ATTACHMENT A
Summer Program Service Term Proposed Grantee Award List FY 2026 - 2028 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
1 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
1. Alameda
County Office
of Education
Career
Pathways
Support Team
Green Carers
Guidance Initiative
- Graduate
Employment in the
Trades
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 209,939.00
Provides expert guidance for high school
seniors and recent graduates seeking careers
in the trades, emphasizing green jobs.
Supports graduates into and through summer
technical training programs. Will place 17 and
18 year old recent graduates with small and
midsized construction contractors to close the
gap of providing training without work
experience so youth can access union
apprenticeships.
2. Destiny Arts
Center
Destiny Works at
Camp Destiny
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 108,000.00
Serve 20 Oakland teens through a combined
100-hour leadership training and paid job
experience program. Participants will complete
20 hours of counselor training, followed by 80
hours of hands-on job experience at our
Lodestar campus in East Oakland. Training
topics include financial literacy, youth
development foundations, healing-centered
practices, conflict resolution and restorative
approaches, leadership and professionalism,
mandated reporting and safety protocols,
CPR/first aid orientation, and operations.
3. Lao Family
Community
Development
Inc.
Oakland Youth on
the Move Summer
Program
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 312,500.00
Serves 78 Oakland youth ages 16–21 with
comprehensive job readiness workshops,
financial literacy training, individualized career
coaching, mock interviews, and up to 100
hours of paid work experience. Operating
June–September at LFCD’s CARE Community
Center, the program supports youth from high-
need neighborhoods to develop workplace
skills, earn income, strengthen confidence, and
build long-term pathways to education,
training, and meaningful careers.
ATTACHMENT A
Summer Program Service Term Proposed Grantee Award List FY 2026 - 2028 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
2 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
4. Rising Sun
Center for
Opportunity
Climate Careers
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 47,765.00
Engages 7 youth from low-income
backgrounds to become stewards of clean
energy in their own communities by employing
them in summer jobs providing residential
energy- and water- efficiency services to local
homes. Youth learn on the job and participate
in professional development workshops to
build career skills. Starting in August, they
further their career exploration through paid
fall externships with employers in the climate
sector. Rising Sun will employ 7 Oakland
youth, prioritizing recruitment in East Oakland,
Fruitvale, and West Oakland.
5. Soccer
Without
Borders
Summer Youth
Leadership
Program at Soccer
Without Borders
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 86,903.38
Employs 18 high-school–aged immigrant
youth to support middle and elementary school
students. 6 Summer Program Assistants
complete 200 hours at the Newcomer Middle
School Summer Hub at Frick Academy and 2
weeks of summer camp. 12 Summer Camp
Youth Leaders complete 110 hours at our 2
week camp at Cesar Chavez Soccer Field. All
participants build job-readiness skills through a
formal interview and onboarding process and
receive ongoing mentorship all summer.
6. Trybe Inc. Trybe Summer
Youth Employment
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 147,549.60
Provides 100 hours of high-quality, paid, work
experience during summer months to youth
with the goal to gain awareness of job and
career options and access to improved
financial stability in East Oakland. Will employ
80 youth annually out of Trybe’s two worksites,
Clinton Park and San Antonio Park. Provides
work experience, job readiness and soft skills
training in support of Trybe’s mission to center
youth as a key to community revitalization.
ATTACHMENT A
Summer Program Service Term Proposed Grantee Award List FY 2026 - 2028 Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
3 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
7. The Youth
Employment
Partnership,
Inc.
YEP Summer
Career
Tryout/Summer
Rising
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 312,500.00
Paid summer job program for 110 Oakland
youth ages 14-18 that spans neighborhoods,
bridges transition from middle to high school,
and bridges all youth to the next school year.
From June 1-Sept. 30, youth from high priority
neighborhoods complete job readiness and
financial literacy training, career exploration,
and 100 hours of work experience. YEP
incentivizes weekly development trainings and
return to school, and provides case
management and support services. Youth
attain a professional reference, updated
resume, and up to $1,950 in their summer job.
