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 APPROPRIATING OAKLAND CHILDREN’S INITIATIVE (OCI) EARLY EDUCATION FUNDS FROM FIRST 5 ALAMEDA COUNTY IN AN
AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWENTY-SEVEN MILLION FOUR HUNDRED
NINETY-TWO THOUSAND SIX HUNDRED AND FORTY-EIGHT DOLLARS ($27,492,648) FOR OAKLAND HEAD START PROGRAMMING FROM JULY 1, 2023 TO JUNE 30, 2027;
2. AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO AWARD A GRANT
AGREEMENT TO FUND COMPREHENSIVE EARLY CARE, EDUCATION AND FAMILY SERVICES TO BANANAS, INC. FOR FISCAL YEAR (FY) 2025-2026
FOR A TOTAL AMOUNT NOT TO EXCEED TWO HUNDRED AND THIRTY- FIVE THOUSAND ONE HUNDRED THIRTY DOLLARS ($235,130); AND
3. AUTHORIZING THE CITY ADMINISTRATOR TO ACCEPT AND
APPROPRIATE ADDITIONAL EARLY EDUCATION FUNDS IF THEY
BECOME AVAILABLE FROM FIRST 5 ALAMEDA COUNTY WITHIN FY 2024- 2027 AND AMEND THE GRANT AGREEMENTS WITHIN THE LIMITS OF THE AWARD
WHEREAS, The Oakland Children’s Initiative (OCI) was enacted through Measure AA in 2018, codified in the Oakland City Charter Art. XVI, to deepen the early investment in children by dramatically expanding access to high quality preschool; and
WHEREAS, Measure AA established the Oakland Early Education Fund, funded by 62% of the parcel tax proceeds, to support programs to expand access to, or to enhance the quality of, early care and education and preschool for children and parents who reside in Oakland; and
WHEREAS, Section 1606(b)(2) of the Charter states that for the first five years of the Early Education Fund, first funding priority shall be given to public agencies to expand public programs in all areas of the City that meet a baseline quality level and can accommodate more children using empty classrooms and/or filling vacancies, particularly programs at Oakland Unified School District and City of Oakland Head Start; and
WHEREAS, in September 2023, City Council passed Resolution No. 89930 C.M.S. for the continuation of services at Arroyo Viejo, Franklin, and Tassafaronga centers from July 1, 2023
2 through June 30, 2024, subject to the confirmation and approval by First 5 Alameda County as the Early Education Implementation partner; and
WHEREAS, passage of this resolution will continue to fund full-day, center-based services at the Arroyo Viejo, Franklin, and Tassafaronga centers, preparing children for transition to Kindergarten and Transitional Kindergarten classrooms in alignment with OCI priorities outlined in Section 1606 (a)(1)(A) and Section 1606 (a)(1)(B) and, subject to funding availability, City of Oakland Head Start will use OCI funds to operate full-day center-based services at these centers; and
WHEREAS, OCI funds also support operations at the Head Start Program Central Kitchen, which makes breakfasts, lunches, and snacks daily for all twelve centers directly operated by the City of Oakland and, subject to funding availability, City of Oakland Head Start will use OCI funds to do so; and
WHEREAS, in total, approving this application will support 240 funded slots operated by COOHS; and
WHEREAS, if the City’s full application and request for funding is approved as submitted to First 5 Alameda County, approval of this resolution funds one new l Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Family Service Specialist position to operate the Family, Friend, and Neighbor Programming; and
WHEREAS, funding through the Early Education fund prioritizes City of Oakland Head Start through the first five years of the legislation and the positions will be part of the annual application process to First Five Alameda County; and
WHEREAS, the funding will allow the Oakland Head Start Program to continue providing free, high-quality, comprehensive early education programming to low-income children and families in the learning dimension areas of physical health and development; approaches toward learning; communication, language usage, and literacy, and cognition and general knowledge; and
WHEREAS, funds from First 5 Alameda County shall be accepted and appropriated into the Measure AA – First 5 Fund (2264), HS Classroom and Seasonal and Central Office Administration Organizations (78231/78235), HS/EHS Measure AA Projects for each FY (1007682/1007683/1007684/1007685/TBD), and Strengthening Children, Youth, and Families Program (YS13); now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council hereby accepts and appropriates Measure AA Early Education Funds from First 5 Alameda County in an amount not to exceed twenty seven million four hundred ninety two thousand six hundred and forty eight dollars ($27,492,648) for Oakland Head Start/Early Head Start programming from July 1, 2023 through June 30, 2027, and the City Administrator is authorized to enter into an agreement with First 5 Alameda County and any other actions necessary to accept said funds; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That if additional Early Education Funds become available for Measure AA implementation from First 5 Alameda County for FY 2024-2027, the City
3 Administrator is authorized to accept and appropriate these funds to fund the Head Start/Early Head Start Program and take all actions necessary to accept the funding and to further modify or amend any grant agreements to increase awards within the limits of the additionally appropriated funds.
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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