1 APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION TO ADOPT THE 2025 -2028 STRATEGIC INVESTMENT
PLAN OF THE OAKLAND FUND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH AS
APPROVED BY THE PLANNING AND OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
WHEREAS, The Kids First! Initiative amended the City Charter and established the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (“OFCY”) to support direct service for children, youth, and their families; and
WHEREAS, the Charter amendment, Charter Section 1305, requires that the Planning and Oversight Committee (“POC”) submit to the City Council for its adoption three -year Strategic Investment Plans; and
WHEREAS, Charter Section 1303 provides that each three-year Strategic Investment Plan shall be developed with the involvement of young people, parents, and service providers throughout the city, and the Oakland Unified School District, the County of Alameda, and the City of Oakland; and
WHEREAS, each Strategic Investment Plan must identify current service needs and gaps relative to outcome goals; describe initiatives that will address the needs and gaps relative to outcome goals, including target population, performance and impact obj ectives, intervention strategies, evaluation plans, and funding allocations; and describe how each three -year program initiative is aligned and coordinated with other public and private resources to achieve maximum service performance and youth impacts; and
WHEREAS, the POC participated in the planning process, hosted input sessions, reviewed the results of the OFCY community needs assessment , and provided guidance throughout the development of the strategies outlined in the Strategic Investment Plan; and
WHEREAS, the POC, based on the findings of the community needs assessment approved eight strategies —Family Resource Centers and Parent Engagement , Elementary and Middle School-Based Expanded Learning, Youth Development and Leadership, Career Ac cess and Employment, Youth Summer Jobs, Independent Living and Placed Based Innovations for Safety— to pursue and advance four key four key goals Support the Health Development of Young Children, Help Children and Youth Succeed In School, Prevent and Reduce Violence and Help Youth Transition to Productive Adulthood; and
WHEREAS, on October 16, 2024, the POC unanimously approved the proposed strategies and funding allocations, and approved the 2025-2028 Strategic Investment Plan for submission to Council; and
WHEREAS, the strategies and funding allocations have been presented to City Council in the 2025-2028 Strategic Investment Plan; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby adopts the 2025 -2028 Strategic Investment Plan of the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth as approved by the Planning and Oversight Committee on October 16, 2024.
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