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APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY ________________________ OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S. RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO 1) APPLY FOR, ACCEPT, AND APPROPRIATE SEVENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($75,000) IN GRANTS AND CONTRIBUTIONS AND ACCEPT AND APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL FUNDS THAT MAY BECOME AVAILABLE PROGRAM AND SERVICES OF THE OAKLAND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT BOARD IN FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 WITHOUT RETURNING TO THE CITY COUNCIL; AND 2) NEGOTIATE AND EXECUTE GRANT AGREEMENTS FOR THE 2025 SUMMER YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PROGRAM BETWEEN THE CITY OF OAKLAND AND THE FOLLOWING NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS: (A) YOUTH EMPLOYMENT PARTNERSHIP IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($125,000); (B) LAO FAMILY IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF ONE HUNDRED TWENTY-FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS ($125,000); AND (C) TRYBE, INC. IN THE ESTIMATED AMOUNT OF TWELVE THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED SEVENTY-TWO DOLLARS ($12,572) WHEREAS, the Oakland Workforce Development Board (Board) is mandated to oversee the expenditure of the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act of 2014 (WIOA) funding in partnership with the Mayor as local chief elected official in a designated workforce development area such as the City of Oakland, and the Mayor has designated the City Administrator to act on the Mayor's behalf on all WIOA administrative matters; and WHEREAS, the Board budget is made up of multiple funding streams that support workforce development efforts, including Federal, State, City of Oakland, and miscellaneous grants from private businesses and philanthropic support; and WHEREAS, the City of Oakland (City) Summer Youth Employment Program provides Oakland youth with opportunities to earn money, gain meaningful work experience and improve their job-readiness skills and prioritizes services for youth from historically disadvantaged communities, including Black, Latinx, Native American, and Pacific Islander opportunity youth not connected to the traditional school system. Services focus on youth who are not working, have little to no work experience, are aged 16-21, and reside in East Oakland, Fruitvale, and West Oakland ; and
WHEREAS, the City partnered with Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY) on the 2022-2025 Request for Proposals (RFP) through the Career Access and Employment for Youth In-School: Summer Jobs - Transition to Adulthood funding strategy; and
WHEREAS, for the 2025 Summer Youth Employment Program effort, a total of three (3) organizations submitted qualified applications to operate subsidized summer jobs; and WHEREAS, as part of the City's Fiscal Year 2025-27 biennial budget, a total of Three Hundred Thousand Dollars ($300,000) is proposed annually in Measure HH, the sugar-sweetened beverage tax, to support contracted youth organizations to provide summer youth employment opportunities; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby approves and authorizes program grant agreements in the estimated amount of Two Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy- Two Dollars ($262,572) for the City's 2025 Summer Youth Employment program with the following providers:
1. Lao Family Community Development, Inc. in the estimated amount of One Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000);
2. Youth Employment Partnership, Inc. in the estimated amount of One Hundred Twenty- Five Thousand Dollars ($125,000);
3. Trybe, Inc. in the estimated amount of Twelve Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars ($12,572); and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council authorizes the allocation of Two Hundred Sixty-Two Thousand Five Hundred Seventy-Two Dollars ($262,572) in Measure HH (SSBDT) Fund (1030), Workforce Development Organization (85311), Various Accounts, Measure HH Healthy Kids Program Project (1003817), Workforce Development Program (SC03) for the service providers listed above; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the staff to apply for, accept, and appropriate grants and contributions and to allocate any additional funds raised for the 2025 Summer Youth Employment Program to be distributed to these organizations in a manner consistent with the Summer Youth Employment Program goals and service providers' organizational capacity without returning to the City Council for approval; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That grants and contributions for the Summer Youth Employment Program will be accepted and appropriated into the Miscellaneous Trust Fund (7999), Workforce Development Org (85311), Various Accounts (TBD), Mayor Summer Youth Project (1000500), Workforce Development Program (SC03); and be itFURTHER RESOLVED: That each contract for workforce development activities shall have specific performance benchmarks consistent with program regulations, and that the City shall terminate the contract of a service provider that materially fails to meet contract performance, with funds reallocated to existing service providers; and be it FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City is hereby authorized to spend such funds in Fiscal Year 2025-26 and take other action with respect to the authorized contracts consistent with this Resolution and its IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA, PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE: AYES - BROWN, FIFE, HOUSTON, KAPLAN, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, AND PRESIDENT PRO TEMPORE GALLO NOES ABSENT COUNCIL PRESIDENT JENKINS (serving as Mayor pursuant to Charter Section 303) ABSTENTION ATTEST: ASHA REED City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the City of Oakland, California