Agenda
Item F-1
ADOPT a resolution approving the Richmond Fund for Children & Youth (RFCY) Oversight Board’s Calendar Years (CY) 2025- 27 grant award recommendations to 37 youth-serving public and nonprofit organizations in a total amount not to exceed $6,734,835 annually; APPROPRIATE a total of $4,000,000
from the RFCY Fund Balance into the FY 2024-25 budget and future FY budgets to cover all RFCY grant awards through the three-year grant cycle; ACCEPT and APPROPRIATE all grant funds awarded to City of Richmond departments up to the amounts awarded per calendar year; and AUTHORIZE the City Manager, or their designee, to negotiate and execute grant service agreements with approved grantees.
City Council Recommended Action –
12/3/2024
Core Needs
Core Needs:
1. Mental Health & Wellness
2. Physical Health & Access
3. Learning Needs
4. Community, Safety & Belonging
5. Connective Supportive Services
Request for Proposals (RFP/Application) Process
Released September 3, 2024
Final due October 6, 2024
92 applications received (80 passed
threshold review)
$19 million in grant requests
Applicant Types
Small and Emerging
Budgets less than $250K
Grant request range of
$50,000 up to $100,000)
Single Agency
v Budgets more than $250K
v Grant request range of
$50,000 up to $200,000)
Collaborative
v Any budgets (2+ orgs)
v Grant request
range of $50,000 up to
$300,000)
EVALUATION
PROCESS
Narrative Element Points
Program Summary (no points)
Agency History and Capacity 20
Program Design 35
Outcomes and Impact 25
Required Resources &
Budget Request & Connective
Supportive Services
20 TOTAL 100*
* Five (5) extra points provided to Richmond-based organizations 6 Core Need 1: Mental Health & Wellness
Mental Health & Wellness
Organization Name
Requested
Amount
Grant Renewal
Recommendation
Bay Area Community Resources S $200,000 $200,000
Bay Area Girls Club* E $50,000 $50,000
Black Neighborhood* E $60,000 $60,000
Child Abuse Prevention Council S $51,200 $51,200
City of Richmond, Office of Neighborhood Safety* C $300,000 $300,000 Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance* S $200,000 $200,000 Desarrollo Familiar* S $200,000 $200,000
Greater Richmond Interfaith Program* C $300,000 $300,000 Latina Center* C $200,000 $200,000
Mindful Life Project* S $150,000 $150,000
West Contra Costa Unified School District* C $300,000 $300,000 TOTAL for 11 Organizations $2,011,200 $2,011,200
Legend: * = Richmond-based organization, E = Small & Emerging Organization, S = Single Agency, C = Collaborative Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 1: 10,003 Bay Area Community
Resources (S)
$200,000
• BACR will develop a Youth and Family Support and Advocacy Project at 4 elementary schools in Richmond:
Ford, King, Lincoln, and Coronado. The project will serve students and their families through school-based, trauma-responsive case management and family engagement strategies. • Grant funding will primarily support Staff salaries, program costs, transportation through counseling, case management, and workshops.
• Demographics: 160 participants, aged 6-12 years, predominantly Latinx/Black, 50% male/female Bay Area Girls Club (E)
$50,000
• BAGC will deliver the Take Care of You Health and Well-being Curriculum to elementary age girls ages 6-11 to WCCUSD school sites. It will teach valuable self-care skills to ensure adaptive functioning of emotions, improve mental well-being, and equip participants with the emotional awareness and tools to experience the numerous physical, emotional, and developmental benefits of being happy. • Grant funding will support staff salaries, programming costs, indirect costs • Demographics: 125 participants, aged 6-12, diverse race/ethnicity, 100% females, 94801-6 Black Neighborhood* (E)
$60,000
• TBN’s Youth Empowerment Program will provide mental health support, violence prevention education, outdoor adventures, cultural excursions, life skills workshops, and mentoring weekly at community centers.
Empowering youth facing poverty and mental health challenges to develop resilience and leadership. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries and some through educational workshops, excursions, and mentoring.
