Susana Alcala Wood, City Attorney Jorge Oseguera, City Auditor Mindy Cuppy, City Clerk Howard Chan, City Manager John Colville, City Treasurer
City Council Report
915 I Street, 1st Floor
Sacramento, CA 95814
www.cityofsacramento.org
File ID: 2022-00847 April 26, 2022 Discussion Item 18
Title: Citywide Youth Development Brief [Oral Report]
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Review and comment.
Contact: Christopher Conlin, Assistant City Manager, (916) 808-8526, [email protected]
, Office of the City Manager
Presenter: Lindee Lane, Youth Development Policy Manager, (916) 808-1171, [email protected], Office of Youth Development, Office of the City Manager; Monica Blanco, Youth Division Manager, (916) 808-6308, [email protected], Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment; Kim Iannucci, Assistant Chief, Diversity, Outreach, & Recruitment, (916) 808-1300,
[email protected], Sacramento Fire
Department, Lieutenant Brent Kaneyuki, Outreach & Engagement, (916) 808-4451, [email protected], Sacramento Police Department; Christie Hamm, Youth Services Manager, (916) 264-2978, [email protected], Sacramento Public Library
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Presentation Slide Deck/Sources Cited
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: In FY17-18, Council unanimously adopted the City of Sacramento Citywide Youth Development Plan & Framework for Children and Youth Programs (“Youth Plan”) which serves as the City’s primary youth policy and unified framework to guide the design, operations, and evaluation of its children and youth investments. In summer 2018, the City’s first Youth Development Policy Manager (YDPM) was selected to implement the Youth Plan and facilitate greater cohesion across the multiple intersecting systems and growing priorities impacting young people. By winter 2018, the YDPM convened the Big 3 as an interdepartmental advisory/work group to support integration of the Youth Plan.
Recognizing the value of their collaborative partnership, by mid-2019 the Sacramento Public Library joined the Big 3. Moreover, due in part to the support and advocacy of Big 3 members, in FY21-22, Council approved four staff positions for the YDPM to establish and build out an Office of Youth Development (currently underway) within the City Manager’s Office, charged with implementing the City’s first continuous quality improvement system for youth investments. The Big 3 currently consists of division leaders and mid-level managers as follows:
• City Manager’s Office, Office of Youth Development
• Sacramento Fire Department, Diversity, Outreach, & Recruitment • Sacramento Police Department, Outreach & Engagement
• Sacramento Public Library, Youth Services and Early Learning & Development • Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment Department, Youth Division
While Big 3 members are not responsible for all the City’s youth program investments, they do manage the vast majority. Collectively, the Big 3 engaged over 60,000 young people in more than 3 million program hours to date for FY21-22. Therefore, this presentation provides a solid high-level snapshot of how citywide youth development programs are performing while highlighting the power of intentional interdepartmental collaboration including piloting the standardization of shared data, evaluation and learning processes.
Across 2020-2021, Big 3 members focused on addressing emergent needs of youth in response to the global pandemic which resulted in several highly successful responsively designed programs such as #SacYouthWorks. As our communities recover, stability is top priority. Not just for our youth and their families but also within the systems that serve them. The Big 3, has and remains, focused on informing strategies that strengthen infrastructure and support the design of a sustainable, integrated system of continuous quality improvement to enable and support high-quality, data-informed strategic youth investments.
Likewise, the Big 3 remains steadfastly aligned and committed to addressing the systemic challenges around Youth Plan integration that exist internally across respective departments. Beyond our internal work however, the Youth Plan is citywide in scope, with a vision that “all partners and stakeholders” adopt it as a common youth development framework. Without question, through early adoption, the Big 3 has laid a strong foundation to help make that vision a reality. However, to meet the intended citywide reach of the Youth Plan – the City must take continuous steps to institutionalize core tenets and key integration strategies that increase capacity, consistency, and sustainability and exist beyond current staff and administrations.
As evidenced by this presentation, the City’s youth development team and grantee partners are doing amazing work. Yet, in the aftermath of COVID-19 and increased gun violence in our city, youth needs and priorities will continue to increase.
Consequently, it is especially critical for the City to remain vigilant and proactive by consistently assessing, continuously improving, and collaboratively implementing transparent Citywide processes and infrastructure for identifying, administering, delivering, and evaluating children and youth investments.
Policy Considerations: This report is consistent with implementation of the Council- approved Citywide Youth Development Plan & Framework for Children and Youth Programs, Framework for Inclusive Economic & Community Development, Resolution Defining the City of Sacramento’s Public Safety Services [to include] Youth-Centered Prevention Services, and the City of Sacramento Workforce Race & Gender Equity Action Plan 2020-2025: Outcome #2 (Outreach – Youth Education).
Economic Impacts: Vast research exists demonstrating that only high-quality programs produce positive youth development outcomes. Likewise, research shows that investing early in the healthy development of young people can have long-term positive impacts both on an individual’s future outcomes and on the public in the form of upstream savings and a broader, more civically engaged tax base.
Environmental Considerations: None.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: Plans to provide presentation/materials to the Sacramento Youth Commission, Parks & Community Enrichment Commission and the Measure U Committee are underway.
Rationale for Recommendation: The Citywide youth development team leads the City’s efforts to better meet the needs of youth through implementing and promoting strategic resource investments including policies and infrastructure that supports sustainable integration of the Citywide Youth Development Plan & Framework for Children and Youth Programs.
Financial Considerations: None.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
CITYWIDE YOUTH
DEVELO PMENT BRIEF
A pr i l 26th, 2022
Presented by the Big 3
BIG 3
To advise the City’s Youth Development Policy Manager, increase alignment between core City youth programs, leverage resources, and share best practices interdepartmentally through integration of the Citywide Youth Development Plan & Framework (Youth Plan).
Mis s ion:
YPC E: Y outh Division
S a c Fire: Diversity, Outreach & R ecruitment
Sac P olice : Outreach & Engagement
Sa c Public L ibra ry : Y outh Services and Early L earning Chai r ed by the Ci ty M anager 's Offi ce of Y outh D ev el opment Core Youth Programs Interdepartmental Working - Group
YDPM/ O ffice of Youth Devel opment Hig hl ig hts
De c . 2 0 17
City’s first Citywide
Youth Development
Plan & Framework
for Children and
Youth Programs
(“Youth Plan”)
unanimously adopted
by Council
2019
Interdepartmental
coord. (Big 3, etc.)
Strengthening youth
civic engagement
YPCE PQA Pilot &
YDI expansion
2019
Designed Youth & CBO
Informed CQI* Toolkit for
Youth Programs
CQI Framework in
Development
Citywide Youth Work-
Based Learning Analysis
2021
Administering
unprecedented
Mayor/Council,
one-time, $6M
Midyear Youth
Allocation!
FY22-approved budget
included four staff to
build Office of Youth
Development (OYD
2021
Designed youth grant
making/management infrastructure
and currently managing portfolio of
20 grants serving thousands of
children and youth across 2021 -2023
2018
Parks & Rec Dept.
Re-organization
City’s first Youth Development Policy
Manager (YDPM) appointed in July
2020
Interagency youth COVID coordination
Launched multiple City-run and City-funded
CARES projects including #SacYouthWorks
2022
Hire/build OYD
Team & rollout Citywide CQI
System for Youth Investments
Aggregate multiple existing
strategic plans with youth
intersections into a focused action
plan centered on equity and
Citywide Youth Dev. Goals
Manage $2.5M ARPA allocation
and design Stabilization Fund for
youth serving CBOs
*Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI)
12 Orga nizations
70, 508
Progra m Hours
2,853
U nduplicated Y outh Participants
OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT - G R ANTS *
*All Office of Y outh Development grants are provided through one -time sourc e s of fund ing (i.e . mid ye a r, e tc .). SYDPF is a two-year grant program spanning July 2021 -June 2023. 1 . Attachment 1 : SY DF Gra nt Progra m Midye a r Progre ss Re port (July – De c 2 02 1 ), pre pa re d by Ce nte r for Stude nt Asse ssme nt a nd Progra m Accounta bility (CSAPA), Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE).
Sacramento Youth Development Plan Fund (SYDPF)
Grant Program Snapshot (July 2021-Dec 2021)
Types of services and total
service hours
1 13 and under 14 -18 19 -24 Unknown
12,500
10,000
7,500
5,000
2,500
0 Fe m a le
53%
Ma le
46%
Non -Bin a ry
1%
Yo ut h Po p UpProgra m (July - D ecember 2021 )
*T he #SYW progra m cycle runs a n a ve ra ge of 8-weeks. Additional data and information for summer 2021 cycle, available upon reque st. 2. A ttachment 2: Y outh Po p Up Progra m Fina l Re port (July –D ec 2021 ), prepared by Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (CSAPA), SCOE. T he Po p Up progra m cycle runs 6-months. 2 19
U ndupl icated
Y outh Participants
49 Orga niza tions
8,760
Progra m Hours
24 Orga niza tions
26,678
Yo ut h
Pa rticipa nts
3 , 14 2
U ndupl icated
Yo ut h
Pa rticipa nts
#Sa cYouthWorks Summer 2021 (July 2021 - August 2021 )* 8,646
1 0,758
2,952
3,981
OFFICE OF YOUTH DEVELOPMENT – G RANTS C O NT.
2 C RIMINAL JUS TIC E MAG NET
AC ADEMY (HIG H S C HOOL)
Fe m a le
289
Ma le
245
Bla ck Wh it e Hispa n ic As ia n Other
60 40
20 0
• 20 Total Participants
• 100 Hours
Female
12 Male
8 Black White Hispanic Asian Other
30 20
10 0
SACRAMENTO POLICE
• 534 Total Participants
• 200 Hours
• 100% Graduation Rate
SPD CADET PROGRAM
(AGES 14-20)
11.2% 8.1%
59.9%
15.2%
5.6%
10%
25%
30%
10%
25%
Bla ck Wh it e Hispa n ic As ia n Pa cific Isla n de r Other 80 60
40 20
0 SACRAMENTO POLICE ACTIVITIES LEAGUE (RUGBY PROGRAM, AGES 5-18 ) • 187 Total Participants
• 500 Hours
• Activities:
⚬ Fishing , Ski/ Snowb oa rd ing ,
B oxing, Y outh L eadership
Club, and Mountain B iking
SACRAMENTO POLICE
SHOCK (YOUTH DIVERSION, AGES 12-16)
• 18 Total Participants
• 50 Hours
Male
126
Female
61 Male
9 Female
9 6% 3% 8% 4%
1%
78%
Black White Hispanic Asian
40 30
20 10
0 23% 23%
50%
4%
50 SACRAMENTO POLICE
K OPS N K I D S SU MME R CAMP, AGE S 8-14
• 140 Total Participants
• 27 Hours
Bla ck Wh it e Hispa n ic As ia n Other
40 30
20 10
0 Fe m a le
76 Ma le
64 • 28 Junior Counselors
• Ag e s 14-22
Fe m a le
19 Ma le
9 12 %
2 1%
33% 32%
2%
S C HO O L RES O URC E PRO G RAM (NUS D)
• N atomas, I nder k um, L er oy Gr eene M S
• 1 4 Schools and 1 1 ,248 students
Bla ck Wh it e Hispa n ic As ia n
40 30
20 10
0 20.5%
14 . 5 %
32.9%
14 . 7 %
• YOUTH LIBRARY CARD HOLDERS –251,298
• Youth Program Attendance (FY 21-22)
25,000 (Virtual and In Person)
PR OGR AMS OF NOTE :
Summer R eadi ng Chal l enge
3,096 City y outh read 5 or more book s,
combating summer learning loss
L unch at the L ibrary
1 5,2 38 Summe r me a ls d istrib ute d in City lib ra rie s B ook F irst
8,500 book s distributed to first graders in 60 City schools Youth Voice Project
• 65 teen internships (30 hours)
• Social emotional learning and leadership
dev el opment
7 community conversations with youth
EARLY LEARNING PRO G RAM M ING
• Popup and Weekly Programs in City
Libraries and Parks
• 72 Events; 1,565 Youth (1,359 Adults)
OUTDOOR FAMILY STORYTIMES
• 42 Events; 1,803 TotalAttendance
EXPLORE AND LEARN PROGRAMS
23 events, play-based and child-
directed, attended by 877 young
learnersand their caregivers
City P artnership Successes
• Ea rly L e a rning in City Pa rks
• C OVID-1 9 Serv i ces: Literacy activities at City
emergency childcare sites, virtual programs, and
homework help
• Pool Passes: 1,847 passes to City Pools distributed
Summer 2021
• Youth Support: Library staff assisted with Landscape
and Learning interviews and joint Resource Fair
• YDI: City provided training for library staff cohorts
YOUTH, PARKS, AND COMMUNITY
ENRIC HMENT
YOUTH, PARKS, AND COMMUNITY
ENRIC HMENT ( 12 & UN D ER )
T otal Parti ci pant Program Hours
3,000,000
2,000,000
1,000,000
0 T otal Numbers of Parti ci pants
5,000
4,000
3,000
2,000
1,000
0 3. A ttachm ent 3: Y OU T H P R OGR A M S, F Y 22 ( J ul y 2021‐M arch 2022), Y outh, Parks, & Community Enrichment FY 22 (JULY 2021- MARCH 2022)
PARTICIPANT NUMBERS FOR 12 & UNDER
2, 676,463
4,904
3 T otal Parti ci pant Program Hours
400,000
300,000
200,000
100,000
0 T otal Numbers of Parti ci pants
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
0 YOUTH, PARKS, AND COMMUNITY
ENRIC HMENT (13 & O VER)
361 ,631 1, 7 6 0
FY 22 (JULY 2021- MARCH 2022)
PARTICIPANT NUMBERS FOR 13 & OVER
3 3. A ttachm ent 3: Y OU T H P R OGR A M S, F Y 22 ( J ul y 2021‐M arch 2022), Y outh, Parks, & Community Enrichment
YOUTH, PARKS, & COMMUNITY ENRICHMENT
• Resumed in-person Youth Development
Institute (YDI) trainings
• Committed to offer YDI 3-times a year
• Expanded trainings to include best-
practices workshops and alumni networking
• Program Quality Assessment (PQA) are
conducted at a minimum yearly
SAC FIRE
• FY 21/22 SFD received Measure-U pilot funding to reinstate canceled programs and create the Diversity, Outreach, and Recruitment Division (DOR).
