OFCY Year-round
Grant Awards
Fiscal Years 26 - 28
8 Strategies:
Strategy 1: Family Resource Centers & Parent Engagement Strategy 2: Elementary School Expanded Learning
Strategy 3: Middle Expanded Learning
Strategy 4: Youth Development & Leadership
Strategy 5: Career Access & Employment
Strategy 6: Mayor’s Summer Youth Employment Program
Strategy 7: Independent Living
Strategy 8: Placed-Based Innovations for Safety
Request for Proposals (RFP) Timeline:
Launch: Friday, October 24, 2025
Close: Friday, December 12, 2025
Outreach and Engagement
Weekly email updates sent to OFCY
mailing list with resources and info
All materials posted on the HSD
website and OFCY.org
RFP published in the Oaklandside,
the East Bay Times, the Oakland
Post, and El Reportero
Posted on the IKE kiosks across the
city from October 24 – December 12
OFCY received 333 completed proposals across the
eight funding strategies.
This is a 45% increase from 2022, when 229 proposals
were received.
The cumulative annual amount requested by all
proposals was $62.2 million. This is approximately a
65% increase from 2022, when $37.8 million was
requested.
The Youth :Development and Leadership Strategy
received the most proposals 96 proposals (29% of all
proposals received).
Elementary School Expanded Learning Strategy had
the second most proposals: 74 proposals (22% of all
proposals received)
300 programs submitted proposals for year-round
service term programing (90% of all proposals received) Total Proposals & Requested Funds
Funding Strategy # Submitted
Proposals
Total OFCY Funds
Requested
Career Access and Employment 56 $11,720,538.68
Elementary School Expanded Learning 74 $8,308,768.77
Family Resource Centers & Parent Engagement 33 $7,922,876.64 Independent Living 12 $2,567,955.00
Middle School Expanded Learning 27 $3,580,388.26
Place-Based Innovations for Youth Safety 22 $5,886,476.93 Summer Youth Employment 13 $2,320,892.52
Youth Development and Leadership 96 $19,898,341.06
Grand Total 333 $62,206,237.86
8 agencies submitted at least 5
proposals
Agency # Submitted
Proposals
Current OFCY
grantee
Bay Area Community Resources 22 Yes
Safe Passages 12 Yes
Girls Inc of Alameda County 9 Yes
East Bay Asian Youth Center 8 Yes
Oakland Leaf Foundation 8 Yes
East Bay Agency for Children 6 Yes
Living Jazz 6 No
Trybe Inc. 6 Yes
Reader Recruitment
and Evaluation
OFCY partnered with local universities, other city
departments, community-based agencies, local elected
officials and the POC to recruit readers.
A total of 253 people signed up to be readers.
175 people completed the training and scored
proposals.
Reader Training
Before accessing and scoring any proposals, all readers had to:
1. Attend or review the training recording
• Three trainings were hosted between December 13 – December 19
2. Read the Confidentiality and Impartiality Statement
• Reviewed and approved by the Public Ethics Commission
3. Attest that they did not have a conflict of interest with the agency submitting the proposal
• They did not serve on the Board for the Agency
• They were not employed by the Agency
• They did not participate in any programs offered by the agency Reader Assignment
• At least three readers reviewed and scored each proposal. • Readers were assigned a minimum of three proposals and a maximum of ten proposals.
• Six reviewers were removed due to conflicts of interest • Readers scoring period: December 19, 2025, - March 13, 2026 In an optional survey of reader respondents*:
22 reader survey respondents identified as having a
disability or being neurodivergent.
20 readers were under the age of 21, including 4
Oakland Youth Commissioners
21 readers were City of Oakland staff, primarily within the Human Services Department and Community and
Economic Development Department.
*N=114
Council District Representation
District 1
District 2
District 3
District 4
District 5
District 6
District 7
66 readers* (61%) are Oakland residents. Readers represented all Council Districts. *N=114
Score Summary
Scoring Results
186 proposals (56%) received an average score of 85 or above.
