Finance and Management
June 27, 2023
AGENDA REPORT
TO: Jestin D. Johnson FROM: Angela Robinson Piñon
City Administrator Deputy City Administrator
SUBJECT: Report on 501(C)(3) Non-Profit
Service Providers
DATE: June 27, 2023
City Administrator Approval Date:
RECOMMENDATION
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive An Informational Report From The City Administrator On All 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Service Providers The City Of Oakland Has Contracted With In Fiscal Years 2019, 2020, 2021, And 2022 For Homelessness And Public Safety Related Services, Including The Names Of The Organizations, The Contract Amount, The Nature Of The Work, How Many Contracts Each Organization Received During This Period, And Whether The Organization Provides Other Services To The City And What Those Services Are.
REASON FOR SUPPLEMENTAL
This informational report is intended to respond to Councilmember Carol Fife’s request for an informational report on the City’s contracts with non-profit service providers for homelessness and public safety related services during fiscal years (FYs) 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022. When this item was initially presented at the February 27, 2023, Finance and Management Committee meeting, staff stated that additional information about the Human Services Departments contracts, as well as, a summary of those entities with multiple agreements, will be delivered in a supplemental report to the Committee.
ANALYSIS AND POLICY ALTERNATIVES
Human Services Department (HSD)
During FYs 2019. 2020, 2021, and 2022 the Human Services Department entered into 86 contracts with 32 non-profit agency and government partners for services intended to address public safety or homelessness. Please refer to Attachment A for more information.
Contracting Summary
Please refer to Attachment B which contains a summary of entities with two or more contracts with the City during FY 2018-2019 through FY 2021-22. The summary identifies each organization, the number of contracts with the City of Oakland during the time period, the contracting department and the fiscal year(s) that the contract covers.
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In addition, Attachment C contains a list of all of the contracts provided as part of this report and grouped by the name of the non-profit or governmental agency.
Organizations Providing Other Services to the City of Oakland
Staff queried the City’s financial database to with the names of the various entities to determine if there any of the entities provided additional services to the City which went beyond the scope of those services categorized as “public safety” or “homelessness”. This query yielded approximately 15,000 data records that needed to be reviewed to determine their relevancy to this topic. From this data it was determined that the following ten (10) organizations provided additional services to the City during the period covered under this report.
Alameda County Community Food Bank: The Alameda County Community Food Bank provided bulk food and meals to Oakland residents facing food insecurity. In addition to their services to unsheltered and homeless persons, the Alameda County Community Food Bank distributed food to Oakland residents as part of the COVID-19 relief effort as well as other efforts to address food insecurity.
Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department: In addition to services under the Housing Opportunities to People with AIDS (HOPWA) grant and Project Roomkey, the Alameda County Housing and Community Development Department partnered with the City of Oakland on the Minor Home Repair and Mortgage Certificate Programs which helps income- eligible families repair their homes and provides financial support for them to achieve home ownership.
Black Cultural Zone Community Development Program: In addition to their community ambassador program and collaboration on City sponsored events (such as Town Nights), the Black Cultural Zone operated the Akoma Market which supported economic and community development.
Catholic Charities of the East Bay: In addition to its services to persons that have experienced trauma due to a homicide, Catholic Charities of the East Bay received funding under the Keep Oakland Housed Initiative to provide emergency financial assistance to people at risk of losing their rental housing.
East Bay Agency for Children: The East Bay Agency for Children provided youth life coaching services and also provided after school programs to Oakland youth at several sites throughout the City through funds received from the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY).
East Bay Asian Youth Center: The East Bay Asian Youth Center (EBAYC) provided youth life coaching services and also provides after school programs to Oakland youth at several OUSD and non-OUSD school sites throughout the City through funds received from the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY).
Family Bridges: Family Bridges provided services to persons at community cabin sites and also provided services at the Hong Lok Senior Center and to other mono and bi-lingual seniors in Oakland.
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Lao Family Community Development: Lao Family Community Development provided job training and placement services to persons that were experiencing homelessness as well as programs to individuals that were not unsheltered.
Oakland Unified Scho ol District: The Oakland Unified School District provided rental space to the City of Oakland, operated a summer pre-Kindergarten program and other youth and adult related educational services during the period of this report.
The Spanish Speaking Unity C ouncil: The Spanish Speaking Unity Council led a community ambassador program, as well as Head Start and Early Head Start sites for the City of Oakland.
The organization also provided a youth leadership program, received funding for a cultural market/festival and small business week program.
ACTION REQUESTED OF THE CITY COUNCIL
Staff Recommends That The City Council Receive An Informational Report From The City Administrator On All 501(C)(3) Non-Profit Service Providers The City Of Oakland Has Contracted With In Fiscal Years 2019, 2020, 2021, And 2022 For Homelessness And Public Safety Related Services, Including The Names Of The Organizations, The Contract Amount, The Nature Of The Work, How Many Contracts Each Organization Received During This Period, And Whether The Organization Provides Other Services To The City And What Those Services Are.
For questions regarding this report, please contact Angela Robinson Pinon, Deputy City Administrator, at [email protected].
Respectfully submitted,
ANGELA ROBINSON PIÑON
Deputy City Administrator
City Administrator’s Office
Attachments (3):
A. Human Services Contracts with Non-Profit and Government Agencies for Public Safety or Homelessness Services, FY 2019-FY 2022
B. Number of Contracts Received During the Period for Public Safety and Homelessness Services, FY 2019-FY 2022
C. All Contracts Non-Profit and Government Agencies for Public Safety or Homelessness Services, FY 2019-FY 2022, Grouped by Name