• Successfully launched or improved our programs,
incorporating Big-3 best practices and using a career
pathway model for "growing our own."
• DOR Staff, Program Instructors, and Youth Leaders attend the Youth Development Institute.
• All SFD programs follow the Citywide Youth Development Plan and incorporate the YDI Supports and Opportunities critical to delivering quality youth programs.
Home Grown by Mea sure -U
SAC FIRE
S acramento F irefighter Y outh A cademy S acramento A rea Girls F ire C amp 25 Y outh Served
2,850
Total Program
HoursAge : 14-18
Gra d e s: 9-12
4 0
20 0
25 20
15 5
0 33
Y outh Served
528
Total Program
HoursAge : 14-18
Gr a d e s: 9-12
Ma le
80%
Fe m a le
20%
Fe m a le
100%
4%
16 %
20%
44%
4%
12 %
6 . 1%
3% 3%
15 . 2 %
30.3% 30.3%
12 . 1%
*Middle Ea ste rn North Africa n
10 30
Valley HS Fire & Emergency
I nderkum H S
CTE PATHWAYS
172
Y outh Served
24,080
Total Program Hours
72 Y outh Served
10,080
Total Program Hours
45 3 0
15 0
20 15
10 5
0 Age : 14-18
Gr a d e s: 9-12
Age : 14-18
Gr a d e s: 10-12
Ma le
73.8%
Fe m a le
25.6%
Nonbi nary
0.6%
Ma le
68.1%
Fe m a le
31.9%
1%
24%
13 %
52%
3% 4% 4%
25% 25% 25%
4.2%
1. 4 %
19 . 4 %
60 25
36 Y outh Served
13,320
Total Program Hours
Age: 18+*
VOLUNTEER RESERVE FIREFIGHTER
40 20
10 0
*47% of R eser v es ar e age 24 or under .
Ma le
77.8%
Fe m a le
19.4%
Nonbi nary
2.8%
2.8%
11. 1%
2.8%
27.8%
2.8% 2.8% 5.6%
4 1. 7 %
2.8%
30 COLLECTIVE IMPACT OF THE BIG 3
O ve r 3 .2
M illio n
Prog ram Hours 62, 67 9
Y outh Served
1. Attachment 1 : SYDPF Gra nt Progra m Midye a r Progre ss Re port (July – De c 2 02 1 ), pre pa re d by Ce nte r for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (CSAPA), Sacramento County Office of Education (SCOE).
2. A ttachment 2: Y outh & Community Po p UpProgra m Fina l Re port (July – De c 2 02 1 ), pre pa re d by Ce nte r for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (CSAPA), SCOE.
3. A ttachment 3: Y OU T H P R OGR A M S F Y 22 ( J ul y 2021-March 2022), Y outh, Parks, & Community Enrichment D epartment.
SOURCES CITED
Contact: Lindee Lane ([email protected]) Youth Development Policy Manager with the Office of Youth Development.
THANK YOU!
March 2022
City of Sacramento
Grant Program
Midyear Progress Report
Sacramento Youth
Development Plan Funding
Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability Sacramento County Office of Education
Sources Cited: Attachment 1
2 Table of Contents
Midyear Progress Report ................................ ................................ ................................ ..................... 3 Youth Participants Served to Date ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 4 Youth Participants ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................... 4 Service Locations ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ . 6 Program Services ................................ ................................ ................................ ................................ . 7 Participant Surveys ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 9 Survey Respondents ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 9 Preliminary Survey Results ................................ ................................ ................................ .................. 12 Program Experience................................ ................................ ................................ ................... 12 Community Awareness ................................ ................................ ................................ .............. 13 Additional Comments ................................ ................................ ................................ ................ 14 Program Highlights, Impacts, and Challenges ................................ ................................ ................ 15 Midyear Progress Report Summary ................................ ................................ ................................ .. 15 Appendix A: Success Stories and Highlights ................................ ................................ .................... 17 Appendix B: Survey Responses and Survey ................................ ................................ ..................... 27 Open-ended: Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the program? ............. 27
3 Midyear Progress Report
The City of Sacramento (City) approved the Sacramento Youth Development and Plan Funding (SYPDF), a program, to support agencies and organizations provide direct services to Sacramento children and youth (birth through 24 years of age). Through community input, a framework was developed that prioritized youth development strategies in areas of: Mental Wellness, Workforce Development, Academic Support, and Violence Intervention (Figure 1).
Figure 1. Youth Development Plan Funding Framework
Through the request for proposal process, the taskforce approved 16 agencies to conduct work in 2021-2022; 14 organizations began working with youth by the midyear reporting period and 2* will begin in 2022 (Figure 2). Midyear reporting analyses reflected 13 grant agencies work with youth to date. Midyear evaluation included review of grantee reports and participant surveys. Grantee reports highlighted the work completed between July through December 2021, documenting participants and services, preliminary survey responses, and program successes.
•youth-led outreach, education, and engagement campaign (depression) •safe spaces for youth to access therapy
•build network of peer/near-peer mentors
•progress in building 24/7 access to services
Mental Wellness
•paid work-based learning experiences
•strengthen coordination across youth workforce development system •connect to small business/non-profits for internship and job placements •encourage passion project
Workforce Development
•increase year-round expanded learning opportunities
•train community-based advocates on delivering quality academic support •offer social emotional support through advocates in public spaces •create peer/near-peer-to-peer tutoring programs
Academic Support
•establish culturally competent mentoring program
•expand access to workforce development programs
•offer safe spaces where youth can access resources
•expand community-based organizations' capacity to create systems of services available 24/7
Violence Intervention
4 Figure 2. 16 Approved Grant Agencies
3Strands Global
Foundation
East Bay Asian
Youth Center
PRO Youth and
Families
Sacramento
Youth Center
Waking the
Village
City Year G.A.P. Voss ReIMAGINE Mack
Road Foundation
Self Awareness
and Recovery
Community
Initiatives
North State Building Industry
Association Foundation
Sierra Nevada
Journeys Sacramento City Unified School District
PRO Youth & Families * MENA Youth Peer
Support Program
PHCC of California Educational
Foundation*
The year-end report will assess the overall impact of the SYDPF grant across all grantee programs served through the grant period (July 2021 – June 2022) and include analysis of program outcomes and the SYDPF “Telling it Like it Is” participant survey.
The Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (C-SAPA) at the Sacramento County Office of Education provided evaluation and support services to the City and grantees, including assessment of program impact and documentation of grantees’ work for each reporting period.
Youth Participants Served to Date
Youth Participants
At the midyear report (December 2021), grant agencies provided over 70,000 hours of services to more than 2800 youth. Program services were provided to a diverse group of youth across race/ethnicity (Figure 3), age (Figure 4), gender (Figure 5), and life experiences (Figure 6).
Over 85% of participating youth identified as Hispanic (43%), African American (25%) or Asian (19%). Of the seven Asian ethnicities options, most of the participants identified as Other Asian (88%) or Hmong (11%). Agencies predominately provided services to youth between 6-12 (52%) and 13-17 (38%) years of age. No services were provided to youth under 5, and only one participant was older than 24. Boys and girls represented 98% of participating youth and were evenly split at 49% each. Thirty-two youth preferred to not identify, self-described, or identified as non-binary/third gender. Across all agencies, service was provided to all targeted youth experiences outlined in the grant. Over 50% of agencies (7 or more) served youth who have experienced low income, academic underperformance, under or unhoused, and/or are current or formerly foster youth.
2,853
youth participants
70,508
hours of program services
5 Figure 3. 87% of participating youth are Hispanic, African American, or Asian.
African American/ Black 25%
Asian 19%
Hispanic/ Latinx 43%
Middle Eastern/ North African 0%
Native American or Alaskan Native 1%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 2%
Other 6%
White 4%
Figure 4. About 90% of participants are between 6 -17 years old.
Figure 5. 98% of youth identified as boy or girl (49% each).
0 1476
1071
305
1 Ages 0-5 Ages 6-12 Age 13-17 Ages 18-24 Ages 25+
1407 1410
13 4 15
Girl Boy Non-binary/ Third
gender
Prefer not to answer Prefer to self
describe
Asian
19%
African American/
Black
25%
Hispanic/
Latinx
43%
6 Figure 6. Over 50% of grant agencies provided services to youth who have experienced low income, academic underperformance, under/unhoused, and/ or foster youth.
Service Locations
Grant agencies provided services to youth residing or attending school in all of Sacramento’s priority neighborhoods (Figure 7). Half of the agencies provided services to youth in the Meadowview, Valley Hi/North Laguna, Lemon Hill, Parkway, South Oak Park, or Del Paso Heights neighborhoods. Additionally, five agencies also served youth in the Northpoint, Mack Road, North Natomas, College/Glen, and Tahoe Park neighborhoods.
Figure 7. More than half of the agencies provided services to youth in the Meadowvi ew, Valley Hi/North Laguna, and Lemon Hill neighborhoods.
8 8
11 agencies, 11
teen parent
incarcerated parents/siblings
LBGTQ+
justice involved
exposure to violence
youth with disabilities
English language learner
mental or behaviorial health challenges
current or former foster youth
current or formerly under/unhoused
academic underperformance
low income
7 7
7 8
8 agencies, 11
Del Paso Nuevo
South Hagginwood
Mansion Flats
Wills Acres
Richardson Village
Noralto
Alkali Flat
Gardenland/Northgate
South Natomas
Strawberry Manor
Marina Vista-Alder
Old North Sacramento
Twin Rivers
North Oak Park
Woodbine
Other
Franklin
Del Paso Heights
South Oak Park
Parkway
Lemon Hill
Valley Hi/North Laguna
Meadowview
7 Program Services
Collectively, by December 2021, across all project service areas (mental wellness, workforce development, academic support, and violence intervention), a total of 70,508 hours of programs and services were provided to youth through SYDPF funding. Across all the project areas, academic support was provided to the largest number of youth participants (1252 youth, 64%), and also accounted for most of the total service hours (51,253 hours, 73%)(Figure 8).
