APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADM INISTRATOR TO
ENTER INTO A NO-COST AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF
ALAMEDA, THE OAKLAND UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT , AND THE
NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM
REGARDING A PUBLIC-SYSTEM REFERRAL AND SERVICE
COORDINATION TEAM THAT SERVES YOUTH AT HIGH RISK FOR
GROUP VIOLENCE, INTIMATE PARTNER VIOLENCE, OR
COMMERCIAL SEXUAL EXPLOITATION IN OAKLAND FOR UP TO A
FIVE-YEAR TERM
WHEREAS, the City of Oakland’s Department of Violence Prevention (DVP) is mandated to reduce gun violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP fulfills its mandate by: (1) employing a team of direct service staff to deliver intensive life coaching and violence interruption services to individuals at highest risk of near -term group violence ; (2) funding community -based organizations to deliver support services to individuals at the center of group violence, intimate partner violence, and commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland ; and (3) providing training and capacity -building services to the ecosystem of community violence intervention workers in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, from October 1, 2025, to September 30, 2026, and each year thereafter for nine years, the DVP will award approximately $13 million to community-based organizations that deliver services in domains such as crisis response, life coaching, housing, individual and group therapy, employment, and legal services to individuals at the center of group violence, intimate partner violence, or commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to establish a public-system partnership with the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD) and the County of Alameda to receive service referrals for youth who are at the center of group violence, intimate partner violence, or commercial sexual exploitation, but who have not been identified by Oakland’s Ceasefire team as being at highest risk of near-term violence; and
WHEREAS, for the past three years, The National Institute for Criminal Justice Reform (NICJR) has convened a similar group of representatives from the San Francisco Department of Children Youth and Families, San Francisco Probation Department, UCSF Health, and several
2 community violence intervention organizations on a weekly basis to discuss recent violen t incidents involving youth and make coordinated service referrals; and
WHEREAS, based on their experience convening this group in San Francisco, NICJR has volunteered to serve as the convening and coordinating entity for Oakland’s high-risk youth team; and
WHEREAS, the DVP desires to enter into a no-cost agreement for up to five years, with the County of Alameda, OUSD, and NICJR that outlines the roles and responsibilities of each entity participating in Oakland’s high-risk youth team; and
WHEREAS, the agreement will allow the DVP to participate on and receive referrals from a public-system referral and service coordination team that serves youth at the center of group violence, intimate partner violence, or commercial sexual exploitation in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, a draft scope of services for this no -cost agreement is included as an attachment to the agenda report submitted with this Resolution; and
WHEREAS, Charter section 504(l) provides that the City Administrator may negotiate contracts for joint governmental actions, subject to Council approval; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby authorizes the City Administrator to negotiate and enter into a no -cost agreement with the County of Alameda, Oakland Unified School District, and NICJR for a term of up to five years that will allow the DVP to participate on and receive referrals from a public -system referral and service coordination team for the purposes set forth above, at no cost to the City.
IN COUNCIL, OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA,
PASSED BY THE FOLLOWING VOTE:
AYES - BROWN, FIFE, GALLO, HOUSTON, RAMACHANDRAN, UNGER, WANG, AND
PRESIDENT JENKINS
NOES –
ABSENT –
ABSTENTION –
ATTEST:
ASHA REED
City Clerk and Clerk of the Council of the
City of Oakland, California
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