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File ID: 2022-01373 7/26/2022 Consent Item 15.
Title: City Council COVID-19 Response: ARPA Framework and Funding Priorities: American Rescue Plan Act Reinvestment Fund (ARPARF) Grant Agreement with PRO Youth & Families, Inc. for #SacYouthWorks Summer Program Funds (Two-Thirds Vote Required) File ID: 2022-01373
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: 1) Pass a Motion by two-thirds vote waiving Sacramento City Code Section
4.04.020 and Council Rules of Procedure (Chapter 7, Section E.2.d) that mandates all labor agreements and all agreements greater than $1,000,000 shall be made available to the public at least ten (10) days prior to council action; and 2) adopt a Resolution authorizing the City Manager or the City Manager’s designee to: a) transfer $720,000 from the available fund balance of the ARPA Reinvestment Fund (Fund 1003) to the expenditure budget of the Children and Youth Services Program (I02001830); b) transferring $750,000 (Measure U Fund, Fund 2401) from the FY2021/22 Mayor/Council Economic Development and Youth Priorities Project (I02180910) to the expenditure budget of the Children and Youth Services Program (I02001830); and c) execute an American Rescue Plan Act Reinvestment Fund Grant Agreement in an amount not to exceed $1,470,000 with PRO Youth & Families, Inc. for the #SacYouthWorks Summer 2022 Program.
Contact: Mario Lara, Assistant City Manager (916) 808-8526, [email protected]; Lindee Lane, Youth Development Policy Manager, (916) 808- 1171, [email protected], Office of the City Manager
Presenter: None.
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-ARPA Reinvestment Fund Programs
3-Resolution
4-Exhibit A: Grant Agreement
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On September 14, 2021, City Council adopted the Mayor’s proposed ARPA City of Sacramento Page 1 of 4
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Framework and Funding Priorities and directed the City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, City Treasurer, and City Clerk to implement City Council direction consistent with the adopted ARPA Framework. This Framework included a $7,100,000 line item for Youth, Workforce Training, and Gang Prevention. On February 15, 2022, as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 Midyear Budget discussions, the City Council allocated $5 million to workforce development services for youth. From these categories, staff directed $720,000 from ARPA Youth, Workforce Training, and Gang Prevention and $750,000 from FY 2021/22 Midyear youth workforce development for this agreement for a total amount not to exceed $1,470,000.
On October 19, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-0313, which authorized the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to accept $112.2 million of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funding; establish the ARPARF (Fund 1003); and allocate $112.2 million of ARPA funds to provide government services and budget the resulting available resources in the ARPARF to assist with the recovery and reopening resulting from the impacts of COVID-19.
In August 2020, the City partnered with Lead Agency, PRO Youth & Families, Inc., (“Grantee”) to pilot the #SacYouthWorks program (“Program”) through CARES Act funding. The Program exceeded baseline service metrics and objectives and exhibited strong quantitative and qualitative results. During its pilot phase, the Program’s network of over 50 citywide neighborhood-based youth providers, connected over 1,300 vulnerable high school aged youth to more than 52,000 hours of work-based learning and mentorship.
To date, the program has provided almost 2,000 youth with hope for the future, places to belong, and paid opportunities to learn practical skills, serve their community, and explore career goals.
The Program continues to meet a critical need by helping vulnerable young people from disproportionately impacted, under-resourced neighborhoods recover from negative economic impacts of COVID-19 by providing financial support, critical work-based learning and job-readiness skill development that was interrupted and stalled due to the pandemic.
Further, to help support and mitigate the growing number of young people who continue to experience increased social and emotional challenges due to prolonged isolation and other stressors caused by the pandemic, the Program’s mental health component seeks to remove barriers to mental health resources and enable peer-to-peer support.
This summer, the Program will serve approximately 712 youth participants via a network of more than 30 community-based provider partners. Partners will receive administrative support to guide youth participants through the Program framework to completion. Partners will also receive technical assistance, shared data collection, and free training opportunities for youth and staff.
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Policy Considerations: The City continues to help its residents respond to the negative economic impacts of the COVID pandemic. The use of ARPARF funds and actions contained in this staff report are consistent with the Citywide Youth Development Plan, the ARPA Framework and Funding Priorities, and FY2021/22 Midyear Budget actions. Issuing a grant to the Grantee, PRO Youth & Families, Inc., as provided in the grant agreement is a necessary expenditure. This allocation is consistent with federal ARPA guidance for responding to the negative economic impacts of the COVID-19 public health emergency by providing assistance to impacted households, in particular under Expenditure Category 2:
Negative Economic Impacts: Work-based Learning (U.S. Department of Treasury Compliance and Reporting Guidance, State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds).