Figure 8. Academic Support services was provided to most of the participants and accounted for most of the total hours of program services.
Mental
Wellness, 579
Workforce
Development,
36 Academic
Support, 1252,
64%
Violence
Intervention, 75
Number of Participants Served
Mental
Wellness,
8038
Workforce
Development,
5128
Academic
Support, 51253,
73%
Violence
Intervention,
6090
Total Service Hours
8 Delivery of services varied across and within each project area. For mental wellness, safe spaces for youth to access therapy accounted for more than 5000 total service hours (more than all other areas combined in mental wellness). All the workforce development hours were dedicated to paid work experience for youth (5,128 total service hours). Agencies provided over 41,000 total services hours to increase year-round expanded learning opportunities for youth under academic supports. And violence intervention efforts focused on establishing culturally competent mentoring programs (4,872 total service hours) (Figure 10).
Figure 10. Total program service hours reported across all areas sub -categories
Programs and services provided to youth included: case management, trainings, mentoring, work experience opportunities, enrichment and learning programs, community projects, and 20 1028
1948
total service
hours, 5041.6
24/7 access
network
youth led outreach
safe spaces
mental wellness
0 0
0 total service
hours, 5128
system for youth development
connect for youth
employement
youth passion project
paid work experience
workforce development
1260
2853
5745
total service
hours, 41395
train advocates
social emotional support
tutoring
learning opportunities
academic support
0 0
1218
total service
hours, 4872
safe spaces
24/7 services
acess to workforce programs
mentoring
violence intervention
9 safe spaces (Figure 11).
Figure 11. Project service areas and activities provided to participating youth.
Participant Surveys
Grant agencies administered the “Tell It Like It Is” survey (Appendix B) throughout the grant period to youth receiving program services. The survey collected feedback regarding the program experience (participant, staff, and peers), and community awareness (needs). The preliminary midyear results are reported as the percent of participants that agreed positively with statements on a 5- or 4-point Likert scale.
Survey Respondents
By midyear, a total of 351 surveys had been completed for 11 agencies. This represented a response rate of 12% (based on youth served to date). Reflective of the variations among program offerings, respondents were diverse across demographics (Figure 12), time in programs (Figure 13), and frequency of program participation (Figure 14) (see Appendix B for survey administered). About 10% of demographic type questions were not answered.
African American (33%), Two or More (17%), Hispanic (14%), and Asian (16%) youth represented the largest race/ethnicities groups. Boys (40%) and girls (45%) were nearly split, and 31 preferred to self-describe, not to answer, or identified as non-binary/third gender.
Respondents also varied in age and education level, ranging from under 10 to over 25 years of age and enrolled in K-12 through post-secondary education or training. Seventy-three percent of survey respondents were currently enrolled in K-12 and included grade 5 or lower (11), grade 6-8 (69), grade 9-10 (83) or grade 11-12 (93).
Some partner agencies had established or made available services and programs to youth in the community prior to support from this grant. The availability of service is reflected in survey responses that indicate participation in the program greater than 6 months. About 60% of respondents have come to the programs for less than a year, and about one-fifth have participated in the program for more than two years (Figure 13).
Mental Wellness
•peer advocates
•case management
•project/campaign
•safe spaces
•mentoring
•counseling
•therapy sessions
•events
•online/social
media resources
•trainings
Workforce
Development
•paid work-based
learning
experiences
•training
•coaching support
Academic
Support
•learning programs
•tutoring
•clubs and activities
•mentoring
•camp
•socio-emotional
learning activities
Violence
Intervention
•project
•workshops
•safe spaces
•mentor
10 African
American/Black
33%
Asian
16%Hispanic/
Latinx
14%
Two or More
17%
race ethnicities
Grantees’ program offerings varied in services and frequency of activities available for youth participants. Over the last month (at the point of survey completion), more than 85% of respondents reported connecting with the program at least weekly, of which 36% reported connecting almost every day (Figure 14). Five percent indicated that they had not connected with their programs over the last month.
Overall, the collected surveys represented a diverse group of youth in age, education, gender, race and ethnicities, and program participation and frequency.
Figure 12. Survey respondents were diverse across race/ethnicity, gender, age, and education level.
Native American/ Alaska Native 0%
Middle Eastern/ North African 1%
Pacific Islander 1%
White 7%
Other 1%
Not Reported 11%
Non-binary/Third Gender 10
Prefer not to answer 6
Prefer to self-describe 15
Not reported 20
Boy, 142
Girl, 158
gender
11 Figure 13. About 60% had participated in their program less than 1 year, and 40% had participated for more than 1 year.
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12 Figure 14. 85 % of survey respondents connected with the program at least weekly .
Preliminary Survey Results
Preliminary survey results are reported across three areas:
• program experience: participants, staff, and peers,
• community awareness, and
• open ended comments.
Preliminary results are reported as the percent of participants that agreed positively with the statements on a 5- or 4-point Likert scale. Strongly and agreed was reported as agreed, all- and most- of the time were combined, and yes, a lot and yes, sometimes was reported as yes.
Program Experience
Collectively, participants’ program experience included questions about how youth felt or experienced the program offerings (feeling safe, engaged, and sense of belonging), and connections with program staff and peers (Figure 15).
Overwhelmingly, preliminary survey results indicated that youth felt safe (85%), valued (82%), engaged and had the opportunity to choose how to engage (60%). Although, less than half of respondents indicated that they had the opportunity to be in charge of a group’s need (46%).
About 75% of survey respondents indicated they had positive connections with program staff, and the programs had established rules (75%). Additionally, preliminary survey results indicated youth felt connected to their peers (71%) and peers respected the rules (75%).
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13 Figure 15. Over 60% of survey respondents indicated a positive experience with program offerings, staff, and peer s. Although, less then 50% indicated that they had opportunity to be in charge of a group need.
Community Awareness
Preliminary survey results indicated that youth had learned about community activities (87%) and ways to make their community better (84%). Youth respondents also indicated that food/meals, mental health, and access to technology were primary needs in their household 82%
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It seems like my ideas are important here.
The activities at this program are fun.
I do things here that I didn't think I could do.
At this program, I get better at something I care about.
I feel safe here.
program experience
46%
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Be in charge of something your group needs.
Choose HOW you do things, when you are in an activity.
program experience: choice
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The staff know me well.
I could talk to a staff person if I was upset or mad.
This program has rules for how people should treat
each other.
They challenge me to do my best.
program staff
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The participants at this program follow the rules for
how to treat others.
The other program participants here know me well.
program peers
14 or the community followed by concerns about shelter and primary care support.
Figure 16. Over 80 % of survey res pondents indicated they had learned more about their community and identified food/meals as a primary household/community need.
Additional Comments
About 50% of the 260 open ended comments were non-additional comments (no, nope, nothing, not really). Overwhelmingly, the remaining comments were positive (110, 87%) about program activities and people, and about 10% included suggestions about the program activities. Summaries of comments are are provided below, full narratives are presented in Appendix B.
Youth survey respondents shared positive comments about the people, learning opportunities, 84%
87%
Ways I can make my community better.
Activities in my community.
community awareness
8 12
77 106
125
131
148
Other
None, Nothing
Primary care support (well checks, sick visits, vaccines …) Shelter, housing, rent assistance
Access to technology (internet, computer, tablet)
Mental health support (counseling, therapy)
Food/meals
household and community needs
“It was a very fun program that really taught valuable
lessons I never considered with mental health.” youth survey 15 helpfulness, and activities available through the program. Responses also provided suggestions about program activities.
Overall Program
• The community center provides a lot of programs for kids in the community. • It’s a great program and I’m grateful for it
People
• The staff here is amazing and very motivating. They always urge me to do my best and reflect my creativity to the max.
• you guys are really nice. <3
Learning Opportunities
• I think this program is a great opportunity to expand in your learning journey. • It was a very fun program that really taught valuable lessons I never considered with mental health.
• The program is very informative. Without a doubt, I can say I learn things every meeting day. Because of this program, I have learned to manage my time between school and after school life.
Helpfulness
• The center is the best place for kids/ teens to get homework done and get help finding resources for a better future.
• You guys are a big help.
Suggestions
• More outside activities
• Agee and disagree about kids following the program rules for how to treat others.
Program Highlights, Impacts, and Challenges
Overall, successes and highlights centered around the opportunities to deliver programs and services to youth despite the challenges posed by the pandemic. Agencies reported youth had opportunities to engage in learning opportunities, experiences, peer/near peer training, and projects. Additionally, agencies were able to provide youth with support in mental health, social emotional needs, case management, resources, and internship and employment opportunities. Full narratives are available in Appendix A.
Almost all agencies shared that the pandemic and covid restrictions impacted their efforts to serve more youth. Several agencies were concerned about the number of youths interested in participating (virtually) or maintaining attendance. Events and field opportunities were also postponed or rescheduled.
Midyear Progress Report Summary
By the midyear reporting term, partner agencies had provided over 70,000 program and services hours to 2800 youth across areas of mental wellness, workforce development, academic support, and violence intervention. Preliminary survey responses collected were 16 generally positive with regards to program experience and community awareness.
Collectively, agencies highlighted successes centered around the opportunity to serve youth and challenges stemmed from the pandemic, specifically recruitment and hosting of events.
Overall, agencies continued to be flexible and adapt to the challenges to continue providing program services to youth.
17 Appendix A: Success Stories and Highlights
Breakthrough Sacramento, fiscally sponsored by Community Initiatives Successes and Highlights
Summer Academic Programming: Summer Academic programming persisted, despite virtual limitations. The SYDPF grant supported portions of staff costs associated with the direct delivery of academic services over 4.5 weeks, plus 6 weeks of Near-Peer training and hands- on teaching experiences.
Highlights: 1. Breakthrough collaborated with SMUD, Walk Sacramento, and Breathe CA to offer hands-on STEM science projects relating to solar energy and air quality. They studied photovoltaics and built solar ovens, solar fans, solar batteries for their cell phones, solar powered water pumps, and solar cars. 2. For air quality studies, the youth built large air-quality filters and studied how air quality varies regionally. 3. They also enjoyed shark dissections.
Summer Near-peer Teaching Interns: Breakthrough hired and trained 15 Near-Peer college students to work as mentors and teachers of 7th-9th grade youth during the summer at Sacramento Country Day School’s Campus, and 15 Near-Peer college students to work as the same for Improve Your Tomorrow 7th and 8th grade youth.
Highlights: Near-peer Teaching Interns wrote lesson plans, were taught to teach in both a live and virtual format and had daily advisory meetings with their students (8 per near-peer) to lead youth in discussion about mental health (depression, anxiety, fear and what to do and who to speak to), drugs/alcohol use and abuse, how to self-advocate, and local social justice issues.
One-on-One Support: SYDPF grant funding helped us reach out to more than 250 students over the past 6 months, with a frequency of no less than once a month for high school students, and weekly for middle school youth.
Highlights: All youth were contacted regularly to assess their academic progress and since the beginning of COVID, we have added specific questions targeting on measuring youth’s mental health and needs for resources including food, housing, employment, and healthcare.
College Readiness Seminars: The College application seminars, were conducted during the summer and Fall for Breakthrough high school seniors.
Highlights: 100% of Breakthrough’s high school seniors have submitted college applications.
Further, 100% of these same students will have their FAFSA applications completed before the March deadline.
Super Saturday Activities: While COVID has limited student’s live gatherings, we were still able to organize valuable educational and social events.
Highlights: Our largest event was Design Thinking training, lead by a certified high school student, during which high school students attended three Saturday trainings to learn and apply Design Thinking strategies to problem solving and social justice issues.
Additionally, Breakthrough students received tickets to attend the Sac Ballet’s Nutcracker, A Christmas Carol, three Sacramento Kings games, and attended “Eat Like a King” during which youth were served lunch by Kings players at the Golden 1 Center.
Unique Experiences: Breakthrough was able to support a high school senior and her mother to go for a college tour at Xavier University, in New Orleans. The student was accepted to this, 18 her dream school. And as a first generation youth to college from a family of first gen Americans, there was significant hesitation on the part of her parents. We were able to take them to NOLA, meet with Admissions and Financial Aid staff, tour the campus, and introduce Saba to a local adult mentor who will be available to her all 4 years of college. Saba’s mother, Elelta, returned home comfortable with the location and excited for your daughter.
