Memorandum — Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (nse), May 8, 2025

TO: NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND FROM: Jon Cicirelli

EDUCATION COMMITTEE

SUBJECT: SEE BELOW DATE: April 21, 2025

Approved Date
4/30/2025
SUBJECT: San José Youth Empowerment Alliance, Bringing Everyone’s Strengths Together, Safe Summer Initiative, and Youth Intervention Services Annual Report

RECOMMENDATION
Accept the annual report on the San José Youth Empowerment Alliance - Bringing Everyone’s Strengths Together (BEST), Safe Summer Initiative Grant (SSIG), and Youth Intervention Services programs for Fiscal Year 2023-2024.

SUMMARY AND OUTCOME
Concerns over youth crime and violence are growing despite an overall decline in juvenile arrests for violent offenses. Data reported across the country shows that offenses among juveniles ages 10 to 14 increased by nearly 9% from 2016 to 2022, with homicides surging 65% and firearm-related offenses rising 21% in the same period.1
This rise in juvenile offenses, particularly among younger individuals, is not just a national trend but also reflects growing concerns at the local level. As the impact of youth crime becomes more evident across communities, local authorities are grappling with the reality of these increasing numbers. In Santa Clara County, for instance, there has been a significant uptick in juvenile arrests, further highlighting the escalating nature of the problem and the need for targeted interventions. 1 Council on Criminal Justice: Trends in Juvenile Offending - What you need to Know NSE COMMITTEE: 5/8/2025
ITEM: (d)3

NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICES AND EDUCATION COMMITTEE
April 21, 2025
Subject: San José Youth Empowerment Alliance, Bringing Everyone’s Strengths Together, Safe Summer Initiative Grant, and Youth Intervention Services Programs Annual Report

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Table 1: County of Santa Clara Juvenile Probation Data
2022 2024
Total Arrests/Citations 1,967 2,297
Female 29% 24.4%
Male 71% 75.6%
13 & younger 11.6% 12.2%
14-15 33.5% 33.3%
16-17 50.6% 49.1%
18 and up 4.3% 5.5%
White 12.5% 11.8%
Black 9.7% 9.1%
Latino 65.4% 67.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander 6.8% 7.2%
Other 5.6% 4.4%
Locally, Santa Clara County recorded 2,297 juvenile arrests and citations in 2024, a 17% increase from 2022.2 In San José, juvenile arrests totaled 831 in 2024, which is a 10 percent increase compared to 2023.3 Younger juveniles are also offending at higher rates. The pandemic disrupted long-term declines in violent crime, underscoring the urgent need to prioritize youth violence prevention and intervention efforts.

The San José Youth Empowerment Alliance (SJYEA) started reorganizing internal programs to align with the extension of the strategic plan that outlines objectives to address immediate issues related to youth violence, prioritizes key results that are most critical, and focuses on providing youth with resources, support, and skills to improve their overall educational, career, health, and economic outcomes. To achieve the desired outcomes, the Department also aligned objectives with the Children and Youth Services Master Plan (CYSMP)4, setting clear timelines and measurable targets, with a plan to regularly evaluate and report progress and make necessary adjustments as climate and needs change.
2 County of Santa Clara Probation Department - Juvenile arrests and citations dashboard 3 San José Police Department transitioned to National Incident-Based Reporting https://www.sjpd.org/records/crime-stats-maps/police-dashboards in April 2023. To denote a direct comparison for change in juvenile arrest rate, only data from April to December for both years was used. 4 Children and Youth Services Master Plan Memo

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BACKGROUND
SJYEA is the collective impact model that advances the City of San José’s youth violence prevention and gang intervention strategy with stakeholders across several sectors. SJYEA has achieved success with the guidance and efforts of two key crosssectional bodies responsible for leading and implementing the work, the Policy, and Technical Teams (Figure 1). The Policy Team, co-chaired by the Mayor and the Chief of Police, convenes quarterly to set direction, provide resources, and establish goals. The Technical Team convenes community partners monthly to implement the continuum of prevention, intervention, diversion, re-entry, and healing programs and services.

