June 28, 2022
Library and Community Services
DATE: June 28, 2022
TO: Mayor Butt and Members of the City Council
FROM:
LaShonda White, Interim Director of Library and
Community Services
Ranjana Maharaj, Deputy Director for Community
Services-Recreation
Troy Porter, Recreation Supervisor
Subject:
Contract With Ed Fund to Provide Youth Programs to
Camp Achieve Youth In Partnership With Community
Services-Recreation
FINANCIAL IMPACT: The total contract amount is $54,000 over a three-year period. The contract payment will be made through funds received from the Richmond Kids First Initiative from the account number 01253551-400201.
PREVIOUS COUNCIL
ACTION:
7/27/2021
STATEMENT OF THE
ISSUE:
The Community Services Department, Recreation
Division is requesting approval of a three-year contract with West Contra Costa Public Education Fund to provide free youth programs to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders through Camp Achieve over an eight-week period. The term of
the contract is July 1, 2021 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $54,000.
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
APPROVE a contract with West Contra Costa Public
Education Fund to provide free youth programs in
partnership with Community Services-Recreation to 6th,
7th, and 8th graders through Camp Achieve’s 8-week
summer camp program. The term of the contract is July
1, 2021 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to
exceed $54,000 - Community Services Department -
Recreation Division (LaShonda White/Ranjana
AGENDA
REPORT
June 28, 2022
Maharaj/Troy Porter 510-620-6822). This item was
continued from the June 21, 2022, meeting.
DISCUSSION:
On July 27, 2021, the City Council approved a resolution from the Richmond Fund for Children and Youth (RFCY) to award twenty (20) RFCY grants to youth-serving public and nonprofit organizations in a total amount of $1,620,000. As a youth-serving agency, the Community Services Department, Recreation Division, in partnership with West Contra Costa Public Education Fund (Ed Fund), applied for the RFCY funding and was awarded a total grant amount of $90,000. Out of this amount, Ed Fund will be receiving $18,000 per year for their services (Attachment 1).
Ed Fund has been partnering with the Community Services Department, Recreation Division and the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) since 2014 to provide free summer programs to elementary school children at four community centers. This camp is designed for students in the WCCUSD and local charter schools to help overcome summer learning loss. Many of our target students are more than two years behind in language and literacy learning. Our program helps our students to increase their language and literacy skills over the summer months. Pre- and post-tests taken each of the last seven summers has demonstrated increases in language learning for our camp participants.
The general fund allocation for the Achieve Summer Camp program has allowed us to serve elementary school children only. With the RFCY grant funds, our partnership will allow us to provide access to free high-quality summer camps over an 8-week period to 6th, 7th, and 8th graders (Attachment 2). Camp Achieve will provide proven academic interventions and high-quality enrichment programs to 80 Richmond youth at four community centers.
DOCUMENTS ATTACHED:
Attachment 1 – Contract with Ed Fund
Attachment 2 – FY 2021-2024 RFCY Grant Agreement