Additional items to report:
Breakthrough is delighted to report it has expanded its team with the addition of an intern from Cristo Rey High School who is assisting with research and database management, and a CSUS student hired through the Federal Work study program to assist with academic programming. Both hires are students from the community serve by Breakthrough.
City Year Sacramento
Successes and Highlights:
Corps members have supported more than 2,000 students so far this year in partner classrooms and have provided more than 10,000 tutoring and SEL sessions to students throughout the school day. We have assessed nearly 500 students on their social emotional development, including their areas of strength and areas where they needed additional support. Corps members have now been trained on how to identify those areas in need of instruction and provide targeted support to students on each specific SEL skill using a variety of resources, including those provided by Aperture Education.
We have also been able to provide in-school and after-school clubs based on school feedback and student choice. Clubs include Arts & Crafts Club, Anime Club, Cooking Club, and Video Game Club. One of our campuses also offers an in-school activity, “Panther Field,” where students from each class are able to join a weekly activity and game time while building relationships with corps members.
East Bay Asian Youth Center
Successes and Highlights:
1) High demand among youth to participate in Peer Advocates. We exceeded our target enrollment by 50%.
2) Mental Health education and training of Peer Advocates is a new experience for EBAYC Sacramento and we learned critical lessons for future implementation. We have built meaningful infrastructure for this work.
3) Social Media campaign development is also a new experience for EBAYC Sacramento and we are learning critical lessons for current and future implementation. We have built meaningful infrastructure for this work.
3Strands Global Foundation
Successes and Highlights:
3SGF is pleased to share that we have established employment/internship partnerships with Community Against Sexual Harm (CASH), LGBTQ Community Center, BluePrint Coffee, and Florin Square Community Development Corperation. Each of these partners have committed to hosting internships/employment opportunities for those we serve. We are thrilled to partner with these incredible Sacramento businesses/nonprofits with the support of the SYDPF to increase the employment opportunities for the youth we serve!
Youth Story #1:
When Katie started 3Strands Global Foundation’s program, she wasn't sure if she was going to 19 even finish high school. With the help of her 3SGF Case Worker, Katie completed a vocational assessment and found that she was interested in entering the medical field. Through this assessment, Katie also identified that she had a lot of strengths and skills that aligned well with the phlebotomy profession. Katie’s newfound interest helped her stay motivated to finish High School and keep working towards her goals. Her 3SGF Case Worker assisted in connecting Katie to a phlebotomy training program with all tuition and expenses paid. Her Case Worker made sure she had stable transportation, purchased scrubs and books, and even had the 3SGF team serve as volunteers to get their blood drawn for her required patient clinical hours.
Katie finished her Phlebotomy program and got her certificate of completion! Since then, she has been studying for her certification exam with the help of the 3SGF team and was also able to obtain stable housing.
Youth Story #2:
Breanna began our program as a survivor of human trafficking and a transitional aged foster youth. When she started our program, she had no means of communication or technology support to access job readiness training support. With the help of her case manager, Breanna applied for a reduced cost cellphone and low income wifi support. Once she obtained these items, Breanna engaged in weekly meetings with her 3SGF case manager and was able to obtain her Social Security Card and open a bank account so she could set up direct deposit once she started her new job. Recently, Breanna was placed into a job and received her first paycheck. Breanna was so excited as this was the first paycheck she had ever received. She shared with her Case Manager that this experience has given her hope that she can obtain stability and make progress towards her goals day by day.
“I know anyone that I refer to you is going to get a job and if they don’t it’s because they weren’t ready - not because you all couldn’t make it happen” -Case Manager from a Referring Agency
Additional items to report:
With the support of SYDPF, 28 youth received services and 20 of those youth were placed into internships and stable employment. Youth were placed in different industries including customer service, retail, and the food industry. 90% (18 youth) were able to maintain their job placement for 60+ days; the remaining 10% (2 youth) changed paths and worked with our case managers to instead pursue education. From July 2021 - December 2021, youth worked an average of 137 hours earning approximately $56,790 in stable wages. Youth received ongoing case management services to reduce any barriers to maintaining their positions, where each youth received an average of 14 services and/or referrals to resources. The greatest achievement through these initial six months of the grant period was the increase in self-esteem among the youth, as well as their confidence in their skills and abilities, and their drive to succeed. We got to share exciting experiences with the youth in their new positions, including one youth sharing pictures of the first check they received and celebrating their independence! Additionally, the support of SYDPF allowed our team to foster key community partnerships that will foster collaboration and contribute to internship opportunities for the youth. These partnerships have created safe environments for our clients, facilitated collaboration with employers to engage in the teaching and growth process for our youth, and have expanded our resources for youth in Sacramento.
North State Building Industry Foundation
Successes and Highlights
Effects of workshops:
20 Youth are also showing active engagement and curiosity during workshops. They ask questions and respond with thought when called upon. During our wellness check-ins, participants expressed that they learned valuable skills from the workshops. Below are statements made by the youth during wellness checks about the program:
“Exciting, I like getting to know everyone.. workshops are flexible enough for my schedule.” “Good tips, learning how to manage my time, be better at accountability, and being respectful to my employer.”
“What I learn in the workshop, I’m able to take outside of the workshop and see the lessons at school. I even talk to my friends about it.”
We have requested that participants send us videos and/or written statements to voice and share their experiences in the program with the community at large.
Guardians have also expressed gratitude for the weekly professional development opportunities we provide the youth.
Additional items to report:
Regarding the “Participants Experiencing” Section on page 2, while it is required on the application to select all areas applicable to students, many are choosing to not identify with any of the 11 options.
ReIMAGINE Mack Road Foundation
Successes and Highlights
Two of many highpoints stand out for RMRF:
1. The summer 2021 cohort of our Earn-As-You-Learn portion of the project was by far, our biggest highlight. With guest speakers like Chief Hahn & South Command Captain Green & his team to share careers in law enforcement, SETA, Bill Knowlton from the Mack Road Partnership, professional development pretentions, financial literacy coaches, and more, the youth were empowered, engaged, and showed amazing growth in confidence, self-efficacy and transferable skills to prepare them for first jobs and assist them in inside and outside of the classroom.
2. The Youth Engagement Squad Photovoice Project with community partners PRO Youth & Families was a 5-week project was themed around on “Being Healthy in Our Community”.
Students met 2 times weekly for 5 weeks and it included a field trip to a local art museum. The youth took photos within the community and chose a topic and researched it to highlight the health impact these topics have on them and those around them. Their Photovoice projected was turned into a slideshow and was submitted to a national campaign called Youth Create under the Office of Population Affairs and we were able to attend the national ZOOM launch party in December in 2021. This project opened the door for any youth interested to participate in a national youth advisory council under The Office of Population Affairs.
Additional items to report:
The impact of COVID and concerns about how all this impacts youth in our community remain a challenge to not only physical & emotional health and safety, but also to the academic success, or lack thereof for youth who are already challenged across multiple risk-factors. We see spikes and drops in attendance as kids are being quarantines due to sick family members.
Entering into the second half of the school year, the concerns over the “summer slide” for loss of classroom academic gains of 2022-2021 is turning into an academic landslide for decreased retention and loss of information/learning for the 2021-2022 school year. Many of the kids we serve report feeling like school is a lost cause, that they are “not learning anything anyway”, that their “teachers don’t care”, or they have simple stopped trying to do better because it’s too hard. A sad state of affairs. Are other programs reporting similarities? 21 Sacramento Youth Center
Successes and Highlights:
Collaboration with the City of Sacramento Arts & Culture Department at their D7 Community Paint day provided our youth the space to do outreach for mental health and provide information to their community. This was an amazing highlight! The youth peer mentors got to be included as a leader in the community amongst other community leaders and distribute information on mental health. This collaborative effort was led by our Subcontractor CGYI.
SYC was also able to serve youth at our center, as an after school program. Many of the school campuses would not allow SYC on campus due to the Pandemic, but students were allowed to participate in off-campus activities, while also earning credit for their Health Tech academy / HS credit. This gave youth the opportunity to stay connected & build a peer network.
SYC was able to partner with, the Center for Collaborative Planning- A Center of the Public Health Institute to deliver a Substance Prevention seminar that supported the work of our peer mentors. We felt that this new voice was impactful on participants in regards to SUD prevention.
Youth brought their peers to community activities and youth center events! We aim to provide a space that youth feel comfortable, safe and in community. When we see our activities and youth events being shared with peers we know that we are meeting that goal –which is also reflected in the “Tell it Like It Is” Survey results.
Additional items to report:
Because of the Capacity funding allocated in this budget, SYC was able to leverage those matching funds to acquire a California Department of Health Care Services EPOC Grant to implement one of the first medi-cal billable Certified Peer Specialist service programs in the county (via SB803). We are actively working to certify 3 peer specialists representing the experiences of our youth populations. They will serve the mental/behavioral health needs of local youth & their families through certified peer support. We are so excited to see this dream and goal come to be and anticipate it’s full implementation in late February 2023.
SCUSD – Luther Burbank High School
Successes and Highlights
Evidence of consistent garden progress and production: Interns and 7 additional advanced UAA students have been working incredibly consistently to re-establish and maintain BUG (Burbank Urban Garden) productivity, especially after the garden organization and production was essentially halted throughout the 2019 to 2021 span of virtual learning.
Highlights of intern and student progress include:
Converting 20x20 lawn space into a productive pumpkin patch Planting and maintaining a 10x15 garlic bed
Planting and maintaining a 20x30 winter vegetable bed
Completed all prep work to combine three separate 10x30 beds into one 35x30 bed and cover cropping the bed to promote regenerative soil health Maintaining all 17 4x8 student beds and preparing soil for spring planting Cover cropping the 20x20 flower bed to promote regenerative soil health and prepare for spring planting
22 Interns and students participating in all community decisions on overall garden priorities and vision
We Grow Farms visit: 7 interns visited We Grow Farms, a community-based small scale urban farm in West Sac growing diversified crops using regenerative and sustainable practices.
Interns spent the day helping the owner/farmer find sustainable second uses for the remains of the farm’s corn harvest, pull out summer/fall tomato plants and turn/prep beds for the next crop, and break down organic material for composting. Students were educated on the farm’s regenerative practices and strategies for community outreach throughout the day.
Tree planting project on Luther Burbank campus: BUG received a donation of 30 native trees through Davey Resource Group, a tree expert company. Interns have since received education on caring for these types of trees and had hands-on experience in maintaining tree health until trees are planted on campus. Interns will plant trees with the guidance of an arborist from Davey Resource Group within the next two months.
Seed Pile Project: Interns have participated in Miridae Living Labs and UC Davis’ Seed Pile Project since November. The project is a citizen science initiative to research which local native plant seeds are the best at dispersing in human-altered spaces like cities and roadsides.
Since November, interns have dumped the native seed pile and collected/reported monthly data on the individual seeds’ growth success.
Participation in SVC planting project over next several months: In two weeks, interns will participate in an extended habitat restoration project in partnership with Center for Land- Based Learning and Sacramento Valley Conservancy. The project’s goal is to encourage environmental education/health, promote local biodiversity, and increase community access to native plants by building/planting a demonstration garden and native plant nursery at SVC’s Camp Pollock. Interns are currently receiving background education on the project and its environmental importance and will begin the first of three to four planting days on Feb. 12th.
Participated in Sacramento’s Share the Vision speaker series: Interns participated in Malala Yousafzai’s local talk organized through the Share the Vision speaker series. Interns spent a week before the event learning about Malala and prepping reflection questions to submit to event organizers. After virtually listening to Malala’s talk, students reflected on Malala’s experience as a group, how it relates to their own lives/futures, and what it taught them about their own abilities to lead.
UAA elected student leaders: Interns and 7 additional advanced UAA students have participated in a student leader election during which students campaigned and were elected for cabinet positions, including Garden President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer and Farm Manager. A portion of UAA advanced students also created a Garden Social Media team and have taken the lead on all garden social media platforms.