Figure 1: San José Youth Empowerment Alliance Structure The Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services Department (Department) implements direct efforts in the prevention and intervention pillars through two approaches. First, the Youth Intervention Services (YIS) offers four (4) programs to youth and young adults ages 6 to 24, exhibiting higher-risk characteristics for youth violence. Secondly, the Grantmaking for Community Impact team administers two (2) grant funded programs and partners with community-based agencies to deliver services. The city-provided services and grant programs, illustrated below in Figure 2, work collaboratively to align efforts and resources, which ultimately strengthens SJYEA’s ability to achieve positive outcomes.

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Figure 2: San José Youth Empowerment Alliance Programs

*Programs that have been adopted into BEST Grant Program beginning FY24-25.

SJYEA Strategic Plan Reorganization & Extension
The San José Youth Empowerment Alliance adopted the 2023-2025 strategic plan in January 2023 with the goal of reporting progress annually to the Policy Team.5 On a parallel track, the City of San José adopted the CYSMP in April 2024 which is a broader prevention strategy utilizing a public health approach. The CYSMP will provide a comprehensive city-wide strategic roadmap for policy priorities, City and partner investments, and alignment and integration of programs and services to create pathways toward improved health outcomes and economic mobility for children, youth, and young adults.

It was important for the Department to align the two strategic plans to foster efficiency, improve communication and collaboration, and establish a clear roadmap to better meet positive outcomes for youth, from birth through adulthood. As the Department worked to weave together the CYSMP and SJYEA plans, it was critical to better understand disparities and challenges facing youth and families today. In November 2024, the SJYEA Policy Team conducted a feedback session with key stakeholders, the following themes emerged: the need for more prevention efforts in middle schools and connecting youth to job readiness/placement programs. Other valuable insights centered around the desire to simplify the SJYEA Strategic Plan to focus on priority objectives of the highest need that were achievable within the plan’s timeline (Attachment A). 5 San José Youth Empowerment Alliance 2023-2025 Strategic Plan

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The new SJYEA Strategic Plan (July 2025 – June 2027) prioritizes resources, objectives, and key results in Priority Neighborhoods and communities where San José youth experience the most challenges related to violence6 to create the most impact through June 2027.

In coordination with the City Manager’s Office, the Department incorporated the CYSMP focus areas into the SJYEA strategic plan extension and presented a draft to the Policy Team in February 2025. In the extended plan, SJYEA developed a uniform vision that encapsulates the goals of both SJYEA and the CYSMP, which is to build healthy, safe, resilient, and prosperous families and asset abundant neighborhoods, while eliminating disparities for youth and families living in Priority Neighborhoods.

Table 2 shows the alignment with the CYSMP focus areas and the SJYEA strategy pillars and objectives.

Table 2: Strategic Workplan Extension Objectives and Key Results SJYEA
Pillars Prevention Intervention Diversion + Reentry Healing SJYEA
Objectives
Reduce chronic
absenteeism in
priority schools
Increase
engagement &
trust among
community,
schools, and law
enforcement
Increase job
placement
Increase access
to neighborhood
resources &
assets
CYSMP
Priority
Areas
Learning &
Empowerment
Safe, Clean, and
Connected
Communities
Meaningful
Sustaining
Jobs
Systems
Transformation:

City of San José
System of Care

ANALYSIS
This section outlines the SJYEA extended plan’s key results and baseline data, program outputs and outcomes for BEST and Safe Summer Initiative Grant Programs and Youth Intervention Services. It also outlines key enhancements to program administration processes.
6 Priority Neighborhoods can be found here: Priority Neighborhoods Map

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Strategic Plan Key Results and Baseline Measures
The key results were selected according to multiple factors, but most importantly, because they are measurable, accessible, and closely aligned with their corresponding objective. Baseline measurements for all 12 key results were obtained and will be remeasured in 18 months at the end of the strategic workplan extension to evaluate progress towards the objectives.