• Demographics: 150 participants, aged 13-24 years, predominantly Black, predominantly male participants Core Need 1: Mental Health & Wellness
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 1: 10,003 Child Abuse Prevention Council
(S)
$51,200
• CAPC will offer Speak Up Be Safe to students and the Nurturing Parenting Program to 30 caregivers in Spanish/English at Richmond schools. It prevents child abuse, bullying, and sexual harassment and teaches technology and human trafficking. NPP offers evidence-informed, culturally-appropriate parent education. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries through the parenting programs. • Demographics: 623 participants, aged 6-12 years, predominantly Latinx, 50% male/female, 94801 City of Richmond, Office of
Neighborhood Safety* (C)
$300,000
• ONS will host the Care, Affirmation, Recovery for Richmond Youth (CARRY) that will address the most critical needs of those involved or affected by gun and community violence in Richmond by reaching out to individuals between the ages of 12-24 years and their families to provide access to therapy, grief care, and connective supportive services that can address the underlying causes and impacts of violence. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries, program costs, and supportive services through therapy and supportive services
• Demographics: 150 participants, aged 6-24 years, predominantly Black/Latinx, 93M/55F/1NB/1NL, 94801-6 • Collaboration with the RYSE Center
Contra Costa Family Justice
Alliance* (S)
$200,000
• The Richmond Children’s Mental Health Program will provide trauma-informed mental health counseling to Richmond who are impacted by violence, abuse, and neglect; and will provide Service Navigation to connect these children and their families with violence intervention and prevention services. • Grant funding will support staff salaries and some administration costs through counseling, case management, and workshops.
• Demographics: 70 participants, aged birth-12 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 25M/45F, 94801-6 Core Need 1: Mental Health & Wellness
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 1: 10,003 Desarrollo Familiar* (S)
$200,000
• DF will host the Trauma-Informed Care in Schools program to provide bilingual (English/Spanish) mental health services for youth attending Richmond High and De Anza High, and their families, and consultation and coaching for teachers and other school staff at the two schools. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries and some indirect costs through counseling and case management.
• Demographics: 100 participants, aged 13-24 years, predominantly Latinx, 53M/42F/5NB, 94801-4 Greater Richmond Interfaith
Program* (C)
$300,000
• GRIP partners with the Early Childhood Mental Health Program to enhance mental health and case management services. Our program supports unsheltered children and their caregivers at GRIP , providing mental health assessments, therapy, child-parent workshops, and 2Gen case management. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries and some overhead through case management. • Demographics: 60 participants, aged birth-17 years, predominantly Black/Latinx, 35M/25F, 94801 • Collaborating with the Early Childhood Mental Health Program Latina Center* (C)
$200,000
• TLC will expand its Young Latinas, Future Leaders program by offering STEAM education, emotional coaching, and mental health support to Latina youth in Richmond over three years. We will serve low-income, immigrant girls attending under-resourced schools, addressing disparities in access to STEAM and culturally relevant services.
• Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries and some program costs through programming. • Demographics: 190 participants, aged 13-24 years, predominantly Black/Latinx, 45M/135F/5NB/5NL, 94801-6 • Collaborating with the Global Foundation for Arts, Science, and Technology Core Need 1: Mental Health & Wellness
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 1: 10,003 Mindful Life Project* (S)
$150,000
• MLP supports the mental, emotional, and behavioral health of elementary and middle school students, teachers, and families through direct-service and social-emotional learning programming. • Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries and some program costs through group and supportive services
• Demographics: 7,425 participants, aged birth-17 years, predominantly Black/Latinx, 50% male and female, 94801,4-6
West Contra Costa Unified School
District* (C)
$300,000
• WCCUSD will partner with Ed Fund to provide (2) full-time Therapeutic and Restorative Behavior Clinicians will support our highest need Richmond students at Coronado Elementary School and Pinole Valley High School.
• Grant funding will primarily support staff salaries through counseling. • Demographics: 950 participants, aged birth-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 570M/380F, 94801-6 • Collaboration with the Ed Fund
Core Need 1: Mental Health & Wellness
11 Core Need 2: Physical Health & Access
Physical Health & Access
Organization Name
Requested
Amount
Grant Renewal
Recommendation
18 Reasons S $200,000 $200,000
Growing Together,Bay Area S $190,840 $190,840
Pogo Park* S $200,000 $200,000
Project Avary S $200,000 $200,000
Richmond Outdoors Coalition* C $300,000 $300,000
Richmond Steelers* E $80,000 $80,000
Summer Search* S $50,000 $50,000
YES Nature to Neighborhoods* S $199,974 $199,974
TOTAL for 8 Organizations $1,420,814 $1,420,814
Legend: * = Richmond-based organization, E = Small & Emerging Organization, S = Single Agency, C = Collaborative Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 2: 4,224 18 Reasons (S)
$200,000
• 18R offers "Cooking Matters for Teens," providing free cooking and nutrition classes to 200 low-income Richmond youth yearly, and "Food as Medicine for Kids," benefiting 1,800 families with groceries and online classes over three years. Both programs enhance food security, cooking skills, and health. • Funding supports staff salaries and food programs costs through cooking classes • Demographics: 800 participants, 6-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, diverse gender, 94801-6 Growing Together, Bay Area (S)
$190,840
• GT will provide children with ongoing opportunities for outdoor, experiential learning, health/wellness activities, through school and after-school lessons that take place in school edible garden/”living schoolyard”.
