APPROVED AS TO FORM AND LEGALITY
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CITY ATTORNEY’S OFFICE
OAKLAND CITY COUNCIL
RESOLUTION NO. ______________ C.M.S.
RESOLUTION ACCEPTING THE PLANNING AND OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATION TO:
AWARD OAKLAND FUND FOR CHILDREN AND YOUTH (OFCY)
GRANTS TO NON -PROFIT AND PUBLIC AGENCIES TO OPERATE
DISTINCT YEAR-ROUND PROGRAMS IN AN ANNUAL AMOUNT NOT
TO EXCEED TWENTY MILLION SIX HUNDRED SEVENTY SEVEN
THOUSAND THREE HUNDRED AND FIFTY SIX DOLLARS ($20,677,356) FOR TWO FISCAL YEARS, FROM JULY 1, 2026, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2027, AND FROM JULY 1, 2027, THROUGH JUNE 30, 2028,
CONTINGENT UPON FUNDING AVAILABILITY AND PROGRAM
PERFORMANCE
WHEREAS, the Kids First! Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY) was established by voter -approved ballot Measure K in 1996 to set money aside for programs and services benefiting children and youth; and
WHEREAS, OFCY was extended for 12 years by voter approval in 2009 (Measure D) ; and
WHEREAS, the Planning and Oversight Committee (POC) was established pursuant to Measure K to provide oversight and direction for the OFCY planning and funding review process; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority provided in Charter section 1307, the City Council adopted Ordinance No. 13588 C.M.S. on March 3, 2020, which extended OFCY for an additional twelve (12) years, beginning July 1, 2021, and continuing through June 30, 2033; and
WHEREAS, on December 17, 2024, the City Council approved the OFCY FY 2025- 2028 Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) through Resolution 90580 C.M.S; and
WHEREAS, on October 24, 2026, OFCY released the Fiscal Years (FY) 2026 – 2028 Request for Proposals (RFP) for programs funded under the FY 2025 – 2028 SIP; and
WHEREAS, of the 300 year -round program proposals received, 136 programs are recommended for funding; and
2 WHEREAS, on May 6, 2026, the POC unanimously approved the funding recommendations; and
WHEREAS, the appropriation for FY 202 6-2027 to the Kids First Oakland Fund for Children and Youth in the estimated amount of $ 22,126,868.00 is included in the Mayor’s FY 2026-2027 Proposed Midcycle Budget (amount subject to change with the pending adoption of the FY 2026 -27 Midcycle Budget) , and 90% of the appropriation in the estimated amount of $19,914,181.00 is available for grants and is located in Kids First Oakland Children’s Fund (1780), Youth Services Organization (78251), OFCY 202 6-2027 Project (10077 30), OFCY Program (YS04); and
WHEREAS, carry forward (CF) funding will be used in addition to the annual Oakland Kids First! Children’s Fund allocation, to cover the difference between the amount requested and the amount available in the Oakland Kids First! Children’s Fund; and
WHEREAS, the total estimated CF amount from FY 2013-2024 is $16,616,778, of which an estimated $7,011,973.20 will be used to cover the difference between the amount requested and the amount available in the Oakland Kids First! Children’s Fund; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to Charter section 1300, any interest earned and amounts unspent or uncommitted by the fund at the end of any fiscal year are to be made available for future grants; and
WHEREAS, through this recommendation, over 2 3,000 youth and their families , particularly those with the least access to services, will get access to critical programming that promotes public safety, violence prevention, youth leadership, and academic enrichment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED: That the City Council accepts the POC recommendation to award grant agreements to 92 non-profit and public agencies for 136 year-round programs for a total amount not to exceed $20,677,356.00 for two year-round program service term grant cycles: July 1, 2026, through June 30, 202 7, and Ju ly 1, 2027, through June 30, 202 8, contingent upon funding availability and program performance; and be it
FURTHER RESOLVED: That Table 1 below reflects the annual award for the selected grantees for the public record:
Table 1:
Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
1 Afro-Play Oakland Afro-Play Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $143,150.00
2 BANANAS,
Incorporated
Healthy Havenscourt
Cub House
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $500,000.00
3 Dads Evoking
Change
Family Wellness and
Engagement Program
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $71,450.00
4 Destiny Arts Center Teddy Bear
Movement
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $50,000.00
3 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
5 Family Paths, Inc. Parent Education
Program
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $56,448.10
6 Lifelong Medical
Care Project Pride Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $99,506.00
7 Lotus Bloom
Culturally Responsive
Family Resource
Center - Room to
Bloom
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $312,499.52
8 Oakland Parents
Together
Parent Cafes and Early
Learning Workshops
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $50,100.00
9 Oakland Parks,
Recreation, and
Youth Development
Community
Adventure Pre-K
Playgroups
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $115,000.00
10 Our Family
Coalition
Project LIFE (LGBTQ
Intersectional Family
Enrichment)
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $250,000.00
11 Refugee &
Immigrant
Transitions
Parent Tot Initiative Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $350,000.00
12 Tandem, Partners in
Early Learning
Early Learning
Everywhere: Building
Family Connections
Family Resource Centers
and Parent Engagement $129,499.64
13 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Acorn Woodland
Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
14 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Esperanza Elementary Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
