants up to $25,000 to assist non
profit directors and boards to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, rehire employees, buy startup inventory, and relaunch businesses. Awards will be based on tiers by revenue, size, employ ees. Program design will be based on recommendations from Commun ity Roundtables, Arts Council, museum leaders, and creative business owners.
x Fitness and Personal Services Grants
Direct Business Support - $4,000,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Fitness and Personal Services Grants program provides working capital grants up to $25,000 to assist gyms, barbershops, salo ns, and other personal services to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, rehire employees, by startup inventory, and relaunch businesses. Awards will be based on tiers by revenue, size, employees.

Program design will be based on recommendat ions from Community Roundtables, Council of Business Associations, and small business owners. x Restaurant/Breweries/Bars Grants
Direct Business Support - $4,000,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
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The Restaurant/Breweries/Bars Grants Program will provide working capital grants up to $25,000 to assist locally
owned, independent, full service, sit down restaurant,
brewery and bar owners to reti re debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, rehire employees, by startup inve ntory, and relaunch businesses. Awards will be based on tiers by revenue, size, employees. Program design will be based on recommendations from the Restaurant Retention Strategy, and feedback from Community Roundtables with the Long Beach Bar Coalition & Long Beach Restaurant Association. x Property Activation Program
Direct Business Support - $450,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Business Activation Program provides local non profit economic development organizations grants to develop, implemen t, and deliver strategies and events to connect with residents, create a citywide ca lendar of special events, stimulate private sector consumer spending, encourage residents to "Buy Local" and "Get Outside"; and, attract investment in local service sector businesses experiencing the greatest economic impacts, revenue decline, and job losses.
x Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program
Economic Inclusion - $1,300,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program provides free mobile hotspots with one-year paid Internet servic e plans and computing devices to qualified small business owners and low-income residents with proof of income eligibility, a Long Beach address, and an active business license.
x Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline
Economic Inclusion - $150,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The multilingual Digital Inclusion Resour ces Hotline connects residents and small business owners to digital inclusion resources and services. The Hotline will be staffed by digital inclusion navigators who will provide real-time interpretation services by phone and email to assist residents and small business owners in finding information about free and low-cost Internet service offers, computing devi ces and computer literacy training. The digital inclusion navigators will also manage the application process for the Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program (listed above).

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x Digital Inclusion Confidence Program
Economic Inclusion - $62,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Digital Inclusion Confidence Program provides one-on-one computer literacy support services on hotspots, computers, email and internet usage to residents and small business owners. City staff will cont ract with a community-based organization (CBO) who will host community pop-ups in neighborhoods most disproportionately affected by the digital divide and provide one-on-one sessions. Real-time interpretation services will be provided in multiple languages.
x Guaranteed Income Pilot Program
Economic Stability - $1,344,000
Economic Development Department
Economic Recovery
The Direct Income Pilot Program will provide direct cash assistance in line with national income pilot research studies. The Long Beach Guaranteed Income Pilot (LBGI) will serve 250 families living at or below the poverty line and residing in the 90813 ZIP code.

These families will be eligible to receive up to $500 a month for 12 months while participating in a research study conducted by academic partners. Staff will focus on seeking additional grant dollars to bring the total number of participants up to 500. x Older Adult Supports - Older Adult Case Management
Basic Needs - $720,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Older Adult Case Management Program provides public health nursing and social work services to older adults in need of supports by conducting home or telehealth visits and providing connections to needed services within the Long Beach Senior Links Program. Anyone 55 or older living in Long Beach who needs help to continue living safely and independently in their home will be able to seek care through this program. x Older Adult Supports - Older A dult Aging Services Network Basic Needs - $720,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Long Beach Aging Services Collaborativ e (LBASC) connects service providers, community organizations, and advocacy gro ups to current servic es, resources, and legislative information for older adults. The LBASC continues to convene and respond to emerging needs of older adults that have been exacerbated by COVID-19.

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x Older Adult Supports - Older A dult Health and Wellness Program Basic Needs - $720,000
Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Older Adult Health and Wellness Pr ogram provides health and wellness programming at three Senior Centers (McBride, Chavez, and Houghton Parks). Offered weekly at each site, this evidence-based programming for older adults will build intergenerational opportunities for social connection, lower chronic disease and fall risk, enhance quality of life among Long Beach ol der adults, and build a local workforce skilled in serving older adul ts by providing learning opport unities to Long Beach State undergraduate and graduate students studyin g in health and human services degree programs.
x Health Equity - Black Mental Health Program
Physical and Mental Health Equity - $2,800,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Black Mental Health sub-program prov ides no-cost psychotherapy treatment to uninsured and underinsured Black Long Beach residents in need of mental health support. These clinicians demonstrate capacity and expertise in working with the Black community and will insure uninterrupted covera ge of currently enro lled clients and an increase in new clients in need of service.
x Trauma-Informed Mental Health Resources and Response Program Physical and Mental Health Equity Response - $526,370
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Trauma-Informed Mental Health Progra m will continue the City’s mental health awareness campaign first developed throug h CARES funding and the continue the implementation of the Trauma Informed and Resiliency program (TRI LB). x Nutrition Security Initiatives - Healthy Market Partnerships and Store Conversions Program
Basic Needs - $3,200,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Healthy Market Partnerships and Stor e Conversions Program expands access to healthy and affordable foods in Long Beach’s most nutrition-insecure neighborhoods by converting existing small markets, conveni ence stores, and/or liquor stores to healthy markets that provide increased access to fresh produce and culturally appropriate healthy food offerings.

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x Early Childhood Education, Childcare, and Literacy Development - Resiliency Survey Early Childhood Education and Childcare Supports - $2,480,000 Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Early Childhood Resiliency Survey gat hers information from parents on their children’s early development and experiences. This data - collected in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Long Beach Unified School District, and UCLA - will help ongoing collaboration on creating and implementing place-based services and opportunities for children and their families. x Advancing Peace Safe Passage Neighborhood Activation Program Violence Prevention and Safe Cities - $100,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
Neighborhood Activation - Long Beach Advancing Peace (Safe Passage) Program will provide funding for city-wide community engagement ev ents such as community fairs, picnics, neighborhood clean-up s, and provides students sa fe passage to and from school in areas in and around Cabrillo, Poly, and Millikan High Schools. x Community Learning Hubs
Violence Prevention and Safe Cities - $990,000
Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy and Safe Community
Community Learning Hubs Program provides safe and connected learning spaces for youth enrolled in the LBUSD Independent Study program to comp lete curriculum, receive academic support, and participate in a safe and enriching afterschool program. x Mobile Recess Program
Violence Prevention and Safe Cities - $990,000
Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Mobile Recess Program targets youth in neighborhoods hardest hit by COVID-19 and without access to local parks by provid ing activities in st reets that have been blocked off for safety to allow opportunities to connect, learn, and play for physical and mental health benefits.
x Virtual Recreation Program
Violence Prevention and Safe Cities - $990,000
Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy and Safe Community
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The Virtual Recreation Program provides online/virtual class options for youth to access recreational and enrichment programming, re gardless of their ZIP code or access to transportation.
x Right to Counsel Program
Housing Support - $810,000
Development Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Right to Counsel Program, a collabor ation with the County Los Angeles, will provide legal counsel to low-income residents facing eviction. x Community Land Trust Program
Housing Support - $1,000,000
Development Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Community Land Trust Program will provide a grant to establish a community land trust in Long Beach. Land Trusts own the underlying fee (land) under affordable housing.

The grant will be awarded through a competitive Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) with the first tranche of funding paid to the awardee upon selection and the second tranche paid after legal establishment of the land trust. x First-Time Homebuyer Program
Housing Support - $3,000,000
Development Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The First-Time Homebuyer Program provid es grants, estimated between $10,000 and $20,000, to cover closing costs for first-time homebuyers, thereby buying down the cost of home purchases so that individuals can build intergenerational wealth and stability for their families. The Program will be ta rgeted toward individuals and communities traditionally excluded from home ownership.
x Motel Vouchers Program
Homelessness - $210,688
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Motel Vouchers Program provides safe sheltering to people experiencing homelessness through motel vouchers for individuals and families and referrals to other wrap-around services and permanent housing solutions to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

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x Mobile Outreach Station, REACH Pr ogram Operations, and Case Management Program
Homelessness - $6,712,000
Health and Human Services Department
Healthy and Safe Community
The Mobile Outreach Stations, Case Management Services, and REACH Operations provide people experiencing homelessness a nd those at risk of becoming homeless with easier access to shelter and housing referrals, social services enrollments, and mental health services, an d assistance to avoid unnecessary contact with law enforcement and the criminal justice system . Over the next three years, the Program will engage and link individuals experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services. This will include leading and im plementing homeless community outreach, education, and response; creating and implementing engagement strategies to encourage people to connect to services to resolve their barriers to permanent housing; and identifying encampments and locations where people experiencing homelessness congregate.
x Arts and Culture Grants
Direct Business Support - $900,000
City Manager’s Office
Economic Recovery
The Arts and Culture Grants Program provi des grants to assist arts and culture non- profit organizations and businesses, as well as individual artists. This program has been expanded from the CARES Act allocations in 2020 to capture the African American Cultural Center, Cambodian Cultural Center, and the Latinx Cultural Center to facilitate the ongoing development of these efforts. The grants can be used for strategic planning, fixed costs, hiring employees, and launching new programs that result in the production of art and culture throughout the City. Gran ts will be awarded through a competitive allocation and selection process which incorporates recommendations from Community Roundtables and the Arts Council for Long Beach, among others.

Programs In Development
Additional Long Beach Recovery Act programs are currently being designed, and details will be included in future reports. Some of the programs under development include:

Economic Recovery
x Direct Business Support: Expedited Permitting
x Economic Inclusion Programs: Economic Empowerment Zones, Youth Workforce Development Programs, WorkLB Worker and Employer Assistance, Inclusive Procurement Program
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x Transit: Micromobility and P ublic Transit Pilot Programs Healthy and Safe Community
x Early Childhood Education and Childcare Suppo rts: Access to Library Resources, Early Childhood Education and Childcare
x Homelessness and Housing Support: Modu lar Shelter Units, Housing Navigators, Community Land Trust and Down payment Assistance
x LB Justice Fund
x Physical and Mental Health Equity: Heal th Equity Programs, Addressing Health Disparities, Immigrant Support Services, Promotora/Community Health Champions x Violence Prevention and Safe Cities: Be Safe Program, Ca reer Exploration Program, Community Interventionist Program, Youth Social Capital, Summer Neighborhood Engagement Program, Mental Health Crisis Response, Re-entry Pilot, Teen Programs, Youth Academic Programming
As programs are rolled out, ma ny will require proc urement of goods and services, including services that will be provid ed by community-based organizations. These opportunities will be advertised through the City’s print, online, and social media communication channels and communicated directly to community-based or ganizations. These proc urement opportunities will be posted on the City’s purchasing website at www.longbeach.gov/purchasing.

Financial Management and Procurement
Since the adoption of the Long Beach Recovery Act in March 2021, City’s internal efforts have been focused on establishing grant-compliant accounting structures and the procurement authority necessary for appropriate but swift exp enditure of these funds. This Report 1 (Initial Report) includes the current budget allocated to each program, and in accordance with existing City Council policy, appropriation adjustment re quests are forthcoming as part of the next Citywide Budget Adjustment letter, which will be presented to the City Council on December 7, 2021. Future Reports will include information about program budgets and current expenditures by recovery category.

The City has also evaluat ed the emergency procuremen t process under which goods and services have been procured during the COVID-19 emergency. On October 19, 2021, the City Council approved the City Attorney to prepar e an Ordinance temporarily increasing the authority of the City Purchasing Agent up to $50 0,000 for purchases paid for, or reimbursed by, funds from the Long B each Recovery Act or other stimulus funding, until the expiration of these grant funds. The ordinance will help prov ide an appropriate process for contracting associated with the Long Beach Recovery Act programs and allow the City to provide economic and social recovery resources to the community more expeditiously. The Ordinance will remain in place until at least Decemb er 31, 2024 (the expiration dat e for ARPA expenditures). The Ordinance will not reduce or modify in any way the City’s standard policies and practices around competition for selecting award recipients since maximizing opportunities for interested organizations to benefit from these resources is paramount to the success of the programs and Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 1 (Initial Report) November 24, 2021

intention of the resources. The City will report contracts awarded under this Ordinance in each Report.

FEDERAL REPORTING AND AUDITING
The City is required to submit various federal reports for grants awarded by federal agencies.

For ARPA funds, the City will submit three types of federal reports:

1. Interim Report: Provid e initial overview of status and uses of funding. This is a one-time report was due on August 31, 2021, with ex penditures by category. The City has completed this report.

2. Project and Expenditure Report: Report s on projects funded, expenditures, and contracts and subawards over $50,000, and other information. The U.S. Department of Treasury has extended the deadline for submission of the first Project and Expenditure Report from October 31, 2021, to January 31, 2022, and then subsequent reports will be due 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.

3. Recovery Plan Performance Report: Provides information on the projects that large recipients are undertaking with program fu nding and how they plan to ensure program outcomes are achieved in an effective, efficient, and equi table manner. It will include key performance indicators identified by the recipient and some mandatory indicators identified by Treasury. The first repor t was due on August 31, 2021, and annually thereafter by July 31. The City has completed this report.

All reports are to be posted on the website of the recipient as well as provided to the U.S.

Department of Treasury. The City’s reports c an be found on the City’s LBRA website:
https://longbeach.gov/recovery/programs/
As a part of the Long Beach Recovery Act funding, the City can be selected for audit by several auditing agencies, including the U.S. Department of Treasury. These agencies will review how the City has complied with program requirements listed in the funding guidance documents and may also review compliance with specific requirements of the federal agency or grant program per the grant agreement or awar d letter that may co ntain additional and specific terms, conditions, and reporting requirements. In pre paration for these future audits, the City is maintaining appropriate documentation and audit-ready files for all LBRA programs.

NEXT STEPS
This overview of the Long Beach Recovery Ac t programs, application process, and protocols describes the City’s best approach to meeting the program goals outlined by the City Council and ensuring that programs meet various federal funding requirements and are compliant with all required protocols for financial tracking and documentation. The programs are designed to maximize collective impact outcomes – mutually reinforcing programs and services that best support community recovery, particularly those hardest hit by COVID-19.

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The City will proceed with impl ementation using the Council- approved goals and funding guidelines unless staff receives further direct ion from the City Council, no later than the December 7, 2021 City Council meeting. The City ’s Recovery Act website will be updated to reflect the information included in this memo. As new programs come online, staff will continue to provide detailed information through memoranda, press releases, and updates to the City’s Long Beach Recovery Act website. If you ha ve any questions, please contact Meredith Reynolds, Special Deputy City Manager for Recovery, at (562) 570-6677 or [email protected].

ATTACHMENTS

A-L ONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT APPROVED PROGRAMS

B-L ONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT MANAGEMENT TEAM STRUCTURE

C-L ONG BEACH RECOVERY PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TEMPLATE

D-L ONG BEACH RECOVERY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
CC: CHARLES PARKIN,C ITY ATTORNEY
DOUGLAS P. HAUBERT,C ITY PROSECUTOR
LAURA L. DOUD,C ITY AUDITOR
LINDA F. TATUM,A SSISTANT CITY MANAGER

KEVIN JACKSON,D EPUTY CITY MANAGER

TERESA CHANDLER,D EPUTY CITY MANAGER

APRIL WALKER,A DMINISTRATIVE DEPUTY CITY MANAGER

MONIQUE DE LA GARZA,C ITY CLERK

DEPARTMENT HEADS

RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A

LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS
On March 16, 2021, the City Council approved the Long Beach Recovery Act (LBRA), becoming the first major city to approve a COVID-19 recovery plan utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and other federal funding, with programs in three categories:

Economic Recovery, Healthy and Safe Community, Securing Our City’s Future

ECONOMIC RECOVERY

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
SECURING OUR CITY’S FUTURE

ATTACHMENT A
1 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
2 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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3 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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4 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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5 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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6 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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7 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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8 LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

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9 MANAGEMENT TEAM STRUCTURE

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MANAGEMENT TEAM STRUCTURE
Following the adoption of the Long Beach Recovery Act, the LBRA Management Team (Team) was formed to provide overall management, control and oversight of the $251.8 million program, which is larger than the entire budgets of many California cities. To ensure appropriate program and financial management of the Long Beach Recovery Act, the City has implemented a 3-year staffing and administration plan through December 2024
Leadership Structure
Governance Structure

ATTACHMENT B
1 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

ATTACHMENT C

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
Departments are responsible for working together to prepare Recovery Program Implementation Plans, which are designed to achieve collective impact and use the City’s Equity Toolkit, and receive approval by the City Manager’s Office. Once approved, Departments are responsible for program implementation and program management consistent with the approved Implementation Plan.