• Funding supports staff salaries and some overhead costs through school programming. • Demographics: 1,483 participants, 6-12 years, diverse race/ethnicity, diverse gender, 94801-6 Pogo Park* (S)
$200,000
• PP will provide enrichment programs at parks in the Iron Triangle, Elm Playlot, and Harbour-8 Park, to support the healthy development and well-being of Richmond children and youth. • Funding supports staff salaries and some indirect costs through park programming. • Demographics: 1,500 participants, birth-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, diverse gender, 94801 and -4 Project Avary (S)
$200,000
• PA will host a leadership program for children with incarcerated parents provides youth with a long- term community of support and the life and leadership skills to support youth to overcome the intergenerational cycles of violence and incarceration
• Funding supports staff salaries, program costs, transportation through educational programming. • Demographics: 40 participants, 6-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity, diverse gender, 94801-4 Core Need 2: Physical Health & Access
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 2: 4,224 Richmond Outdoors Coalition* (C)
$300,000
• PA will host a leadership program for children with incarcerated parents provides youth with a long- term community of support and the life and leadership skills to support youth to overcome the intergenerational cycles of violence and incarceration
• Funding supports staff salaries, program costs, and transportation through educational programming. • Demographics: 40 participants, 6-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity, diverse gender, 94801-4 • Collaboration with multiple organizations
Richmond Steelers* (E)
$80,000
• RS will provide mentoring, leadership training, guidance, structure, direction, and discipline to the youth of Richmond. We provide a safe space for student athletes in Richmond to hone their athleticism and gain the necessary training to become successful student athletes. • Funding supports program costs through athletic programming. • Demographics: 171 participants, 0-17 years, predominantly Black/diverse, 129M/42F, 94801-6 Summer Search* (S)
$50,000
• SS offers intensive multi-week outdoor summer programs for youth of color from low-income backgrounds to develop greater physical fitness, mental health, self-confidence, and socio-emotional learning skills, offering opportunities to transform what they believe is possible for themselves during and after high school and thrive in educational and career pursuits. • Funding supports tuition and some program costs through outdoor programming. • Demographics: 15 participants, 13-17 years, predominantly Latinx/diverse, 8M/7F, 94801-6 YES Nature to Neighborhoods* (S)
$199,974
• YES will support Richmond youth through the Youth Leadership Pathway, a health and wellness program that expands access to safe outdoor environments, promotes food and environmental justice, and builds lasting healthy habits through nutrition education and physical activity in nature. • Funding staff salaries and some youth stipends through camp programming. • Demographics: 175 participants, 6-24 years, predominantly Latinx/Black, diverse gender, 94801-6 Core Need 2: Physical Health & Access
14 Core Need 3: Learning Needs
Learning Needs
Organization Name
Requested
Amount
Grant Renewal
Recommendation
City of Richmond, Employment & Training * C $300,000 $300,000 City of Richmond, Recreation Dept * C $300,000 $300,000 Fresh Approach S $200,000 $200,000
Hidden Genius Project * S $200,000 $200,000
Practice Space * S $200,000 $200,000
Richmond Freedom School (Ed Fund)* S $200,000 $200,000 Richmond Promise * C $218,475 $218,475
Richmond Public Library $200,000 $200,000
RYSE * S $200,000 $200,000
Things That Creep * E $100,000 $100,000
Watershed Project * S $125,000 $125,000
TOTAL for 11 Organizations $2,243,475 $2,243,475
Legend: * = Richmond-based organization, E = Small & Emerging Organization, S = Single Agency, C = Collaborative Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 3: 6,341 City of Richmond, Employment &
Training * (C)
$300,000
• The Richmond YouthBuild provides education, job training, and leadership development to low-income, Richmond youth who have dropped out of high school. Participants work towards their high school diploma or equivalent while learning construction skills, gaining industry-recognized certifications, and hands-on experience, enhancing their employment prospects after program completion. • Funding supports staff salaries through career training programming. • Demographics: 40 participants, 13-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 55M/7F/5NB, 94801,4,6 • Collaboration with John Muir Charter School
City of Richmond, Recreation Dept *
(C)
$300,000
• Rec will provide free, high-quality summer camps for K-8 youth at 4 community centers. Camp Achieve offers proven academic interventions and enrichment programs to combat summer learning loss and ensure meaningful experiences for Richmond youth.