The new strategic plan’s key results provide measurable indicators of progress toward clearly defined objectives. The baseline data outlined in Attachment B comes from various sources, including the County of Santa Clara, public data, internal City records, and community partner outreach. Data availability differs by geographic level, with some metrics specific to SJYEA priority neighborhoods, while others are reported by census tract, zip code, or at the City or County level. Successful implementation will depend on collaboration across all stakeholders, emphasizing the collective-impact model approach. The plan consists of four key components: prevention, intervention, diversion and reentry, and healing, which work together to address the needs of the community effectively.

Prevention
Prevention aims to raise awareness, educating and engaging youth with positive services to increase protective factors. The increasing levels of chronic absenteeism in California and San José’s most vulnerable students, as it represents the overall needs of our youth and families. Attending and engaging in school is a key protective risk factor and indicator of positive social development as they foster school connectedness, which is linked to reduced problem behaviors and increased resilience.

Table 3: Prevention Objective and Key Results Baseline
Objective Key Results 2023-2024 Baseline Data
Reduce chronic
absenteeism in
priority schools
Number of priority schools served Highest absenteeism rates for the top three high
schools and their feeder
schools range from 38% to
24%
Number of students supported
Number of City & BEST staff and
services supporting attendance

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The following is the criteria for selecting priority schools; 1) schools experiencing high levels of chronic absenteeism7, 2) schools experiencing high levels of youth violence incidents, 3) located in priority neighborhoods, and 4) feeder school(s) to selected high school(s) that are also experiencing high levels of absenteeism.

To achieve the objective of reducing chronic absenteeism, outreach, engagement, and academic supportive services focusing on attendance and family circumstances will be directed to priority schools. Priority schools for the 2025-2026 school year will be selected by June 20258 and services will be implemented in fall 2025.

Intervention
Intervention efforts strive to stop violence and provide youth with positive alternatives, opportunities, and environments. The objective of increasing engagement and trust among the community, schools, and law enforcement will incorporate efforts to reduce violent incidents on school campuses, addressing the needs of young offenders, and reducing youth violence, injury and deaths in coordination and collaboration with the San José Police Department and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office. 7 California Department of Education Absenteeism Data
8 Key result baseline data for selected priority schools will be determined in June 2025 and reported in the next annual report.

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Table 4: Intervention Objective and Key Results Baseline Objective Key Results 2023-2024 Baseline Data
Increase
engagement and
trust among
community,
schools, and law
enforcement
Reduced % of level 1 incident
responses proportional to all
reported Safe School Campus
Initiative responses9
41% level 1
24% level 2
35% level 3
Number of participants enrolled in
harm reduction harm repair10
diversion pilot
Program is projected to
serve 20 youth
Decreased number of incidents of
youth violence, injuries & deaths11
1,758 incidents of youth
violence
536 Injuries
7 deaths
Diversion + Reentry
The main objective of the diversion and re-entry pillar is to increase job placement.

Ensuring steady, engaging employment is a critical part of diverting troubled youth to help them successfully transition and reintegrate into the community after being released from detention or incarceration.

Recidivism data will be available from the Santa Clara County Juvenile Probation Department later in 2025 and will be disaggregated by the risk-level of the youth. By measuring both arrests and recidivism, SJYEA can assess improvements in the number of youths diverted before arrest as well as those released from being detained or incarcerated.
9 SSCI Incident level descriptions: Level I incidents involve an immediate threat to campus safety, such as an active physical altercation. Level II incidents indicate a likely conflict based on credible threats or observed behavior. Level III incidents involve rumors or early signs of tension. 10 Pilot program is being developed collaboratively with Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services and the Santa Clara County District Attorney’s Office and pilot will be implemented in fall 2025. 11 Data provided by San José Police Department

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Table 5: Diversion and Reentry Objective and Key Results Baseline Objective Key Results 2023-2024 Baseline Data
Increase job
placement
Decreased youth arrests and
recidivism rates12
2,303 (duplicated) youth
arrests and citations in 2024
Recidivism rate will be
available in fall 2025
Increased number of participants
in career & readiness programs13
2,431 participants in career &
readiness programs
Increased percentage of County
Reentry clients exiting as
employed14

38.1% of clients employed at
exit of reentry program
compared to 7.5% at time of
entry in 2024
Healing
The healing pillar prioritizes eliminating and reducing institutional barriers to improve outcomes and access to neighborhood resources and assets. While crime data can measure the level of violence in our neighborhoods, additional factors such as blight, flawed infrastructure, and homelessness contribute to and influence people’s perception of safety. Neighborhood assets such as community centers, libraries, schools, parks, and public transportation are often foundational to healthy and vibrant neighborhoods.

