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 APPROPRIAT ING A GRANT FROM THE
OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT IN AN AMOUNT NOT TO
EXCEED ONE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
($1,300,000) FOR THE PERIOD OF JANUARY 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026; AND
2) AWARDING A GRANT TO COMMUNITIES UNITED F OR
RESTORATIVE YOUTH JUSTICE FOR SCHOOL-BASED VIOLENCE
INTERRUPTION AND LIF E COACHING SERVICES FOR THE
PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND
DOLLARS ($425,000); AND
3) AWARDING A GRANT TO FAMILY VIOLENCE LAW CENTER FOR
SCHOOL-BASED GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE SERVICES FOR THE
PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 2025, TO JUNE 30, 2026, IN AN AMOUNT
NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS
($450,000); AND
4) AWARDING A GRANT TO YOUTH ALIVE FOR SCHOOL -BASED
VIOLENCE INTERRUPTION AND LIFE COACHING SERVICES FOR
THE PERIOD OF FEBRUARY 1, 202 5, TO JUNE 30, 202 6, IN A N
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED FOUR HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS ($425,000); AND
5) AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ACCEPT AND
APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDING FROM THE OAKLAND
UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT THAT BECOMES AVAILABLE FOR
THE SAME PURPOSES THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027, AND AMEND THE
GRANT AGREEMENTS ACCORDINGLY FOR A ONE -YEAR
EXTENSION.
WHEREAS, group violence and gender -based violence (GBV) impact high school students in the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) at school and in the community, taking a serious toll on students’ mental health, physical health, and ability to learn in the classroom; and
WHEREAS, in 2023, 97 shootings with injury, 88 incidents of domestic viole nce, 35 rapes, and 111 other sex offenses reported to the Oakland Police Department involved victims between the ages of 14 and 18 , and the majority of high -school-aged youth who live in Oakland attend school in OUSD; and
WHEREAS, during the 2023-2024 School Year, OUSD suspended high school students 608 times for physical violence; and
WHEREAS, the Department of Violence Prevention (DVP), in partnership with OUSD and community-based organizations, developed the School Violence Intervention and Prevention (VIP) Program to provide intensive support and intervention services to students who are directly impacted by violence, and the DVP has funded this program at seven high schools since August 2022; and
WHEREAS, the School VIP Program involves placing one violence interrupter, one GBV specialist, and one life coach at each school to build trusting relationships with students who are impacted by violence and work closely with them to reduce their risk for violence in the short- and long-term; and
WHEREAS, the DVP selected Communities United for Restorative Youth Justice (CURYJ), Family Violence Law Center (FVLC), and Youth Alive to hire and supervise violence interrupters, life coaches, and GBV specialists for the School VIP Program through request for qualifications (RFQ) #267700,4, which was released on December 10, 2021, and received eighty- two (82) responsive applications from over seventy (70) agencies; and
WHEREAS, City Council approved grants to these agencies for School VIP Program services from July 1, 2022, through September 30, 2025, through Resolutions No. 89273, 89796, 89899, 90317, and 90002 C.M.S.; and
WHEREAS, OUSD desires to expand the School VIP P rogram to serve two additional high schools (Oakland Technical High School and Skyline High School) from February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026 , by funding the DVP to subcontract with community -based organizations that will hire and supervise the required GBV specialists, violence interrupters, and life coaches; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council her eby authorizes the City Administrator to accept and appropriate a grant from OUSD in an amount not to exceed One Million Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($1,300,000) for the term of January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026, to fund school VIP teams at two high schools; 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), Org (To-be- determined); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to execute a grant agreement with CURYJ for school-based violence interruption and life coaching services in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Twenty -Five Thousand Dollars ($425,000) for the term of February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to execute a grant agreement with FVLC for school-based GBV services in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Fifty Thousand Dollars ($450,000) for the term of February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator is authorized to execute a grant agreement with Youth Alive for school-based violence interruption and life coaching services in an amount not to exceed Four Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($425,000) for the term of February 1, 2025, to June 30, 2026; 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 the aforementioned grant awards, and, should additional funding be awarded from OUSD through June 30, 2027, the City Administrator is authorized to accept and appropriate the funding for the same purposes of this Resolution, increase the passthrough grant funds distributed to the grantees, and extend and amend the grant agreements accordingly for a one-year extension within the limits of the OUSD funds; 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 –
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ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California