ATTACHMENT C
1 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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2 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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3 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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4 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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5 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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6 PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN
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PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

PROGRAM IMPLEMENTATION PLAN

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8 PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS

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ECONOMIC

RECOVERY

ATTACHMENT D

LONG BEACH EMERGENCY RENTAL

ASSISTANCE PROGRAM
Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), which opened applications in April 2021, assists landlords and income-eligible tenants (renters) who have experienced financial loss or hardship due to COVID-19 through rental assistance. ERAP will help income-eligible tenants pay rent and utilities, both for past due bills and future payments. The program will prioritize assisting lower-income tenants who have been unemployed for 90 days or more and who are at risk of housing instability.

Funding Area: Healthy & Safe Community, Housing Support Funding: $51,364,086 (Development Services)
As of September 30, 2021, the City has disbursed $19.6 million in payments including 1,546 utility payments totaling $715,549. The average amount distributed per household is $7,000 in rent assistance and $477 in utility assistance.

The City has received a total of 9,706 submitted applications received with varying degrees of completion. Of the total applications:
• 2,216 cases have been paid;
• 512 cases are at various stages in the payment pipeline; • 2,031 applications were submitted only by landlords and now require the tenant to also apply to determine eligibility and for the landlord to receive funds for past due rent;
• 360 cases have been denied, mostly due to duplicate applications from the same household; and
• 4,587 cases are in progress at various stages of completion.

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1 HEALTHY &
SAFE

COMMUNITY

ATTACHMENT D

LONG BEACH RESOURCE LINE
Funding Area: Healthy & Safe Community, Basic Needs
Funding: $1,363,630 (Health)
The LB Resource Line is a hotline for residents to call and connect with knowledgeable Health Department staff who can provide accurate referrals to local services such as health care, mental health care, food access, housing and shelter, and legal aid. Staff utilize the Unite Us resource and referral platform (launched in January 2021) to create closed loop referrals between agencies in the community. Over the last 9 months, 57 agencies have joined the Unite Us network in Long Beach to create a “no-wrong door” entry service system. Residents can also access an electronic request form to connect with the LB Resource Line staff after hours. Additionally, residents who are interested in looking for resources at their own convenience will be able to search a public facing Unite Us resource database.

As of September 30, 2021, the City has received 1,412 calls, with 117 referrals and cases created, 79 referrals accepted by community partners and 94 referrals and cases completed/closed by the City.

Top 10 services callers were requesting:

1. Housing and Shelter

2. Food Assistance

3. City/DHHS Services Information

4. Vaccination/Testing Appointments

5. Utility Assistance

6. Mental/behavioral health

7. Individual Supports (clothing, household supports, income support)

8. Legal Guidance

9. Employment

10. Benefits navigation

ATTACHMENT D
2 Rev 1 09.28.21
Date: April 29, 2022
To: Thomas B. Modica, City Manager
From: Meredith Reynolds, Special Deputy City Manager for Recovery For: Mayor and Members of the City Council
Subject: Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
On March 16, 2021 , the City Council approved the Long Beach Recovery Act (LB Recovery Act), becoming one of the first major cities to approve a COVID-19 recovery program utilizing federal American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds. Since March 2021, when the City Council approved the L B Recovery Act, City of Long Beach (City) staff have designed the Recovery Programs with a focus on equity and collective impact and submitted them for approval to begin implementation. Key Long Beach R ecovery programs a nd contract opportunities are live , including the Small Business and Nonprofit grants and the Guaranteed Income administrator Request for Proposals (RFP). This report provides a high-level update on the status of various programs including highlights of the LB Recovery Act, website updates, program implementation, contracting, and data collection and evaluation. The LB Recovery Act includes ARPA and a variety of other recovery-related funding sources totaling $255.7 million to support programs in three main categories through December 2024:
• Economic Recovery: $64.5 million
• Healthy and Safe Community: $115.5 million
• Securing Our City’s Future: $75.7 million
Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting Schedule
As the City implements LB Recovery Act Programs, City staff will provide regular reporting on how the City is spending ARPA and other recovery-related grant funding to provide recovery services throughout the Long Beach community.

Recovery Reports Reporting Period Report Prepared
Report 1 (Initial Report) Mar 2021 – Sep 2021 Nov 2021
Report 2 Oct 2021 – Mar 2022 Apr 2022
Report 3 Apr 2022 – Sep 2022 Oct 2022
Report 4 Oct 2022 – Mar 2023 Apr 2023
Report 5 Apr 2023 – Sep 2023 Oct 2023
Report 6 Oct 2023 – Mar 2024 Apr 2024
Report 7 Apr 2024 – Sep 2024 Oct 2024
Report 8 (Final Report) Oct 2024 – Dec 2024 Apr 2025
Memorandum

ATTACHMENT B
Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

In addition to the formal Recovery Reports, staff will continue to provide periodic update memos on the status of programs as they are initiated. Below are the update memos released to date.

Recovery Update Memos Date Posted
Long Beach Recovery Act Update Memo January 20, 2022
Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance Program (LB-ERAP) and Keep Long Beach Housed Update
January 28, 2022
Long Beach Recovery Act Update Memo February 22, 2022
Equity Investment Framework March 24, 2022

Long Beach Recovery Act Program Funding

Under ARPA, the U.S. Department of Treasury adopted a Final Rule in January 2022. The Final Rule provides various eligible uses for ARPA funds, including the use of funds to provide and maintain current City serv ices (e.g. : police and other public services) to the extent of revenue lost by the City due to the pandemic.

In compliance with the Final Rule, the City’s approach will be to utilize the majority of ARPA funds to provide and maintain current City services (specifically police and parks and recreation services) that were originally intended to be provided by the G eneral Fund. This approach makes available General Fund monies ($124 million as shown on the table below) to use for the City Council-approved programs in the LB Recovery Act.

Since adoption of the LB Recovery Act in March 2021, the City has secured $255.7 million from a variety of recovery-related funding sources, including:

Funding Source Funding Amount++
General Fund* $124,000,000
General Fund** $800,000
ARPA+ $11,800,000
Airport Grant $15,100,000
CDC Public Health Workforce Development Grant $2,800,000 Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 1 $30,200,000 Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 2 $21,200,000 Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity Grant $26,800,000 Health Disparities Grant $7,700,000
HUD Home ARP (to address Homelessness) $10,200,000
Vaccination Grant $5,100,000
Total Long Beach Recovery Act Funding $255,700,000
* Funds made available due to funding from ARPA covering existing City services. ** Funds made available due to funding from CARES covering existing City services. + This represents the portion of LBRA programs funded directly by ARPA. The remaining portion of ARPA funding will be used to support existing public safety and parks and recreation services. ++ Totals are rounded to the nearest $100,000.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

Since adoption of the LB Recovery Act in March 2021, the City received $17.9 million less in ARPA funds than initially anticipated and has secured an addition al $38 million from several funding sources, shown in the table below, for a revised grand total of $255.7 million. The City has also been awarded $6.3 million for the Long Beach Youth Climate Corps program from the 2021 CaliforniansForAll Youth Workforce Development program and these grant funds will be accepted and appropriated on the May 3, 2022 City Council agenda. Attachment A lists all approved LB Recovery Act Programs and their budgeted funding.

Funding Source Funding Amount
CDC Public Health Workforce Development Grant $2,800,000 General Fund* $800,000
Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 1 $200,000
Emergency Rental Housing Program - Round 2 $21,200,000 Health Disparities Grant $7,700,000
HUD Home ARP (to address Homelessness) $200,000
Vaccination Grant $5,100,000
Additional Long Beach Recovery Act Funding $38,000,000 * Funds made available due to funding from CARES covering existing City services.

Long Beach Recovery Act Program Area Funding Amount
Economic Recovery $64.5
Healthy and Safe Community $115.5
Securing Our City’s Future $75.7
Total Program Funding $255.7
*Dollar amounts are in millions.

Under the Securing Our City’s Future category, to date the City has been able to utilize $33.7 million of General Fund funds made available due to ARPA covering existing City services for the following:
• $13.2 million to replace lost revenue that caused the General Fund Operating Reserve to be drawn down by that same amount in FY 20
• $9.2 million to replace lost revenue that caused the General Fund Emergency Reserve to be drawn down by that same amount in FY 20
• $1.5 million to replace the Uplands Oil Fund pandemic related revenue loss, making it possible to fund the annual set aside for future oil well abandonment costs • $5.2 million to replace lost revenue of the Special Advertising and Promotion Fund due to the pandemic
• $4.5 million to cover General Fund costs due to the elimination of the planned employee furloughs for the second half of FY 21

All LB Recovery Act program expenditures for the first year of the program (March 2021 – March 2022) are shown in Attachment B. City staff has begun launching programs and will report more spending by the next report.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

Long Beach Recovery Act Program Implementation

Program Development

Following the adoption of the LB Recovery Act, a citywide staff team was formed to provide overall management and oversight of the $ 235.5 million, a sum larger than the entire annual budgets of many California cities. The team is also responsible for securing additional recovery- related funding, which has le d to an increase in funding bringing the total funding to $255.7 million. The team is led by Special Deputy City Manager for Recovery, Meredith Reynolds, reporting to the Assistant City Manager, and is made up of sub-teams to provide management of more than eighty recovery programs across eleven City Departments. To ensure appropriate program and financial management of the LB Recovery Act, the City has implemented a three- year staffing and administration plan through December 2024, with many positions being filled by existing staff from various City departments, with their positions being backfilled.

Departments have prepared Implementation Plan s for each program, detailing how the program (1) addresses the needs of community members most impacted by the COVID -19 pandemic through targeted service delivery ; (2) embeds an equity lens to the design of each program to address the needs of the most adv ersely impacted and vulnerable community members; (3) is communicated consistent with the City’s Language Access Policy and through partnerships with key community-based organizations to conduct culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach, engagement, educatio n; and (4) demonstrates how each program conforms to federal funding eligibility and guidelines, purchasing and reporting requirements and service delivery and collective impact metrics.

Long Beach Recovery Act – Live Programs

The following programs are live and available for the public.

Healthy & Safe Community

• Vaccination Distribution and Public Health COVID-19 Response Program Health and Human Services Department
Press Release: Long Beach Health and Human Services Department Distributes 2.7 Million Masks for Children

In December 2 020, the City began a rollout of equitable distribution of vaccines and administered vaccinations to healthcare workers, older adults, emergency services personnel, educators, and food sector employees in Long Beach. As of this memo, 88.2 percent of Long Beach residents over the age of 18 have received at least one dose of the vaccine and 79.6 percent are fully vaccinated. All adults are now eligible for the COVID-19 vaccine booster.

• Basic Needs Response Infrastructure - LB Resource Line Health and Human Services Department
Press Release: Long Beach Launches Unite Us Online Community Resource and Referral Platform to Assist Residents in Accessing COVID-19 Support Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

The LB Resource Line (562-570-4636) is a hotline for residents to call and connect with knowledgeable Health Department staff who can provide accurate referrals to local services such as health care, mental health care, food access, housing and shelter, and legal aid. City staf f utilize the Unite Us resource and referral platform (launched in January 2021) to create closed loop referrals between agencies in the community.

Agencies have joined the Unite Us network in Long Beach to create a “no -wrong door” entry service system. Residents can also access an electronic request form to connect with the LB Resource Line staff after hours. Additionally, residents who are interested in looking for resources at their own convenience will be able to search a public facing Unite Us resource database.

• Early Childhood Education, Childcare, and Literacy Development - Early Childhood Emergency Supplies Program
Health and Human Services Department

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Supplies Distribution sub -program provides emergency supplies such as diapers, wipes, and formula to licensed childcare providers and families in Long Beach to help increase access to basic hygiene supplies for children in need. The Program will distribute supplies at five Long Beach parks and LBUSD sites for families across Long Beach. Local childcare providers can access the supplies and receive more information about local resources by joining the local ECE Newsletter.

• Early Childhood Education, Childcare, and Literacy Development - Early Childhood Educator Training
Health and Human Services Department

The Early Childhood Education (ECE) Educator Training sub -program supports the LB ECE Symposium in providing professional development opportunities to at least 400 local ECE providers with a focus on providing professional tools to help provide care and education to children. This symposium includes sessions on early childhood mental health, educator self -care, trauma informed care, and more, with a specific lens in helping children, families and providers overcome the challenges of COVID-19. Twenty- six scholarships have been provided for students and in-home care providers to attend the Symposium on Saturday, March 26th.

• Older Adult Supports - Older Adult Case Management
Health and Human Services Department

The Older Adult Case Management Program provides public health nursing and social work services to older adults in need of supports by conducting home or telehealth visits and providing connections to needed services within the Long Beach Senior Links Program. Anyone 55 or older living in Long B each who needs help to continue living safely and independently in their home will be able to seek care through this program.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

• Trauma-Informed Mental Health Resources and Response Program Health and Human Services Department

The Trauma -Informed Mental Health Program will continue the City’s mental health awareness campaign first developed through CARES funding and the continu e the implementation of the Trauma Informed and Resiliency program (TRI LB).

• Nutrition Security Initiatives - Healthy Market Partnerships and Store Conversions Program
Health and Human Services Department

The Healthy Market Partnerships and Store Conversions Program expands access to healthy and affordable foods in Long Beach’s most nutrition-insecure neighborhoods by converting existing small markets, convenience stores, and/or liquor stores to healthy markets that provide increased access to fresh produce and culturally appropriate healthy food offerings. La Mex icana, located in 90810, has recently joined the partnership and will begin working with The Health Department to transform their market and bring more healthy food options to West Long Beach.

• Nutrition Security Initiatives - Emergency Food Distributions, November 9, 2021 - Ongoing
Health and Human Services Department

On November 9, 2021, the Department of Health and Human Services Community Health Bureau received approval to implement emergency food distribution events to meet the immediate nutrition security needs of Long Beach residents. This program is made possible by funds from the Long Beach Recovery Act and is implemented through partnerships with Special Events & Filming, the Long Beach Police, Public Works, Parks, Recreation and Marine, and the Health and Human Services Departments, and multiple community organizations.

On Tuesday, December 21, 2022, the Department of Health and Human Services partnered with Supervisor Hahn’s Office, the Los Angeles Regional Food B ank, LA Department of Parks and Recreation, and Special Events and Filming to host a drive - thru food distribution event at Jordan High School. Open to anyone in need, the event provided 50-70 lbs. of food and resources to 996 households.