Economic Impacts: ARPARF funds and other eligible federal and state grants will assist the City in providing economic relief to residents, non-profits and business that have been impacted by COVID-19. Additionally, ARPARF spending will support and advance inclusive economic growth, improve the health of neighborhoods and support people, places, and actions that promote overall economic recovery and impacts immediately and well beyond this pandemic.
Environmental Considerations: The proposed action is not a project under CEQA because it relates to government fiscal activities that do not involve any commitment to a specific project which may result in a potentially significant physical impact on the environment. (Cal. Code Regs., tit. 14, §§15060(c)(3), 15378(b)(4)). The proposed action involves activities that are exempt from NEPA under title 24, section 58.34, of the Code of Federal Regulations.
Sustainability: None.
Commission/Committee Action: None.
Rationale for Recommendation: Recent studies reveal the severe long-term consequences of learning loss caused by COVID-19 impacts; consequences that are more acute for Latinx, Black and low-income students. These studies reveal that learning loss can lead to increased drop-out rates and limit students’ long-term earning potential. The Program helps young people recover from the negative impacts of COVID-19 by providing economic support and critical job-readiness skill development that was interrupted and stalled due to COVID-19.
Moreover, the disruption of traditional levels of community-family support nets due to COVID-19 impacts, combined with general global pandemic worries have reduced City of Sacramento Page 3 of 4
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protective factors that young people require for healthy development and have increased overall stress and anxiety levels to unrivaled highs. According to a cities RISE survey that included 277 Sacramento youth, implemented during phase one of stay-at-home order, COVID-19 has increased levels of stress, anxiety, and loneliness. Continuing to invest in paid out-of-school time work-based learning programs that also address mental wellness of participants, will help reduce and mitigate these disparities and allow the City to provide recovery services to its youngest residents and their families that have been disproportionately impacted by COVID-19.
Financial Considerations: Sufficient funding is available in the available fund balance of the ARPA Reinvestment Fund (Fund 1003) and in the expenditure budget of the FY2021/22 Mayor/Council Economic Development and Youth Priorities Project (I02180910) to complete the recommended budgetary transfers. After completion of the recommended budgetary transfers, there will be sufficient funding in the Children and Youth Services Program (I02001830) to execute the Grant Agreement with PRO Youth & Families, Inc. in an amount not to exceed $1,470,000 for the #SacYouthWorks Summer 2022 Program.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
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Attachment 2
ARPA Reinvestment Fund (Fund 1003) $112,313,331
Program Description Approved
Expenditure Category
Aggie Square Job Center 1,000,000 3
Al Fresco Dining Program Development 200,000 1
Animal Services for the Homeless (ASHR) Response Team 753,230 2 ARPA Grant Liaison Consulting Services 530,490 5
Arts and Cultural Nonprofits 2,250,000 4
Arts Journalism Grant Program 250,000 4
Business Compliance Unit (BCU) Night Team 1,656,101 5
Center for Workers' Rights 550,000 3
Citywide Equity Study 250,000 1
Code Enforcement 205,683 2
Community Response Staffing Expansion 1,025,157 2
Comprehensive Siting Plan - Location Buildout 3,869,400 2 Comprehensive Siting Plan - Meadowview Acres Tree Removal 224,999 5 Comprehensive Siting Plan - Property Acquisition 12,783,299 2 Continuation of Existing Homelessness Programming 7,933,277 2 COPS Hiring Program Grant Matching Funds 4,057,327 5
Creative Businesses 1,750,000 4
Creative Economy Focused Youth Workforce Development 1,500,000 4 Direct Investment Program 750,000 3
Downtown Core and Old Sacramento Revitalization 3,875,000 1 Food Justice Task Force 1,000,000 3
Forensiclean Extended Services 1,000,000 2
Gang Prevention and Intervention 1,500,000 3
Homeless and Housing Commitment 8,530,664 2
Illegal Dumping Support 787,000 2
Individual Artists and Creatives 2,750,000 4
K Street Lighting 619,150 1
Labor Negotiations 9,893,510 5
Lighting and Safety Enhancement 1,125,000 1
Local Food Bank Provider Support 500,000 3
North Sacramento Code Enforcement and Outreach 450,000 1 Public Records Staffing 3,639,334 5
Public Works Support of Homelessness Programming 572,000 2 Respite Centers Program 2,240,290 2
Sacramento Inclusive Economic Development Collaborative 3,500,000 1 Sacramento Native American Health Center 100,000 1
Small Business Priorities 7,380,850 1
