Human Services
Department
(HSD)
Mission Statement
The Human Services Dep artmen t promotes
the health, education and well -being of
Oakland families and adults by providing
free programs and building strong
communities th rough grassroots leadership
and civic engagement .
We collab orate with a d iverse group of
local organizations to help add ress
inequalities, elimin ate racial disparities,
and address the emerging needs of the
community .
6 Divisions | Key Team Members
• Scott Means, Interim HSD Director
• Martina Bouey, Assistant to the Director
• Desralynn Cole, SAMHSA Project Manager
• Annie Friberg, Acting Agency Administrative Manager
• C’Mone Falls, Acting Community Housing Manager
• Hakeim McGee, Acting Aging & Adult Services Manager
• Diveena Cooppan , Head Start Manager
• Robin Love, Children and Youth Services Manager
• Dwight Williams, Acting Community Action Partnership
Manager
• Melissa Francisco, Executive Assistant to the HSD
Director
HSD - Business Goals
• Provide high quality support systems for children, youth, families, seniors and other adults through direct services, grant making, and close collaboration and coordination with public and community -based agencies.
• Develop new resources and leverage existing resources to maintain and expand strategies that address social and racial equity for Oakland residents . • Identify, plan and recommend proactive policy and system responses to community needs and social issues that impact the health and well -being of Oakland residents .
HSD - Business Goals (cont.)
• Create opportunities for community engagement and voice through participato ry planning and evaluation, and participation with Boards, Commissions and co mmunity groups.
• Sustain the Department’s efficient fiscal and program operations and improve and enhance service accountability through expanded performance monitoring, evaluation and continuous quality improvement.
• Foster staff development and acknowledgement, create a trauma informed system of care and racial dialogue.
Proposed Staffing FY 23-25
For FY 23 -24:
274.30 Full Time Equivalent Employees (FTEs)
• Administration/Finance/ ReCAST – 18.96 FTEs
• Aging & Adult Services – 50.50 FTEs
• Early Childhood & Family Services (Head Start) – 164.34 FTEs • Children and Youth Services (CYS) – 9.50 FTEs
• Community Homelessness Services (CHS) – 23.0 FTEs
• Alameda County -Oakland Community Action Partnership (AC -OCAP) –
4.0 FTEs
Proposed Staffing FY 23-25
For FY 23 -24:
250.30 Full Time Equivalent Employees (FTEs)
•Administration/Finance/ ReCAST – 11.96 FTEs
•Aging & Adult Services – 56.50 FTEs
•Early Childhood & Family Services (Head Start) – 164.34 FTEs •Children and Youth Services (CYS) – 9.50 FTEs
•Community Homelessness Services (CHS)* – 0.0 FTEs
•Alameda County -Oakland Community Action Partnership (AC -OCAP) –
4.0 FTEs
*CHS dept. will transfer over to HCD Division
Proposed Enhancements FY 23-25
Community Homeless Services
• Add 3.0 FTE positions - 1 Accountant III, 1 Data Analyst III, and 1 Program Analyst II - as recommended from the 2022 Homeless Audit Report . This additional staffing is required to improve overall data quality and accountability, fiscal management, and effective contract monitoring of providers and in compliance with the terms of the audit .
Early Childhood & Family Services / Head Start
• Add 24 .0 FTE positions in order to meet the service expansion and reporting requirements for offering services with increased hours and days of service, of 10 hours a day and 240 days of service .
Proposed Enhancements FY 23-25
Children & Youth Services - Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
• Add 1.0 FTE Program Analyst II position for FY 23 -24 and FY 24 - 25 (using carry forward to cover costs) to manage grants for positive youth development work in the community.
Alameda County – Oakland Community Action Partnership
Agency
• Change 1.0 FTE Program Analyst I to a Program Analyst II, and
1.0 FTE Administrative Assistant I to Administrative Assistant II, to align with the agency’s county -wide expansion
Proposed Changes FY 23-25
Community Homeless Services
• Reduce the Lake Marriot Lodge Funding by $1,100 ,000 in FY 2023 - 24 and $850 ,000 in FY 2024 -25 . Lake Marriot Lodge serves as Covid isolation hotel for vulnerable people who are homeless, typically seniors and those with serious medical conditions .
Aging & Adult Service
• Freezing 1 FTE Senior Services Program Supervisor and 1 FTE Program Analyst II positions FY 23 -25 . The Supervisor provides grant matching and oversite, the Analyst is the primary operational Administrative support for the Division . • Freezing .96 FTE Office Assistant, PPT .SS 151 . Duties of this position will have to be temporary shifted to other staff .
Proposed Changes FY 23-25
Alameda County – Oakland Community Action Partnership Agency • Reducing anti -poverty programmatic GPF by $150 ,000 in FY 2023 -24 and by $50 ,000 in FY 2024 -25
Administrative
• Freezing .96 FTE Office Assistant, PPT .SS 151 . Duties of this position will have to be temporary shifted to other staff .
Other proposed Changes
• In conjunction with the City Administrator’s Office, HSD proposes to formally move the Summer Food Program and the Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax program to the CAO – 6.5FTEs and a total amount of $625 ,610 .
This move and consolidation will build upon the efforts undertaken during the city’s COVID emergency declaration to address and improve food security amongst Oakland’s low -income residents .
LEARN MORE
For more information about the work of the Human Services Department, please visit the City of Oakland website: www.Oaklandca.gov/departments/human-services