• Language Access Translation
City Manager’s Office – Office of Equity

To ensure equitable outreach and community engagement, funding and capacity for Language Access translation is specifically allocated to ensure all Recovery programs are promoted and accessible in all languages.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

• Mobile Recess Program, December 6, 2021 – February 25, 2022 Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine
Press Release: Mobile Recess Program (11/17/21)

Mobile Recess provides recreational supplies and equipment to designated closed neighborhood streets and provides supervised recreation, physical fitness, and arts and craft activities for youth ages 5 through 14 (Grades K-8). Registration for the new series, operating weekdays from 2:30 to 5 p.m., began Monday, November 22, 2021 at 2 :30 p.m. in-person and online at LBParks.org. The Mobile Recess Program was held at the following locations: Atlantic Plaza and Craftsman Village Parks (Mondays and Wednesdays), Rose Park and 17th Street betwe en Henderson Avenue and Chestnut Avenue (Tuesdays and Thursdays), and 23rd Street between Cedar Avenue and Chestnut Avenue and Burton Chace Park (Fridays).

• Community Learning Hubs Program, January 3, 2022 – April 15, 2022 Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine
Press Release: Community Learning Hubs (12/17/21)

Free Community Learning Hubs provide a safe space with high -speed internet for kindergarten through eighth-grade students enrolled in Independent Study through Long Beach Unified School District to complete distance lear ning assignments during the school day and the option to participate in safe and enriching after -school activities, including academic support, sports, fitness and more. Community Learning Hubs take place weekdays from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. at Houghton, M cBride, Orizaba and Veterans Parks. Registration is required and was made available online at LBParks.org and in person beginning December 22, 2021.

• Virtual Recreation Program, February 18, 2022- Ongoing Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Press Release: Virtual Recreation Program for Youth (2/18/22)

The Virtual Recreation Program provides online/virtual class options for youth to access recreational and enrichment programming, regardless of their ZIP code or access to transportation.

• Building Youth Social Capital Program, November 2021 – June 2022 Department of Health and Human Services

The Building Youth Social Capital Grantees program provides continued funding to 6 organizations working in communities disproportionately impacted by COVID -19, violence, and poverty to build social capital in local youth (ages 8 -24) through project- based work experience opportunities, academic leadership programming, and social connectedness following the isolation from the COVID-19 pandemic.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

Economic Recovery

• Clean Team Program
Public Works and Parks, Recreation and Marine Departments

The Clean Team Program provides litter removal in public right-of-way, alleys, and high- traffic business corridors, removes illegally dumped items and graffiti to reduce blight and address code enforcement violations. The Program will also provide funding for litter removal at local parks.

• BizCare Program
Economic Development Department

BizCare began in November of 2020 to support small businesses affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. The team, comprised of City staff, is focused on helping small businesses located in low-to-moderate income areas of the city learn about and benefit from small business grants, loans, technica l assistance, and other resources. The BizCare Team supports a call center and email help line for Long Beach Businesses, hosts Pop-Ups 4 days per week where businesses can access one-on-one assistance, and conducts outreach to help businesses learn about and apply for all the various programs to maximize the equitable distribution of resources. More information can be found at www.longbeach.gov/bizcare .

• Inclusive Procurement
Department of Financial Management
Press Release: Inclusive Purchasing Vendor Engagement (10/15/21) Press Release: Long Beach Announces New Procurement Software, Long Beach Buys (3/24/21)

In collaboration with the Harvard Kennedy School Government Performance Lab (GPL), the City completed a comprehensive evaluation and remaking of its procurement systems and processes to make procurement more efficient, consistent, and forward - looking, so that all vendors, including local, minority - and women-owned businesses, are better positioned to do business with the City and provide services on the City's behalf that best serve the Long Beach community. The City recently featured an online survey, available in English, Spanish, Khmer, and Tagalog, that collected input from previous and current vendors as well as from unsuccessful and prospective vendors.

The survey helped identify barriers faced by prospective and current vendors and will be used to improve vendor outreach with a focus on Long Beach businesses, and design and implement new solutions to increase opportunities for contracting. Th City is also launching Long Beach Buys, powered by Periscope’s ePro software, as the modern system that will widely enhance the City’s procurement abilities, including the lowerin g of barriers for small, local and disadvantaged vendors and improved contract management. Long Beach Buys will replace the City’s existing e-procurement platform.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

• Restaurant/Brewery/Bars Grants, March 16, 2022 – May 15, 2022 Economic Development Department
Press Release: Restaurant, Brewery, and Bar Relief Grants (3/9/22)

The Restaurant, Brewery, and Bar Relief Grant provides grants up to $25,00 0 to restaurants, breweries, bars, and related businesses. Grant funding may be used to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture/fixtures/equipment, and pay for other necessary expenses required to operate a small business. The application period opened on March 16, 2022 and ends May 15, 2022. Application information can be found at: www.longbeach.gov/smallbizgrants.

• Inclusive Business Navigator Program, March 16, 2022 – May 15, 2022 Economic Development Department

The Inclusive Business Navigators Program promotes economic recovery for small business owners across the city. The Inclusive Business Navigators Program will help small business owners benefit from important financial assistance, marketing, and technical assistance that will enable their businesses to survive and recover from the financial challenges created by the pandemic. By expanding partnerships with entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs) that prioritize outreach and support for diverse business owners across the city, the Inclusive Business Navigators Program will result in inclusive business outreach, increased access to small business grants and loans, marketing, and the delivery of free technical assistance. (Attachment C) Recovery Act Grant Outreach Map Data as of April 1, 2022 for ongoing outreach efforts to ensure inclusive business outreach to businesses.

• Personal Services and Fitness Services Grants, March 16, 2022 – May 15, 2022 Economic Development Department
Press Release: Personal Services and Fitness Services Grants (3/9/22)

The Personal Services and Fitness Resiliency Grant provides grants up to $25,000 to support small gyms, barbershops, salons, nail salons, and other personal service businesses. Grant funding may be used to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture/fixtures/equipment, and pay for ot her necessary expenses required to operate a small business. The application period opened on March 16, 2022 and ends May 15, 2022. Application information can be found at:
www.longbeach.gov/smallbizgrants.

• Small Business Relief Grants, March 16, 2022 – May 15, 2022 Economic Development Department
Press Release: Small Business Relief Grants (3/9/22)

The Small Business Relief Grant provides grants up to $10,000 to business owners to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture/fixtures/equipment, and pay for other necessary expenses required to operate a business. This program will support small businesses impacted by COVID -19. The Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

application per iod opened on March 16, 2022 and ends May 15, 2022. Application information can be found at: www.longbeach.gov/smallbizgrants.

• Non-Profit Support Grants, March 16, 2022 – June 15, 2022 Economic Development Department
Press Release: Nonprofit Support Grants (3/9/22)

The Non-Profit Relief Grant provides direct relief grants up to $25,000 to help existing Long Beach non-profit organizations to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture/fixtures/equipment, and pay for other related expenses required to operate a non-profit. The application period opened on March 16, 2022 and ends June 15, 2022. Application information can be found at:
www.longbeach.gov/smallbizgrants.

New Programs Launching Spring (April to June 2022):

The following programs and subprograms have been developed and are approved to be implemented in the coming months.

Economic Recovery
• Business Improvement District Grant Program, Spring 2022 Economic Development Department

The Business Improvement District Grant Program provides funding to non -profit business associations (BIDs) that contract with the City to manage Business Improvement Districts. The program will enable BIDs to help small businesses survive and recover by connecting the m to financial assistance and technical assistance, promoting businesses, marketing commercial districts, and maintaining clean and safe commercial districts. BID Associations are eligible to receive a base grant of $70,000 for each BID they manage. Each BID Association is eligible for additional grant funding that will be based on the number of businesses or members (units) they serve. A cap of 500 units will be placed on the eligible units for additional grant funding.

• Creative Economy Grants, Spring 2022
City Manager’s Office

The Creative Economy Grants Program provides grants to assist arts and culture non - profit organizations and businesses, as well as individual artists. This program will include operational recovery grants for major arts, cultural , and historical non -profit organizations; support for a public mural program ; and funding to support community projects and professional artists fellowships through the Arts Council for Long Beach.

Additionally, funding is allocated to support the development and strategic planning efforts of the African American Cultural Center, Latino Cultural Center, and Cambodian American Cultural Center. Grants in these categories will be awarded through a competitive allocation and selection process.

Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

• Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline
Economic Development Department

The multilingual Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline connects residents and small business owners to digital inclusion resources and services. The Hotline will be staffed by digital inclusion navigators who will provide real-time interpretation services by phone and email to assist residents and small business owners in finding information about free and low -cost Internet service offers, computing devices and computer literacy training. The digital inclusion navigators will also manage the application process for the Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program coming Summer 2022.

Healthy and Safe Community

• Health Equity Fund - Black Mental Health Program, Spring 2022 Health and Human Services Department

The Black Mental Health sub -program provides no -cost psychotherapy treatment to uninsured and underinsured Black Long Beach residents in need of mental health support. These clinicians demonstrate capacity and expertise in working with the Black community and will ensure uninterrupted coverage of currently enrolled clients and an increase in new clients in need of service. This program carries over the work started with Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding.

• Parent Engagement & Early Literacy, Spring 2022
Library Services Department

The Parent Engagement and Early Literacy program provides expanded free library services for literacy development in young children. Bi-lingual Early Literacy Specialists work dir ectly with parents and caregivers to offer families access to early childhood resources, including parent education workshops, early learning festivals, and kindergarten readiness programs, each developed to ensure that parents feel confident to make informed decisions about their children’s care and education and that children are prepared to enter school ready to learn.

• Youth Academic Programming, Spring 2022
Library Services Department

The Youth Academic Programming program provides free youth enrichment activities to assist with recovery in the following areas: education, violence prevention/safety, and health and wellness. The Youth Academic Programming project significantly expands current library services and programming for teens in Long Beach and offers leadership development and mentorship opportunities for teens citywide. Programs include Youth Poet Laureate program, Science, Technology, Arts, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEAM) workshops such as computer coding, robotics, 3D design, and printing, augmented/virtual reality, video game development, mental health and wellness Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

enrichment activities, and the expansion of Teen Advisory Groups to multiple library locations.

• Older Adult Supports - Older Adult Aging Services Network, Spring 2022 Health and Human Services Department

The Long Beach Aging Services Collaborative (LBASC) connects service providers, community organizations, and advocacy groups to current services, resourc es, and legislative information for older adults. The LBASC continues to convene and respond to emerging needs of older adults that have been exacerbated by COVID-19.

• Older Adult Supports - Older Adult Health and Wellness Program, Spring 2022 Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department

The Older Adult Health and Wellness Program provides health and wellness programming at three Senior Centers (McBride, Chavez, and Houghton Parks). Offered weekly at each site, this evidence -based programming for older adults will build intergenerational opportunities for social connection, lower chronic disease and fall risk, enhance quality of life among Long Beach older adults, and build a local workforce skilled in serving older adults by providing learning opportunities to Long Beach State undergraduate and graduate students studying in health and human services degree programs.

Programs Coming Summer 2022 (June to September 2022)

Economic Recovery

• Guaranteed Income Pilot Program, Summer 2022
Economic Development Department

The Long Beach Guaranteed Income (LBGI) Pilot Program will provide direct cash assistance in line with national income pilot research studies. LBGI will serve 250 families living at or below the poverty line and residing in the 90813 ZIP code. These families will be eligible to receive up to $5 00 a month for 12 months while participating in a research study conducted by academic partners. City staff will focus on seeking additional grant dollars to bring the total number of participants up to 500.

• Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program, Summer 2022 Economic Development Department

The Free Internet Services & Computing Devices Program provides free mobile hotspots with one -year paid Internet service plans and computing devices to qualified small business owners and low-income residents with proof of income eligibility, a Long Beach address, and an active business license.

• Digital Inclusion Confidence Program, Summer 2022
Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
April 29, 2022

Economic Development Department

The Digital Inclusion Confidence Program provides one -on-one computer literacy support services on hotspots, computers, email a nd internet usage to residents and small business owners. City staff will contract with a community -based organization (CBO) who will host community pop -ups in neighborhoods most disproportionately affected by the digital divide and provide one-on-one sessions. Real-time interpretation services will be provided in multiple languages.

• Economic Empowerment Zones and Economic Innovation District Program, Summer 2022
Economic Development Department

The Economic Empowerment Zone (EEZ) and Economic Innovation District (EID) Program will identify and establish areas of the City and sectors most impacted by COVID-19 with funding dedicated to community outreach, business planning, land trust development, small business coordination, arts and culture, housing development, private sector investment attraction, and other services to address economic impacts.

The first Contract Opportunity for this program will seek a Lead Community -Based Organization to condu ct community engagement, map community assets and needs, and deliver an implementation strategy for Economic Empowerment Zones. This RFP is expected to open in June 2022.

Healthy and Safe Community

• Early Childhood Education, Childcare, and Literacy Development - Resiliency Survey, Summer 2022
Health and Human Services Department

The Early Childhood Resiliency Survey gathers information from parents on their children’s early development and experiences. This data - collected in partnership with the Department of Health and Human Services, the Long Beach Unified School District, and UCLA - will help ongoing collaboration on creating and implementing place -based services and opportunities for children and their families.

• My Hood, My City – Summer Neighborhood Engagement Program, Summer 2022 Health and Human Services Department

The Office of Youth Development is implementing the program MY HOOD, MY CITY to engage youth through civics education and leadership development. The progr am provides youth-led storytelling through Neighborhood Tours that raise awareness, pride, and knowledge regarding the cultural and structural makeup of neighborhoods in North, West, and Central Long Beach. This program will include a local youth -led storytelling nonprofit to facilitate the storytelling work with youth over Summer 2022.

• First-Time Homebuyer Program, Summer 2022
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Development Services Department

The First-Time Homebuyer Program provides grants, estimated between $10,000 and $20,000, to cover closing costs for first-time homebuyers, thereby buying down the cost of home purchases so that individuals can build intergenerational wealth and stability for their families. The Program will be targeted toward individuals and communities traditionally excluded from home ownership.

Programs Coming Fall 2022

While these progra ms are anticipated to be made available in Fall of 2022, the program planning for implementation will take place during Summer 2022.

Healthy and Safe Community

• Motel Vouchers Program, Summer 2022
Health and Human Services Department

The Motel Vouchers Program provides safe sheltering to people experiencing homelessness through motel vouchers for individuals and families and referrals to other wrap-around services and permanent housing solutions to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness.

• Outreach and Case Management Program, Summer 2022
Health and Human Services Department

The Mobile Outreach Stations, Case Management Services, and REACH Operations provide people experiencing homelessness and those at risk of becoming homeless with easier access to shelter and housing referrals, social services enrollments , and mental health services , and assistance to avoid unnecessary contact with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Over the next three years, the Program will engage and link individuals experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services. This will include leading and implementing homeless community outreach, education, and response ; creating and implementing engagement strategies to encourage people to connect to services to resolve their barriers to permanent housing; and identifying encampments and locations where people experiencing homelessness congregate.

• Advancing Peace Safe Passage Neighborhood Activation Program, Summer 2022 Health and Human Services Department

Neighborhood Activation - Long Beach Advancing Peace (Safe Passage) Program will provide funding for city-wide community engagement events such as community fairs, picnics, neighborhood clean -ups, and provides students safe passage to and from school in areas in and around Cabrillo, Poly, and Millikan High Schools.

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• Right to Counsel Program, Summer 2022
Development Services Department

The Right to Counsel Program, a collaboration with the County Los Angeles, will provide legal counsel to low-income residents facing eviction.

• Community Land Trust Program, Summer 2022
Development Services Department

The Community Land Trust Program will provide a grant to establish a community land trust in Long Beach. Land Trusts own the underlying fee (land) under affordable housing.

The grant will be awarded through a competitive Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA) with the first tranche of funding paid to the awardee upon selection and the second tranche paid after legal establishment of the land trust.