Interns exhibiting SE growth & community building: Through their workforce development training, interns have participated in a weekly community circle. The purpose of the circle is to 1) promote community connection and to 2) give interns’ a space to practice open communication, the ability to be vulnerable and honest, and to share their personal experience and opinions in a group setting. Interns have exhibited an incredible increasing ability to express themselves in raw and real ways, to support, celebrate and listen to one another, to name and navigate their emotions in healthy ways, and to take on leadership roles in the process of facilitating circle.
Level of commitment & consistency seen from ‘school-year’ interns: At the start of the school year, we brought on 6 new interns. These interns in particular have exhibited an impressive and consistent commitment to the garden and the intern community. Their ability to demonstrate their commitment has had a ripple effect on the intern community as a whole, setting an example for interns we’ve had working since the summer and helping to improve the work 23 ethic of the group as a whole.
Supervisory intern’s new responsibilities, initiative & growth: Our primary supervisory intern has flourished throughout this quarter. In the early fall, Todd and I met with the supervisory intern to provide him with a specific job description, concretely defining his responsibilities as an intern supervisor. Since, we have had bi-weekly supervision meetings with the supervisory intern to reflect on his performance, provide a space for him to share his ideas and observations, and to provide room and support for growth conversations. The supervisory intern has risen to all and exceeded many of his responsibilities: he plays an essential role in developing systems and a community in which student interns develop the ability to work and manage themselves independently while taking pride in their daily accomplishments in the garden. He has also openly expressed pride in many new leadership skills that he has gained over the last few months, sharing that he is feeling more and more comfortable in his first ever supervisory role.
Self Awareness and Recovery
Successes and Highlights:
One of our participants, J.C, finished the first cohort and went on to attain his own employment that he has maintained for the past 4 months. Family has reported that he is doing well and in a positive direction. In addition, another one of our participants, Elijah Gaines, after being released from DJJ and struggling at first, we are glad to report that he moved on to his own employment and own living space. He and his partner are expecting their first-child, he has reported positive emotions/thoughts.
Additional items to report:
Outreach is always being conducted to reach as many youth within the community as possible. Additionally we have recruited a total of 15 new participants for our Violence Intervention SAR Project. We are proud of our participants for maintaining flexibility during this ongoing pandemic.
Sierra Nevada Journeys
Successes and Highlights:
The majority of mentors accompanying Hack the Woods participants did not have a background in supporting participants in outdoor settings. During the Camp Planning Session, Sierra Nevada Journeys provided them with materials and an understanding of the best practices to use when facilitating programs and overseeing youth participants in new settings.
Mentors were partnered with trained Sierra Nevada Journeys instructors throughout programming. This partnership allowed for shared learning to both mentors and instructors.
While instructors were able to teach mentors how to manage and facilitate programs at Grizzly Creek Ranch, mentors were able to help instructors gain the trust of participants through their previous relationships in working with the youth in the Sacramento area.
“The training and materials given to us as mentors helped to prepare me to understand the outcomes we wanted for our kids. This helped me in understanding how to support and connect with our students.”
“We work with many of the students throughout the year in Sacramento, though this is not in outdoor settings. The briefs given to us helped me understand how to keep our students safe and engaged in the programs they were able to be a part of.” “I appreciated having an [SNJ] instructor with me throughout the day. I was not prepared to lead a group on my own, but as a team we were able to meet the different needs of our kids.”
“It allowed me to focus on being in the moment with my kiddos. I learned about different ways 24 to approach situations that I will take back to me when mentor our kids in Sacramento.” “The challenge course was completely new to me. When watching our kids climb the Alpine Tower and see the way the Sierra Nevada Journeys instructors walked them through difficult situations I was able to see how powerful it was for our kids. IT was so positive and I could see the pride they had in accomplishing the goals they set for themselves.” The three partner organizations were able to host a carefully designed and impactful camp filled with powerful and thought provoking lessons tied to educational outcomes surrounding STEM, Social Emotional Learning (SEL), and social justice. Through the program, participants were introduced to lessons relating to STEM concepts, lessons specific to social justice issues currently being experienced by youth in their communities, and social emotional learning activities to help raise their self confidence and ability to manage emotions in uncomfortable situations.
Through the social justices lessons taught to participants during camp, they were able to work through real world scenarios on how to approach issues they face in the community. Students worked in teams to critically assess historical social justices pillars and create visual and verbal explanations for how they can support themselves and their community members. This educational pedagogy was then carried on through intitiatives where instructors were able to tie social justice dynamics to team building and self awareness activities. Students participated in groups to overcome overarching difficulties while being supported by their peers. Students also responded that they were equipped to bring social justice education and dynamics back to their community:
“We learned a lot about what to do if we are in a situation where we feel discriminated against.”
“I learned a lot in the social justice class. I will tell my friends about the ways they can use it at school too.”
“Camp was hard but I’m happy I had my friends with me. The instructors helped us understand how to react when we are in hard situations.”
“Social justice is very important in my community. I want to teach them what I learned at camp so they know what to do if they are in a situation that scares them.”
Mentor chaperone comments:
“The social justice curriculum taught to our youth participants was empowering and educational.”
“Our youth were able to learn how to use various techniques in dealing with potential equity and access issues they are currently facing. It’s something I wish we could share to a larger number of black youth in our area.”
“This was very important information shared with my students. I want to see this education being brought forth in school, not only at camp.”
As mentioned before, the majority of the camp’s participants had never been far outside of their immediate communities. They had not experienced seeing wildlife running around them and big open spaces. Many students were apprehensive when intially coming to camp. As camp progressed students showed increased confidence in being in the outdoors through hikes and lessons taught in open meadows. An important component of this education in the outdoors was to tie their experiences back to their community. They learned that they could participate in similar activities in the various parks surrounding their neighborhood. This important pillar of transferable activities and skills was intentional and will be a cornerstone of 25 the continued STEM and Social Justice camps these participants are able to attend.
VOSS - G.A.P.
Successes and Highlights
Ongoing BULLETPROOF monthly (every 3rd Sunday) events have been building momentum. A chance for youth to interact with other adults as well as having their relatives join them for a very positive time of uplifting fun, serious messages, remorseful healing, sharing meals together, and getting G.A.P. clothing. Public speaking/Spoken Word/RAP and other gifting exhibited publicly on stage.
Morning Tour of UC Davis—Afternoon Paintball– evening dinner at Black Bear Diner All of the students from Luther Burbank HS cohort.
Young adults at GAP-VOSS beginning to invite their friends to Power in Change. Enthusiastic embrace of this curriculum and strong desire to change is profoundly seen when young people begin to feel comfortable about inviting their peers.
Additional items to report;
We will begin internships and community outreach activities in March 2022. With our own Matthew Balling Studio Recording engineer and Volunteer Recruiting coordinator in the front of WalMart stores.
We will begin TV and Recording studio internships at THE RINK in Del Paso Heights in April ideally. This will open up huge opportunities to learn from industry professionals here and in Los Angeles and potential recording contracts.
Starting in February 2022 we begin our “Youth4Youth” internships and “fellowships” at the State Capitol and other centers of local government to advocate for policy development. Our youth will be educated on advocacy strategies, work with subject-matter portfolios, support local youth in contracting/setting meetings with legislators and other political operatives.
Group education will include SUD prevention and harm reduction strategies.
Waking the Village
Successes and Highlights:
The Creation District Youth Street Outreach Team has proved highly successful to both team members and individuals being served through outreach. The Creation District has trained 11 youth in Street Outreach and Harm Reduction practices and they have given survival supplies, mental health support kits, and art supplies to 15 different encampments and 46 individuals.
The Youth Street Outreach Team places an emphasis on reaching youth encampments and the team uses its expertise and lived experience to map out areas that are typically missed by traditional outreach teams. Youth report it being one of the most life-giving experiences they have had and the participants they serve often report that it is the first time they are being offered “mental health” and “art” kits in addition to survival supplies.
Creation District Records has printed and published it’s 4th youth compilation album, “The Project Heal: Mixed Tape”. The album includes music that has been written and produced by our youth Peer Leaders and all songs relate to the theme of working through wellness and mental health struggles. The youth are incredibly proud of this album and two local record stores have offered to sell it to the general public. The album is also going to be aired next month on local radio station, Sacramento Dirt.
26 The Creation District Youth ARTS Council has successfully been able to host three youth magnet events that are aimed at attracting new youth to the program and celebrating the successes of current participants. The youth ARTS Council named each event as a goal at the beginning of the funding period and youth were solely responsible for planning, fundraising, outreaching to other youth, and hosting the final event.
The Creation District Project Heal Peer Mentors have created a small library of individually authored zines called, “Mental Health Matters”. Each zine affirms the importance of mental health and shares local, youth friendly resources, for connecting to mental health resources and what to do in a mental health crisis. The team has shared zines with local youth centers, libraries, and community centers for other youth to access.
The Creation District just launched its second series of “Stay Here With Me”, a workshop series aimed at inviting youth to write poetry and art about overcoming depression and suicidality.
At the end of the workshop series, youth will publish their writing into a book and use it as an outreach tool to share with other youth grappling with similar, complex wellness challenges.
Youth have already expressed that working towards his project is giving them hope and a much greater sense of purpose.
27 Appendix B: Survey Responses and Survey
Open-ended: Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the program? Is there anything else you would like to tell us about the program? I love being part of the program because it helps me build in help learn more I have liked how well they worked with me individually and know my ne eds individually and how well they can help me
I’ve learn how to sit and give myself time to get to know me.
Kind and honest staff members
No
The program is a safe place for my idea.
Real people need to work with real people
No
No
Thank you for being in fern bacon.
No
Thank you for being in fern bacon.
No
No
Nah
You guys are a big help.
No
No!
No
you guys are really nice. <3
No!
Activities and soccer game
no
No
N/A
No
que es muy divertido
nothing
No. Well they are super nice they have never ever been rude!!! No
No.
nope
no
I wanna be a city yea <3 - Dilly Willy
it fun
not sure
Not Really
They are almost
No I think we could probably do more art things thats it. it's fun :)
no
No
I kinda like this class but not all the time its annoying sometimes and its boring but its ight Class is boring.
Nope
No.
No thank you!
Not really
Not really.
28 The program has somethings that are fun
No not really it has been going well.
No
It is fun.
It's boring sometimes and we need another class. (We need more activities, drawings and teachers.) Nope!
No
No
No
I LOVE [Organization]!
Nope
Its very interactive program that's helped me grow a lot as a person and student. no
I love how nice everyone is and welcoming
It is my favorite place and made me like school, having friends, and myself a lot better. no
no everything is good
It's a heath place, like for your mental heath and stuff like that I think this program is a great opportunity to expand in your learning journey.
Breakthrough Sacramento is a very essential program for up and coming students, getting introduced to the high school level. I feel like it’s great for students middle school, freshman and seniors alike to have an adult there were they can reach too in anytime of need for help mentally, academically and physically.
The people who work at [organization] are extremely caring and push us to do our best in a comfortable way.
N/A
The program is awesome!
no
Anyone is very friendly and I can easily work with everyone.
It amazing!
No
Ebayc > everyone
Keep up the great work
No
They give us snacks purrrrrr
No
No, but it’s amazing
No thank u
Yall are so fun that I want to come again next year.
No
no
This program has motivated me to be more active
None at all
It's been a great help for my personal life as well.
Nothing
i love being a part of the program
no
Im ready for summer
no
no
no
no
More outside activities
no
29 More college opportunities
no
no
i want [name] back.
no
no
no
no
More Kids
No
Not Really
Summer Night Lights
i miss the bike shop
the center is a good place to get homework done, but not enough peo ple know. we are like a family
NO
no
homework time is helpful
i love movie night
No
N/a
No
The center is the best place for kids/ teens to get homework done and get help finding resources for a better future.
No
The community center provides a lot of programs for kids in the community.
No
None
Naw
This is a safe place
It keeps me safe and a place to go
I like going here
NO!!
no
No
No
No
No
Nope
No
I love the community center
Nah
No
We learn a lot of things about ourselves
Keep this center open
Nope
Keeps me out of troubke
No
N/a
No
It is needed in this neighborhood
No
I’ve grown a lot being at the center and I have role models to direct me the right path.
Good place for kids to get help with homework
30 Agee and disagree about kids following the program rules for how to treat others.
Yes i enjoy coming to the Center, I'm able to dance, and practice different activities.