15 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Fred T. Korematsu
Discovery Academy
Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
16 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Global Family
Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
17 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Markham Elementary Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
18 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Martin Luther King,
Jr. Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
19 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Sankofa United
Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
20 East Bay Agency for
Children Achieve Academy Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
21 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Franklin Elementary
School
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
22 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Garfield Elementary
School
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
4 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
23 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Manzanita
Community School
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
24 East Oakland Youth
Development Center
East Oakland Youth
Development Center
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $150,000.00
25 Girls Incorporated
of Alameda County Cox Academy Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
26 Girls Incorporated
of Alameda County
Learning Without
Limits
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
27 Life I Love School
Life I Love School -
Wellness Program for
Elementary Girls
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $135,873.00
28 Lighthouse
Community Public
Schools
Lighthouse
Community Charter
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $100,000.00
29 Living Jazz Allendale Elementary Elementary School-Based Expanded Learning $31,250.00
30 Living Jazz Carl B. Munck
Elementary
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $31,250.00
31 Living Jazz Cleveland Elementary Elementary School-Based Expanded Learning $31,250.00
32 Oakland Leaf
Foundation La Escuelita Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
33 Oakland Leaf
Foundation Think College Now Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $65,000.00
34 East Bay Performing
Arts dba Oakland
Symphony
Oakland Symphony
MUSE Stringendo
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $60,000.00
35 Ultimate Impact,
Inc.
Place-based Ultimate
Learning and
Leadership through
Sports (PULLS)
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,516.00
36 Youth Cooking
Services dba Kids
Cooking For Life
Franklin Elementary
School
Elementary School-Based
Expanded Learning $52,622.00
37 Attitudinal Healing
Connection, Inc. dba
The Center for
ArtEsteem
Community School for
Creative Education
Afterschool
Programming
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $100,000.00
38 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
LIFE Academy Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
39 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Frick United Academy
of Language Middle
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
40 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Elmhurst United
Middle
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
41 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
West Oakland Middle Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
5 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
42 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Westlake Middle Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
43 Bay Area
Community
Resources, Inc.
Madison Park
Academy 6-12
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
44 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Urban Promise
Academy
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
45 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Roosevelt Middle
School
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
46 La Clinica de La
Raza, Inc. Familia Adelante Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $165,681.19
47 Lighthouse
Community Public
Schools
Lighthouse
Community Charter
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
48 Lighthouse
Community Public
Schools
Lodestar: A
Lighthouse
Community Charter
Public
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
49 Living Jazz Claremont Middle Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $31,250.00
50 Oakland Leaf
Foundation Bret Harte Middle Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
51 Safe Passages United for Success
Academy Middle
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
52 Safe Passages Coliseum College
Prep Academy
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $85,000.00
53 Original Scraper
Bike Team, Inc.
Elmhurst United
Middle
Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $38,971.00
54 Original Scraper
Bike Team, Inc. Greenleaf Middle School-Based
Expanded Learning $38,971.00
55 Alameda County
Health
Alameda County
Court Appointed
Special Advocates
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
56 American Indian
Child Resource
Center
Culture Keepers Youth Development and
Leadership $164,515.79
57 ARISE High School Leaders on the Rise
Enrichment Lab
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,003.00
58 Asian Health
Services
Empowering Asian
and Pacific Islander
(API) Youth and
Southeast Asian
(SEA) Young Women
through Culturally
Tailored Leadership
and Development
Programming
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
59 Aspire Education
Project
Community Reading
Buddies
Youth Development and
Leadership $130,000.00
6 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
60 Attitudinal Healing
Connection, Inc. dba
The Center for Art
Esteem
Art Esteem Leadership
Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
61 Bay Area Outreach
& Recreation
Program, Inc.
