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File ID: 2024-01983 1/7/2025 Consent Item 8.
Sacramento Youth Development Plan Fund: Contract with Grantee PRO Youth and Families File ID: 2024-01983
Location: Citywide
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager or City Manager’s designee to execute a Sacramento Youth Development Plan Fund (SYDPF) grant agreement with PRO Youth and Families with a not-to-exceed amount of $270,652.
Contact: Rene Kausin, Youth Development Program Manager, (916) 808-6157, [email protected], Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment (YPCE) Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-PRO SYDPF Contract
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: PRO Youth and Families submitted a proposal in response to a Request for Proposals (RFP) released on March 19, 2021, and was selected by a Review Panel for funding. The previous grant agreement expired before PRO Youth and Families’ programming and funding was completed.
A new agreement is being executed to complete the proposed programming and provide final payment.
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, and the Resolution Defining the City of Sacramento’s Public Safety Services [to include] Youth-Centered Prevention Services.
Economic Impacts: Vast 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.
File ID: 2024-01983 1/7/2025 Consent Item 8.
Sustainability: Not applicable.
Commission/Committee Action: On May 4, 2021, the City Council voted to establish the Children & Youth Services Program, with an appropriation of $6 million, as well as approved the award and execution of selected grant agreements. (Resolution #2021-0102.) Rationale for Recommendation: Founded in 1981, PRO Youth & Families is dedicated to engaging youth in opportunities that inspire hope. The organization is guided by the core values of putting youth first, fostering a sense of belonging, promoting collaboration, and instilling hope. Through strategic partnerships with schools, community organizations, local governments, and the private sector, PRO empowers young people to become leaders and change-agents in their communities.
PRO Youth and Families engages over 70 organizations in collaborative projects supporting youth, families, and nonprofits to learn, earn, and thrive.
PRO Youth & Families, as part of its Youth & Family Collective initiative, submitted a grant proposal for their Pathways & Partnerships for Youth Workforce Development program. The project seeks to align youth skill development with employer needs, connect youth with a continuum of workforce development opportunities, and address systemic inequality faced by under-served youth. PRO will partner with other community-based organizations to bring together a cross sector of youth workforce development stakeholders to create an action-oriented community of practice, ensuring representation from five key groups: 1) Youth; 2) Community-based organizations; 3) Education; 4) Employers; and 5) Government/Public sector.
The goal of their Pathways and Partnerships program is to drive cross-sector communication and coordination in the youth workforce development ecosystem to improve youth worker- and employer- level outcomes. They seek to align youth skill development with employer needs, connect youth with a continuum of workforce development opportunities, and address systemic inequality faced by under -served youth.
Financial Considerations: There is sufficient funding in the Youth Pop Up Events Project (I02001800) to fund the grant agreement with PRO Youth and Families.
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Eligible respondents received an LBE incentive of 5% (5 points) added to their overall scores. PRO Youth and Families met the requirement for these preference points and was awarded these points during the review process.
Background: In December 2017, the Sacramento City Council adopted a Citywide Youth Development Plan & Framework for Children and Youth Programs (“Plan”), that is intended to guide the City in the design, operations, and evaluation of its children and youth programs. The Plan lays out a set of goals that the City will strive to achieve through its own programs and through strategic
File ID: 2024-01983 1/7/2025 Consent Item 8.
partnerships.
In February 2021, the Sacramento City Council allocated funding for a grant program (SYDPF) that advances the Plan and reflects community informed youth spending priorities. The grant program includes mental health, workforce development, academic support, and violence intervention programming to be provided by community-based organizations serving children and youth from birth through 24 years of age (particularly the most vulnerable) who live or go to school in Sacramento city limits.
The City issued a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking proposals from community-based organizations willing to offer youth development programs for fiscal year 2021-22 and 2022-23. A total of 15 proposals were selected for funding, PRO Youth and Families among them.