Rough hood
Its a really safe and fun program! I highly recommend
this has truly helped me in so many ways, but mostly in ways that can benefit those around me No
no
No
It was a very fun program that really taught valuable lessons I never considered with mental health.
Great job including everyone and having games to keep everyone engaged! I really enjoyed the program and even got to do things that I couldn't outside of the program.
The program has taught me a lot of important factors to life, and has changed the way I view certai n things.
The program is very informative. Without a doubt, I can say I learn things every meeting day. Because of this program, I have learned to manage my time between school and after school life. glad to be here with you guys
I enjoyed listening to the different topics talked about.
Its a good way to get out and be with others.
No, this program is an excellent program, and what they’re teaching is phenomenal.
No
It’s cool and nice to do.
No
It taught me how to be a better person
This program is going to have a great impact on my future and I’m glad I’ve gotten the chance to experience the things I have here.
No
No.
None.
N/a
I just really like being outside and working in the garden I work in with people who are interested in learning about it. I think it’s a really good program that can grow in years to come.
It's is fun and helpful mentally it's a safe space
Awesome people,awesome opportunities
Nothing
Nope
N/A
N/A
N/A
Better food quality, fun activities, and support from adults and youth.
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Just more free time
I want the staff to know that my pronouns are they/them but I'm not fully out to my family/parents. But I'd still like my pronouns to be respected.
N/A
N/A
N/A
It's important to build HEALTHY relationships with the kids/teenagers who participate. Hold par ticipants accountable if they act out of line to prevent situations to further escalate.
N/A
N/A
N/A
31 N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
i love bylp<3 thanks for everything!!!
N/A
N/A
N/A
i just appreciate the staff and having a place to be myself it is a great place to talk to someone when you need to no
i love you guys
i love everyone here
no
This is awesome and needed.
this program is amazing and awesome
It can made me into a better person than I was before. And I love myself more because of the creation district
I love each and everyone in creation district
I love it here
The staff here are very professional and they make me feel comfortable talking to them and they love my children its safe here.
you're doing an amazing job at what you guys do
It’s a great program and I’m grateful for it
it helps me a lot and I wish I could come here more and I like the people The staff here is amazing and very motivating. They always urge me to do my best and reflect my creativity to the max
This program is awesome
Nice to hangout
Lots of paths to take from this program
its awsome
They bring out the best in everyone.
I love you guys
Don't be afraid to be your own leader and to ask for help when needed.
Do t be afraid to be your own leader and to ask questions when needed.
I would recommend more youths to come and make a difference It's a relaxing place to be
[Name] is a wonderful kind individual who cares about everyone that comes in a nd wants the best for them, they are great for this job and I feel great knowing I could go there even after I leave my shelter I am currently in.
It is very helpful
i love the program its self it is fun and the people are amazing i think the creation dist rict itself is amazing something they could do better is a child area i personally think they need a kid area for parents. 32 I enjoy having a safe space to go and do things i enjoy and learn new things.
The program helps me learn myself and has showed me love completely It's coo
more activities we can pick
this program is really fun and great
nothing at the moment
y'all are the greatest
No this program is very good
There is nothing I can think of right now
I really like yall
it's very helpful.
No
No
February 2022
City of Sacramento
General Funded
Youth Pop-Up Program
End of Project Report
July through December 2021
Sierra Health Foundation:
Center for Health
Program Management
Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability Sacramento County Office of Education
Sources Cited: Attachment 2
2 Table of Contents
Introduction ................................ ................................ ................................ .............................. 3 Evaluation Methodology ................................ ................................ ................................ ......... 3 Youth Served by the Project ................................ ................................ ................................ .... 4 Project goal progress and outcomes ................................ ................................ ..................... 6 Goal 1: Organize and host at least 240 virtual/in-person Pop-Ups, averaging 40 per month and 10 per week over the contract term. Engage at least 5,000 total youth participants, ages 12-24 in Pop-Up activities. ................................ ................................ .... 6 Goal 2: Make referrals across the Pop-Up network when youth participants identify needs related to domestic violence, drug use, gang involvement, food insecurity, housing insecurity, or basic social, emotional, or physical health needs. ....................... 7 Goal 3: Employ a minimum of 48 youth, ages 16-24. These youth and staff members will lead and work with other youth and volunteers in planning the activities and outreach including design of marketing materials. ................................ .......................... 8 Goal 4: Establish learning opportunities for youth. ................................ ............................ 8 Goal 5: Provide multiple trainings to Pop-Up network staff that can include one or more of the following topics: mental wellness, trauma and resiliency, self-care, coping skills, effective youth engagement or positive youth development. ............................... 9 Youth Pop-Up Event Survey ................................ ................................ ................................ ..... 9 Program Impact on Youth ................................ ................................ ................................ . 10 Success and Challenges ................................ ................................ ................................ ....... 11 Successes ................................ ................................ ................................ ............................ 11 Challenges and Other Information ................................ ................................ ................... 12 Project Summary ................................ ................................ ................................ .................... 12 Appendix A: SHF Reported Quote ................................ ................................ ........................ 14 Appendix B: Surveys ................................ ................................ ................................ ............... 15
3 Introduction
Recognizing the need to support youth, ages 12-24, and their families from traditionally under- resourced neighborhoods during the pandemic, the City of Sacramento contracted with the Sierra Health Foundation: Center for Health Program Management (SHF) to administer the Youth Pop-Up Program between July to December 2021. Pop- Ups are an extension of an earlier program that operated through community-based organizations and had transitioned many of their activities to an online platform. The goal of this program was to provide youth of color from low-income neighborhoods with safe spaces to engage with trusted adults and their peers through weekly, virtual, social, and community-building activities and events. The Pop-Ups included educational lessons and trainings, games, social activities, arts and crafts, music, guest speakers, among other areas and activities.
To accomplish this work, SHF supported and coordinated the work of 24 community- based organizations and agencies to execute the Pop-Ups, hire and train youth peer mentors as staff to assist with the Pop-Ups, and provide care packages and service referrals to youth and their families.
The five project goals are:
• Goal 1: Organize and host at least 240 virtual/in-person Pop-Ups, averaging 40 per month and 10 per week over the contract term.
Engage at least 5,000 total youth participants, ages 12-24 in Pop-Up activities.
• Goal 2: Make referrals across the Pop-Up network when youth participants identify needs related to domestic violence, drug use, gang involvement, food insecurity, housing insecurity, or basic social, emotional, or physical health needs.
• Goal 3: Employ a minimum of 48 youth, ages 16-24. These youth and staff members will lead and work with other youth and volunteers in planning the activities and outreach including design of marketing materials. • Goal 4: Establish learning opportunities for youth.
• Goal 5: Provide multiple trainings to Pop-Up network staff that can include one or more of the following topics: mental wellness, trauma and resiliency, self-care, coping skills, effective youth engagement or positive youth development.
As part of the contract for service delivery, the Center for Student Assessment and Program Accountability (C-SAPA) at the Sacramento County Office of Education was selected as the external evaluator for the project. The C-SAPA evaluation staff worked in collaboration with SHF evaluation staff to identify assessment measures for the evaluation report.
Evaluation Methodology
Data collection tools and agencies’ progress report frameworks were adapted from existing tools developed in prior CARES Act funded Pop-Up program administered by SHF. Agencies received training and support from SHF on how to use the data collection tools.
4 The data collection tools used to compile data for this end-of-term report included: summarized agency-level participation and activity reports, Pop- Up event surveys, and summarized youth staff surveys. Surveys were administered through a web link and summarized agency-level, participant, and activity reports were submitted by SHF for the midterm and end-of-term reports. Surveys and open-ended responses are in located in the Appendix.
Specific goals were identified, and progress was reported at the midterm and end-of-term reports. This evaluation, organized by the project goals assesses the effectiveness of the strategies used to provide services to youth.
Youth Served by the Project
Twenty-four agencies (Table 1) worked under the guidance of SHF to serve 26,678 youth (duplicated) and 3,142 first time youth during the grant period (July through December 2021).
Table 1. Partner Agencies: Community -Based Organizations 21 Reasons Always
Knocking
Boys & Girls
Club
Brother to
Brother
Daughters of
Zion Enterpryze
Greater
Sacramento
Urban League
Hmong Youth
and Parents
United
Impact SAC
Liberty Towers
Improve Your
Tomorrow Iu-Mein
La Familia
Latino
Leadership
Council
Mutual
Assistance
Network
ReIMAGINE
Mack Road
Foundation
Roberts Family
Development
Center
Rose Family
Creative
Empowerment
Center
Sacramento
LGBT
Community
Center
Self Awareness
& Recovery
Simmons
Center (SSCC)
Sojourner Truth
Museum
Sol Collective Stanford
Settlement
Village
Advocates
Voice of the
Youth
Youth demographic and location data was self-reported and provided by SHF.
Program participants were diverse in race/ethnicity (Figure 1), age (Figure 2), gender identification (Figure 3), and neighborhoods (Figure 4). Most of the youth self-reported as black or African American (45%), and between 14 to 18 years old (10,758). Fifty-three percent of youth self-reported as females, 46% as males, and 1% non-binary/third gender. Services were provided to youth living in 49 different zip codes, and 34 neighborhoods inclusive of all priority neighborhoods across the Sacramento area.
24 agencies
26,678
youth participants
3,142
first time youth
5 Figure 1. Race and Ethnicity
Figure 2. Age Ranges
Figure 3. Gender Identification
American Indian
Alaskan Native
1%
Asian
10%
Black or African
American
45%Latino/a
15%
More than 1 race
7%
Native Hawaiian,
Polynesian, or Other
1%
Other/unknown
16%
White
5%
8,646
10,758
2,952
3,981
13 and under 14-18 19-24 Unknown
Male
46%Female
53%
Non-Binary/ Third Gender
1%
6 Figure 4. Sacramento Neighborhoods
Project goal progress and outcomes
Several goals were identified for this project to create space and opportunities for youth to attend events and engage in activities alongside trusted adults and their peers. Outcomes of these measures are reported in this section.
Goal 1: Organize and host at least 240 virtual/in-person Pop-Ups, averaging 40 per month and 10 per week over the contract term. Engage at least 5,000 total youth participants, ages 12-24 in Pop-Up activities.
At the end-of-term, both Pop-Up activity counts and youth attendance exceeded the project goal. A total of 461 Pop-Ups were conducted and were attended by 25,390 youth (duplicated in-person or virtual). Slightly more Pop-Up activities and youth attendance occurred during the latter half the reporting period (October – December) (Table 2). Across the grant period, on average,17 Pop-Ups occurred per week.
7 Table 2. Pop -Up Activity Counts
Pop-Up Activity Counts Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Total
Number of Pop-Ups conducted (In-person) 139 164 303
Number of Pop-Ups conducted (Virtual) 77 81 158
Total Number of Pop-Ups 216 245 461
Number of youth attending Pop-Ups (In-
person) 8,911 11,229 20,140
Number of youth attending Pop-Ups (Virtual) 2,581 2,669 5,250 Total Number of Youth attending Pop-Ups 11,492 13,898 25,390
Pop-Up activities served a diverse array of interests, and consisted of:
• Educational lessons and trainings
• Games
• Social activities
• Arts and crafts
• Music
• Guest speakers
• Additional activities reported included: youth focused vaccine clinics, family outings, classes (cooking, health, nutrition), fitness and sports, community outreach, job-development, mental health supports, and backpack give aways.
Goal 2: Make referrals across the Pop-Up network when youth participants identify needs related to domestic violence, drug use, gang involvement, food insecurity, housing insecurity, or basic social, emotional, or physical health needs.
SHF reported that by end-of-term, Pop-Ups provided 5,267 referrals to youth (Table 3).
The most common referrals were for food insecurity (3,172), housing insecurity (760), basic social or emotional needs (602), and physical health needs (356) (Figure 6).
There was an increase in number of referrals provided to youth in the second reporting period across most categories. Food insecurity referrals increased nearly three times, from 871 to 2301, between midterm and end-of-term reporting.
