AGENDA REPORT
TO: Edward D. Reiskin FROM: Estelle Clemons
City Administrator Interim Director, Human
Services
SUBJECT: Supplemental OFCY FY 2022-2023
Grant Awards
DATE: May 25, 2022
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Adopt A Resolution Authorizing The City Administrator To Negotiate And Execute Grant Agreements Between The City Of Oakland And Various Non-Profit And Public Agencies To Provide Direct Services For Children And Youth In An Amount Not To Exceed Nineteen Million Forty-Two Thousand Three Hundred Eighty-Two Dollars ($19,042,382) For Fiscal Year 2022-2023, With An Option To Approve One-Year Grant Renewals In Fiscal Years 2023-2024 And 2024-2025 Pending Council Approval.
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL REPORT
The proposed resolution was presented to City Council on May 23, 2022 at the Special Life Enrichment Committee meeting, however, revised estimates of the City’s projected General Purpose Fund (GPF) for FY 2022-2023 have become available and staff is proposing awarding additional grants.
The Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY) Planning and Oversight Committee (POC) approved 135 grant awards totaling $17,817,382 for Fiscal Year (FY) 2022-2023 on May 9 2022. Funding recommendations were made based on the projected grant funds available to OFCY provided by the Budget Bureau.
Revised estimates of the City’s projected General Purpose Fund (GPF) for FY 2022-2023 were presented to OFCY in mid May 2022. OFCY will receive three percent of the City’s GPF, with 90% of the dollars supporting grant awards for direct services for children and youth. The revised City estimates of funding available provide substantially more funding for grant awards.
In light of the increased funding, OFCY’s POC reconvened the Review subcommittee on May 25, 2022, to recommend additional grant awards. The subcommittee recommended 14
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Edward Reiskin, City Administrator
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additional grant awards, totaling $1,225,000. This recommendation will go before the full body of the POC for adoption at the June 1, 2022 public meeting.
The 14 new awards will support early childhood programming for parents and children in residential treatment in West Oakland and Oakland Parks, Recreation and Youth Development’s Community Adventure Pre-K Playgroup in Council District’s 5, 6, and 7; two programs in the High School and Post-Secondary Student Success strategy operating at McClymonds High School and Oakland High School; seven programs in the Youth Leadership and Development strategy providing services for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender and Queer (LGBTQ) youth, music education, environmental stewardship, literacy and writing, sports and recreation, afterschool and summer programming at Lions Creek Crossing, and programming for African American youth; summer programming for kinship, guardianship and foster care children and youth; and workforce development programming for youth in school and for disconnected youth.
The 14 additional programs recommended for funding focus on addressing racial equity. Six of the 14 programs are led by Black/ African American Executive Directors (43 percent), three by Asian Executive Directors (21 percent), and two by Hispanic or Latino/a/x Executive Directors (14 percent). The programs base services in East Oakland, West Oakland, and Central Oakland, and project to serve African American children and youth (43.6 percent), Hispanic or Latino/a/x children and youth (35.2 percent), and Asian/ Pacific Islander children and youth (9.8 percent).
Thirteen of the programs recommended for funding were identified from the Prioirty List of programs developed by the POC in anticipation of additional funds becoming available. One program, the Oakland Lacrosse Club, was selected in addition to provide sports and recreation to a diverse group of youth at multiple locations in Council Districts 5, 6 and 7.
The list of new program grants by funding strategy is provided in Table 1.
Table 1: Additional Grant Awards for FY 2022-2023
Agency Name
Program Name
FY 2022-2023
OFCY Award
Social-Emotional Well-Being in Early Childhood
LifeLong Medical Care Project Pride $75,000
Oakland Parks, Recreation & Youth
Development
Community Adventure Pre-K
Playgroup ( C.A.P.P)
$100,000
High School and Post-Secondary Student Success
East Bay Asian Youth Center SHOP 55 $120,000
Student Program for Academic &
Athletic Transitioning (SPAAT)
College & Career Performance
Program
$100,000
Youth Leadership & Development
Frontline Catalysts
Climate Justice Leadership
Development
$75,000
Health Initiatives For Youth (HIFY) Leadership In Diversity (LID) $75,000
Kingmakers of Oakland
Kingmakers of Oakland Media
Academy
$125,000
Edward Reiskin, City Administrator
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Table 1: Additional Grant Awards for FY 2022-2023
Agency Name
Program Name
FY 2022-2023
OFCY Award
Chapter 510 Ink Writing at the Center $75,000
Oakland Lacrosse Club
Oakland Lacrosse: Leadership
Development, Academic Counseling,
Wellness Education(East Oakland
Expansion)
$50,000
East Bay Asian Local Development
Corporation
Lion's Pride
$100,000
Music Is eXtraordinary, Inc. Explorations in Music $75,000 Summer Academic & Enrichment
Family Support Services Kinship Summer Youth Program $75,000 Career Access and Employment for Youth in School
The Crucible
Fuego Entrepreneurship & CNC
Design Career Academy
$60,000
Career Access and Employment for Opportunity Youth
Lao Family Community Development,
Inc. (LFCD)
Oakland Youth Industries Exploration
(YIE) Program
$120,000
Total $1,225,000
With the addition of these 14 grant awards, OFCY funding for FY 2022-2023 will support 149 distinct programs, with total annual funding of $19,042,382.
Edward Reiskin, City Administrator
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Date: May 25, 2022 Page 4
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ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Administrator to negotiate and execute grant agreements between the City of Oakland and various non-profit and public agencies to provide direct services for children and youth in an amount not to exceed nineteen million forty-two thousand three hundred eighty-two dollars ($19,042,382) for fiscal year 2022-2023, with an option to approve one-year grant renewals in fiscal years 2023-2024 and 2024-2025 pending council approval.
For questions regarding this report, please contact Estelle Clemons, Interim Human Services Director at (510) 238-3597.
Respectfully submitted,
ESTELLE CLEMONS
Interim Director, Human Services Department