Sports, Fitness, &
Recreation for Youth
with Disabilities
Youth Development and
Leadership $80,000.00
62 Center for
Empowered Politics
Education Fund
AYPAL Building API
Community Power
Youth Development and
Leadership $155,000.00
63 Center for
Empowering
Refugees and
Immigrants (CERI)
Clinton Park Youth
Collaborative
Youth Development and
Leadership $400,000.00
64 Chapter 510 INK
Write, Speak, Heal:
Oakland Youth Arts
Collaborative
Youth Development and
Leadership $300,000.00
65 Communities United
for Restorative
Youth Justice
Homies 4 Justice Youth Development and
Leadership $155,125.00
66 Community Works
West, Inc.
Project WHAT!
(We're Here and
Talking)
Youth Development and
Leadership $194,608.00
67 Cycles of Change Ride and Wrench
Youth Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $150,000.00
68 Dimensions Dance
Theater,
Incorporated
Rites of Passage Youth Development and
Leadership $96,500.00
69 Dream Youth Clinic Youth #GOALS
Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $193,000.00
70 East Bay Agency for
Children
Youth Empowerment
Services: Leadership
Pathways (YES
Pathways)
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
71 East Bay Asian
Local Development
Corporation
Roaring Forward Youth Development and
Leadership $101,164.43
72 East Oakland
Boxing Association
East Oakland Boxing
Association After
School Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $60,350.00
73 Eastside Arts
Alliance, Inc.
EastSide Arts Alliance
- Youth Community
Culture Builders
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
74 Fresh Lifelines for
Youth, Inc.
FLY Programs for
Young Leaders
Youth Development and
Leadership $124,200.00
75 Friends of Peralta
Hacienda Historical
Park
Peralta Hacienda
Youth Programs
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
76 Frontline Catalysts
Climate Justice Youth
Leadership
Development
Youth Development and
Leadership $148,637.00
7 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
77 Girls Incorporated
of Alameda County
GIAC Downtown
Oakland Middle &
High School Programs
Youth Development and
Leadership $100,000.00
78 Health Initiatives for
Youth, Inc.
Level Up
Relationships
Youth Development and
Leadership $65,768.08
79 Improve Your
Tomorrow
Pathways to Promise:
IYT College Academy
Youth Development and
Leadership $154,981.50
80 Museum Of
Children's Art
Community Futures
School_Black
Nourishment Network
Youth Development and
Leadership $400,000.00
81 Native American
Health Center, Inc.
NAHC Youth
Development and
Leadership Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
82 Oakland Genesis Oakland Genesis
Academy
Youth Development and
Leadership $166,000.00
83 The Oakland Public
Education Fund
Oakland Goes
Outdoors: Outdoor
Learning for Middle
School Students
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
84 Oakland Kids First
OKF Youth
Leadership and
Organizing Programs
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
85 Oakland Lacrosse
Club
Oakland Lacrosse:
Mentoring and
Leadership
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
86 Oakland LGBTQ
Community Center
LGBTQ Youth
Leadership Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
87 Oakland Parks,
Recreation, and
Youth Development
Camp L.E.A.P. (Lead.
Empower. Adapt.
Play.)
Youth Development and
Leadership $149,162.00
88 Oakland Unified
School District
Innovative EFG
Internships and Field
Trips
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
89 Restorative Justice
for Oakland Youth
RJOY Youth
Leadership Program
Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
90 Safe Passages Get Active Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
91 S.P.A.A.T. (Student
Program for
Academic and
Athletic
Transitioning)
Athlete Leadership
Institute (ALI)
Youth Development and
Leadership $100,000.00
92 Spanish Speaking
Unity Council of
Alameda County,
Inc. dba The Unity
Council
Latino Men & Boys Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
93 Summer Search
Summer Search’s
Youth Development
and Leadership
Youth Development and
Leadership $200,000.00
8 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
Program for Oakland
Youth
94 Youth ALIVE Teens on Target Youth Development and
Leadership $225,000.00
95 YouthBeat
YouthBeat Media Arts
Training and
Leadership
Development
Youth Development and
Leadership $190,000.00
96 Alameda Health
System Foundation
AHS - Health
Excellence &
Academic Leadership
(HEAL) Program
Middle & High School
Healthcare Internship
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $236,400.00
97 The Center for
Independent Living,
Inc.