In addition to physical resources and gathering spaces, the availability and abundance of support services are strong reflections of the overall health of a neighborhood.

The Department collected data from the City Council Focus Area Scorecard survey, the Public Health Department’s small neighborhood profiles, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention’s social vulnerability index (Attachment B, tables B-8, B-9 and B-10). In the future, the Department will explore how to analyze scorecard survey results more granularly and in partnership with the County look at developing a comprehensive and holistic asset abundance score/index for our neighborhoods to better measure asset abundance result.
12 County of Santa Clara Probation Department - Juvenile arrests and citations dashboard 13 Full list of programs available in Attachment B, table 6. 14 County of Santa Clara Diversion and Reentry Services- Data Dashboard

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Table 6: Healing Objective and Key Results Baseline
Objective Key Results 2023-2024 Baseline Data
Increase access
to neighborhood
resources &
assets
Improved perceptions of
neighborhood safety by
Council District15
Council District 7 score: 2.60
Council District 5 score: 2.63
Council District 3 score: 2.67
Increased asset
abundance scores for key
priority neighborhoods16,
17 Valley Palms/SJ Apartments
99% Social Vulnerability Score
Higher risk neighborhood profile scores
Plata Arroyo
97% Social Vulnerability Score
Higher risk neighborhood profile scores
Seven Trees
91% Social Vulnerability Score
Higher risk neighborhood profile scores
Roundtable/Great Oaks
82% Social Vulnerability
Higher risk neighborhood profile scores
Implementation of nowrong door service delivery
pilots- Mayfair/Poco Way
and Santee/Seven Trees
neighborhoods
Contracting with partners to determine
goals and timeline
SJYEA 2023-2024 Funding Distribution, Outputs, and Outcomes Funding Distribution
The 2023-2024 total budgeted funding allocation for SJYEA is $6,390,784, which is comprised of the BEST Grants ($2,652,418), Youth Intervention Service programs ($2,028,552), administration and capacity building ($1,106,991), and Safe Summer Initiative Grants and scholarships ($602,823). Funding increased by 4% for BEST and 15 Perceptions of safety scores are calculated using a 4-point scale from 'Very unsafe' (1) to 'Very safe' (4). The 'highest' safety score possible is 4.0. Increasing Community Safety scorecard and dashboard here: City of San José - City Council Focus Areas
16 Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry - Social Vulnerability Interactive Map - California 2022
17 County of Santa Clara - Open Data Portal - Small Area Profile - Neighborhood Level 2023

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Safe Summer Initiative Grants18, while Youth Intervention Services programs experienced a 3.5% decrease, both administration and capacity building experienced a 21% increase compared to 2022-2023.

Program Outputs
In the 2023-2024 program year, SJYEA programs served 8,245 participants and provided 360,619 hours of service or Units of Service19 (UOS) to youth and their families, schools, and neighborhoods throughout San José. Two BEST grantees were also contracted to serve 2,600 unduplicated participants in the Street Outreach Service Strategy Areas. Due to the nature of the Street Outreach services, enrollment and demographic information is not collected for youth who participate in these services, so any youth reached through these services are not included in the total participant count of 3,547.

Youth Intervention Services provides citywide programs that focus on addressing school violence incidents, female gang intervention, employment services, and tattoo removal.

Services include crisis response on school campuses including mediation and intervention activity, gender specific case management and youth development groups, and supporting youth and young adults through the removal of visible tattoos.

BEST and SSIG Grant funded programs provide a broader scope of both prevention and intervention services that are primarily implemented in Priority Neighborhoods (Attachment C). Services include individual and whole family support services, street outreach intervention, school-based support groups, parenting skills, job readiness, cultural and arts education, and youth led supportive services.