8. YouthBeat
Summer Youth
Media Careers:
Media Apprentice
Program, College
Bridge, Media &
Money Conference
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 84,000.00
Provides paid summer employment, training,
and career coaching for 35+ low-income
Oakland youth ages 16–21, plus a career and
financial literacy conference serving 100+
students. Apprentices work June–September
at YouthBeat PRO, OUSD Communications,
and local creative employers, earning wages
while gaining industry skills, mentorship, and
support to launch their post-high-school
careers.
9. Youth Uprising
YU Career and
Education Summer
Jobs
Mayor’s Summer
Youth Employment
Program
$ 171,096.62
Provide 40 youth (ages 14-21) experiencing
barriers to economic opportunity with 100
hours of paid workforce development: 20
hours of job-readiness training followed by 80
hours of hands-on work experience at YU or
local partners. Programming takes place at YU
in East Oakland. The primary goal of the
program is to build essential employment skills
and significantly increase participants'
readiness for long-term careers, positioning
them for sustainable economic success.
ATTACHMENT A
Grantee Renewal Award List FY25-26
Elementary School-Based Expanded Learning
4 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
1. Acta Non
Verba: Urban
Youth Farm
Project
Camp ANV
Elementary
School-Based
Expanded
Learning
$ 200,000.00
Six weeks of summer camp for 235+ low-
income Oakland youth ages 5–15, offering
gardening, archery, art, science, cooking,
swimming lessons, and field trips. High
schoolers join the Junior Counselor program
to build leadership and job skills. Camp ANV
happens at Grass Valley Elementary school
in East Oakland for 6 weeks. Camp also
includes two weeks of staff training and one
week of wrap-up/evaluation.
2. Family
Support
Services
Kinship Youth
Summer Program
(Elementary)
Elementary
School-Based
Expanded
Learning
$71,965.00
Enroll 30 kinship, guardian care, or foster
youth in our 5-week program. Youth are
engaged in academics, STEAM, enrichment
activities, and opportunities to develop and
learn social skills, build healthy relationships
and community. Site: Taylor Memorial United
Methodist Church campus located at 1188-
12th Street in West Oakland. Our goal is to
ensure that youth have an exciting summer
experience. The program is offered at no cost
to families.
3. Lincoln Oakland Freedom
School
Elementary
School-Based
Expanded
Learning
$ 200,000.00
Six week summer academic, literacy, and
cultural enrichment program for 120 students
at two OUSD host school sites in East and
West Oakland. Fosters reading gains,
deepens leadership skills, and strengthens
community connections, while preventing
summer learning loss. Parent support is
provided via parent meetings and ‘Chat and
Chews’. OFS’ highly engaging strategies
provide a stimulating, culturally connected
approach that improves reading skills, sparks
a love of learning and promotes a positive
self-concept.
ATTACHMENT A
Grantee Renewal Award List FY25-26
Middle School-Based Expanded Learning
5 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
4. Aim High for
High School Aim High Oakland
Middle School-
Based Expanded
Learning
$ 200,000.00
Free, five-week, full-day (8 a.m.–5 p.m.)
summer learning program serving 300 rising
6th–9th grade low-income students of color
and first-generation college-goers. Locations:
Madison Park Academy (East Oakland),
Westlake Middle School (Lake Merritt), and
Urban Promise Academy, (Fruitvale).
Provides Project Based Learning, academics,
Social-Emotional Learning (SEL), enrichment,
athletics, field trips, and three nutritious meals
daily. Fosters belonging, academic
engagement, confidence, and a successful
transition to high school.
5. East Bay
Consortium of
Educational
Institutions
Pre-Collegiate
Academy
Middle School-
Based Expanded
Learning
$ 200,000.00
Five-week transformative summer program
located at Merritt College, serving 120 rising
7th–9th graders from OUSD high-need
partner schools. Students engage in 134.5
hours of standards-aligned math acceleration,
hands-on college and career exploration, field
trips, and partnership with families. PCA
strengthens math readiness and builds
confidence and students’ sense of belonging
on a college campus–ultimately increasing
students’ high school graduation and
postsecondary opportunities and success.