108 year-round proposals received an average score of
90 / 100 or higher (33%)
78 year-round proposals received an average score of 85 – 89 /100 (24%)
Funding Forecast
Total funds requested from the 108 year-round proposals that received a score between 90 – 100: $20,859,625.21
OFCY funding allocated to Summer awards: $2,742,811.60
Total Summer and Year-round awards without any
modifications: $23,602,436.81
Estimated based on if all programs with a score of 90 or above are fully funded.
1. To consider number of applications as part of the
final award determination.
2. To determine final award decisions based on how
well the program will address systemic gaps and
serves those furthest removed from access to power
and resources.
OFCY reserved the right:
To determine awards, OFCY
considered additional factors beyond
score, including:
1. Geographic population served
2. # proposals submitted by agency
3. Total funding requested
4. History in Oakland
5. Applied expertise
6. Funding climate
Proposed Year-round Awards
OFCY Funding Strategy Proposed
Allocation
Program
Count
Youth
Served*
Career Access and Employment $4,058,559.00 23 3,617
Elementary School-Based Expanded
Learning $1,652,761.00 24 3,491
Family Resource Centers and Parent
Engagement $2,127,653.26 12 1,233
Independent Living $1,246,205.00 7 532
Middle School-Based Expanded
Learning $1,479,873.19 18 1,909
Place-Based Innovations for Youth
Safety $2,533,289.75 11 2,449
Youth Development and Leadership $7,579,014.80 41 8,797 TOTAL $20,677,356 136 22,028
Proposed FY 2026-27 amount awarded for Program: $23,420,167.60* • Approved OFCY Summer Program Funding through Resolution 91138 C.M.S. : $2,742,811.60
• Recommended Year-round Program Funding: $20,677,356.00 Budget amount available to Program (90%): $19,914,181.00 Difference: -$3,505,986.60
To cover the difference between the amount available for program in FY 26-27 and the amount awarded, carry forward funds will be used. *Conditional based on Council approval of year-round award recommendations.
Projected Carry-forward (CF) Allocation
Impact
Proposed Number of Youth Served through
OFCY Year-round Programs
OFCY Funding Strategy Proposed
Allocation
Program
Count
Youth
Served*
Career Access and Employment $4,058,559.00 23 3,617
Elementary School-Based Expanded
Learning $1,652,761.00 24 3,491
Family Resource Centers and Parent
Engagement $2,127,653.26 12 1,233
Independent Living $1,246,205.00 7 532
Middle School-Based Expanded Learning $1,479,873.19 18 1,909 Place-Based Innovations for Youth Safety $2,533,289.75 11 2,449 Youth Development and Leadership $7,579,014.80 41 8,797 TOTAL $20,677,356 136 22,028
Proposed Number of Youth Served by Ethnicity
220
276
303
381
474
669
1195
1563
2711
8678
11667
0 2000 4000 6000 8000 10000 12000 14000
Other
American Indian or Alaskan Native
South Asian, Indian, or Desi
Pacific Islander or Native Hawaiian
Afro-Caribbean or Afro-Latin(o/a/x)
Arab and other Middle Eastern American
White, European, or Caucasian
Two or More
Asian, Asian American, Filipino
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latin(a/o/x)
Figure 1 - City Council Districts & Zip Codes in Oakland Zip Code Youth Served
94601 5138
94621 2921
94603 2856
94606 2586
94607 2021
94605 1963
94602 698
94619 632
94608 582
94609 566
94610 528
Homeless/Transitioning 493
94611 492
94612 316
94618 117
94613 105
94705 26
94704 24
94720 13
Proposed Number of Youth Served by Council District
City Council
District
Proposed Youth
Served
Percentage of Total
Youth Served
1 2,122 10%
2 1,843 8%
3 7,642 35%
4 260 1%
5 3,563 16%
6 2,820 13%
7 3,336 15%
N/A 465 2%
In FY 2026-2028, OFCY funded programs will use
the following outcome measurement categories
to demonstrate positive impact:
1. Client / Participant Satisfaction
2. Belonging and Community Support
3. Knowledge Acquisition and Skill Development
4. Connections and Access to Resources
5. Leadership and Development
6. Engagement in School & Academic Achievement
7. Violence Prevention
8. Employment and Financial Stability
THANK YOU!
To learn more about OFCY, review the recent evaluation report and Strategic Investment Plan, and learn more about grantees, please visit our website. https://www.ofcy.org