SJYEA is in the process of evaluating YIS and BEST20 program models to ensure service alignment with the extended strategic plan objectives for the 2025-2026 program year and is working collaboratively with the County and school partners to avoid duplication of services that are already in place. 18 The 4% increase for BEST and Safe Summer Initiative was due to cost of living adjustment approved in the 2023 City Manager Budget Addendum MBA # 23.
19 Units of Service are measured by multiplying the number of participants served by the number of sessions provided by the hours spent delivering the services. 20 Full BEST 2023-2024 Annual Evaluation Report

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Table 7: SJYEA Participants Served
Program 2022-2023
Participants Served
2023-2024
Participants Served
Youth Intervention Services
(July 1 – June 30, 2024) 2,875 2,398
BEST Grant
(September 1 – August 31, 2024) 3,366 3,547
Safe Summer Initiative Grant
(June 1- August 31, 2024) 2,144 2,300
Total 8,385 8,245
Table 8: SJYEA Units of Service Provided
Program 2022-2023 UOS 2023-2024 UOS
Youth Intervention Services 44,585 57,971
BEST Grant 161,867 154,466
Safe Summer Initiative Grant 171,593 148,182
Total 378,045 360,619
Program Outcomes
For the 2023-2024 program year, YIS staff and nonprofit partners administered surveys to measure program performance and participant outcomes. The results of these surveys, shown in Table 9, indicate high levels of satisfaction with services received by both participants and school site administrators. Additionally, BEST and SSIG survey results consistently show that these programs directly increase protective factors, such as having an adult they can go to who cares about them. As SJYEA continues to incorporate data-driven processes, a uniform outcome survey will be explored to improve the ability to measure and report on key outcomes.

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Table 9: SJYEA Performance Outcomes
Performance Measure 2022-2023 2023-2024
Safe School Campus Initiative
% of school administrators that felt SSCI efforts at
keeping schools safe as good or excellent. 93% 95%
% of school administrators felt SSCI met or exceeded
their needs 92% 85%
BEST Grant Program
% of youth reported that they feel safe in this program 91% 92% % of participants reported always or often wanting to
keep coming to the program 86% 83%
% of youth responded that there is an adult they can
go to who cares about them 90% 89%
Safe Summer Initiative Grant Program
% of participants felt SSIG was a safe program 95% 89%
% of participants felt satisfied with program 90% 88%
% of participants felt connected to a caring adult 94% 84% % of participants learned about the other resources 92% 89% Collaboration and Data Driven Enhancements
To further strengthen the efforts of the Policy and Technical teams, SJYEA leadership introduced enhancements focused on improving collaboration and efficiency.

Technical Team Meeting Format
To improve participation and deepen collaboration within the Technical Team, SJYEA revised the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and Membership Application process to better reflect the active participation of all stakeholders. These revisions aim to clarify roles and responsibilities, ensuring that everyone is aligned with our collective goals and able to contribute meaningfully to the overall success of SJYEA. SJYEA also transitioned to an electronic application process to make it easier for prospective members to apply and existing members to update their MOU.

SJYEA introduced a more structured division breakout session format during the monthly convenings. Using a revised workbook and agenda, these sessions are

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designed to review division-specific youth violence climate, foster deeper engagement, create actionable items, and provide all members with an opportunity to engage in addressing specific action items.

Data Management System
Youth Intervention Services staff previously used an outdated database to track case management data, while BEST agencies were relying on Excel workbooks. In January 2025, the Department procured a new Youth Data Management System from Hasler Enterprises. Upon implementation, this new system will streamline data tracking, management, and analysis related to services provided to youth and families such as one-on-one youth mentoring sessions, school-based support groups, hospital-based interventions, pro-social activities, and supportive services. It will enhance data accuracy, accessibility, visualization, and overall efficiency, enabling data-driven decision-making to effectively support youth initiatives and interventions.

BEST Grantee Dashboard
The Place Based Intervention Data Dashboard (Dashboard) was developed to support the tracking and visualization of services implemented for street outreach and intervention supportive services in Priority Neighborhoods. The Dashboard aids partner agencies in visualizing outreach efforts, offering a clear visual representation of where services are being implemented, thereby enabling agencies to evaluate their coverage and make necessary adjustments if any gaps or discrepancies are identified.

