BOYS & GIRLS CLUB RECEIVED
OF MERCED COUNTY
APR 2 9 2022
Officers See Lee MERCED CITY COUNCIL
Rosa M. Kindred-Winzer Chief Executive Officer & CITY MANAGER'S OFFICE Board Chair
Boys and Girls Club of Merced County
Jerome Rasberry 615 West 15th Street
Vice Chair Merced, CA 95340
Michelle W. Allison
Past Board Chair
Sandy Pope
Treasurer April 28th, 2022
Nellie McGarry Ms. Stephanie R. Dietz, City Manager
Secretary
City of Merced
Directors 678 West 18th Street
Corbett Browning Merced, CA 95340
Emily Foster
Stephanie
Kusayanagi-Dees RE: Community Funding Request for Learn to Read Program Lucy Lopez
Dear Ms Dietz:
Chief Executive
Officer Please accept this proposal in response to the Request for Proposal for Community See Lee
Funding. We are requesting support in the total of $45,319.43 to launch a literacy program, Learn to Read Program.
Based on data trends, there is an urgent need to address the level of reading skills among our youth population, which is foundational to long term success. Merced County Kids Data indicates that nearly 60% of our children are not reading at grade level, which has been exacerbated by the COVID 19 pandemic.
One of the priorities of BGCM is to ensure our members are on track to graduate and prepared for college or career. To address the reading disparities in our community and in preparing our future workforce, BGCM is requesting community funding to launch a literacy program to increase reading levels that will ultimately result in positive academic performance and long-term economic returns.
Thank you for your consideration in our funding request and continued partnership in serving our youth. Should you have any questions, 1 may be reached at 209-722-9922 or via email at [email protected].
Sincerely,
Executive Officer
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1. INTRODUCTORY LETTER
a) Non-profit organization's name: Boys and Girls Club of Merced County Primary contact: See Lee, Chief Executive Officer
Mailing address: 615 West 15th Street, Merced, CA 95340 Physical address: 615 West 15th Street, Merced, CA 95340 Telephone number: (209) 722-9922
Email: [email protected]
b) Mission
The mission of the Boys and Girls Club of Merced County (BGCM) is to enable all young people, especially those who need us most, to reach their full potential as productive, caring, responsible adults.
Goals & Objectives
BGCM's approach to positive youth development reflects the knowledge that an after school environment can support the social, emotional, physical and cognitive needs of young people and ensure they are able to learn and grow and become ready for life and work.
Our goals are:
1. To provide hands-on quality after-school enrichment programs and activities that focus on academic success, healthy lifestyles, great character, the arts and leadership development. respect for others, and a positive caring attitude.
3. To provide caring staff mentors who provide guidance, support and encouragement to help children to build confidence and self-esteem so that they can realize their true potential.
4. To provide communication and resources to families regarding their children's general wellbeing and create new opportunities to make a positive difference for children.
Program Objectives
1. Children will grow academically through mentorships, tutoring and the service learning
2. Children will feel safe and secure while being supervised by caring staff mentors.
3. Children will develop good health and nutrition habits as well as learn the importance of physical exercise through our health and fitness programs.
4. Children will learn responsibility and positive behavior through our character and leadership Programs.
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c) Experience
Started in Merced in 1998, BGCM is a non-profit community organization that is a part of a century-old national federation, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, network that has nearly 5,000 BGC centers across the nation.
More than just an after-school hangout, the BGCM Goals are to provide children a place to learn, play, explore, and build new skills designed to instill in each child a belief in their future success, personal responsibility, leadership, and the value of community. The main objective for the BGCM is for every child in their program to have a plan to graduate from high school on time and attend college or post-secondary training.
For over 20 years, BGCM has served the youth of the Merced Community with ongoing programs that address five core areas using evidence-based programs designed to enable young people to reach their full potential:
Character & Leadership Development
2 Education & Career Development
3. Health & Life Skills
4. The Arts
5. Sports, Recreation, & Fitness
BGC has over two dozens of nationally recognized programs and curriculums that are scalable to ages between 5-18. Examples of these ongoing programs include but are not limited to: 1) The Power Hour program helps students achieve academic success by providing homework help, tutoring and high-yield learning activities while teaching strategies for them to become self-directed learners. 2) The Passport to Manhood program benefits boys by reinforcing character, leadership, and positive behavior. 3) Triple Play, a sports, fitness, and recreation program that promotes healthy lifestyles and teaches club members to make smart choices regarding nutrition and proper exercise. 4) Community Service - Prior to COVID-19 pandemic, 71% of teen members volunteered in their community at least once per year, while 28% volunteered once per month. Most programming is held at the GCM site located at 615 West 15th Street in Merced.