Programs in Development

Additional Long Beach Recovery Act programs are currently being designed , and details will be included in future reports. Some of the programs under development include:

Economic Recovery

• Economic Inclusion Programs: Youth Workforce Development Programs, WorkLB Worker and Employer Assistance,
• Transit: Micromobility and Public Transit Pilot Programs

Healthy and Safe Community

• Early Childhood Education and Childcare Supports: Access to Library Resources • Non-Congregate Shelter/Housing, Social Enterprise, and Healthy Food Market • LB Justice Fund
• Physical and Mental Health Equity: Immigrant Support Services • Violence Prevention and Safe Cities: Be Safe Program, Career Exploration Program, North Long Beach Community Intervention and Youth Engagement Program, Youth Life Coaching and Mentorship, Alternate Crisis Response Program, Re -entry Pilot, Teen Programs, Youth Academic Programming

Programs that have Closed:

• Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Development Services Department
Press Release: Long Beach Reopens Emergency Rental Assistance Program (8/13/21)
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Emergency Rental Assistance Program (ERAP), which opened applications in April 2021, assists landlords and income -eligible tenants (renters) who have experienced financial loss or hardship due to COVID -19 through rental assistance. ERAP helps income-eligible tenants pay rent and utilities, both for past due bills and future payments.

The program prioritizes assisting lower-income tenants who have been unemployed for 90 days or more and who are at risk of housing instability. The program is established to provide assistance exclusively to landlords and tenants in Long Beach and is separate from the State’s rental assistance program. The program will serve to implement the tenant protection laws enacted by the State of California . New applications, including recertifications, for Long Beach Emergency Rental Assistance are no longer accepted as of 4:00 p.m. on Thursday, March 31, 2022. As of last week, $44.5 million has been disbursed, with an additional $ 15.5 million in the appraisal pipeline; 6,068 payments have been made with 1,065 additional cases preliminarily approved and awaiting final approval for payment. City staff will look at the feasibility of reopening applications in the future should additional funding sources be identified and awarded.

• Park Summer Camp Program
Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department
Healthy & Safe Community
Press Release: Long Beach to Offer Summer Adaptive Youth and Adult Recreation Program

The Parks Summer Camp Program provided subsidized re creation and enrichment activities in a summer camp format, made possible by a combination of Recovery Funds and Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) funds. This Program was offered to families at 20 park sites during the Summer of 2021.

• Nutrition Security Initiatives – Food and Meal Delivery Sub-program Health and Human Services Department
Healthy & Safe Community

The Food and Meal Delivery Program carried over the work started with $3 million in Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Act funding to support projects aimed at increasing food security . The Meal and Food Delivery Program continued distributing food during the 2021 summer months under the LB Recovery Act . This program provided nutritious meals or f ood deliveries to the homes of over 490 eligible older adults over three months. This program has been an essential lifeline for older adults and those most at -risk for severe illness or death from COVID -19 to receive nutritious food delivered to their hom es. Over 3,700 meals and 5,250 food boxes were delivered during this time.

LB Recovery Program Contract Opportunities

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community-based organizations, including local minority and women -owned businesses and those who work with communities of color, that have expertise and may be interested in providing recovery -related programs and services. These Recovery programs contracting opportunities are listed below and have been announced in the Recovery Act Contracting Act Opportunities Press Release. Attachment D provides communications examples of community outreach on recovery programs and contracting opportunities.

Open Contracting Opportunities:

• Promotora/Community Health Champions Training and Technical Assistance Release Date: April 21, 2022
Proposals Due: May 23, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals for Promotora/Community Health Champions Program
Expected Award Date: Summer 2022

• Emergency Food Distributions Events
Release Date: April 12, 2022
Proposals Due: May 4, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals to Implement Nutrition Security Events and Services
Expected Award Date: Summer 2022

• Community Food Access Programs
Release Date: April 12, 2022
Proposals Due: May 4, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals to Implement Nutrition Security Events and Services
Expected Award Date: Summer 2022
Spring Contract Opportunities (April to June 2022)
• Guaranteed Income Program Research & Evaluation Services: The City seeks to contract with a vendor to conduct, execute, analyze and report the results of the Economic Wellbeing Survey, a survey to be administered to participants of the Guaranteed Income Pilot, a program that will provide 250 Long Beach families living at or below the poverty line in the 90813 ZIP code up to $500 a month for 12 months, to understand the economic impact of the guaranteed income on the economic wellbeing of participants.
• Micro-Shuttle Transportation Services: The City seeks to contract with a vendor to operate a micro-transit shuttle that provides micro-transit routes within one to two square mile service areas. The fleet should (preferably) operate with 100% sustainable, alternative fuels.
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organizations (CBOs) to act as Business Navigators and deliver support services that help businesses apply for financial assistance, learn about business resources, and cope with the negative impacts caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. There are two types of services sought, including Business Outreach and Education and Business Technical Assistance.
• Lead Community Organization (Economic Empowerment Zones): The City seeks to contract with four community -based organizations (CBOs) to identify stakeholders, conduct community outreach, assess language access and equity analysis to support the formation of four Economic Empowerment Zones.
• Lead Sector Organization (Economic Innovation Districts) and Community Based Navigator (Economic Empowerment Zones): The City seeks to contract with a sector- based organization to identify stakeholders, conduct outreach, economic research, and sector analysis. Additionally, the City seeks to contract four community -based organizations who will coordinate with th e lead Community Organization(s) and Community Engagement Consultant to ensure that all information and analysis are collected for the formation of four Economic Empowerment Zones. • Community Navigators/Care Coordinators/Referrals: The City seeks to provid e funding to multiple Community -Based Organizations that demonstrate the capacity to launch and/or expand a Promotora/Community Health Worker program. • Training and Technical Assistance Provider: The City seeks to contract with a Community Based Organizat ion (CBO) to provide training and technical assistance to existing or newly forming Promotora/Community Health Worker programs. The partner CBO will be expected to provide digital communication materials, training, and technical assistance to existing or newly formed Promotora/Community Health Worker programs. • Health Equity Funds/CDC Health Disparities Community Grants: The City seeks to contract with multiple partners to advance racial and health equity, serving communities disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
• Healthy Foods Market Operations: The City seeks to partner with qualified neighborhood services and/or community-based organizations to assist with recruitment and retention of enrolled neighborhood mar kets in the Long Beach Healthy Market Program.
• Alternate Crisis Response : The City seeks to contract with a vendor to oversee the day-to-day operations of the Alternate Crisis Response staff (consisting of a mental health clinician, medical personnel, and a community health worker), who will respond to non -violent, non -emergency calls for service related to mental health, substance misuse, and quality of life.

Summer Contract Opportunities (July to September 2022):
• Workforce Development S ervices: The City seeks to contract with a workforce development provider to deliver workforce development services for transition-age youth experiencing or at risk of homelessness.

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• Services to Support Older Adults: The City seeks to contract with communi ty-based organizations with the capacity to reach older adults most impacted by the COVID -19 pandemic. The scope of the programming to be funded is broad to allow for vendors to utilize their expertise and experience working with at -risk older adult commun ities to identify the best approach to meet their needs.
• North Long Beach Community Intervention & Youth Engagement Program: The City seeks to contract with an organization to respond to incidents of gun violence by working closely with survivors of gun violence and their families to ensure they have access essential services and resources; and work with youth and emerging adults, ages 11 to 24, who have had or are at risk of becoming involved with the justice system by providing case management services and youth engagement programming. • Re-entry Case Management and Employment Services: The City seeks to contract with a vendor to provide outreach, case management, employment support, and mental health services to formerly incarcerated persons and their families. • Anchor Center Development Consultants: The City seeks to contract with development consultants to identify and plan cultural or community centers, including space planning, architectural rendering, pitch decks for investors, historical preservation, and cultural plan.

Fall Contract Opportunities (October to December 2022):
• Healthy Foods Market Communications & Design: The City seeks to partner with qualified neighborhood services and/or community -based organizations to assist with store design, marketing/promotional materials development, and other design elements for the Long Beach Healthy Market stores.

Pending Award Contract Opportunities:

• Black Mental Health Services RFQ Opportunity
Release Date: January 3, 2022
Statements of Qualifications Due: 11:00 AM, February 14, 2022 Press Release: City Announces Request for Qualifications for Black Mental Health Services
Qualified Vendors Identified: March 2, 2022
Expected Final Award Date: Spring 2022

• Grant Writing Support Services RFQ Opportunity
Release Date: February 2, 2022
Statements of Qualifications Due: February 23, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Qualifications for Grant Writing Services Qualified Vendors Identified: March 16, 2022

• Digital Inclusion Confidence RFP Opportunity
Release Date: February 7, 2022
Proposals Due: March 10, 2022
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Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals to Implement Digital Inclusion Resources and Services
Expected Award Date: Spring 2022

• Free Internet Services & Computing Devices RFP Opportunity Release Date: February 7, 2022
Proposals Due: March 10, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals to Implement Digital Inclusion Resources and Services
Expected Awarded Date: Spring 2022

• Guaranteed Income Pilot Administration and Implementation RFP Opportunity Release Date: February 17, 2022
Proposals Due: March 7, 2022
Press Release: City Launches Request for Proposals to Implement the Long Beach Guaranteed Income Pilot Program for Select Long Beach Residents Expected Awarded Date: Spring 2022

• Administrator for Homebuyer Grants RFP
Release Date: March 16, 2022
Proposals Due: April 19, 2022
Press Release: City Seeks Proposal to Administer First-Time Homebuyer Assistance Program
Expected Award Date: Spring 2022

• Park Cleaning. Litter Abatement, and Special Collections Services RFP Release Date: March 31, 2022
Proposals Due: April 28, 2022
Press Release: City Seeks Proposals from Eligible Organizations to Administer Special Cleanup and Maintenance Services in Parks and Open Spaces Expected Award Date: Spring 2022

Awarded Contract Opportunities:

• Los Angeles County
Tenant Right to Counsel Program
Executed: Approved by the City Council on August 24, 2021 ($680,400)

• Periscope Holdings Inc.

Inclusive Procurement Program
Executed: Approved by the City Council August 3, 2021 ($605,138)

• Unite Us, Inc.

LB Resource Line Program – Basic Needs Response Infrastructure Executed: Approved by the City Council August 24, 2021 ($109,500)

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• Yardi Systems
Emergency Rental Assistance Program
Executed: Approved by the City Council October 12, 2021 ($5,307,957)

• Family Promise of the South Bay, The Illumination Foundation, Mental Health American of Los Angeles, and People Assisting the Homeless Outreach and Case Management Program
Executed: Approved by the City Council November 9, 2021 ($1,533,320)

• Long Beach Nonprofit Partnership
Early Childhood Emergency Supplies Program
Executed: December 21, 2021 ($235,000)

• Geocko Inc.

Direct Relief for Business Programs
Executed: Approved by City Council January 4, 2022 ($690,000)

• Shree Ganesh, Inc.

Motel Vouchers Program
Executed: Approved by City Council March 22, 2022 ($2,778,785)

Federal Reporting and Auditing

The City is required to submit various federal reports for grants awarded by federal agencies.

As explained in the section “Long Beach Recovery Act Program Funding ” (page 2 of this memorandum), the City’s approach in utilizing ARPA funds is to maintain current City services to the extent of revenue lost by the City. As a result, the City’s reporting to the U.S. Department of Treasury will show that the majority of ARPA funds are being spent to maintain police and parks and recreation services, while the City’s LB Recovery Act reports to City Council that are posted on the City’s LBRA website will continue to show the intended and desired programs for residents and businesses (reported as being funded by the General Fund). For ARPA funds, the City will submit three types of federal reports to the U.S. Department Treasury:

1. Interim Report: Provide initial overview of status and uses of funding. This is a one - time report that was due on August 31, 2021 , with expenditures by category. The City has completed and filed this report by the required due date.

2. Project and Expenditure Report: Reports on projects funded, expenditures, and contracts and subawards over $50,000, and other information. The U.S. Department of Treasury extended the deadline for the first submission of the first Project and Expenditure Report to January 31, 2022. The next report is due April 30, 2022, and then subsequent reports will be due 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.

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identified by Treasury. The first report was due on August 31, 2021 and was submitted by the City by the required due date. Subsequent reports will be due annually thereafter by July 31.

The Recovery Plan Performance Report is to be posted on the City’s website and submitted to the U.S. Department of Treasury. The City’s reports can be found on the City’s LBRA website:
https://longbeach.gov/recovery/reporting-data/

As a part of the Long Beach Recovery Act funding, the City can be selected for audit by several auditing agencies, including the U.S. Department of Treasury. These agencies will review how the City has complied with program requirements listed in the funding guidance documents and may also review compliance with specific requirements of the federal agency or grant program per the grant agreement or award letter that may contain a dditional and specific terms, conditions, and reporting requirements. In preparation for these future audits, the City is maintaining appropriate documentation and audit-ready files for all LBRA programs.

Approval of Purchase Orders, Contracts, and Direct Relief Grants

On October 19, 2021, the City Council authorized the City Attorney to prepare an Ordinance amending Section 2.84.010 of the Long Beach Municipal Code (“Authority of the Purchasing Agent and others to contract”) temporarily increasing the purchasing authority of the City Purchasing Agent to issue a purchase order up to $500,000 for purchases paid for, or reimbursed by, funds from the LB Recovery Act or other stimulus funding listed in the Long Beach Recovery Plan (hereinafter the “Ordinance”). The Ordinance will help provide an appropriate process for contracting associated with the Long Beach Rec overy Act programs and allow the City to provide economic and social recovery resources to the community more expeditiously. The Ordinance will remain in place until at least December 31, 2024 (the expiration date for LB Recovery Act expenditures).

LB Recovery Act Budget and Spending to Date

Budget Allocation Spending to Date* Remaining
Balance
Healthy and Safe Community $115,444,409 $68,847,993 $46,596,416 Economic Recovery 64,492,417 9,182,607 55,309,810
Securing our City’s Future 75,708,078 33,740,149 41,967,929 Grand Total $255,644,904 $111,770,750 $143,874,154
*Spending from April 2021 through March 2022

LB Recovery Act Human Resources Update

The Human Resources (HR) Recovery team provides citywide human resources support to Departments that will be administering and/or implementing Long Beach Recovery related programs and services. This includes, but is not limited to personnel, recruitment, onboarding, offboarding, and other human resources related responsibilities and needs. There are currently a total of eleven (11) City departments providing recovery related programs and services. This includes City Attorney, City Manager, Development Services, Economic Development, Long Beach Recovery Act Reporting – Report 2
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Financial Management, Health and Human Services, Human Resources, Library Services, Parks, Recreation, and Marine, Public Works, and Technology and Innovation.

Under these departments, a total of 164 temporary positions have been approved to implement LB Recovery Act programs until December 2024:

o 89 full-time positions
o 75 part-time positions

As of March 2022, 4 8 positions have been filled. Participating City departments and the HR Recovery team have worked closely together to fill critical program management and support positions and will continue to focus on filling the remaining vacancies which include additional support staff and intern positions. As o f this memo, the following are the Equal Employment Office Statistics for LB Recovery Act positions.

Gender Residency Statistics
• 18.8% Male
• 81.3% Female
• Long Beach 56.3%
• Other 43.8%
Race/Ethnicity Internal Hires vs External Hires
• 43.8% Hispanic/Latino
• 27.1% White
• 22.9% Asian
• 6.3% Black

• Internal 64.6%
• External 35.4%

Reporting and Data

The Technology and Innovation Recovery Team is focused on recommending, managing and implementing technology and data improvements across the LB Recovery Act programs, including leveraging tools for data collection using Microsoft Forms, Microsoft Lists, and Canva.

LB Recovery Data Dashboard Development

The team is also working across the LB Recovery Act programs to gather multiple sources of data to report in a single interface.

Through a Human-Centered Design approach, the dashboard development process includes identifying users, standardizing data, creating interface connections. Items below summarize status:

1. Requirements Gathering : Meeting with stakeholders to identify Key Performance Indicators and Metrics to be displayed on dashboard

2. Ideation: Developing data visualization tools through wireframing, storyboarding prototyping
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3. Extract, Transform, Load : Extracting live program data from original source, transforming and loading into central reporting system

The team expects to have an LB Recovery Act dashboard available to the public in summer 2022.

