APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION:
1) ACCEPTING AND APPROPRIATING A GRANT FROM THE OFFICE
OF JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED ONE MILLION DOLLARS ($1,000,000)
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2023, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026; AND
2) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO TAKE ALL STEPS NECESSARY FOR THE CITY TO RECEIVE THE GRANT; AND
3) AMENDING AN EXISTING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH
COMMUNITIES UNITED F OR RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE
FOR SCHOOL VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES TO EXTEND
THE END DATE FROM SEPTEM BER 30, 2025, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, AND INCREASE THE GRANT AMOUNT BY THREE HUNDRED
FIFTY-SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR HUNDRED EIGHTY -SIX
DOLLARS ($357,486), FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT N OT TO EXCEED
SIX HUNDRED FIFTY -SEVEN THOUSAND FOUR H UNDRED
EIGHTY-SIX DOLLARS ($657,486); AND
4) AMENDING AN EXISTING GRANT AGREEMENT WITH YOUTH
ALIVE! FOR SCHOOL VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION SERVICES TO
EXTEND THE END DATE FROM SEPTEMBER 30, 2 025, TO
SEPTEMBER 30, 2026, AND INCREASE THE GRA NT AMOUNT BY
FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY THOUSAND SE VEN HUNDRED FIFTY -
NINE DOLLARS ($570,7 59), FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE MILLION ONE HUND RED TWENTY THOUSAND
SEVEN HUNDRED FIFTY-NINE DOLLARS ($1,120,759); AND
5) AUTHORIZING THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLEN CE PREVENTION
TO ENTER INTO A MEMORANDUM OF UNDE RSTANDING WITH
THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT REGA RDING THE
SCHOOL VIOLENCE PREVENTION AND INTERVENTION
PROGRAM; AND
6) ALLOCATING GRANT FUNDS IN AN AMOUNT N OT TO EXCEED
SEVENTY-ONE THOUSAND SEVEN H UNDRED FIFTY -FOUR
DOLLARS ($71,754) TO FUND 0.10 FULL -TIME EQUIVALENT FOR
A HEALTH AND HUMAN SE RVICES PROGRAM PLANN ER
POSITION IN THE DEPARTMENT OF VIOLENC E PREVENTION
FOR THE PERIOD OF OCTOBER 1, 2023, TO SEPTEMBER 30, 2026.
WHEREAS, group violence and gender -based violence (GBV) impacting high school students in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD), both at school and in the community, is unacceptably high; and
WHEREAS, during the 2022-2023 School Year, OUSD suspended high school students for violence over 600 times, and two shootings took place on high school campuses; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Violence Prevention (DVP), in partnership with OUSD and community-based organizations, implemented the School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Program at seven high schools in OUSD during the 2022 -2023 School Year to support students impacted by violence in order to reduce trauma and future violence; and
WHEREAS, the School VIP Program involves plac ing three individuals – one violence interrupter, one GBV specialist, and one life coach (school VIP team) – at each school, and funding from the DVP allowed seven life coaches, five violence interrupters, and four GBV specialists to serve the seven school sites during the 2022-2023 School Year; and
WHEREAS, in May 2023, the DVP submitted a n application to the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) ’s Fiscal Year 2023 Enhancing School Capacity To Address Youth Violence grant p rogram to fund three additional violence interrupters for the School VIP Program so that each school has their own violence interrupter , with one school receiving two; and
WHEREAS, the application submitted by the DVP included funding for 0.10 Full -Time Equivalent (FTE) for a Health and Human Services Program Planner position to perform grant administration activities in an amount not to exceed Seventy-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty Four Dollars ($71,754); and
WHEREAS, the application submitted by the DVP stated that Youth ALIVE!, which already employs two violence interrupters for the School VIP Program , would hire two violence interrupters funded through OJJDP, and Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), which already employs one violence interrupter for the School VIP Program , would hire one violence interrupter funded through OJJDP; and
WHEREAS, Youth ALIVE! and CURYJ were originally selected to hire violence interrupters funded by the DVP for the School VIP Program during the 2022-2023 School Year through a competitive request for qualifications (RFQ) that was released on December 10, 2021, and received eighty-two (82) responsive applications from over seventy (70) agencies, with only one (1) agency receiving points for the city’s Local/Small Local Business Enterprise contracting program; and
WHEREAS, based on results from the RFQ process, the City entered into grant agreements with seven non-profit organizations , including CURYJ and Youth ALIVE!, to
implement the School VIP Program for the term of July 1, 2022, to September 30, 2023, using funding from Measure Z and the General Purpose Fund, following review and approval by the Safety and Services Oversight Commission and City Council (Resolution No. 89273 C.M.S., Resolution No. 89462 C.M.S., Resolution No. 89796 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, on June 26, 2023, City Council adopted the Biennial Budget for Fiscal Years 2023-25 (Resolution No.89803 C.M.S.), which allocated general purpose funds to the DVP for that time period; and
WHEREAS, on September 19, 2023, City Council approved new grant agreements with the same non-profit organizations selected through the original RFQ to implement the School VIP Program for the term of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2025 (Resolution No. 89899 C.M.S.); and
WHEREAS, on September 25, 2023, the DVP was notified that its grant application to OJJDP was selected for funding , with the requirement that the DVP execute a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with OUSD and all community-based organizations funded to implement the School VIP Program as a condition of the grant; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council her eby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant from OJJDP in an amount not to exceed One Million Dollars ($1,000,000) for the term of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2026 , to fund three additional violence interrupters for the School VIP Program; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby appropriates said funds to Fund (To-be-determined), Project (To-be-determined), Program (To-be-determined); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby allocates OJJDP funds in an amount not to exceed Seventy-One Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Four Dollars ($71,754) to fund
0.10 FTE for a Health and Human Services Program Planner position for the period of October 1, 2023, to September 30, 2026; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to amend an existing grant agreement with CURYJ for school violence interruption services to extend the end date from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and increase the grant amount by Three Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars ($357,486), for a total amount not to exceed Six Hundred Fifty-Seven Thousand Four Hundred Eighty-Six Dollars ($657,486); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to amend an existing grant agreement with Youth ALIVE! for school violence interruption services to extend the end date from September 30, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and increase the grant amount by Five Hundred Seventy Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty-Nine Dollars ($570,759), for a total amount not to exceed One Million One Hundred Twenty Thousand Seven Hundred Fifty -Nine Dollars ($1,120,759); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the DVP is authorized to execute an MOU with OUSD and community-based organizations funded to implement the School VIP Program and a draft
scope of services for this MOU is included as an attachment to the agenda report submitted with this resolution; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is hereby authorized to complete all required negotiations, certifications, assurances, agreements, and documentation required to modify or extend at no-cost the grant award; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That prior to execution, all agreements shall be reviewed and approved as to form and legality by the Office of the City Attorney and placed on file in the Office of the City Clerk.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - FIFE, GALLO, JENKINS, KALB, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, REID, AND
PRESIDENT FORTUNATO BAS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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