Figure 6. Food insecurity was the most common referrals provided to youth.
domestic violence
drug use
other referrals: employment, education…
physical health needs
basic social or emotional needs
housing insecurity
food insecurity
Jul-Sep
Oct-Dec
3,172
8 Table 3. Number of Referrals Provided to
Youth
Jul-Sep Oct-Dec Total
food insecurity 871 2,301 3,172
housing insecurity 155 605 760
basic social or emotional needs 214 388 602
physical health needs 63 293 356
other referrals: employment, education support,
grief counseling, violence intervention, and law
enforcement, COVID support, LGBTQIA+
support, lawyer services
127 83 210
drug use 44 54 98
domestic violence 26 43 69
Total 1500 3767 5267
Goal 3: Employ a minimum of 48 youth, ages 16-24. These youth and staff members will lead and work with other youth and volunteers in planning the activities and outreach including design of marketing materials.
At the end-of-term, Pop-Ups employed 125 unduplicated youth, exceeding the goal of 48 employed youth. Of the youth employed, 82% are youth of color (103), and 76% live in low- income neighborhoods (95) (Table 4).
Table 4. Employed Youth Totals Jul-Sep Oct-Dec End-of-Term Unduplicated
Total number of employed youth 125 135 125
Total number of employed youth of color 103 21 103
Total number of employed youth from
low-income neighborhoods
95 46 95
Twenty-three partners provided information to SHF regarding the responsibilities of their youth staff. Employed youth had the opportunity to plan, facilitate, and improve Pop-Up events, and assemble and distribute care packages and food distribution boxes. Youth staff also received mentoring, workforce development, or leadership workshops. Survey outcomes were provided by SHF and indicated that over 90% of respondents (46) agreed (strongly agreed or agreed) that their skills have improved in: critical thinking, time management, problem solving, communication, teamwork, and work/career readiness. In other skill areas, respondents agreed that they improved in conflict resolution (80%), technology (78%), and college readiness (80%). See Appendix B for the Youth Pop Up: Youth Staff Survey.
Goal 4: Establish learning opportunities for youth.
At the onset of this project, the goal was to provide two Youth Media Project cohorts. The selection process for youth participation entailed: one youth would be nominated from each Pop-Up network partner to tell the story of the Pop-Ups through media. During the first reporting term, in collaboration with Pop-Up partner Sol Collective, the curriculum was developed to start cohort 1 in December. Eight youth participated in cohort 1 over five weeks 9 and created individual digital zines that highlighted topics impacting their communities. Youth received training in videos and Zine Design.
Goal 5: Provide multiple trainings to Pop-Up network staff that can include one or more of the following topics: mental wellness, trauma and resiliency, self-care, coping skills, effective youth engagement or positive youth development.
Four trainings were conducted for Pop-Up networks staff that focused on mental wellness (2), COVID-19 (1), and Youth Engagement. Over 80% of agencies attended each training (83%- 100%), and attendance ranged from 29 to 45 participants. Trainings were hosted by the Latino Leadership Council and Dr. Stacey Ault (Race and Gender Equity Project) (Table 5).
Table 5. Trainings Date Topic(s) Covered Pop- Up
Agencies
Attendees
Moving Through
Secondary Trauma 12/8/2021 Mental wellness, trauma and resiliency, self-care, social justice 20 30
Mental Health and
Wellness 10/12/2021
Mental wellness, coping skills, effective
youth engagement, and positive
youth development
22 45
Covid-19 Updates 9/8/2021 Impact of Covid-19 in Sacramento & School District 24 29
K-12 Covid School
Year Guidance 7/14/2021 Effective youth engagement 24 35
Youth Pop-Up Event Survey
A short survey was administered to participants to corroborate the self-reported data from the agencies. The online survey link was shared with participants and posted to the chat during the virtual Pop-Ups. By the end of the project, a total of 87 youth completed the Youth Pop- Up Program survey which represented less than 1% of the youth participants served.
Survey respondents resided in 18 different ZIP codes across the region, and 25% reported they had participated in previous Pop-Up events. Sixty-eight percent (68%) of respondents identified as female, 31% as male, and 1% as non-binary/third gender or other. The majority of respondents self-reported as Asian (67%) (Figure 7) and were between 14-18 years old (Figure 8). See Appendix B for Youth Pop Up: Event Survey.
Figure 7. Survey respondents self -reported race/ethnicity
58 13 10 5 1
Asian More than one
race
Latinx Black or African
American
Other/Unknown
10 Figure 8. Most respondents were between 14 and 18 years old.
Program Impact on Youth
Another objective of the grant was to demonstrate the impact that the Pop-Up Program had on youth regarding three specific outcomes:
• At least 95% must report they learned something new,
• At least 95% must report a greater feeling of safety and well‐being (happier, safer, energized, or relaxed), and
• At least 95% must report a new connection to an adult they can go to for resources or help.
Only one youth impact objective was met; 98% of respondents reported a greater feeling of safety and well-being after participating in the Pop-Up. Both objectives, learned something new (78%) and made a new connection with adult (66%) were below the goal of 95% (Figure 9).
Figure 9. Youth Pop -Up Event Survey Response
Participants were also given a chance to share comments, suggestions, or ideas about the Pop-Up event they attended. Of the 23 total entries, 13 provided feedback and 10 were non-comments (“no”). Nearly all the responses were positive (10), either expressing appreciation (5), positive experience (2), learning (2), or how much fun the event was (1). All responses are included below:
16 48
18 5
12-13 14-18 19-24 None of the above
66%
98%
78%
Did you meet or learn about any adults in
today’s event that you could go to for resources
or help?
Do you feel better (happier, safer, energized, or
relaxed) after participating in today’s activities?
Did you learn something new today?
No Yes
11 • 10/10
• Bring Subway
• Had a lot of fun today!
• I learned that I am bad at
crafting and painting, but it
was so fun.
• I really appreciate what you
guys are doing.
• I really like painting but I need
more practice.
• N/A
• No (7)
• No, I’m just glad to have met
everyone :)
• None
• Nope
• Not really but it was super
fun
• snow globe
• Thanks for all that you do!
• try to reach out to more
kids
• Wonderful youth group
love what they are doing
in the community! Thank
you
• You all are doing a great
job! I’m thankful for the
opportunity
Success and Challenges
SHF detailed both successes and challenges experienced by partner agencies as they navigated the direct and indirect challenges of the pandemic. Summaries and examples are provided below, and full narratives are available in Appendix A.
Successes
By the midterm reporting period, partner agencies reported that youth planned, conducted outreach, or implemented Pop-Up events (23 of 24), youth were employed, COVID-19 care packages were provided, and events had successfully transitioned from in-person to virtual. In six partner agencies, youth took on leadership role during the Pop-Up events. In the second term, social emotional and nutritional supports were provided by 13 partners, partnerships, expansion, and funding assistance were attained by 7 partners, and youth staff were employed in 3 organizations.
Success quotes shared by SHF include:
• “We were able to maintain and cultivate the relationship with youth even though we weren’t able to face as much in-person experience as we did in the past” • “Hiring a new youth staff member was the highlight of this reporting period” • “A significant success includes allowing the opportunity to provide support and change of environment for youth and families who are dealing with many outside stressors.” • “Our youth staff mentors have demonstrated so much growth in job readiness skills and interpersonal communication.”
“A significant success includes allowing the opportunity to provide support and change of environment for youth
and families who are dealing with many outside stressors.” 12 Challenges and Other Information
SHF reported COVID-19 was a key problem for many agencies during the midterm (70%) and end-of-term period (50%). Additional challenges reported were:
• Direct and indirect challenges of COVID-19
• Youth transportation
• Youth experiencing Zoom fatigue (virtual events)
• Partners’ staffing, funding, or logistical concerns
Supporting quotes shared by SHF regarding challenges:
• “We used to use one of our high schools to throw events, but since COVID the school [aren’t] able to host events like these. We have been trying to find other locations to host events and try to hold many outsides for the safety of everyone.” • “We have learned that we may have to change our plans due to the changing guidelines.”
• “Zoom burnout”
• “Transportation for you youth”
• “With COVID the price of everything has [risen] and [they] have greatly [effected] everything we do for popups and community outreach.”
In response to the concerns shared by partners, SHF suggested they could create more discussion opportunities among the partners regarding COVID-19 challenges, and to create a resource guide for partners to reference when in-person events are not available.
Project Summary
By the end-of-term, the agencies and SHF had exceeded or made progress in several project goals. Goals that were achieved included:
• Goal 1: Organize and host at least 240 virtual/in-person Pop-Ups (461 held), averaging 40 per month (76 average per month) and 10 per week (average 17 per week) over the contract term. Engage at least 5,000 total youth participants (25,390 youth participated in Pop-Ups), ages 12-24 in Pop-Up activities. • Goal 2: Make referrals across the Pop-Up network when youth participants identify needs related to domestic violence, drug use, gang involvement, food insecurity, housing insecurity, or basic social, emotional, or physical health needs. By the end-of- term, Pop-Ups provided over 5000 referrals to youth, of which more than 3000 referrals were for food insecurity.
• Goal 3: Employ a minimum of 48 youth (125 unduplicated youth were employed), ages 16-24.
• Goal 5: Provide multiple trainings (4 were provided) to Pop-Up network staff that focused on mental wellness, trauma and resiliency, self-care and social justice (2), and youth engagement and/or development (2).
Goals making progress include:
• Goal 4: Establish learning opportunities for youth. Although eight youth participated in cohort 1 of the Youth Media Projects, the initial proposal aimed to have two cohorts engage in the Youth Media Project by the end of the project.
Program impact youth was more difficult to determine as only a small number of responses were collected for the event survey. Based on the 87 responses recorded, the impact of Pop- 13 Ups on youth was met for feel better after participation (98%), but not new learnings (78%) and new connection to adults (66%). Additionally, although youth staff responses indicated improvement in several skills, only 46 responses were collected and summarized at the end-of- term for (135 youth employed). It would have been valuable to hear from more youth about their experiences and learning after participating in the Pop-Ups.
Both direct and indirect challenges were experienced by partner agencies, in addition to transportation, funding, staffing, and youth engagement. However, despite these challenges there were several successes shared by SHF from partner agencies including opportunities for youth to plan, conduct outreach, and implement Pop-Up events, youth employment, and leadership roles for youth.
14 Appendix A: SHF Reported Quote
Key Problems: July – September October - December
“We used to use one of our high schools to throw
events, but since COVID the school isn't able to
host events like these. We have been trying to
find other locations to host events and try to hold
many outsides for the safety of everyone.”
“Transportation to events was a challenge for
some of our families.”
“With COVID the price of everything has raisin
and the have greatly effect everything we do for
popups and community outreach” and
“The program lost several team members at
various times and the program had been passed
around to various staff to manage.”
“Our Zoom events have suffered because kids
are generally tired of being virtual”
“Air quality/wildfire smoke meant that we could
only host one event in August.”
“We have learned that we may have to change
our plans due to the changing guidelines.”
“Zoom burnout.”
“We had problems trying to find warm and dry
shelters for the homeless.”
“Shorter days that resulted from the daylight-
saving time change, limiting our ability to host
outdoor activities”
“With COVID the price of everything has raisin
and the have greatly effect everything we do for
popups and community outreach
“Transportation for youth.”
“We have had events where lots of youth who
didn't always register show up.”
“Some of the challenges that we have
encountered are forming partnerships
with schools in the area and making
our organization known on school campuses.”
Key Solutions: July – September October - December
“We continue to request testing, wearing of
mask, social distancing and provide hand
sanitizers” and
“We continue to adjust and meet our families
where they are in their need and have found our
drive-thru
events/giveaways to be most
effective.”
“The steps we took to meet the challenge was to
utilize fundraising efforts.”
“Moving forward, the team will explore the
possibility of requiring event attendees to submit
proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19
test;” and
“We have also been looking at holding smaller
scale events in person and holding virtual events
in between that.”
“To address this issue, the youth team reached
out to the Hmong Club at Grant Union High
School and was able to recruit 13 high school
student volunteers to assist in various aspects
of our mini–Hmong New Year celebration.”
“In the future, the team would like to establish a
transportation protocol for use when its student
interns are unable to obtain transportation to or
from our organization’s office.”
“We have been working to resolve this by
planning for extra people and walk-ups and
taking down their information upon arrival and
making it more prominent in our advertising that
youth should register for events.”