• Funding supports staff salaries, some program costs and transportation through camp programming. • Demographics: 1,080 participants, birth-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity/gender, 94801,4,6 • Collaboration with the Ed Fund
Fresh Approach (S)
$200,000
• FA will host the Youth Community Ambassadors program to engage youth in part-time employment, mentorship, and training in nutrition, food access, and public health. Over 9 months, participants earn certifications, job shadowing experience at partner organizations, and support local farmers' markets, connecting residents to healthy food and nutrition benefits. • Funding supports staff salaries, professional development, and stipends through training programs. • Demographics: 20 participants, 18-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 7M/12F/1NB, 94801-6 Hidden Genius Project * (S)
$200,000
• The Intensive Immersion Program is a free, 15-month (800 hours), cohort-based model designed for high school students. It offers holistic, trauma-informed support, with high-touch mentorship to develop strong, responsible leaders equipped with coding and entrepreneurial skills. • Funding: staff salaries and student stipends
• Demographics 125 participants, aged 13-17, diverse race/ethnicity, 85M 35F, 5NB, 94801,3,4,5,6 Core Need 3: Learning Needs
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 3: 6,341 Practice Space * (S)
$200,000
• PS will offer a year-round mentorship and leadership program helps WCCUSD youth in grades K-12 develop strong communication and literacy skills. The program includes family workshops to activate a community to support youth voice and immersive youth experiences such as after-school clubs, leadership workshops, jobs and training for youth, and events. • Funding for this program will be for staff salaries
• Demographics 1000 participants, aged 6 to 18, diverse race/ethnicity, 450M 545F 5NB, 94801,3,4,5,6 Richmond Freedom School (Ed
Fund)* (S)
$200,000
• RFS (Ed Fund) will provide the Richmond CDF Freedom School, a free, six-week summer-program for 150 Richmond students who have completed grades TK-8th. Freedom School is proven to curb summer learning loss, increase literacy and cultural knowledge and pride. • Funding will support staff salaries
• Demographics 148 participants, birth to age 12, diverse race/ethnicity, 81M 62F 5NB, 94801,3,4,5,6 Richmond Promise * (C)
$218,475
• RP will provide a student-centered program focused on equity for Richmond students as they access high-quality education. The program supports students as they successfully transition from high school to higher education and / or attain postsecondary degrees or certifications • Funding will be split between staff salaries and program supplies • Demographics 75 participants, aged 18-24, diverse race/ethnicity, 29M 44F 2NB, 94801,3,4,5,6 • Collaboration with Contra Costa College
Richmond Public Library (C)
$200,000
• RPL, in partnership with the Richmond Recreation Division and the LEAP literacy program, will collaborate with the Bay Area Tutoring Association to provide in-person multi-subject K-8 tutoring at library and recreation sites four days per week during the school year. • Funding will support staff salaries and some project costs • Demographics 1,013 participants, aged 6-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity/gender, 94801-6 • Collaboration with Recreation, LEAP
Core Need 3: Learning Needs
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 3: 6,341 RYSE * (S)
$200,000
• RYSE’s Leadership Pathways Program works to ensure Richmond young people - especially those disconnected from other supports - have educational and employment resources and adult support. Implemented with free and stipend Tutoring and Academic Advocacy; College & Career Support; Arts & Media Skill-building; Health & Justice Skill-Building; and paid Internship/Assistant career development. • Funding supports staff salaries and program costs through tutoring, skill building, and college prep programs. • Demographics: 400 participants, 13-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 204M/185F/11NB, 94801-6 Things That Creep * (E)
$100,000
• TTC will host the Neighborhood Snakes and Neighborhood Reptiles programs to engage K-5th grade Richmond students with interactive science education focused on Bay Area reptiles and ecosystems. Teachers receive NGSS and Common Core-aligned curriculum, and students participate in a 40-minute session with bilingual educators and live, safe-to-handle reptiles, serving 1,800 students annually. • Funding supports staff salaries, program, and overhead expenses through interactive educational presentations. • Demographics: 1,800 participants, birth-12 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 895M/895F/10NB, 94801-6 Watershed Project * (S)
$125,000