The BGCM does not close for school breaks, but provides continuous programming through winter and summer camps. In addition to our core programs and camps, the Boys and Girls Club of Merced County hosts community events, fundraisers, and opportunities to raise awareness around the needs, interests, and resources in our community. Sample events include celebrating the accomplishments and achievements of our community's youth every fall, a Murder Mystery Dinner, a Halloween Haunted House, Career Fairs, Youth Leadership Events, and an annual dinner and auction. (COVID 19 has prevented most community events for the last two years.) GREAT FUTURES START HERE.
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2. STAFF EXPERIENCE
See Lee, Chief Executive Officer, was recently appointed as the CEO in January 2022. She brings over 20 years of multi-disciplinary experience in working with youth and community stakeholders in Merced County She has a Bachelor Degree in Political Science from California State University (CSU) of Stanislaus anc Master of Business Administration from CSU Fresno.
Lisa Umada, Finance Director, has 38 years in finance. She graduated from Merced College and transferred to CSU Fresno where she graduated with a Bachelor in Business Administration with an option in Accounting. Ms. Umada has been with the BGCM for 2 years.
Vivian Mendoza, Learn to Read Supervisor, has 8 years of experience of improving literacy course development and modernizing instruction with a fresh and forward-thinking approach to education. She brings an understanding of traditional and contemporary approaches, instructional strategies, and materials offerings.
Sujeiri Venegas, Lead Reading Coach, is a UC Merced student majoring in Public Health and on track to apply for her teaching credential. Ms. Venegas served as a reading coach for two years and has taught and guided students to read using the Startup Reading booklets and videos. She has assisted with the creation of lesson plans and helped train other tutors to be reading pals.
Rylie Linden, Lead Youth Development Professional, is currently seeking to complete her studies in Liberal Studies at CSU Fresno with the aspiration of becoming a teacher. Ms. Linden has served as mentor and contributed to the impact of the Boys and Girls Club for approximately 2 years.
Youth Development Professionals (YDP), our programs are further supported by two part-time college students and two (2) on-call staff with a major of education, early childhood education, psychology and engineering who serve as YDP staff. Collectively, the YDP staff has an average tenure of one year with BGCM.
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3. PROPOSED PROJECT & SCOPE OF SERVICES
In an effort to address the reading literacy gap in Merced, the Boys & Girls Club of Merced proposes to provide a reading program. There is a need to address the level of reading skills among the K-5 student population. This student population has experienced severe setbacks in reading skills primarily due to the Covid restrictions on in-class attendance. The reading program will include reading lesson that is presented to students similar to a 1:1 tutoring experience.
After receiving a benchmark assessment, each student is assigned a personalized reading lesson plan which includes a series of video lessons covering the material in a student workbook. Upon completion of the lesson, a designated reading coach will work individually with each student for a 5-7 minute period, to review and verify the student's understanding of the reading skills taught in the lesson. Upon completion of the review, the reading coach will acknowledge the student's effort and progress, reinforcing their belief in the student's abilities and the student's progress. The reading coach will then assign the next lesson to the student before moving to the next student who is ready for their individual session. We tested this type of video lesson delivery combined with the reading coach review in a learning center during the summer and afterschool programs.
Our goal in this project is to conduct reading lessons per day on a weekly basis. The program operates Monday through Friday, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm. The expected student enrollment is a minimum of 40 students. The 40 students will be arranged in groups of 10 students. Each group will have a total of 45 minutes in the computer lab engaged in the video lesson and working individually with their assigned in-person reading coach. The reading coach rotates amongst a group of 4-6 students and takes the time to work with each student individually during a 45 minute reading session.
The four student groups, comprised of10 students per group, will participate in the reading lessons as follows:
Group 1 - 2:00PM - 3:00 PM
Group 2 - 3:00 PM - 4:00 PM
Group 3 - 4:00 PM - 5:00 PM
Group 4 - 5:00 PM - 6:00 PM
Assessments
Measuring reading progress is a key element in documenting the efficacy of a literacy program. We will conduct a reading assessment for each student in the program at the beginning and end of the program.