Collective Impact Report

The LB Recovery Act Collective Impact and Equity Implementation Framework (Attachment E) is the plan that City Staff will use to implement over 80 programs with over $255 million in funding to empower Long Beach’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, and the impacts of systemic racism. Working together, these innovative programs support health equity, housing access, economic recovery, violence prevention, and youth development. This approach was co-created with multiple City departments and City staff that used their subject matter expertise in areas like housing, business development , and public health to develop a framework that worked in tandem with existing strategic plans.

This Framework describes how Recovery programs are designed and implemented through collective impact practices, with an equity lens, and supported by evidence -based practices.

This Framework was developed to create a foundation to ensure that the City is competitive for future funding opportunities that can support the City’s es tablished Recovery focus areas and goals.

The Framework also sets a path for data collection and evaluation that will allow decisionmakers to decide whether to and how to best structurally support LB Recovery Act programs so they can continue supporting the community even as the funding sunsets.

Long Beach Recovery Act Website Updates

The City has updated the Long Beach Recovery website, where all Long Beach Recovery Act information is available to the public: https://longbeach.gov/recovery. Since the initial launch, the Recovery website has been updated with up -to-date information pertaining to future contracting opportunities, recovery programs, and economic opportunities for residents, businesses, and local community -based organizations. City s taff have added a Current Opportunities tab which details:

• Assistance Programs: The Recovery programs that are currently live and ready for enrollment and participation
• Grant Opportunities: The grant opportunities for businesses, nonprofits, or artists that are available for application as well as technical assistance for application. • Contracting Opportunities: Current, past, and future contracting opportunities for community-based organizations and other businesses to partner with the City to deliver Recovery programs.

City staff has also added a Reporting and Data page where this report and other reports will be posted. City staff reports on the LB Recovery Act efforts in the following ways:

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• Monthly reports: These reports provide quick updates on upcoming programs, recent events, open grant opportunities, and contracting opportunities. • Biannual reports: The purpose of these reports is to communicate what recovery programs have been implemented, information on each program, service delivery and equity data, and to demonstrate collective impact across all Long Beach Recovery Act Programs. These reports will be provided every six months, covering the previous six months, as shown below.
• U.S. Treasury Reports: Under ARPA, the U.S. Department of Treasury adopted a Final Rule in January 2022 for the Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF). These are funds that, along with other recovery-related grant funds, make up the LB Recovery Act. The Final Rule provides various eligible uses for ARPA funds, including the use of funds to provide and maintain current City services (e.g., police, public safety, and parks services) to the extent of revenue lost by the City due to the pandemic and requires reporting to the U.S Treasury.

The Recovery Website also features a Procurement Forecast which provides a greater level of advance and up -to-date information pertaining to future contracting opportunities so local businesses and community-based organizations wishing to do business with the City can plan ahead. This information, along with educational and technical assistance information about how to become a City vendor, helps to create equitable economic opportunities for residents, workers, investors, and entrepreneurs in Long Beach for sustained economic reco very. The Procurement Forecast is shown in the table below and is available to view and download at:
https://longbeach.gov/recovery/opportunities/contracting-opportunities/

The Recovery website is the one -stop resource for all recovery program information for residents, businesses and community organizations providing economic recovery and safe and healthy cities program announcements and resources as well as communicating progress in implementing recovery programs.

Next Steps

This overview of the L ong Beach Recovery Act programs, application process, and protocols describes the City’s best approach to meeting the program goals outlined by the City Council and ensuring that programs meet various federal funding requirements and are compliant with all required protocols for financial tracking and documentation. The programs are designed to maximize collective impact outcomes – mutually reinforcing programs and services that best support community recovery, particularly those hardest hit by COVID-19.

The City will proceed with implementation using the City Council-approved goals and funding guidelines unless City staff receives further direction from the City Council, no later than the May 3, 2022 City Council meeting. The City’s Recovery Act website will be updated to reflect the information included in this memo. As new programs come online, City staff will continue to provide detailed information through memoranda, press releases, and updates to the City’s Long Beach Recovery Act website.

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If you have any questions, please contact Meredith Reynolds, Special Deputy City Manager for Recovery, at (562) 570-6677 or [email protected].

ATTACHMENTS ATTACHMENT A: LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT APPROVED PROGRAMS AND BUDGET ATTACHMENT B: LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT EXPENDITURES TO DATE ATTACHMENT C: RECOVERY ACT GRANTS OUTREACH MAP
ATTACHMENT D: COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES
ATTACHMENT E: COLLECTIVE IMPACT & EQUITY IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK

CC: CHARLES PARKIN, CITY ATTORNEY
DOUGLAS P. HAUBERT, CITY PROSECUTOR
LAURA L. DOUD, CITY AUDITOR
LINDA F. TATUM, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER

TERESA CHANDLER, DEPUTY CITY MANAGER

APRIL WALKER, ADMINISTRATIVE DEPUTY CITY MANAGE

MONIQUE DE LA GARZA, CITY CLERK

DEPARTMENT HEADS

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+

1. Economic Recovery
Airport Operations
AP **  $             15,131,261
Program Sub‐Total  $             15,131,261
Clean Cities
PW    $               3,900,000
PRM    $                  100,000
Program Sub‐Total  $               4,000,000
COVID Protection for Businesses and Non‐Profits
ED
**
$             13,000,000
Program Sub‐Total  $             13,000,000
Direct Business Support
ED    $               1,581,068
ED    $               2,766,870
CM

$                  889,351
ED

$               2,371,602
ED    $               3,952,671
ED    $               3,952,671
ED    $               1,581,068
ED    $                  247,042
ED

$                  444,675
Business License Tax and Fee Grant
Creative Economy Grant
Non‐Profit Relief Grant
Personal Services and Fitness Resiliency Grant
Restaurant, Brewery, and Bar Relief Grant
Small Business Relief Grant
Program Title / Sub‐Program++
Airport Operations
Corridor Cleanups
Parks Clean‐Ups
COVID‐19 Protection for Service Sector Businesses, Non‐ Profits & Workers
Business Improvement District Grant Program
Citywide Small Business Navigator Grants
Customer Activation Grants to Reopen Local Business and Activate Consumer Spending

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ ED

$                  247,042
DV    $                  250,000
ED    $                  247,042
ED

$                  444,675
ED

$                  247,042
ED    $               1,111,689
Program Sub‐Total  $             20,334,508
Economic Inclusion
ED    $                  889,351
ED    $                  889,351
ED    $                  247,042
ED    $                  400,208
ED    $               3,364,503
ED    $                  444,675
ED    $                  889,351
FM  $                  100,000
FM  $                  150,000
Sub‐Program Sub‐Total  $                  250,000
ED    $                    98,817
Storefront Reopening: Board‐up Removal, Public Safety,
Beautification & Activation
Visitor Attraction & Hospitality Sector Recovery
Bridge the Divide (Commercial Connectivity)
Bridge the Divide (Residential Connectivity)
Business Council for Diverse Business Owners
Economic & Digital Inclusion Coordination
Eviction Protection: Commercial Tenant & Landlord
Support Coordinator
Expedited Permitting
Inclusive Business Navigator Grants
Property Activation: Outdoor Dining, Parklets, Adopt a
Business, Pop‐up Storefronts
Economic Empowerment Zones
Empowerment Fund Development
Hero Program for Youth Workforce Development
Inclusive Procurement
Study & Technical
Assistance
ePro Procurement Software
Platform
Government Performance Lab
Fellows + Inclusive Procurement
Study
PLA Community Outreach

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ ED **  $                  200,000
ED    $                  247,042
Program Sub‐Total  $               7,920,340
Economic Stability
Program Sub‐Total  $               2,012,224
Technical Assistance
ED    $                  247,042
ED    $                  247,042
Program Sub‐Total  $                  494,084
Transit
PW    $               1,600,000
Program Sub‐Total  $               1,600,000
Economic Recovery Total
Total  $        64,492,417

2. Healthy and Safe Community
Basic Needs
HE    $               1,363,630
HE  $                  459,760
HE  $                    37,800
HE  $               1,260,000
HE  $                  182,440
HE  $               1,260,000
Sub‐Program Sub‐Total  $               3,200,000
ED Universal  Basic Income Pilot Program  $               2,012,224 BizCARE Call Center (570‐4BIZ) and Popup Locations
Economic Recovery Study & Community Reporting
Micro and Public Transit Pilot Program
Service Worker & Customer Protection Program
WorkLB: On‐Demand Worker and Employer Assistance
Long Beach Resource Line
Nutrition Security
Initiatives
Emergency Food
Healthy Market Partnerships
Food and Meal Delivery
Community Nutrition Security
Projects

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ HE  $                    74,160
HE  $                    31,500
HE  $                  193,240
HE  $                  320,300
HE  $                  100,800
Sub‐Program Sub‐Total  $                  720,000
DV    $                  810,000
Program Sub‐Total  $               6,093,630
Early Childhood Education and Childcare Supports
HE  $                  650,950
HE  $                  296,100
HE  $                    25,200
HE  $                  756,000
LS  $                    95,000
HE  $                    93,150
PRM  $                    53,200
HE  $                  510,400
Sub‐Program Sub‐Total  $               2,480,000
LS    $                  300,000
Program Sub‐Total  $               2,780,000
Older Adults Supports
Aging Service Network
Coordinator
Case Management
Community Grants
Health and Wellness
Programming
Increase Community Access to Library Resources
Right to Counsel (Housing Legal Support)
Early Childhood
Education, Childcare,
and Literacy
Development
Early Childhood ‐ Emergency
Supply Distribution
ECE Educator Training
Symposium
Enrollment Hub
Parent Engagement and Early
Literacy Development
Resilience Survey
Summer Child Care Subsidies
Westside Facility Renovations

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ Homelessness
HE **  $               4,735,299
HE **  $                  196,671
HE **  $               2,453,446
HE **  $               2,855,442
HE    $                  210,688
HE    $                  853,598
HE    $                  535,714
Program Sub‐Total  $             11,840,858
Housing Support
DV    $               3,000,000
DV **  $             51,364,086
HE    $               1,000,000
DV    $               1,000,000
Program Sub‐Total  $             56,364,086
Language Access
CM    $                  350,000
Program Sub‐Total  $                  350,000
LB Justice Fund
CM    $                  300,000
Program Sub‐Total  $                  300,000
Physical and Mental Health Equity
HE **  $               7,700,000
Case Management
Health Department REACH Program Operations
Mobile Outreach Station
Modular Shelter Units
Motel Vouchers
Language Access / Translation
LB Justice Fund
Addressing Health Disparities
PHK Conversion to PSH
Training through Social Enterprise
Additional Down Payment Assistance
Emergency Rental Assistance
Housing Navigators
Land Trust

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ HE    $                  810,000
HE  $                    89,320
HE  $               2,710,680
Sub‐Program Sub‐Total  $               2,800,000
HE    $                  400,000
HE    $                  526,370
Program Sub‐Total  $             12,236,370
Public Health COVID‐19 Response
HE **  $               2,751,815
HE **  $             13,553,750
HE **  $               5,118,900
Program Sub‐Total  $             21,424,465
Violence Prevention and Safe Cities
PRM    $                  110,000
ED    $                    35,000
HE    $                  569,050
HE

$                    60,000
HE    $                  601,900
HE

$                    60,000
HE    $                  659,050
HE    $                  100,000
PRM    $                    60,000
Promotora / Community Health Champions Program
Health Equity Fund
Black Mental Health
Health Equity Projects
Career Exploration ‐ Exploring Space Beach
Community Interventionist Program
Increase funding to current building Youth Social Capital Grantees
Mental Health Crisis Response Pilot
Office of Youth Development ‐ Summer Neighborhood
Engagement
Re‐Entry Program Pilot
Immigrant Support Services
Trauma‐Informed Mental Health Resources and Response
CDC Public Health Workforce Development
Public Health COVID Response
Vaccination Distribution
Be SAFE Expansion
Safe Passage ‐ Violence Interruption
Teen Program Enhancement

LB RECOVERY ACT PROGRAMS

ATTACHMENT A
Dept.* Program Allocation+Program Title / Sub‐Program++ LS    $                  810,000
PRM    $                  990,000
Program Sub‐Total  $               4,055,000
Healthy and Safe Community Total
Total  $      115,444,409

3. Securing Our City's Future
Maintaining Services for Residents and Businesses
XC    $             30,000,000
XC    $               5,200,000
Program Sub‐Total  $             35,200,000
Replenishing Reserves
XC    $             40,508,078
Program Sub‐Total  $             40,508,078
Securing Our City's Future Total
Total  $        75,708,078
LONG BEACH RECOVERY ACT TOTAL +
Grand Total  $      255,644,904
Restoring Lost Revenue
* AP = Airport Department, CM = City Manager's Office, DV = Development Services Department, ED = Economic Development Department, FM = Financial Management Department, HE = Health and Human Services Department, LS = Library Services Department, PRM = Parks, Recreation and Marine Department, PW = Public Works Department, and XC = Citywide Activities Department. ** These programs are funded by various grants that allow for only specific types of expenditures. + An allocation of approximately 16% will be applied to each program for administrative expenses to ensure the proper program development, program implementation, and report coordination to ensure compliance with funding requirements.
++ Sub‐Programs are still being identified and designed.  Once established, sub‐programs will be disclosed in a future report to City Council.

Youth Academic Programming
Youth Health and Safety Programming
Cover Budgetary Shortfall
Eliminating Furloughs

* Spending from April 2021 through March 2022
Notes:
• Spending from April 2021 through March 2022
• Percentage represent the portion spent to date of the LB Recovery Act, all funding sources. • 44% of our funding has been spent to date.

Airport Grant 4% $9M
CDC Public Health Workforce
Development Grant 0% $23K
Emergency Rental Assistance 16% $42M
Epidemiology and Laboratory Capacity
Grant (ELC) 6% %16M
Federal ARPA Funds 14% $35M
Health Disparities Grant 0% $527K
HUD funding for Homelessness 3% $6M
Vaccination Grant 1% $3M
Remaining Budget 56% $144M
Budget
Allocation
Spending
To Date*
Remaining
Balance
Healthy and Safe Community $115,444,409 $68,847,993 $46,596,416 Economic Recovery 64,492,417 9,182,607 55,309,810
Securing Our City’s Future 75,708,078 33,740,149 41,967,929 Grand Total $255,644,904 $111,770,750 $143,874,154
LB Recovery Act Budget and Spending to Date
LB Recovery Act Spending by Funding Source
LB Recovery Act Expenditures to Date

ATTACHMENT B
General Fund LB Recovery Act Spending
Notes:
• Spending from April 2021 through March 2022.
• 26% of our General Fund –L B Recovery Act funding has been spent to date.

General Fund ‐LBRA Main  Program Category Program  Budget Spending Remaining Balance
Economic Recovery Clean  Cities $4,000,000  $42,595  $3,957,405 Direct Business Support 20,334,508  28,542  20,305,966
Economic Inclusion 7,320,340  34,072  7,286,268
Economic Stability 1,581,068 ‐ 1,581,068
Technical Assistance 494,084  7,936  486,148
Transit 1,600,000 ‐ 1,600,000
Healthy and Safe
Community Basic Needs 6,093,630  447,194  5,646,436
Early Childhood Education and
Childcare Supports 2,780,000  59,280  2,720,720
Homelessness 1,600,000  221,665  1,378,335
Housing Support 5,000,000  3,476  4,996,524
Language Access 350,000 ‐ 350,000
LB Justice Fund 300,000 ‐ 300,000
Physical and Men
tal Health Equity 4,536,370   132,812  4,403,558
Violence Prevention and Safe Cities 4,055,000   127,862  3,927,138 Securing Our City's
Future
Maintaining Services for Residents
and Businesses 35,200,000 ‐ 35,200,000
Restoring Lost Revenue 40,508,078  33,740,149  6,767,929 Grand Total $135,753,078  $34,845,584  $100,907,494
LB Recovery Act Expenditures to Date

ATTACHMENT B

ATTACHMENT C

LB Recovery Act Grants Outreach Map

The City opened the Long Beach Recovery Act Small Business and Non -Profit Relief grants on March 16, 2022, which helps small businesses and nonprofits that have experienced financial hardship due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The grant opportunities, totaling $8.4 million in funding, provides working capital to eligible small businesses and nonprofits to help them pay for a variety of business expenses, such as payroll, rent, personal protective equipment (PPE), technology upgrades, marketing and more.

