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MOU FOR UCR COLLEGE CORPS PROGRAM
City Council
June 20, 2023
Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department
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2 • University students provide edu cational and service programs to "At Risk Youth" residing or attending schools in the Eastside Community of Riverside.
• Trained tutors/mentors work with 1,500 students every year helping boost their self-esteem as well as their test scores by providing educational assistance, computer assistance,
recreational activities, and family-oriented events.
PURPOSE
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3 • City of Riverside Parks, Recreation and Community Services Department
• Regents of the University of California – Riverside Campus • Riverside Unified School District
PARTNERS
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4 • Stratton Community Center
• Reid Park
• Nichols Park
• Hunt Park
• Villegas Park
LOCATIONS
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5 • Afterschool Program
– Tutors over 200 kids monthly
• Camps
– Tutors, group activities, arts and crafts
– Winter Camp
– Splash Camp
– Summer Camp
– Fall Camp
COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAMS
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6 • Serve students in grades K-6 at ten elementary schools throughout RUSD.
– Raise academic achievement by tutoring students in literacy and mathematics.
• Beatty Elementary
• Emerson Elementary
• Fremont Elementary
• Taft Elementary
• Highgrove Elementary
• Highland Elementary
• Longfellow Elementary
• Mountain View Elementary
• Jackson Elementary
• Jefferson Elementary
RIVERSIDE UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
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7 • Eastside Fall Carnival
• Trunk and Treat
• Breakfast with Santa
• Spring Eggstravaganza
• Lincoln Park Community Dinner
• Snow Day
SPECIAL EVENTS
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8 Strategic Priority 1 - Arts, Culture and Recreation
Cross-Cutting Threads
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
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9 RECOMMENDATIONS
That the City Council:
1. Approve the Memorandum of Understanding between the Regents of the University of California – Riverside Campus, Riverside Unified School District, and the City of Riverside for the UCR College Corps Program for the term of September 1, 2023 – August 31, 2028, in the amount of $62,000 per year, with two optional one-year extensions; and,
2. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute necessary documents for the Memorandum of U nderstanding, including the optional extensions and making minor and non-substantive changes. 9