We start the assessments in advance of the program's first day. The assessment has four parts and is designed to identify the reading skills necessary to strengthen a student's foundation in reading.
The assessment time is approximately one hour including the analysis of the results.
Reading Materials and Reading Coaches
The Learn to Read curriculum is comprised of a series of eight student workbooks. The program provides an in-depth curriculum with recorded video lessons for each page in the foundational skills GREAT FUTURES START HERE.
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workbooks Level 1-6. The current video library has over 350 lessons that teach the skills for each page in these workbooks. The workbooks for Levels 7 & 8 are designed for students to gain the skills necessary to decode and analyze multisyllabic words to expand their fluency and comprehension skills. The video lessons and the teacher's guide provide indepth, explicit instructions for these workbooks. These last two books require more interaction from an experienced reading coach.
Training of Reading Coaches
Learn to Read will provide a Director of Curriculum and our Lead Reading Coach for the program.
The Boys & Girls Club will work with UC Merced and Merced College to provide 4-8 reading coaches who will be designated for the program. This would allow reading coaches to have rest periods during the day or have depth in the reading coach team for changes in their availability or schedules.
Student workbook, Teacher workbooks, Video Lesson Library BGCM will provide all student workbooks, teacher workbooks, lesson materials, headsets and access to the video lesson library. Each student will have a unique login with a password to access the appropriate video lesson assignments for the week
d. Project timeline
Recruitment of Reading Coaches: July 2022
Reading Coach Training: August 2022
Student assessments: September 2022
Reading Program Operations: September - December 2022
Final Reading Assessments: December 2022
Delivery of the Analysis and Result in Reading Proficiency - February 2023 e. Deliverables
1. A minimum of 40 members will be served
2. Seventy (70%) of participants will demonstrate an increase in reading level
4. PROGRAM BUDGET
(Please see attached projected budget for July 2022 - June 2023 and program budget proposal) GREAT FUTURES START HERE.
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Learn to Read Program
Expected student attendance 40
Program period July 2022-December 2022 5 days per week
Summer Reading Program Plan Procedures
The 40 students will be grouped by grade.
Each group of 10 students will have a 45 minute reading lesson in the morning and a 30 to 45 minute session in the afternoon.
Each student will receive an individual placement assessment to determine the student's level of reading skills, and the appropriate starting point.
Unit cost Qty. Total
Beginning Benchmark Reading
Skil assessments includes post s 79.00 40 3,160.00
assessment analysis
Total student books Avg books per week
consumed
Student work book including $ 31.61 40 1.33 1,681.65
video lesson library, student
materials kit, includes shipping
and sales tax
Student headsets allowing for 5.98 140 837.77
loss and breakage) includes
shipping & sales tax
Per week Weeks
Learn to Read Program $ 500.00 16 8,000.00
Supervisor, full days on site
Lead Reading Coach, full day $ 400.00 16 6,400.00
on site
.25 Support Staff $ 180.00 16 2,880.00
4 PT Reading Coaches 1,200.00 16 19,200.00
Ending Benchmark Reading
Skill assessments includes post 79 40 3,160.00
assessment analysis
Total Cost
$45,319.43
1 Boys and Girls Club Projected Budget for FY 2022/23
Income
41100 Individual Contributions 0.00
41111 Individual-Board Member contributions 10,000.00
41113 Individual Unrestricted 19,000.00
41125 BGC Employee giving campaign 3,200.00
41130 Memory Donation 600.00
Total 41100 Individual Contributions 32,800.00
41200 Corporate Contributions 5,500.00
