2023APR 13 PM 5-* ft* APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
At*. I.^ATTORNEY’S OFFICECIT
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. 8 9 7 0 5 C.M.S.
A RESOLUTION AWARDING A TWO-YEAR GRANT AGREEMENT
WITH A TWO-YEAR OPTION TO RENEW TO THE FAM 1st FAMILY
FOUNDATION TO SUPPORT YOUTH PROGRAMMING AND
OPERATIONS AT THE WEST OAKLAND YOUTH CENTER IN ANNUAL
AMOUNTS NOT TO EXCEED ONE HUNDRED NINETY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($195,000), SUBJECT TO FUNDING
AVAILABILITY
WHEREAS, the Fam 1st Family Foundation (“Fam 1st”) is a California non-profit corporation whose stated mission is to strengthen low income families through youth social and career development programs and activities; and
WHEREAS, since 2017, Fam 1st has operated youth and family programs at the West Oakland Youth Center, located at 3233 Market Street Oakland, and from March 2019 through February 2021, operated the West Oakland Youth Center on behalf of the City of Oakland (“City”); and
WHEREAS, Fam 1st is currently operating ten youth development programs at the West Oakland Youth Center (grades K through 12, customized for each age group) including:
Unfinished Learning (an after school educational support for reading, vocabulary, phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency and comprehension); Graphic Design (a career and entrepreneurship development program, teaching the basics of design, logos and advertising, print/Web graphics], graphing and scale, designing Web pages, and portfolios); Hidden Genius (a program that introduces youth to the Tech industry based around computer coding creating video grams, Website building); Music 101 (a career and entrepreneurship development program to learn about the music industry); Agriculture (a program on Urban farming to grow fresh produce, farm to table business, STEM and Agriculture); Food and Nutrition (a program designed to teach the basics of cooking and nutrition, food handling & safety); Financial Literacy (a program covering the basics of financial literacy); Youth & Business (a career and entrepreneurship development program); Architecture (a career development program teaching the basics of education, business and entrepreneurship in the field of architecture including a one-week architecture camp at UC Berkeley); Youth Workforce Development Internships in partnership with the Youth Employment 1 3231945v5
Partnership and the Oakland Athletic League which provide paid youth internships teaching career skills in a workplace setting); and
WHEREAS, Fam 1st also conducts a number of different family-centered events each year including, a Thanksgiving Turkey giveaway, a Christmas Toy drive and giveaway, a Youth Football Camp, an annual Talent Show (benefit), a Bowling Night for West Oakland families, and various youth field trips and community picnics, designed to embed the West Oakland Youth Center deeply within the West Oakland Community; and
WHEREAS, the youth development programs operated by Fam 1st at the West Oakland Youth Center serve between 150 and 200 youth per year and the community events offered by Fam 1st at the Center serve between 200 and 300 Oakland families; and WHEREAS, Fam 1st has committed to continuing these programs and activities and to developing new and innovative youth career development programs and other events benefitting the West Oakland community; and
WHEREAS, the youth services/programming and family events greatly benefit the city of Oakland by providing a deeply embedded and effective community service center in the heart of West Oakland, a community of color where youth development and family strengthening is critical to address the issues of socio-economic and educational disparity and violence that exist in that community; and
WHEREAS, the City wishes to support the programming and operations of Fam 1st at the West Oakland Youth Center and continue youth services at the West Oakland Youth Center; and WHEREAS, there is an urgent need for a place where youth and young adults from various West Oakland neighborhoods can utilize as a safe place to learn, develop relationships and be positive contributors to the community; and
WHEREAS, City Council approved the funding for the programming and operations at West Oakland Youth Center in the amount of $195,000 per year in the Fiscal Years (FY) 2021-23 Adopted Biennial Budget, which was adopted pursuant to Resolution No. 88717 and Resolution 89283 C.M.S. for the midcycle budget amendments; and
WHEREAS, funding is available in the amount of $195,000 per year in General Purpose Fund (1010), Special Programs (Organization 509320), West Oakland Youth Center (Project 1006220), and Recreation Program (NB03); and
WHEREAS, appropriations of $195,000 was budgeted in Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-22, but was not expended due to the lack of a fully executed contract; and WHEREAS, staff recommends that the Council adopt this resolution to award a grant agreement to the Fam 1st Family Foundation for FY 2021-2023 for the community services and to utilize the funds previously allocated to support the programming at the West Oakland Youth 2 3231945v5
Center, with an option to renew the grant agreement for an additional two years subject to funding availability in the future budget cycles; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby awards a grant to Fam 1st Family Foundation in an amount not to exceed $195,000 per year for FY 2021-2023, with the option for the City Administrator to extend the grant term for an additional two years in an amount not to exceed $195,000 per year, contingent on the availability of funding in the adopted biennial and mid-cycle budgets.
MAY S 2023
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS %
NOES-
ABSEN
ABSTENTI
ATTEST:
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City Cj^rk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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