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File ID: 2024-01544 9/24/2024 Discussion Item 2.
Sacramento Children’s Fund Strategic Investment Plan 2023/24-2028/29 File ID: 2024-01544
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Pass a Motion: 1) accepting the Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission’s Five-Year Strategic Investment Plan 2023/24-2028/29 (“Draft SIP”); and 2) adopt the Draft SIP, including staff’s proposed recommendations as set forth in this staff report.
Contact: Jackie Beecham, Director, (916) 808-1041, [email protected], Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment (YPCE)
Presenter: Jackie Beecham, Director, (916) 808-1041, [email protected], Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment (YPCE) Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Sacramento Children’s Fund Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) 2023/24-2028/29 -TBD 3-City Auditor’s Baseline Funding Calculation for the Sacramento Children’s Fund -TBD 4-Sacramento Children’s Fund FAQs -TBD
5-Section §120 Article IX of the Sacramento City Charter -TBD 6-Reponse to Council’s September 10, 2024, Questions -TBD Description/Analysis
Issue Detail:
As required by §120 of the Sacramento City Charter (Measure L), the Sacramento Children’s Fund Planning and Oversight Commission (SCF Commission), in collaboration with the Sacramento Youth Commission, presented a Five-Year (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2029) Strategic Investment Plan (SIP) (Attachment 2).
The SIP included recommendations related to strategies for programming, funding allocations, fund management, and public accountability. Based on feedback and direction provided by Council on September 10, 2024, staff is recommending the following components be included in the final SIP to be adopted by Council:
File ID: 2024-01544 9/24/2024 Discussion Item 2.
o Guaranteed income grants: Staff recommends that at least 20% of each grant cycle be dedicated to support one or more grantees to provide guaranteed cash transfer programming for current or former foster youth ages 18-24. o Open grants: Staff recommends the remaining grant cycle funding be awarded to a mix of proposals providing program strategies that address the five fund goal areas. The SCF grant proposals must be assessed through the City’s competitive RFP and proposal selection process to ensure they are consistent with §120 of the Sacramento City Charter. o Allocations by Grantee Type:
Staff recommends that remaining funding be allocated
through the open, transparent, and competitive process as outlined above to organizations that can best serve the City’s youth consistent with the funding goals outlined in the measure.
o Priority Neighborhoods: Staff recommends that funds primarily serve youth in neighborhoods with the lowest levels of equity and/or the lowest levels of opportunity for children, as demonstrated by but not limited to the following tools: The Child Opportunity Index (COI) (prioritizing programs serving youth in neighborhoods with "very low" child opportunity) or the Sacramento Equity Explore Design (SEED) tool.
Policy Considerations: Section § 120, Article IX of the Sacramento City Charter.
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
Environmental Considerations: The adoption of the SIP is exempt from environmental review as the SIP is an administrative activity. It is not a project that will have a significant impact on the environment, as defined in sections 15061(b)(3) and 15064 of the CEQA Guidelines (Title 14 Cal.
Code Reg. 15000 et seq.). Projects funded by SCF grants that may have an impact on the environment will comply with CEQA, to the extent required.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: On August 22, 2024, The SCF Commission passed a motion recommending The SIP FY2023/24-2028/29 to the City Council for adoption.
Rationale for Recommendation: Per the Measure, the SCF Commission develops and submits a Five-Year SIP to the City Council. Based on Council feedback, staff is proposing specified components be included in the SIP for final adoption to best serve the City’s youth. The adopted plan may be amended from time to time by the City Council.
Financial Considerations: Not applicable.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable
File ID: 2024-01544 9/24/2024 Discussion Item 2.
Background: In November of 2022, Sacramento voters approved Measure L, establishing the Sacramento Children’s Fund (SCF), requiring the City to spend the equivalent of 40% of its local cannabis tax revenues (CBOT) on child and youth services. The Sacramento Children’s Fund chief purpose is to support positive youth development and youth violence prevention programs - such as services for homeless youth and foster children; mental health counseling; substance-abuse treatment, prevention, and early intervention; and after-school activities - for children and youth less than 25 years old.
Measure L established a nine-member Planning and Oversight Commission tasked with the development of a Five-Year Strategic Investment Plan and review of performance and evaluation reports. The first Five-Year Strategic Investment Plan covers the period of July 1, 2024, through June 30, 2029; subsequent plans cover succeeding five-year periods.
Measure L funded programs will prioritize children and youth most impacted by poverty, violence and trauma. These funds may only be used to engage qualified organizations to provide youth services in accordance with the current council adopted Five-Year Strategic Investment Plan, plus allowable administrative costs. The City shall select qualified organizations to receive Sacramento Children’s Fund money based on an open, transparent, and competitive process, consistent with the Citywide Grant Distribution Policy and the requirements of Measure L.
Measure L outlined five main fund goals: 1) Prevent and reduce child and youth homelessness 2) Support the mental and emotional health of children and youth 3) Prevent youth violence 4) Prevent and reduce youth substance abuse 5) Support the healthy development of children ages 0 to 5.