Accelerate: Workforce
Development for
Young People with
Disabilities
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
98 Centro Legal de la
Raza, Inc. Youth Law Academy Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
99 Civicorps Conservation Career
Pathways
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
100 East Bay Asian
Youth Center
Career Pathways in
Outdoor Recreation
Education
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
101 East Oakland
Boxing Association EOBA FutureWorks Career Access Year-round Proposed Awards $125,030.00
102 East Oakland Youth
Development Center
East Oakland Youth
Development Center
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
103 Public Health
Institute
FACES for the Future
Coalition
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
104 First Place for
Youth
Youth Earn-and-Learn
for Economic
Empowerment
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
105 Genesys Works
Genesys Works High
School Internship
Program
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $114,000.00
106
Junior Achievement
of Northern
California
JA Workforce
Pathways for Future
Ready Oakland Youth
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,004.00
107
Lao Family
Community
Development Inc.
Oakland Youth
Industries Exploration
(YIE) Program
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
108 New Door Ventures
Comprehensive Job
Training and
Employment Program
for Oakland
Opportunity Youth
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
109 Oakland Leaf
Foundation Roots Internship Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
9 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
110
Oakland
Technology &
Education Center
Oakland Story-Work:
Archives, Media &
Workforce Pathways
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $83,125.00
111 Planting Justice
Planting Justice Food
Sovereignty Youth
Leadership Program
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
112 Roots Community
Health Center Next Level Youth Career Access Year-round Proposed Awards $200,000.00
113 Safe Passages Life and Career
Roadmap Program
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
114 Hidden Genius
Project, Inc.
The Hidden Genius
Project: Alumni
Pathways to Wealth
Building Careers
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $150,000.00
115 Trybe Inc. Trybe Career Access
and Employment
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $250,000.00
116
The Center for
Young Women dba
Young Women's
Freedom Center
Young Women’s
Freedom Center’s
Economic
Empowerment
Program
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
117
The Youth
Employment
Partnership, Inc.
Career Connections Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
118 Youth Uprising
YU Career &
Education Program-
Job Training and
Placement
Career Access Year-round
Proposed Awards $200,000.00
119
Big Brothers Big
Sisters of the Bay
Area, Inc.
Big Futures Independent Living $75,505.00
120
The Center for
Independent Living,
Inc.
Centering Independent
Living for Youth with
Disabilities
Independent Living $200,000.00
121 College Track
College Track
Oakland:
Democratizing high
school & college
success for low-
income, first-
generation Oakland
youth
Independent Living $125,000.00
122
The East Bay
Spanish Speaking
Citizen’s
Foundation
LIBRE - Independent
Living Independent Living $83,475.00
123
Spanish Speaking
Unity Council of
Alameda County,
Inc. dba The Unity
Council
Launching
Independence &
Future Empowerment
(LIFE)
Independent Living $250,000.00
10 Agency Name Program Name Funding Strategy Proposed
Award
124
The Center for
Young Women dba
Young Women's
Freedom Center
Beloved Village Independent Living $312,225.00
125
The Youth
Employment
Partnership, Inc.
Stable Futures for
Oakland Youth Independent Living $200,000.00
126 Entitled Futures
Quria at Tech: Student
Wellness & Support
Hub
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $175,000.00
127
The Family
Violence Law
Center
Fremont High Gender-
Based Violence Case
Management Program
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $250,000.00
128 Fresh Lifelines for
Youth, Inc.
FLY Law-Related
Education Program
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $99,230.00
129 Kingmakers of
Oakland Kingmakers Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $200,000.00
130 Lincoln ACORN Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $310,609.00
131
Motivating,
Inspiring,
Supporting and
Serving Sexually
Exploited Youth,
Inc.
Restoration and Safety
for Oakland’s
Sexually Exploited
and Vulnerable Youth
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $250,000.00
132 Oakland Kids First OKF Castle Cares Place-Based Innovations for Youth Safety $288,452.00
133 Safe Passages
Place-Based
Innovations for Youth
Safety
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $309,998.75
134 Special Service for
Groups, Inc.
OTTP-NorCal ACOE
Program
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $250,000.00
135 The Mentoring
Center
The Mentoring
Center's
Transformative Youth
Violence Prevention
Program
Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $200,000.00
136 Youth ALIVE Pathways Place-Based Innovations
for Youth Safety $200,000.00
; and be it
11 FURTHER RESOLVED: That the City Administrator or designee is authorized to take all steps necessary to achieve the basic purpose of this resolution, including but not limited to conducting negotiations, drafting, executing, and amending grant agreements, and submitting requests for payment.
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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