City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library March 25, 2022
Joint Special Meeting
on
Child Well-Being
City of San José
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being
a. Legislative priorities, strategies, and
investments to closing service gaps in
childcare, early education, and overall child
and youth well-being.
City of San José
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library City of San José Children and Youth Services Master Plan City Council directed City Manager's Office to Develop a Children and Youth Services Master Plan:
Purpose
o *XLGHWKH&LW\·VLQYHVWPHQWVSROLF\SULRULWLHVSURJUDPPDWLF alignment, and continuum of support for children and youth from cradle to career.
o Ensure a citywide strategic, coordinated, and responsive approach to serving children and youth, particularly those most vulnerable, in partnership with City departments and community partners.
Process
o Strategic planning process with City departments, community stakeholders, families, children, and youth
o Identify community strengths, assets, and needs
o Analyze qualitative and quantitative data
o Capture the lived experience of families, children, and youth Timeline
Early Winter: Completion and presented to City Council for approval City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library City of San José Funding and Program Priorities:
Children and Families
Programs
Early and Expanded Learning, Afterschool Support
o Focus on Academic Enrichment, Learning Loss, and Social-Emotional Learning Scholarships
o Access to summer camps, afterschool care, recreation programs, etc. SJ Access: Digital Equity
o Increase access to Wi-Fi and digital devices and literacy SJ Learns
o Provide tutoring and academic support and resources
Workforce Development
o Resilience Corps Learning Loss Mitigation
Address economic and workforce development needs of low-income and underserved young adults
Accelerate learning growth for K-12 students
o SJ Works
Workforce development and mentoring for low-income and underserved youth/young adults
o Workforce Development to Expand Childcare Capacity
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library City of San José Funding and Program Priorities:
Children and Families
Funding Opportunities
City Council: $10.5M from American Rescue Plan Funding for Children and Youth Services
CaliforniansForAll ² Resilience Corps
Family, Friend, and Neighbor (FFN) Federal Earmark
Google Workforce Development
California Stronger Together Grants: Teens and Promotoras Investments and collaboration with community-based organizations through BEST (Bringing Everyone's Strength Together), SSIG (Safe Summer Initiative Grant), and Neighborhood Center Partner Program (formerly Reuse).
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being
School Year Programming 21-22
R.O.C.K. Afterschool ASES (Afterschool
Education and Safety) San José
Recreation Preschool Teen Centers
Youth Centers
1,916 unduplicated
youth currently served
218 preschool aged
1,743 school aged
442 Scholarships
$803,000 awarded
57 programs
17 Preschool
40 K-12 Programs
PRNS Programming ² FY 2021-22
City of San José
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being
Projected School Year Programming 22-23
R.O.C.K. Afterschool ASES (Afterschool Education
and Safety) San José Recreation Preschool Teen
CentersYouth Center
PRNS Proposed Programming ² FY 2022-23
City of San José
Projected Summer Programming 2022
Camp San José, Camp San José Jr., F.I.T. Camp
815 unduplicated
youth enrolled
Capacity to serve 1,300
youth per week
49 Classrooms
19 Locations
457 Scholarships
$564,000 Awarded
63 programs
23 Preschool
40 K-12 Programs
Capacity to serve 2,808
unduplicated youth
363 Preschool aged
2,445 School aged
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Equity Through Subsidy
Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being City of San José Scholarship Name FY19-20 FY20-21 FY21-22
PRNS $566,846.00 $0.00 $738,522.25
CRF Funds, and
Foregone Revenue $0.00 $2,935,806.00 $0.00
CDBG $0.00 $0.00 $1,195,563.00
Total $566,846.00 $2,935,806.00 $1,934,085.25
PRNS has increased
its scholarship awards
for children and youth
with the support of state
and federal funding.
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Equity Efforts
Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being City of San José Intentional collaboration efforts such as off-site mobile scholarship and program registration resulted in:
Distribution of $57,000 in scholarship funds
32 Project Hope children and youth enrolled in varioussummer programs with 100% scholarships
Enrollment in popular and all-day Camp San José, Camp San José Jr., and F.I.T. Camps
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Scholarships
Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being City of San José Priority Registration began Saturday, February 26 to March 9, 2022 Only scholarship-eligible families could enroll in popular Camp San José, Camp San José Jr., and F.I.T. Camp for 100% scholarshipsupport Over $1.7 million available in scholarship funds for qualifying families for all summer PRNS classes, camps, and aquatics programs
$616,000 distributed in scholarships for 351 children and youth during Priority Registration
To date, $949,000 in scholarships awarded to 578 children and youth City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being
Library Programming ² FY 2021-22
City of San José
Programming July 2021 ² December 2021
* Partnerships: FIRST 5 Santa Clara County,
African American Community Service
Agency, Bay Area Tutoring Association,
Boys & Girls Club, Catholic Charities of
Santa Clara County, ICAN, Roots
Community Health Clinic, Somos Mayfair,
SJ Works, Youth Commission, YMCA,
Second Harvest, Uplift Family Services, CA
State Library.
Early Education:
Storytime: 175 programs, 8,690
attendees
Kinder Readiness: 68 programs,
3,145 attendees
Bridge Library: 92 programs, 765
attendees
Expanded Learning:
Homework Club: 54
sessions, 723 attendees
Coding5K: 147
programs, 1,978 attendees
STEAM programs: 130
programs, 10,470 attendees
SJ Learns: 8 LEAs, 21 schools,
1355 participants
Class Visits: 21 programs, 486 attendees
City of San José Education and Digital Literacy San José Public Library Joint Special Meeting on Child Well-being
Library Proposed Programming ² FY 2022-23
City of San José
Projected School Year 22-23:
Storytimes and Kinder Readiness
Bridge Libraries
Coding5K
Afterschool Enrichment Programs
College Readiness Programs
Resilience Corps Education
Associates
Projected Summer 2022:
Storytimes
Summer Learning
Summer Food Program
Coding5K Summer Camps
Enrichment Programs
College Readiness Programs
San José Works Youth
Jobs Initiative
SJ Learns
Youth Civics Summit
Resilience Corps