Substance Use Respite and Engagement Program 1,300,000 2 Tourism Recovery through Iconic Event Production 1,500,000 4 American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) Reinvestment Fund Programs (reflects Council actions through 7/19/2022)
Attachment 2
Program Description Approved
Expenditure Category
Towing Administration Fee Reform 200,000 1
Vaccine Outreach and Education 1,000,000 1
Workforce Training Programs 2,750,000 3
Youth Pop-Up Program 1,300,000 3
$99,051,761
ARPA Balance $13,261,570
Allocation of ARPA by Mayor/Council Priorities Category Funding Small Business and Commercial Corridor Revitalization 1 18,700,000 Homeless and Housing Commitment 2 41,000,000
Youth, Workforce Training, and Gang Prevention 3 9,350,000 Arts, Creative Economy, and Tourism 4 10,000,000
Citywide Organizational Needs 5 20,001,761
Total 99,051,761$
RESOLUTION NO. 2022-
Adopted by the Sacramento City Council
ARPA Framework and Funding Priorities: Workforce Framework and Spending Plan
BACKGROUND
A. On March 4, 2020, Governor Newsom proclaimed a State of Emergency as a result of the threat of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) in the State of California.
B. On March 5, 2020, the County of Sacramento proclaimed a public health emergency as a result of the threat of COVID-19 (pandemic) in the county.
C. On March 13, 2020, the City Council adopted a resolution declaring a local emergency relating to the pandemic.
D. On March 11, 2021, the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) was signed into law making available $350 billion through the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds (SLFRF) to assist states, tribal governments, and local governments with the reopening and recovery from the adverse health and economic impacts caused by COVID-19. The City of Sacramento became eligible for $112.2 million.
E. On August 24, 2021, the City Council held a workshop to discuss the Mayor’s proposed ARPA Framework and Funding Priorities. During the workshop, the City Council and stakeholders expressed overall interest in funding programs and projects in the following areas: Small Business and Commercial Corridor Revitalization; Homeless and Housing; Youth, Workforce Training and Gang Prevention; Arts and the Creative Economy; and Valuing City Employees and Addressing Organizational Needs.
F. On September 14, 2021, City Council adopted the Mayor’s proposed ARPA Framework and Funding Priorities and directed the City Manager, City Attorney, City Auditor, City Treasurer, and City Clerk to implement City Council direction consistent with the adopted ARPA Framework. This Framework included a $7,100,000 line item for Youth, Workforce Training, and Gang Prevention. On February 15, 2022, as part of the Fiscal Year (FY) 2021/22 Midyear Budget discussions, the City Council allocated $5 million to workforce development services for youth. From these categories, staff directed $720,000 from ARPA Youth, Workforce Training, and Gang Prevention and $750,000 from FY 2021/22 Midyear youth workforce development for this agreement for a total amount not to exceed $1,470,000. Issuing a grant to PRO Youth & Families, Inc. to help youth recover from the negative impacts of COVID-19 by providing economic support and critical job-readiness skill development that was interrupted and stalled due to the pandemic, as provided in the grant agreement, is a necessary expenditure.
G. On October 19, 2021, City Council adopted Resolution No. 2021-0313, which authorized the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to accept $112.2 million of American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 (ARPA) funding; establish the ARPARF (Fund 1003); and allocate $112.2 million of ARPA funds to provide government services and budget the resulting available resources in the ARPARF to assist with the recovery and reopening resulting from the impacts of COVID-19.
BASED ON THE FACTS SET FORTH IN THE BACKGROUND AND STAFF REPORT, THE CITY COUNCIL RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
Section 1. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to transfer $720,000 from the available fund balance of the ARPA Reinvestment Fund (Fund 1003) to the Children and Youth Services Program (I02001830).
Section 2. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to transfer $750,000 from the expenditure budget of the FY2021/22 Mayor/Council Economic Development and Youth Priorities Project (I02180910) to the expenditure budget of the Children and Youth Services Program (I02001830).
Section 3. The City Manager or the City Manager’s designee is authorized to execute a Grant Agreement in an amount not to exceed $1,470,000 with PRO Youth & Families, Inc. for the #SacYouthWorks Summer 2022 Program attached as Exhibit A.
Section 4. Exhibit A is part of this resolution.
Table of Contents:
Exhibit A: Grant Agreement