The map below depicts the small businesses contacted by the Long Beach BizCare team, LiveStories Business Liaisons (DLBA), and the Recovery Act Business Navigators (LB Chamber of Commerce, Centro Cha, United Cambodian Community, LB Center for Economic Inclusion).

As of 4/11/22, 513 businesses have been contacted, with a focus on business corridors and other locations where small businesses are located.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

Below are communications and outreach examples pertaining to the Long Beach Recovery Act broken down by recovery area. The following communications are multi-lingual examples of City outreach on Long Beach Recovery Act programs available to residents, businesses, and nonprofits.

FUNDING AREA: ECONOMIC RECOVERY

Recovery Act Contracting Opportunities

Small Business and Nonprofit Relief Grants

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

The following communications demonstrate the Small Business and Nonprofit Relief Grants including the Small Business Relief Grant, Restaurant, Brewery, and Bar Relief Grant, Nonprofit Relief, and Personal Services, and Fitness Relief Grant. These communications were all translated in Spanish, Khmer, and Tagalog for residents, businesses, and nonprofits to apply.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

Youth Climate Corps Job Program

The following communications demonstrate outreach for community feedback on the Youth Climate Corps Job program.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

Bizcare Outreach

The onset of the COVID -19 pandemic in March of 2020, and the public health orders that followed, sent many Long Beach small businesses reeling. The City’s multi-faceted response included The BizCare Program, created during the height of the pandemic to help connect small businesses with resources such as grants, technical assistance, and up -to-date information. Starting off as a call center to help handle the huge volume of inquiries the City's Economic Development Department was suddenly getting calls from local business owners, BizCare evolved into an in -person resource center and an aggressive outreach campaign, working to ensure that businesses in every area of Long Beach would know about and have equal access to critical assistance.

BIZCARE Program Helps Long Beach Businesses Navigate the Pandemic and Beyond

FUNDING AREA: HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY

Early Childhood Education Symposium Outreach

The Long Beach Early Childhood Education Symposium was
hosted on March 26, 2022 offering a full day (8 hours) of professional development for early childhood educators and childcare providers at the Renaissance Hotel in Long Beach.

The city offered scholarships to 40 early childhood education students an d/or professionals to participate in a pre - conference training to learn about selecting wor kshops, networking, and careers available along with a post -
conference training to learn more about the field a nd
connecting to the local ECE Community.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

Virtual Recreation Program

The following communications demonstrate outreach to promote the Virtual Recreation Program in multiple languages for residents and the community of Long Beach.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

Mobile Recess Program

The following communications demonstrate outreach to promote the Mobile Recess Program in multiple languages for residents and the community of Long Beach.

ATTACHMENT D

COMMUNICATIONS AND OUTREACH EXAMPLES

FUNDING AREA: SECURING OUR CITY’S FUTURE

Grant Writing

The following is a communications example of the Grant Writing Request for Qualifications for a bench of writing consultants for the City of Long Beach.

April 2022
Long Beach Recovery Act: Collective Impact
& Equity Implementation Framework

TABLE OF CONTENTS
Table of Contents
Executive Summary……………………….... 2
Collective Impact Framework………….. 3
Introduction 3
Equity Lens 3
Community Engagement 3
Future Funding 4
Defining Collective Impact 4
Focus Areas 8
Goal Areas 9
Economic Recovery………………………….. 13
Healthy & Safe Community……………… 20
Securing Our City’s Future……………….. 39
Operationalizing Recovery………………. 41
Collective Impact Outcomes 42
Long Beach Recovery Office 43

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Executive Summary
The Long Beach Recovery Act Collective Impact and Equity Implementation Framework is the plan that City of Long Beach (City) staff will use to implement over 80 programs with more than $255 million in funding to empower Long Beach’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis, and the impacts of systemic racism. Working together, these innovative programs support health equity, housing access, economic recovery, violence prevention, and youth development.

This Framework describes how Recovery programs are designed and implemented through collective impact practices, with an equity lens, and supported by evidence-based practices. This Framework was created to create a foundation to ensure that the City is competitive for future funding opportunities that can support the City’s established Recovery focus areas and goals.

The Framework also sets a path for data collection and evaluation that will allow decisionmakers to decide whether to and how to best structurally support LB Recovery Act programs so they can continue supporting the community even as the funding sunsets.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Introduction
On March 16, 2021, the City Council approved the Long Beach Recovery Act, becoming the first major city to approve a COVID-19 recovery program utilizing American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) and other federal funding. As of Fiscal Year 2021, the LB Recovery Act allocated $255 million in COVID-19 recovery funding across three focus areas: Economic Recovery ($64 million), Health and Safe Community ($115 million), and Securing Our City’s Future ($75 million).

With the passage of the LB Recovery Act, the City Council directed City staff to prioritize collective impact, equity, and evidence-based program development in the implementation of the 80+ programs. This report outlines the strategies that the Long Beach Recovery Act Citywide Team (LB Recovery Team) has taken to ensure that those priorities are embedded in each program and that the programs are mutually reinforcing of each other.

Equity Lens
Funding Allocation
The LB Recovery Act seeks to address historic economic and health inequities that have worsened due to COVID-19. The programs will focus resources on areas of the community most impacted by the pandemic and protect public health and relaunch the service sector economy. The LB Recovery Act seeks to create a more prosperous, resilient, and inclusive local economy for all residents. In this work, the City also seeks to build the economic foundation for Long Beach residents to compete in the modern economy and to build generational wealth.

Program Development
The LB Recovery Act team has prioritized an equity lens in the development of these programs, utilizing the City's Equity Toolkit for City Leaders and Staff. Each program in LB Recovery Act cited evidence-based practices, referenced community engagement, designed equitable data collection practices, and planned for unintended consequences.

Community Engagement
During the development of the LB Recovery Act plan, over 30 community roundtable listening sessions and public meetings with non-profit organizations, business associations, and industry efforts where over 350 community leaders and representatives provided their feedback regarding the major challenges, solutions and recommendations for COVID-19 response and economic recovery for local businesses and workers. The governance structure for LB Recovery Act implementation was thus developed around the collective impact framework to ensure work is carried out with intentionality, consideration of public input, and an equity lens.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Future Funding
The City will continue to seek additional funding to support, expand, and improve LB Recovery Act initiatives, operations, and programmatic outcomes. Implementing the LB Recovery Act with a Collective Impact Framework and equity lens ensures our work aligns with existing City policies and plans for long-term impact. Intentional implementation is key to effectively managing resources and being a leader in innovative strategies at the local, State, and federal level.

Aligning the LB Recovery Act funding and goals with the City’s State Legislative and Funding Priorities demonstrates the City’s commitment to being at leader in equitable change. We continue to request support from our partners as we address the critical issues faced by our residents and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Defining Collective Impact
Collective impact brings together the community and cross-sector partners in a structured format to solve a complex problem and achieve social change.

Establishes shared measurement.

Collaborating to track progress in the same
way, which allows for continuous
improvement.

Fosters mutually reinforcing activities.

Coordinating collective efforts to maximize the result.

Encourages continuous communication.

Building trust and relationships among all
participants.

Has a strong backbone.

Having staff dedicated to orchestrating the work of the group.

Starts with a common agenda.

Convening together to collectively define the problem
and create a shared vision to solve it.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Five Conditions for Shared Success
The collective impact framework establishes a strong foundation for LB Recovery Act governance that facilitates interdepartmental collaboration, accountability, and success when meaningfully applied. There are five conditions for collective impact success:

All participants have a shared vision for change
including a common understanding of the
problem and a joint approach to solving it
through agreed upon actions.

Common Agenda
1 Consistent and open communication is needed
across the many players to build trust, assure mutual
objectives, and appreciate common motivation.
4 Continuous
Communication
Collecting data and measuring results consistently
across all participants ensure efforts remain aligned
and participants hold each other accountable.

Shared
Measurement
2 Participant activities must be differentiated
while still being coordinated through a mutually
reinforcing plan of action.
3 Mutually Reinforcing
Activities
Creating and managing collective impact requires a
separate organization(s) with staff and a specific set
of skills to serve as the backbone for the entire
initiative and coordinate participating organizations
and agencies.
5 Backbone Support

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Collective Impact in Practice
The Collective Impact Forum identifies eight core principles of practice that inform how the collective impact framework should be implemented to solve a problem and create social change.

Design and implement the initiative with
a priority placed on equity.

Include community members in the
collaborative.

Recruit and co-create with cross-
sector partners.

Use data to continuously learn, adapt,
and improve.

Cultivate leaders with unique system
leadership skills.

Focus on program and system
strategies.

Build a culture that
fosters relationships, trust, and
respect across participants
Customize for local context.

LB Recovery Act Governance and Management
Implementing the collective impact principles within the scope of Long Beach residents’ needs and historical context plays a part in equitable recovery. City plans and data inform LB Recovery Act implementation and programming, including, but not limited to:
• Racial Equity and Reconciliation Initiative (2020)
• Climate Action and Adaptation Plan (2022)
• Long Beach Equity Toolkit for City Leaders and Staff (2019) • ‘Everyone In’ Economic Inclusion Implementation Plan (2019) Collective impact and the LB Recovery Act initiatives also support plans and policy making in development. City staff is in the process of developing the Strategic Vision for 2030, which states the City’s values and priorities, provides focus to the City, builds upon the community outreach completed through prior strategic planning initiatives, and is supplemented by additional community engagement and focused methods of soliciting input from those typically left out of the planning process. The community outreach process and internal visioning sessions mobilized City staff with direction on key goals that mutually reinforce LB Recovery Act implementation.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
LB Recovery Act progress measurement and reporting builds on the Long Beach Equity Toolkit for City Leaders and Staff (2019) by supporting the development of the Equitable Data Collection Toolkit. This toolkit guides City employees for designing and distributing surveys for equitable measurement of Long Beach’s diverse demographics and needs.

Development of LB Recovery Act programming and alignment with City plans and policies is led by dedicated staff responsible for overseeing LB Recovery Act implementation. The Recovery Office and its LB Recovery Act Management Team was created within the City Manager’s Office to ensure true interdepartmental collaboration, regulatory compliance, and progress reporting. Allocated staffing resources to the LB Recovery Act Management Team reflect the temporary nature of LB Recovery Act programs. The Recovery Office also leverages contractual assistance from consulting firms, which can include third party administration.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Focus Areas
The LB Recovery Act allocates money into three focus areas: Economic Recovery, Healthy & Safe Community, and Securing Our City’s Future. Extensive community outreach during the development of the LB Recovery Act informs how each focus areas is organized.

Economic Recovery
The Long Beach Recovery Act allocates resources to the City’s Economic Recovery Strategy for an effective, efficient, and inclusive recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The strategy focuses resources on the areas of the economy that have been most impacted, seeks to relaunch business sectors hardest hit by the pandemic, and proposes ways to strengthen revenue generation and leverage consumer spending to promote lasting economic growth. The City’s effective and efficient economic response is targeted, data-driven, and equitable.

Healthy & Safe Community
The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated existing structural inequities across the country, having an inordinate impact on our overburdened and historically underserved communities. The Long Beach Recovery Act has been developed with equity front and center to address the highest needs of community members most adversely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Creating a healthy and safe city for all communities is the second pillar of the Long Beach Recovery Plan, and these programs and services will focus on addressing the underlying social determinants of health and prioritizing the needs of those who have been hit hardest by the pandemic.

Securing our City’s Future
The City has faced severe budget impacts due to the public health and economic challenges caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. The City ended Fiscal Year (FY) 2020 with a significant budgetary shortfall and has taken necessary actions to balance the budget, including drawing down operating and emergency reserves, cutting departmental budgets, and implementing up to 26 days of staff furloughs. In addition to these budget cuts and revenue losses, the City incurred substantial emergency expenditures for COVID-19 emergency response, given that the City operates its own public health jurisdiction. The Long Beach Recovery Act invests in the fiscal stability of the City to ensure the long-term resiliency of our community. $64 M
$115 M
$75 M

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Goal Areas
Each of the three focus areas have goal areas developed from community feedback and collaborative staff input. City staff from over nine City Departments collaborated to identify mutually reinforcing goal areas that would structure the implementation process and allow City staff to work without silos. Leveraging expertise from across City departments was key to effectively aligning goal areas, goals, and programs with the Strategic Vision for 2030 currently in development.
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Economy
Goal E-1 All Long Beach residents have access to good, accessible jobs that lead to pathways to the middle class and beyond.

Goal E-2 All small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Long Beach have access to the resources they need to start, sustain, and grow their business.

Goal E-3 Long Beach has a dynamic, diverse, and resilient economy that builds on established industry clusters and incubates new one.

Goal E-4 Every individual in Long Beach has high quality, accessible, technology resources and services to be civically engaged and socially and economically empowered.

Goal E-5 The City’s non-profit community is able to build capacity and improve financial stability to best serve their mission.

Housing
Goal H-1 Long Beach residents live in safe and affordable housing.

Goal H-2 Incidents of homelessness are rare and brief.

Goal H-3 Ensuring housing stock can meet the needs of Long Beach residents.

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Health & Wellness
Goal HW-1 Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity has equitable access to free or low-cost recreational activities.

Goal HW-2 Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity, has equitable access to quality, inclusive, timely, and preventative healthcare and mental health services.

Goal HW-3 Long Beach residents of all races are mentally well and resilient.

Goal HW-4 Long Beach residents of all races have access to resources that best support their needs.

Goal HW-5 Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity, has equitable access to healthy food.

Safety
Goal S-1 Long Beach residents live in communities that are socially connected and inclusive, thus supporting family and community prosperity.

Goal S-2 Youth in Long Beach have the resources and agency to pursue and attain their personal and professional life course goals.

Goal S-3* Long Beach residents are prepared for emergencies.

Goal S-4 Families have resources, services and conditions that promote safety across the lifespan.

Goal S-5 Public crisis situations and emergency calls are met with the appropriate response.

Goal S-6 Create safe streets for people that safely carry people where they want to go. *No current programs, but the City is actively seeking funding

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
Education
Goal E-1 All children in Long Beach enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Goal E-2 Affordable childcare is available to all families in Long Beach.

Responsive Government
Goal RG-1 Procurement Opportunities: The City's procurement opportunities are accessible and comprehensible for all Long Beach organizations who are interested in partnering with the City.

Goal RG-2 Business Licensing: Business Licensing is an easy point of entry to participation in LB Recovery Act programs and it provides assistance in a friendly, transparent, and efficient manner.

Goal RG-3 Contracts/Partnerships: Potential partners understand the steps to formalizing a partnership and the City actively works to improve the ability to engage with diverse partners.

Goal RG-4 Communications: Effectively communicate to the public on recovery-related programs, funding, and collective impact with diverse partners.

Goal RG-5 Hiring: The City's career opportunities are accessible, comprehensible, and consistent for all Long Beach residents. Human Resources identifies, understands, and addresses barriers that are created throughout the City's hiring processes to make all opportunities more accessible.

Goal RG-6 Data and Equity: Data and decisions related to the Long Beach Recovery Act are collected and informed by meaningful metrics. Priorities include racial equity and privacy.