• WP will partner with WCCUSD teachers to deliver high quality, interactive educational programs to 600 K-12 students in Richmond. WP will engage them with curricula that build Next Generation Science Standards-based education, community care, and connection to natural spaces in the community. • Funding supports staff salaries through lessons and field trips. • Demographics: 640 participants,6-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 324M/316F, 94801,4,6 Core Need 3: Learning Needs
18 Core Need 4: Safety, Community & Belonging
Safety, Community & Belonging
Organization Name
Requested
Amount
Grant Renewal
Recommendation
Big Brothers Big Sisters, Bay Area S $60,000 $60,000
East Bay Center for the Performing Arts* C $300,000 $300,000 Fresh Lifelines for Youth* S $101,790 $101,790
Nurturing Independence Through Artistic
Development (NIAD)* S $58,556 $58,556
Richmond High School Music Department* C $300,000 $300,000 Summer Search* S $173,000 $173,000
Touch of New Life* E $66,000 $66,000
TOTAL for 7 Organizations $1,059,346 $1,059,346
Legend: * = Richmond-based organization, E = Small & Emerging Organization, S = Single Agency, C = Collaborative Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 4: 366 Big Brothers Big Sisters, Bay Area (S)
$60,000
• BBBSBA will provide mentorship, case management and enrichment activities for Richmond youth toward outcomes spanning connectedness, belonging, social, emotional health, wellbeing, educational success and avoidance of high-risk behaviors including predictors of violence such as bullying. • Funding supports staff salaries and some indirect costs through mentoring programming. • Demographics: 20 participants, 6-17 years, Asian/Black/Latinx, 16M/4F, 94801-4 East Bay Center for the Performing
Arts* (C)
$300,000
• The Young Artist Diploma Program will support Richmond youth in grades 7-12 through cross-cultural performing arts programs that promote safety and belonging. It integrates violence prevention education with creative development, fostering cultural identity, self-determination, and community. • Funding supports staff salaries through music lessons, college prep, and tutoring. • Demographics: 83 participants, 13-17 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 26M/55F/2NB, 94801-6 • Collaboration with Contra Costa Family Justice Alliance Fresh Lifelines for Youth* (S)
$101,790
• FLY will reach Richmond/North Richmond youth with law-related education and mentoring. To reduce system involvement and increase community safety, FLY’s program equips youth with knowledge about their rights and responsibilities under the law and helps them build skills for success. • Funding supports staff salaries through workshops, field trips, and law education. • Demographics: 40 participants, 13-24 years, diverse race/ethnicity, 28M/10F/1NB/1NL, 94801-6 Nurturing Independence Through
Artistic Development* (S)
$58,556
• Young Artist Leaders at NIAD revitalizes NIAD’s pre-pandemic enrollment activities and expands them to meet the needs of 18–24-year-old young artists with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities in Richmond.
• Funding supports staff salaries and program costs through art workshops and enrichment. • Demographics: 3 participants, 17-24 years, Latinx/White, 2M/1NB, 94801,4 Core Need 4: Safety, Community & Belonging
Organization Name Total Projected Participants across Core Need 4: 366 Richmond High School Music
Department* (C)
$300,000
• RHS will provide a safe, welcoming, youth-led space for 150+ low income students of color every year, and promote a sense of community by performing for thousands of Richmond residents at numerous events throughout the city and beyond.
• Funding supports staff salaries, equipment, and program costs through rehearsals and performances. • Demographics: 150 participants, 13-17 years, predominantly Latinx, 67M/80F/3NB, 94801-6 Summer Search* (S)
$173,000
• SS will host weekly one-on-one mentoring calls and group sessions with their peers on campus, offer safe spaces for participants to develop a positive self-identity, sense of belonging, socio-emotional learning skills, and other non-cognitive skills necessary to manage the challenges first-generation students of color face.
• Funding supports staff salaries, and program expenses through mentoring and group sessions. • Demographics: 44 participants, 13-17 years, predominantly Latinx, 22M/21F/1NB, 94801-6 Touch of New Life* (E)
$86,000
• TNL aims to improve job opportunities and readiness for Richmond youth. The program connects participants to various career paths in public and private sectors. Through essential life skills training and certifications, youth are prepared for higher education and careers in critical fields like first responders' professions.
• Funding supports staff salaries, scholarships, and training certifications. • Demographics: 26 participants,13-17 years, predominantly Latinx, 13M/13F, 94801-4 Core Need 4: Safety, Community & Belonging
Next Steps
City Council
Approval –
December 3, 2024
Execute contracts
in January 2025
Reimbursements
to follow executed
contracts
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