ATTACHMENT A
Grantee Renewal Award List FY25-26
Youth Leadership and Development
6 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
6. Family
Support
Services
Kinship Youth
Summer Program
(Youth
Development and
Leadership)
Youth
Development and
Leadership
$ 71,390.00
Enrolls 25 kinship, guardianship, and foster
care youth in middle and high school in 6-
week program. Youth are engaged in
academics, STEAM, leadership development,
fun activities, and opportunities to develop
their social skills, build healthy
relationships/community. Site: Taylor
Memorial United Methodist Church located at
1188 - 12th Street in West Oakland. Goal is
to ensure that youth have a positive summer
experience. No cost to families.
7. Flourish
Agenda Inc. Camp Akili
Youth
Development and
Leadership
$ 200,000.00
Engages 50 Black and African Diaspora high
school youth in a three-month leadership
program, a one-week healing-centered
summer camp, and a two-month post-camp
engagement period. Pre- and post-camp
activities take place in Oakland, and the
residential camp occurs at a tranquil retreat
site. Through culturally grounded workshops
and youth-led activities, the program fosters
belonging, healing, leadership, and
community connection.
8. Girls
Incorporated
of Alameda
County
Concordia Park
Summer
Youth
Development and
Leadership
$ 68,743.00
4 week academic enrichment program for 110
East Oakland 1st-7th grade girls that offers a
safe environment and strong youth
development-based programming. Provides
underserved girls with a broad range of
learning and recreational opportunities to
enhance their physical, social-emotional,
artistic and academic development. Girls
participate in 9-hour days of programming,
Monday-Friday with health/nutrition, visual/
performing arts, sports, literacy, STEM and
educational components.
ATTACHMENT A
Grantee Renewal Award List FY25-26
Youth Leadership and Development
7 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
9. Prescott
Circus Theatre
Prescott Circus
Theatre Summer
Circus and
Academic Program
Youth
Development and
Leadership
$ 63,500.00
Provides a summer program of Circus Arts,
Academic Enrichment, and Leadership
Training for 35 students ages 8–21 for 8
weeks. Participants work with professional
artists to develop circus and life skills through
culturally-relevant instruction. They also
engage in project-based learning activities
that promote literacy and critical thinking to
prevent summer academic lags. Youth have
recreational options, perform on a rotating
basis, and participate in final performances
for over 800 Oakland children.
10. The Crucible
Crucible Youth
Summer Camp
Scholarships
Youth
Development and
Leadership
$ 145,000.00
Serve youth ages 8–18 with hands-on
industrial arts classes in disciplines such as
ceramics, welding, blacksmithing, glass,
jewelry, and more. Held at The Crucible’s
West Oakland campus, camps run in weekly
sessions throughout the summer and serve
over 1,000 participants annually. The goal is
to provide safe, high-quality arts education
that builds creativity, confidence, technical
skills, and pathways to continued youth
engagement.
ATTACHMENT A
Grantee Renewal Award List FY25-26
Career Access and Employment
8 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Grant Amount Program Description
11. The Junior
Center of Art
and Science
Junior Center of Art
and Science
(JCAS) Innovation
Mentors Program
Career Access and
Employment
$ 41,960.00
A variety of visual arts, carpentry and digital
media courses cultivate students’ curiosity and
creativity through hands-on making, tinkering,
and designing. Engages at least 285 students
ages 5-16 in one- and two-week sessions over
the ten week program. Formalizes the
Mentorship Program for teens who assist
professional Teaching Artist Faculty by
providing paid internships for 20 aspiring high
school artists (ages 15-19).
12. Oakland
Unified School
District
Exploring College
Career Community
Options
Career Access and
Employment $ 250,000.00
Serves 515 OUSD youth aged 15-21,
predominantly from East and West Oakland,
through paid summertime pre-employment
internships with local employers, college-level
CTE classes, job training, and employment
services. Known as ECCCO, this employment
program helps OUSD reconnect its
disconnected youth – students who are
disproportionately chronically absent,
suspended for violence, and off-track to
graduate – through paid, individualized, and
supported career access and employment
experiences that build their academic, job
readiness, financial literacy, and life skills.