As part of the Youth Program of Prevention and Unified Power (Pop Up) evaluation, we are asking youth staff members to complete a brief survey to better understand your experience. The survey is voluntary—you do not have to take it. But you can help us learn what is working well and identify any areas of improvement. Your responses will be anonymous. We will not be able to track answers back to you or any of the other youth who participate.
Please answer the questions in this survey as carefully and honestly as you can.
Youth Pop Up: Youth Staff Survey
1 .
Race or ethnicity you identify with the most:
Black or African American
Latinx
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
White
Native Hawaiian, Polynesian, or other Pacific Islander
More than one race
Other
Prefer not to say
2 .
Your current age:
3 .
Your gender:
Female
Male
Non-binary/Third gender
Other
Prefer not to say
4 .
Your zip code:
5 .
How long have you been a Pop Up youth staff member with this organization?
less than 3 months
3-11 months
1 year or longer
Strongly Disagree
Disagree
Neither agree nor
disagree
Agree
Strongly Agree
Critical Thinking
Time Management
Problem Solving
Communication
Conflict Resolution
Teamwork
Technology
College Readiness
Work/Career Readiness
6 .
We would like to learn more about how your time as a youth staff member has impacted your personal growth and development. Please share how much you agree or disagree with each of the following statements.
Since becoming a youth staff member, I feel my _____ skills have improved:
7 .
Are there any highlights or accomplishments you would like to share from your time as a youth staff member? What has been the best part of your role?
8 .
Is there any other information you would like to share with us about your time as a youth staff member? Please feel free to share any challenges you have encountered or any ideas you have for improving the experience of youth staff members.
Thank you for your time and for the incredible work that you do!!!
As part of the Youth Program of Prevention and Unified Power (Pop Up) evaluation, we are asking youth to complete a brief survey to better understand your experience. The survey is voluntary—you do not have to take it. But you can help us learn what is working well and areas of improvement. Your responses will be anonymous. We will not be able to track answers back to you or any of the other youth who participate.
Please answer the questions in this survey as carefully and honestly as you can.
Introduction and Instructions
Youth Pop Up: Event Survey
1 .
Race or ethnicity you identify with the most:
Black or African American
Latinx
American Indian or Alaska Native
Asian
White
Native Hawaiian, Polynesian, or other
Pacific Islander
More than one race
Other/Unknown
2 .
Your age group:
12-13
14-18
19-24
None of the above
3 .
Your gender:
Female
Male
Non-binary/Third gender
Other
Choose not to answer
4 .
Your zip code:
5 .
Is this the first time that you participated in a pop-up?
Yes
No
6 .
Did you learn something new today?
Yes
No
7 .
Do you feel better (happier, safer, energized, or relaxed) after participating in today’s activities?
Yes
No
8 .
Did you meet or learn about any adults in today’s event that you could go to for resources or help?
Yes
No
9 .
Do you have any comments, suggestions, or ideas about today's event that you would like to share?
Thank You!!!
DIVISION PROGRAM
NUMBER OF YOUTH
SERVED *Unduplicated
unless indicated
TOTAL PARTICIPANT
PROGRAM HOURS COLLECTED DEMOGRAPHIC BREAKDOWN
Community Enrichment Rec Express/Kids Camp ‐ Summer
Camp/Afterschool 326 213,530
Black or African American ‐52%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐ 11%
Latino/x or Hispanic‐ 14%
Other ‐16%
Not Reported 7%
Female ‐53%
Male 47%
Community Enrichment Teen Scene ‐ Summer
Camp/Afterschool 162 100,764
Black or African American ‐ 71%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐9%
Latino/x or Hispanic ‐ 9%
Other ‐9%
Unreported ‐ 2%
Female ‐ 47%
Male 52%
Community Enrichment Hot Spot Remix 552 (Duplicated)
216 Ages 13‐17
Community Enrichment REC Preschool program 18 6,696 Ages 3‐5 Community Enrichment Family Camp ‐ Overnight Summer
Camp 241 101,220
Sac Residents: 61%
Female 49%
Male ‐ 51%
12 and under‐ 71%
13+ ‐29%
Community Enrichment
Social Programs ‐ Individuals with
Intellectual and/ or Developmental
Disabilities
18 4,064
Youth ages 18‐24
Female ‐22%
Male ‐78%
18 and under ‐0%
18 and above ‐ 100%
Community Enrichment Adaptive Sports ‐ Individuals with Physical Disabilities 10 1,040
Youth ages 16‐24
Female ‐30%
Male ‐70%
18 and under ‐0%
18 and above ‐100%
Community Enrichment Play Dates ‐ Youth of all abilities ages 3‐12 71 426
Youth ages 3‐12
Female ‐52%
Male ‐48%
3‐5 Years Old ‐22%
6‐10 Years Old ‐57%
11‐12 Years Old ‐21%
YPCE YOUTH PROGRAM
FY 22 (July 2021‐MARCH 2022)
COMMUNITY CENTER PROGRAMS
CAMP SACRAMENTO
ACCESS LEISURE
* Drop‐in recreation data (lap swim and 28th & B Skate and Urban Art Park) are not included in City Council presentation.
Sources Cited: Attachment 3
Community Enrichment Community Integration ‐
Therapeutic Recreation in Schools 50 1,000 EGUSD Transition Age Youth w/ intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (ages 18‐22)
Community Enrichment Swim Lessons 1284
1,959 (Total Hours of
Swim Classes
Offered)
Asian ‐12%
Black or African American ‐10%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐35%
Latino/x or Hispanic‐ 16%
Middle Eastern or North African ‐0%
Native American or Alaskan Native ‐1%
Other ‐9%
Pacific Islander or Filipino ‐3%
Unreported ‐16%
Community Enrichment Swim Teams 348
105 (Total Hours of
Swim Classes
Offered)
Asian‐ 0%
Black or African ‐0%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐ 1%
Hispanic or Latino‐ 0%
Middle Eastern or North African‐ 0%
Native American‐ 0%
Other ‐ 2%
Pacific Islander or Filipino ‐ 0%
Unreported ‐97%
Community Enrichment Jr. Guard 30 2,400
Asian ‐ 0%
Black or African ‐ 0%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐3%
Latino/x or Hispanic ‐ 7%
Middle Eastern or North African ‐ 0%
Native American ‐ 0%
Other ‐ 0%
Pacific Islander or Filipino ‐ 0%
Unreported ‐ 90%
Community Enrichment Lifeguarding 88 3,168
Asian ‐ 9%
Black or African ‐ 5%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐ 36%
Latino/x or Hispanic ‐ 6%
Middle Eastern or North African ‐ 0%
Native American or Alaskan Native ‐ 0%
Other ‐16%
Pacific Islander or Filipino ‐ 8%
Unreported ‐ 20%
Community Enrichment Rec Swim* 38082 (Duplicated) 3,169 (total hours of rec swim offered) Youth under 18
AQUATICS
DIVISION Program Total Enrolled
(Unduplicated)
TOTAL PARTICIPANT
PROGRAM HOURS Demographic Breakdown
Youth Division Summer Oasis & Kids Camp (7
Locations) 370 55,500
Male‐ 53%
Female‐ 47%
35 weekly scholarships
Youth Division 4th R (19 Locations) 1533 2,202,921
Data Unavailable
Program is investing in new registration software
and will be able to track participant demographics
soon.
Youth Division Sam Brannan ASES (SCUSD) 70 134,400
Latino/x or Hispanic‐ 40%
Two or More ‐19%
African American ‐16%
Asian ‐13%
White (not Hispanic origin)‐9%
Pacific Islander ‐3%
Male ‐52%
Female ‐ 48%
Free and Reduced Lunch ‐ 100%
Special Education ‐ 19%
Youth Division ASES‐ Roble START 150 (Fall Semester) 108,000 p
African American ‐ 12%
Asian ‐ 17%
White (not Hispanic origin) ‐ 19%
Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander ‐ 6%
Other ‐ 16%
Male ‐ 48%
Female ‐ 52%
Students who are homeless ‐ 15%
Students with a Disability ‐ 12%
Youth Division
Prime Time Teen Virtually
Connected (PTTVC)
2021 Summer (4 cohorts), 2021 Fall I
(2 cohorts), 2021 Fall II (2 cohorts),
2022 Winter (2 cohorts), 2022
Spring (pending)
334 32,064
Asian ‐ 10%
Black or African American‐ 25%
White or Caucasian‐ 3%
Pacific Islander or Filipino‐1%
Latinx ‐32%
Middle Eastern or North African‐ 2%
Native American ‐0%
Other‐ 0%
Two or More ‐ 22%
N/A ‐ 2%
Female ‐51%
Male ‐ 49%
Youth Division WIOA 16 807
Asian ‐ 6%
Black or African American‐ 25%
White or Caucasian ‐ 6%
Pacific Islander or Filipino‐ .25%
Latino‐ 31%
Middle Eastern or North African‐ 0%
Native American‐ 0%
Other ‐ 6%
Two or More ‐ 0%
Male ‐ 75%
Female ‐ 25%
Youth Division Jr. Rec Aide
(March‐April 2022) 21 126
Male ‐ 48%
Female ‐ 48%
Non‐binary ‐ 4%
Workforce Development
EXPANDED LEARNING
Youth Division Landscape and Learning
2021 Summer & Fall Seasons 208 36,099
African American ‐ 23.5%
Asian ‐ 23.5%
Caucasian ‐ 7.5%
Hispanic ‐ 26.5%
Native Hawaiian ‐ .5%
Pacific Islander ‐ 2%
Two or more ‐ 13%
Other ‐ 3%
Decline to answer ‐ .5%
Male‐ 52%
Female ‐ 48%
Youth Division
2021 Elementary School Fall Flag
Football Tournament
November 2021
28 112
Male ‐ 82%
Female ‐ 18%
4th‐6th Grade
Youth Division
2022 Elementary & Middle School
Winter Basketball League
January‐April 2022
67 (Elementary) 30
(Middle School) = 97
Total
3,785 (Elementary) +
1,695 (Middle
School)= 5,480
Male ‐ 87%
Female ‐13%
Players are either 4th‐6th grades or 7th‐8th grades
Youth Division
2021 Junior Giants Co‐Ed Baseball &
Softball
June ‐ August 2021
426 10,224
African American ‐ 22%
Asian ‐ 7%
Caucasian ‐ 27%
Latino ‐ 32%
Native American ‐ 3%
Pacific Islander ‐ 2%
Other ‐ 7%
Male ‐ 60%
Female ‐ 39%
Gender Unknown ‐ 1%
Tall average age is 5 (26%)
Minors Baseball average age is 7.4 (31%)
Minors Softball average age is 7.6 (12%)
Majors average age is 10.8 (31%)
Youth Division 2021 Summer SK8 Clinics 94 846
Male ‐ 60%
Female ‐ 37%
Non‐Binary ‐ 3%
12 and Under‐ 87%
13 and Over‐ 13%
Youth Division 2021 Winter SK8 Camp 30 360
Male‐ 63%
Female ‐ 37%
12 and Under‐ 100%
Youth Division
Drop‐In Patrons*
28th & B Skate and Urban Art Park
Skate Park has been operating since
October 2021
949 793 (Total Hours of
Skating offered)
Data Unavailable
Participant numbers are not tracked by specific
ages, therefore this is total participant across all
ages.
Youth Division Sacramento Youth Commission 21 5,838 Male ‐ 14% Female ‐86%
Youth Sports
Civic Engagement
Youth Division 2021 Summer @ Virtual City Hall
Returning Youth 15 2,534
African American ‐ 20%
Asian ‐ 60%
Caucasian ‐13%
Latinx ‐ 6%
Male ‐ 13%
Female ‐ 86%
Youth Division 2021 Summer @ Virtual City Hall
(S@VCH) Students 45 5,895
African American ‐12%
Asian ‐40%
Latinx ‐20%
Other/Mixed/Bi‐racial ‐28%
Male ‐ 22%
Female ‐ 78%
Youth Division
2022 Summer @ City Hall (S@CH)
Returning Youth
(January 2022 ‐ March 2022)
8 57.5
African American ‐25%
Asian ‐ 25%
Caucasian ‐ 12.5%
Latinx ‐ 37.5%
Male ‐ 25%
Female ‐ 75%