Goal RG-7 Publicly Accessible Data: Data about the Long Beach Recovery Act is accessible, accurate, timely, and publicly available.

Goal RG-8 Long Beach Recovery Act digital services are easy to use, intuitive, and do not cause unnecessary administrative burden on either community stakeholders or City staff.

Goal RG-9 Financially Responsible: funding goes to the right place, is documented correctly, and we have done our due diligence

COLLECTIVE IMPACT FRAMEWORK
In the next three sections, LB Recovery Act programming is listed and organized according to how the programs support goal fulfillment. City staff considered community engagement, racial equity, and evidence-based practices to brainstorm the best methods for measuring program progress. It is absolutely essential to collect quality data and community stories for the LB Recovery Act as it will allow the City to understand how to seek future grant opportunities to support these programs once the LB Recovery Act ends.

The success of LB Recovery work should happen over the span of the Recovery Act, but proper measurement and implementation of programs provide an opportunity to demonstrate why certain City services should be continued in the long term.

ECONOMIC

RECOVERY

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-1: All Long Beach residents have access to good, accessible jobs that lead to pathways to the middle class and beyond.

Program Program Description
E-1.1: Service Worker and
Customer Protection Program
The Service Worker and Customer Protection Program will coordinate COVID-19 Protection for Service Sector
Businesses & Worker Protection, Epidemiology and
Laboratory Capacity (ELC), PPE acquisition, distribution, outreach, education, and vaccination registration for service sector workers in Long Beach.

E-1.2: WorkLB: On-Demand
Worker and Employer
Assistance
WorkLB is an innovative app-based program that connects unemployed and underemployed people with jobs with a
focus on non-career positions and targets workers who are excluded from traditional labor markets.

E-1.3: Hero Program for Youth
Workforce Development
The Health and Emergency Response Opportunities (HERO)
Program is a work experience program that will prioritize the work training needs of Long Beach youth between the ages of 16-30 that live in communities most impacted by COVID- 19 and youth with expressed interest in health care and environmental science.

E-1.4: Project Labor Agreement
(PLA) Community Outreach
The Work Opportunities Program will connect and support the development of increased numbers of skilled
construction workers from residents living in Long Beach to meet the labor needs of all City Construction Projects and the requirements of the local construction industry generally.

E-1.5: Economic Recovery
Study and Community
Reporting
The Economic Recovery Study and Community Reporting
program provides funding for CSULB/non-profit research
partner(s) to track, report and inform the community
regarding the Economic Recovery Strategy to mitigate racial impacts of the COVID-19 recession and to prevent economic disparities from growing.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-2: All small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Long Beach have access to the resources they need to start, sustain, and grow their business.

Program Program Description
E-2.1: Restaurant, Brewery,
and Bar Relief Grant
The Restaurant, Brewery, and Bar Relief Grant will provide grants up to $25,000 to locally-owned restaurants, breweries, bars, and related businesses.

E-2.2: Personal Services and
Fitness Resiliency Grant
The Personal Services and Fitness Resiliency Grant will provide grants up to $25,000 to small gyms, barbershops, salons, nail salons, and other personal service businesses.

E-2.3: Small Business Relief
Grant
The Small Business Relief Grant will provide up to $10,000 grants to business owners to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture, fixtures, equipment, and pay for other necessary expenses required to operate a
business.

E-2.4: Inclusive Business
Navigator Grants
The Inclusive Business Navigators Program will help diverse small business owners benefit from important financial assistance, marketing, and technical assistance that will enable their businesses to survive and recover from the financial challenges created by the pandemic.

E-2.5: Business License Tax
and Fee Grant
The Fee Waivers for Businesses and Non-Profits program will provide a pro-rated basis to cover the costs of existing or delinquent business licenses, inspection fees, utilities, and other City-related permits for businesses and non-profits for the period of 2021.

E-2.6: BizCARE Program The BizCare program connects business owners to important resources and information, such as grants, loans, technical assistance, information on City policies, and more.

E-2.7: Business Council for
Diverse Business Owners
The Diverse Entrepreneurs program provides seed funding to conduct community outreach, develop recommendations, and begin implementation of citywide Business Council for Diverse Entrepreneurs that will inform the development and
implementation of programs and services that reduce barriers to entry and success for entrepreneurs of color.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-2: All small business owners and aspiring entrepreneurs in Long Beach have access to the resources they need to start, sustain, and grow their business.

Program Program Description
E-2.9: Digital Inclusion
Confidence Program
The Digital Inclusion Confidence Program will provide
additional one-on-one computer literacy support services on hotspots, computers, email and Internet usage to residents and small business owners.

E-2.10: Business Improvement
District Grant Program
The Business Improvement District (BID) Grant Program will provide funding to non-profit business associations (i.e.: BID Associations) to help small businesses survive and recover by connecting them to financial assistance and technical
assistance, promoting businesses, marketing commercial
districts, and maintaining clean and safe commercial districts.

E-2.11: Inclusive Procurement -
New eProcurement Platform
The new eProcurement platform will be a critical tool in making procurement work better for vendors and for the Long Beach community by lowering barriers to doing business and
expanding outreach capacity.

E-2.12: Storefront Reopening The Storefront Reopening Program will provide grants to assist business and property owners with reopening and the removal of plywood board-ups, basic repairs, façade improvements, and beautification of high-need commercial corridors impacted by civil unrest, COVID-19 closures, and other safety or quality of life impacts.

E-2.13: Property Activation The Property Activation Program will assist businesses and property owners with the activation of outdoor spaces and parklets for live entertainment, arts, cultural activities, food, and beverage service during the Recovery.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-3: Long Beach has a dynamic, diverse, and resilient economy that builds on established industry clusters and incubates new one.

Program Program Description
E-3.1: Creative Economy Grant
Program
The Creative Economy Grant Program will provide grants to assist arts and culture non-profit organizations and businesses, as well as individual artists.

E-3.2: Visitor Attraction and
Hospitality Sector Recovery
The Visitor Attraction and Hospitality Sector Recovery Program will provide the Convention and Visitors Bureau (CVB) and partners including the State of California with the funding to coordinate marketing, promotion, and visitor generation in the hotel, hospitality, entertainment, and visitor-serving sectors needed to reopen businesses and recover lost jobs.

E-3.3: Customer Activation
Grants to Reopen Local
Business and Activate
Consumer Spending
The Customer Activation Grants Program provides local non- profit economic development organizations grants to develop, implement, and deliver strategies and events to connect with residents, create a citywide calendar of special events, stimulate private sector consumer spending, and attract investment in local service sector businesses.

E-3.4: Economic Empowerment
Zones (EEZ) and Economic
Innovation Districts (EID)
The Economic Empowerment Zone (EEZ) and Economic
Innovation District (EID) Program is the identification and establishment of areas of the City and sectors most impacted by COVID-19 with funding dedicated to community outreach, business planning, land trust development, small business coordination, arts and culture, housing development, private sector investment attraction, and other services to address economic impacts that have been exacerbated by COVID-19.

E-3.5: Mobility - Micro Transit
Program
The Micro Transit Program will operate two electric shuttle programs (Belmont Shore-Naples-Alamitos Bay Landing and Downtown) for residents, workers, and customers within
designated business areas.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-4: Every individual in Long Beach has high quality, accessible, technology resources and services to be civically engaged and socially and economically empowered.

Program Program Description
E-4.1: Digital Inclusion
Resources Hotline
The multilingual Digital Inclusion Resources Hotline connects residents and small business owners to digital inclusion resources and services and provides real-time interpretation services (e.g. Spanish, Khmer) by phone and email to provide information about free and low-cost Internet service offers, computing devices, and computer literacy training.

E-4.2: Free Internet Services
and Computing Devices
Program
The Free Internet Services and Computing Devices Program provides free mobile hotspots with one-year paid Internet service plans and computing devices (e.g. Chromebooks) on a first-come, first-served basis to qualified, low-income residents and small business owners while supplies last.

ECONOMIC RECOVERY
Goal Area: Economic
Goal E-5: The City’s non-profit community is able to build capacity and improve financial stability to best serve their mission
Program Program Description
E-5.1: Non-Profit Relief Grant The Non-Profit Relief Grant will provide direct relief grants up to $25,000 to existing Long Beach non-profit organizations to retire debt, pay fixed costs and utilities, pay rent, cover payroll, purchase furniture, fixtures, equipment, and pay for other related expenses required to operate a non-profit.

E-5.2: Inclusive Procurement
Research (Government
Performance Lab)
The Inclusive Procurement Research program aims to remove key barriers to doing business with the City, expand outreach to vendor communities about contracting opportunities, and work with partner organizations to build the capacity of vendors to be City contractors.

E-5.3: Economic Empowerment
Fund Development
The Economic Empowerment Fund Development program
provides seed funding to local community-based non-profit corporations to conduct a feasibility study and develop an implementation plan for creating a non-profit community development bank to provide down payment assistance,
guaranteed income, HUD certified counseling, and other
financial services for non-profit organizations, under- represented business owners, and disadvantaged home buyer programs.

HEALTHY AND
SAFE

COMMUNITY

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Housing
Goal H-1: Long Beach residents live in safe and affordable housing.

Program Program Description
H-1.1: Emergency Rental
Assistance
The Development Services Department is coordinating the Emergency Rental Assistance Program which provides rental assistance to tenants who are impacted by COVID-19.

H-1.2: First Time Homebuyer
Assistance
The Development Services department is launching the First Time Homebuyer Assistance program which provides grants to cover the closing costs for first-time homebuyers. This program will be targeted towards individuals and communities
traditionally excluded from home ownership and will launch fall 2022 and continue through fall 2023.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Housing
Goal H-2: Incidents of homelessness are rare and brief.

Program Program Description
H-2.1: Social Enterprise and
Healthy Foods Market
The Long Beach Department of Health and Human Services is developing a Healthy Foods Market serving as a Social Enterprise.

This program will provide workforce development opportunity for transitioned-aged youth experiencing homelessness. The program will also offer fresh fruits and vegetables to the North Long Beach Community.

H-2.2: Non-Congregate Shelter
Units
The Department of Health and Human Services will be installing approximately 20-25 Modular Shelter/Tiny Home units at the Multi-Service Center and operating them as temporary crisis shelters. These modular shelters will help reduce the number of people experiencing homelessness, by providing temporary non- congregate housing and improved linkages to services and permanent housing solutions.

H-2.3: Mobile Outreach Station
and Case Management
The Department of Health and Human Services is implementing the Outreach and Case Management Program to provide people experiencing homelessness and those at risk of becoming homeless with easier access to shelter and housing referrals, social services enrollments, and mental health services and to avoid unnecessary contact with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Over the next three years, the Outreach and Case Management Program will engage and link individuals
experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services.

This will include leading and implementing homeless community outreach, education, and response, as well as creating and implementing engagement strategies to encourage people to engage in services to resolve their barriers to permanent housing and identifying encampments and locations where people
experiencing homelessness congregate.

H-2.4: Health Department
REACH Program Operations
The Department of Health and Human Services is implementing the Outreach and Case Management Program to provide people experiencing homelessness and those at risk of becoming homeless with easier access to shelter and housing referrals, social services enrollments and mental health services and to avoid unnecessary contact with law enforcement and the criminal justice system. Over the next three years, the Outreach and Case Management Program will engage and link individuals
experiencing homelessness to housing and supportive services.

This will include leading and implementing homeless community outreach, education, and response, as well as creating and implementing engagement strategies to encourage people to engage in services to resolve their barriers to permanent housing and identifying encampments and locations where people
experiencing homelessness congregate.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Housing
Goal H-2: Incidents of homelessness are rare and brief.

Program Program Description
H-2.5: Motel Vouchers The Department of Health and Human Services is implementing the Motel Vouchers Program in order to reduce the number of people experiencing unsheltered homelessness, lead to greater stability and easier connection to wrap-around services and permanent housing. The Motel Vouchers Program provides safe sheltering to people experiencing homelessness.

This will include providing motel vouchers to individuals and families while getting linked to other services, to ensure that they remain connected while working toward interim and
permanent housing solutions over the next year.

H-2.6: Project Homekey
Conversion to Permanent
Supportive Housing
The Department of Health and Human Services is utilizing funds to contribute to the conversion of the Project Homekey Facility from interim housing to permanent supportive housing.

This facility conversion will add 102 units of permanent supportive housing accessible to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness, operated by a housing provider with
wraparound services.

H-2.7: Housing Navigators The Department of Health and Human Services is expanding the LB Resource Line to include additional housing navigators who will be able to assist residents with information and referrals regarding housing needs.

H-2.8: Tenant Right to Counsel The Development Services department in partnership with the County of Los Angeles is coordinating the Tenant Right to Counsel program which provides free legal counsel to residents facing eviction. This program is for low-income residents.

H-2.9: Eviction Protection –
Commercial Tenant & Landlord
Support Coordinator
The Commercial Tenant and Property Owner Assistance
Program provides funding for a Commercial Tenant and
Property Owner Assistance Coordinator and community-based organizations in need areas to work with community-based commercial tenants, property owners, and lenders to access over $28M in rental relief grants, technical assistance, and other support programs at the local, State, and federal level.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Housing
Goal H-3: Ensuring housing stock can meet the needs of Long Beach residents Program Program Description
H-3.1: Community Land Trust The Development Services department is launching the Community Land Trust program. Community land trusts own the underlying fee (land) under affordable housing. This program will provide a grant to start-up a community land trust in Long Beach.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Health & Wellness
Goal HW-1: Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity has equitable access to free or low-cost recreational activities Program Program Description
HW-1.1: Older Adult Health
and Wellness Programming
The Older Adult Health and Wellness programming, offered once weekly at three Senior Centers (McBride, Chavez and Houghton Parks), will build intergenerational opportunities for social connection with the goal of lowering chronic disease and fall risk, enhancing quality of life among Long Beach older adults, and building a local workforce skilled in serving older adults.

HW-1.3: Mobile Recess
Program
The Mobile Recess program will provide opportunities for youth ages 5-12 that reside in neighborhoods with little to no access to recreation programs to connect, learn, and play.

HW-1.4: Virtual Recreation
Program
The Virtual Recreation Program will offer different options to access recreational and enrichment programming for youth ages 5-12 that reside in areas with little to no options for recreation programming.

HW-1.5: Teen Mentoring
Program
These programs will promote personal, social and recreational programs to teens in a safe and positive environment that will enhance personal and social skills, teach responsibility and leadership, and promote individual self esteem.

HW-1.6: Be Safe Program The BE SAFE program offers recreation programs such as arts and crafts, outdoor games, sports, science activities and dance programs; classes in fitness, cooking, gardening and flower arranging; and computer labs that appeal to youth and families HW-1.7: Early Childhood -
Child Care Subsidy (at Parks,
Recreation and Marine)
The Early Childhood - Child Care Subsidy program provides subsidized care through the Long Beach Parks, Recreation, and Marine summer camp programming.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Health & Wellness
Goal HW-2: Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity, has equitable access to quality, inclusive, timely, and preventative healthcare and mental health services
Program Program Description
HW-2.1: Older Adult
Supports Community Grants
The Older Adult Supports Community Grants program will build understanding of the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the health of older adults and aging populations in Long Beach, provide resources or services that enable them to safely live at home, and provide services and resources that can improve mental health and quality of life.

HW-2.2: Basic Needs Response
Infrastructure: LB Resource
Line
The LB Resource Line connects residents to needed social support services utilizing the Unite Us resource and referral platform.

HW-2.3: Addressing Health
Disparities
The Addressing Health Disparities program will develop
mitigation and prevention approaches, improve data collection, expand local infrastructure for culturally affirming programs, and provide community grants for health outreach and
education.

HW-2.4: Public Health COVID
Response and Vaccination
Distribution
The Public Health COVID Response and Vaccination Distribution program provides vaccinations, testing, PPE, contact tracing, and community education to prevent the spread of COVID-19.