410200A BOFA 10,000.00 received
41210 Corp. Unrestricted Beacon 10,000.00 pending
Total 41200 Corporate Contributions 25,500.00
41300 Foundations, Grants & Trusts & Clubs
41300A Central Valley Community Foundation 50,000.00 applying 41301 Foundations Restricted: Sutter Health Foundation 165,000.00 41302 Ford Grant 15,000.00 projected
41303 Taco Bell Grant 8,500.00 pending
Total 41300 Foundations, Grants & Trusts & Clubs 238,500.00 42110 Annual Dinner/Auction 60,000.00
42130 Fund A Need 10,000.00
42200 Los Banos Dinner 25,000.00
42202 Los Banos special event 5,000.00
42510 Mystery Dinner 25,000.00
42521 Year End Campaign 20,000.00
42523 Los Banos Year End Campaign 11,000.00
Total 42000 Fundraiser/Special Event Revenue 156,000.00 45105 Los Banos School District 50,000.00
45107 Los Banos Police 0.00
45109 Gustine School District 75,000.00
45131 City of Merced
41301A ARPA-City of Merced 100,000.00 recieved
Lease Agreement 35,000.00 pending
HUD/CDBG Grant 55,000.00 pending
Total 45100 Revenue From Government Agency 315,000.00
45300 Revenue from Membership Dues 4,800.00
45301 Membership sponsorship 1,760.00
45305 Membership Dues Los Banos 1,200.00
Total 45300 Revenue from Membership Dues 7,760.00
45800 Other Income
45230 Winter Program Fee 5,000.00
45235 President week Program 3,500.00
45240 Spring Break Program 2,500.00
45245 Summer Program 5,000.00
45280 President Sponsorship 0.00
45801 Los Banos Summer program 2,000.00
45810 Rental Income 10,000.00
45811 Misc Income 0.00
Total 45800 Other Income 28,000.00
Total Income 803,560.00
Expenses
52000 Payroll Expenses 0.00
52100 Gross Wages 275,000.00
53100 Payroll Taxes 34,000.00
53500 Medical benefits 17,675.32
53550 Dental Benefits 1,317.16
53570 Vision Benefits 209.04
53600 Retirement Admin Expense CEO COO 3,089.84
Retirement Expense staff 5,250.00
53700 Life/Disability Ins 313.00
53800 Workers Comp 6,000.00
54000 HR & Payroll Services 15,800.00
Total 52000 Payroll Expenses 358,654.36
55100 Staff events 600.00
55101 Volunteer 0.00
55107 Staff Apparel 1,300.00
55200 Training 350.00
55300 Staff new hire reimbursement cost 1,700.00
55321 Mileage Reimbursement 2,400.00
55322 Admin. Expenses 420.00
60020 Awards 250.00
60021 Board 250.00
60022 Staff 250.00
60031 Liability Insurance 22,800.00
60040 Postage 300.00
60070 Bank related Expenses 300.00
60074 PayPal Discount & Fees 1,275.00
60080 Miscellaneous Expense 600.00
60090 Marketing 12,000.00
61000 Facility Related Expenses 1,870.00
61200 Repair and Maintenance 4,700.00
61300 Telephone 3,000.00
61400 Utilities 0.00
61402 City of Merced 11,868.00
61404 PG & E 5,500.00
61405 Utilities-MID 18,800.00
62100 Fundraising Costs-Annual Dinner 3,000.00
63010 Technology Access 150.00
63011 Portal Costs 325.00
63013 Internet 3,600.00
63131 QuickBooks - Intuit 960.00
64000 Dues, Fees & Memberships 500.00
64100 BGCA Organizational Dues 3,700.00
64200 Other Dues, Fees, Memberships & Subscriptions 70.00 Total 64000 Dues, Fees & Memberships 4,270.00
65011 Auditing Costs 17,400.00
66000 Program Related Misc Expenses 2,500.00
66020 Program Supplies 5,000.00
66022 Program Equipment 1,000.00
66400 Program T-Shirts 1,000.00
66500 Program Field Trips 600.00
66550 Program Food Costs 1,400.00
67000 Vehicle Expense 900.00
67010 Fuel 2,000.00
68020 Office Supplies 2,400.00
69000 Travel and Conference Expenses 1,000.00
Total Expenses 500,962.36
Net Income 302,597.64
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5. REFERENCES
Project: Literacy Program
Ms. Vernette Doty
Director
Community Engagement Center, University of California of Merced 5200 Lake Road,
Merced, CA 95343
209-228-4201
[email protected]
Project: Planada Summer Camp
Mr. Jose Gonzalez
Superintendent
Planada Elementary School District
9722 Haskell Avenue
Planada, CA 95365
209-382-0756
[email protected]
Project: Community Projects
Ms. Susan Walsh
Community Volunteer
WCW Solutions Inc.
PO Box 3316
Merced CA 95344
209-756-1473
[email protected]
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