HW-2.5:

Promotora/Community
Health Champions Program
The Promotora program will train promotoras/community
health workers from the community and fund non-profit
organizations to implement or expand programs, connect
those living in the community, and promote education and wellness opportunities.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Health & Wellness
Goal HW-3: Long Beach residents of all races are mentally well and resilient.

Program Program Description
HW-3.1: Older Adult
Supports: Aging Services
Network Coordination
The Long Beach Aging Services Collaborative (LBASC) will connect service providers, community organizations, and advocacy groups to work towards a more integrated aging service model by sharing current services, resources, and legislative information.

HW-3.2: North Long Beach
Community Intervention and
Youth Engagement Program
The Community Interventionist Program is a youth violence prevention program focused on interrupting gun violence through a strategy that engages, supports, and meets the needs of youth of color in North Long Beach across a youth development continuum from middle school through early
adulthood.

HW-3.3:Health Equity Fund The Health Equity Fund is coordinating investments to advance health and wellness equity, serving communities most
impacted by COVID-19.

HW-3.4: Trauma-Informed
Mental Health Resources and
Response
The Mental Health Coordination Resources and Response
program will expand the efforts of the “Mental Health Matters” awareness campaign first developed through CARES funding and the continuing implementation of the Trauma Informed and Resiliency program (TRI LB).

HW-3.5: Black Health Equity –
Mental Health Services
The Black Health Equity: Mental Health Services program will provide no-cost psychotherapy treatment to uninsured and underinsured Long Beach Black residents in need of mental health support.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Health & Wellness
Goal HW-4: Long Beach residents of all races have access to resources that best support their needs
Program Program Description
HW-4.1: Early Childhood -
Emergency Supplies
The Early Childhood – Emergency Supplies program will
distribute basic health supplies (diapers, formula, etc.) to families and early childcare providers.

HW-4.2: Early Childhood - ECE
Enroll Hub
The Early Childhood - ECE Enroll Hub program will create an Early Childhood Enrollment system that makes enrolling a child in ECE programming accessible and functional.

HW-4.3: Long Beach Justice
Fund
The Long Beach Justice Fund provides legal representation for immigrants who live or work in Long Beach and are facing deportation.

HW-4.4: Fines Free Program The Fines Free program will allow for library patrons who return overdue materials in good condition to the library to have their fine waived in Fiscal Year 2022.

HW-4.5: Guaranteed Income
Pilot
The Long Beach Guaranteed Income Pilot (LBGI) is a direct cash assistance program that will serve 250 families living at or below the poverty line and residing in the 90813-zip code.

These families will be eligible to receive up to $500 a month for 12 months while participating in a research study conducted by academic partners.

HW-4.6: Immigrant Support
Services – Direct Relief
This program will allocate direct relief funding to low-income immigrants and migrant community members.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Health & Wellness
Goal HW-5: Every individual in Long Beach, regardless of background, neighborhood or identity, has equitable access to healthy food.

Program Program Description
HW-5.1: Nutrition Security –
Healthy Market Partnerships
and Store Conversions
The Nutrition Security - Healthy Market Partnerships and Store Conversions program will expand access to healthy and
affordable foods for our most nutrition insecure
neighborhoods by converting existing small markets,
convenience stores, and/or liquor stores to “healthy markets” that provide increased access to fresh produce and culturally appropriate healthy food offerings.

HW-5.2: Nutrition (Food)
Security - Meal and Food
Delivery for Older Adults
The Meal and Food Delivery program will deliver prepared meals or fresh grocery items to older adults 60+, those 50-59 with underlying health conditions, or those COVID-19 positive or exposed for a temporary enrollment period.

HW-5.3: Nutrition (food)
Security - Emergency Food
Distributions
The Nutrition (food) Security - Emergency Food Distributions program will provide support to cover required costs
associated with emergency food distribution events hosted by, or conducted in partnership with, the Department of Health and Human Services Nutrition Security Section.

HW-5.4: Nutrition Security -
Community Nutrition
Security Projects
The Community Nutrition Security Projects will fund community organizations, non-profits, learning institutions, etc., to expand and/or implement strategies that strengthen the food system to reduce food insecurity.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-1: Long Beach residents live in communities that are socially connected and inclusive, thus supporting family and community prosperity.

Program Program Description
S-1.1: Neighborhood
Activation - Advancing Peace
Initiative
The Neighborhood Activation - Long Beach Advancing Peace Safe Passage program focuses on getting students to and from school safely by hosting city-wide community engagement events such as community fairs, picnics, neighborhood clean- ups, etc.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-2: Youth in Long Beach have the resources and agency to pursue and attain their personal and professional life course goals.

Program Program Description
S-2.1: MY HOOD, MY CITY -
Summer Neighborhood
Engagement
The Summer Neighborhood Engagement program is a violence prevention program that will develop and implement
community engagement events for youth living in communities disproportionately impacted by gun violence in Long Beach.

S-2.2: Exploring Careers in
Space Beach
The Exploring Careers in Space Beach program is a youth workforce development program designed to increase the
awareness and exploration of careers in Long Beach’s
aerospace industry through a diverse offering of work-based learning activities that contextualize education and give young people the opportunity to build technical skills, and social capital.

S-2.3: North Long Beach
Community Intervention &
Youth Engagement Program
The Community Interventionist Program is a youth violence prevention program focused on interrupting gun violence through a strategy that engages, supports, and meets the needs of youth of color in North Long Beach across a youth development continuum from middle school through early
adulthood.

S-2.4 Building Youth Social
Capital Program
The City has allocated funding specifically for youth
development services focused on providing life coaching opportunities that increase youth resiliency and build youth’s social capital through project-based work experience
opportunities, academic enrichment leadership programming, and/or service linkages between academic and occupational learning opportunities.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-3: Long Beach residents are prepared for emergencies.

*No current programs, but the City is actively seeking funding

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-4: Family reunification is supported in all instances where a safe home environment is present.

Program Program Description
S-4.1: Re-entry and Family
Reunification Program
The Re-entry and Family Reunification program will support formerly incarcerated persons and their families with
employment and supportive services.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-5: Public crisis situations and emergency calls are met with the appropriate response.

Program Program Description
S-5.1: Alternate Crisis
Response Pilot
The Mental Health Crisis Response program is a pilot for non- police crisis response team(s) focused on responding to non- violent, non-criminal, non-medical calls for service related to mental health crises with connections to services and
resources.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Safety
Goal S-6: Create safe streets for people that safely carry people where they want to go.

Program Program Description
S-6.1: Clean Team Program The Clean Team Program provides litter removal in public right- of-way, alleys, high-traffic business corridors, and local parks, and removes illegally dumped items and graffiti to reduce blight and address code enforcement violations.

S-6.4: Mobility – Bike Share
Reduced Fare Program
The Bike Share Reduced Fare Program will provide residents with a one-year Long Beach Bike Share membership at a highly discounted rate.

S-6.5: E-Bike Program The E-Bike Program will operate a pilot electric bicycle (e-bike) program to provide access to e-bikes at a discounted rate for low-income residents and workers.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Education
Goal E-1: All children in Long Beach enter kindergarten ready to learn.

Program Program Description
E-1.1: Parent Engagement &
Early Literacy
The Parent Engagement and Early Literacy program expands library services for literacy development in young children through Bi-lingual Early Literacy Specialists working directly with parents and caregivers to offer families access to early childhood resources including parent education workshops, early learning festivals, and kindergarten readiness programs.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Education
Goal E-2: Affordable childcare is available to all families in Long Beach Program Program Description
E-2.1: Early Childhood -
Renovation
The West Health Renovation Project will open up more spaces for families to seek affordable, high-quality care for their young children by reinstating the West Health facility as an ECE center in an area of need for early care and education.

HEALTHY & SAFE COMMUNITY
Goal Area: Education
Goal E-3: Long Beach youth enjoy an abundance of enriching programs and experiences outside of the classroom
Program Program Description
E-3.1: Early Childhood –
Enroll Hub
The ECE Enroll Hub program will create an Early Childhood Enrollment system that makes enrolling a child in ECE
programming accessible and functional.

E-3.2: Teen Job Readiness/
Life Skills Program
The Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department is enhancing the Teen Programs, which will provide teen mentoring, job readiness, life skills, and enrichment classes.

E-3.3: Family and Teen
Enrichment
The Parks, Recreation, and Marine Department is enhancing the Teen Programs, which will provide teen mentoring, job readiness, life skills, and enrichment classes.

E-3.4: Community Learning
Hubs
The Community Learning Hubs program will offer spaces for youth in grades K-8 and enrolled in LBUSD Independent Study program to complete curriculum, receive academic support, and participate in a safe and enriching afterschool program.

E-3.5: Youth Academic
Programming
The Youth Academic Programming will provide Long Beach
youth with enrichment activities to assist in recovery in the following areas: education, violence prevention/safety, and health and wellness.

E-3.6: Early Childhood –
Resiliency Survey
The Resiliency Survey will gather information from parents on their children’s early development and experiences which will assist in creating and implementing place-based services and opportunities for children and their families based on the data collected.

E-3.7: Early Childhood –
Educator Training
The Early Childhood Education Symposium (Educator Training) will provide eight hours of professional development, required of the field, to current and future ECE providers and provide 40 scholarships to in-home providers or students, interested in learning more about best practices in child early care and education. The symposium took place on March 12th.

SECURING OUR
CITY’S
FUTURE

SECURING OUR CITY’S FUTURE
Goal Area: Responsive Government

Responsive Government Goals
Goal RG-1: Procurement Opportunities: The City's procurement opportunities are accessible and comprehensible for all Long Beach organizations who are interested in partnering with the City.

Goal RG-2: Business Licensing: Business Licensing is an easy point of entry to participation in LB Recovery Act programs and provides assistance in a friendly, transparent, and efficient manner.

Goal RG-3: Contracts/Partnerships: Partners (via contracts, MOUs, and/or public benefit partnerships) understand the challenges and the City actively works to improve the ability to engage with diverse partners.

Goal RG-4: Communications: Effectively communicate to the public on recovery- related programs, funding, and collective impact with diverse partners.

Goal RG-5: Hiring: The City's career opportunities are accessible, comprehensible, and consistent for all Long Beach residents. [Understand/address barriers that are created through the Human Resources process to make opportunities more accessible.] Goal RG-6: Data and Equity: Data and decisions related to the Long Beach Recovery Act are collected and informed by meaningful metrics. Priorities to include racial equity and privacy. • RG-6.1: Data privacy is incorporated as a part of every RFP • RG-6.2: Establish appropriate metrics/benchmarks for each program and measure/display progress via interactive dashboard to track and display status of certain key programs. • RG-6.3: Identify, collect, and responsibly manage the correct data to inform programmatic success Goal RG-7: Publicly Accessible Data: Data about the Long Beach Recovery Act is accessible, accurate, timely, and publicly available.
• RG-7.1: Communicate goals and performance pertaining to LB Recovery Act efforts through the use of open datasets, dashboards, and /or infographics.

Goal RG-8: Long Beach Recovery Act digital services are easy to use, intuitive, and do not cause unnecessary administrative burden on either community stakeholders or City staff. • RG-8.1: Look at all platforms used in Recovery work and create user-centered playbook to guide the design, development, and implementation of digital solutions in support of LB Recovery Act Goal RG-9: Financially Responsible: funding goes to the right place, is documented correctly, and the City has done its due diligence

OPERATIONALIZING

RECOVERY

OPERATIONALIZING RECOVERY
Collective Impact Outcomes
Fostering A Learning Organization
The new demands of public health and economic recovery require a collective impact approach to government programs and services. To ensure collective impact outcomes, it is not enough to just provide a service - we must design the delivery of programs and services collectively, so they are mutually beneficial and thus, lead to recovery for those who were most impacted by the pandemic. Therefore, to maximize recovery is to maximize intersectional and interdepartmental collaboration for collective outcomes. We do this through leveraging individual staff perspectives, subject matter expert knowledge, and community voice through a shared learning process that is intentional yet swift.

Organizations with the best chance to foster immediate and sustained recovery are those thatcreateadaptive and generative learning, encourage their employees to becreative, and work across disciplines and in conjunction with their community to find the best answer to any problem.

Long Beach Recovery Office
Purpose
Long Beach was one of the first cities in the nation to adopt a Recovery Plan and the Long Beach Recovery Office was established in May 2021 to implement this Plan by facilitating the development of recovery programs that provide economic development and public health services to those hardest hit by the COVID-19 pandemic. This includes:

Managing the distribution of over $255+ million in federal, state and county grants, the total budget of many small California cities, ensuring recovery funding is spent appropriately within the three-year funding period
Establishing an interdepartmental team structure that leverages City staff working groups organized around recovery program support that solve problems, pushes systems change, and model a new way of collective work.

Leading a collaborative and streamlined program development process centered on equity and collective impact and streamline processes to support
Collecting and publishing transparent performance data measuring community recovery and capturing community stories

OPERATIONALIZING RECOVERY
The work of the Long Beach Recovery Office results in recovery-related services that are informed by economic and health indicators, decisions are made based on community data and community voice, and government processes make sense.

The LB Recovery Act Management Team is comprised of five full-time equivalent positions to last three years. The Management Team oversees the eight LB Recovery Act Leads backfilled from existing positions from other City Departments. LB Recovery Act Leads guide implementation by providing department specific expertise.

The Long Beach Recovery Office serves to proactively empower and support City departments in delivering Recovery Act programs and services that meet the needs and exceed the expectations of the community, especially people who need help the most.
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Leadership Structure

OPERATIONALIZING RECOVERY
How the Team Works
The Long Beach Recovery Office strives to build a more inclusive, participatory, and engaged City staff collaborative by centering staff in the conversation and giving subject matter experts agency in their roles.
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Listen
Find opportunities to listen, reflect and grow. Create safe spaces and encourage the voices typically not heard in City processes.

Foster Relationships
Build strong relationships with City staff to encourage participation, engagement, and involvement in LB Recovery Act decision-making processes.

Communicate
Provide information that is transparent, timely, and accurate.

Communication is widespread, people at all levels are included and it’s assumed everyone “needs to know.”
Explore What’s Possible
Dig deep to examine how city processes work, ask critical questions about why, and push boundaries to explore what could be possible for more efficient, useful, and accessible government processes.

Continuous Learning & Improvement
Create feedback tools and methods to measure success of services and engagement. Provide training opportunities for City staff to practice continuous learning and improvement.

Model The Way
Model the behavior of collaboration. Find connections for collective impact in our work. Incorporate collaboration in city and community processes.

OPERATIONALIZING RECOVERY
Team Agreement
The Long Beach Recovery Office Team serves to proactively empower and support City departments in delivering Recovery Act programs and services that meet the needs and exceed the expectations of the community, especially people who need help the most.

Open and Understanding
Cultivate a space of
openness to explore ideas
and share feelings and
perspectives. Assume the
best of people and strive
to understand intent. Be
considerate of the skills
and limitations of yourself
and others.

Accountable to Ourselves
and Our Team
Make reasonable
commitments. Be
responsive, timely and
acknowledge requests.

Follow through by doing
what we say we will do.

Communicate changes and
explain the reasons.

Organized and Productive
Our work is well organized
with clear roles and
responsibilities. We have a
handle on where we are
going and what is needed to
get there. We produce high-
quality peer-reviewed
deliverables.

Intellectually Curious
Know how you know. Ask
questions and seek to
understand the why and
how behind things. Build
credibility and trust in the
information you
communicate.

Celebrate Good Times
Lift up the
accomplishments of
others. Celebrate
successes, both large and
small. Recognize individual
and team work that
progresses collective
impact outcomes.

Take Care
This work is hard, but
nothing worth doing is
easy. Commit to healthy
habits and self care so you
can give your full self to the
work. Show up each day
ready to be awesome.