Climate Data Index
To better track youth violence climate-related data from the San José Police Department, BeautifySJ Graffiti Reports, and Safe School Campus Initiative schoolbased incident reports, SJYEA is in the process of developing a new Climate Data Index (Index). The Index will integrate the data to provide a comprehensive climate report over time for Priority Neighborhoods. The Index can improve the analysis of historical trends in these neighborhoods, inform discussions and the development of action items at Technical Team Division Breakout sessions, and enhance the identification and coordinated response to emerging youth violence issues.

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Looking Forward
2026-2029 BEST Request for Qualification
The BEST Grant Program administers a Request for Qualification (RFQ) process21 on a triennial basis to establish an eligible service provider list of nonprofit partners that will implement services preventing and intervening in youth violence.

The current eligible service provider list (Attachment D) is scheduled to be refreshed in April 2026 with the new RFQ application releasing in January 2026. The enhanced scope will incorporate services intended to meet key results outlined in the SJYEA strategic work plan extension along with continuing to prioritize critical program services that prevent and reduce violence. Moving forward, evidence informed program designs, data driven approaches, and past agency performance of meeting contract requirements, service targets, and program outcomes will be key evaluation criterion in the selection of the funded agencies.

The allocation set forth in the City Manager’s Budget Addendum for 2023-2024 grant cycle22 was $2,652,418. However, the grant funds requested by applicants continues to far exceed the allocation with the overall grant proposal request totaling $7,307,388.

This level of demand underscores the continuous critical need for resources in economically distressed and underserved communities in San José.

Program Evaluation
To evaluate and enhance SJYEA programs, the Department has contracted with an evaluation consultant for the 2024-2025 program year to conduct an evaluation of YIS and BEST programs beginning in May 2025. The evaluation seeks to assess program effectiveness, measure participant outcomes, and improve service delivery. Using both qualitative and quantitative approaches, the Department will collect data through administrative records, staff interviews, focus groups, and surveys. The evaluation aims to streamline data collection, improve tracking of youth outcomes, and establish longterm assessment tools for sustained program impact. 21 See the most recent application for the 2023-2026 BEST Request for Qualification process here: BEST 2023-2026 Request for Qualification Application
22 City Manager's Budget Addendum for 2023-2024 San José Youth Empowerment Alliance Bringing Everyone's Strengths Together Resource Allocation Plan

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Moving forward, the Department will explore utilizing established tools along with data driven enhancements such as the Youth Services Data Management System and the Dashboard to internally evaluate YIS and BEST programs annually. If approved, this would shift funds that were previously allocated for external consultants to hiring internal Department staff to bring the work in house while continuing to partner with consultants on a biennial or triennial basis (in alignment with strategic plan time frames) to evaluate SJYEA strategic plan outcomes. Additionally, the Department will provide status updates and reports to the Neighborhood Services City Service Area and provide a single report for both Youth Intervention Services and the Children and Youth Services Masterplan.

COORDINATION
This memorandum has been coordinated with the City Manager’s Budget Office and the City Attorney’s Office.
/s/
Jon Cicirelli
Director of Parks, Recreation and
Neighborhood Services
For questions, please contact Olympia Williams, Deputy Director, at [email protected].

ATTACHMENTS:

Attachment A: Strategic Workplan Extension Timeline
Attachment B: Objective Key Results Baseline Data
Attachment C: BEST 2023-2024 UOS Map by Priority Neighborhood Attachment D: BEST 2023-2026 Eligible Service Provider List Attachment A: Strategic Workplan Extension Timeline

Attachment B: Objective Key Results Baseline Data
Figure B-1: Objectives and Key Results Graphic
Table B-1: 2023-2024 Absenteeism & SSCI Response in Priority Schools High
School Feeder 1 Feeder 2 High School Feeder 1 High School Feeder 1 School
High
School
Example
1 Middle
School
Example
1A
Middle
School
Example
2A*
High
School
Example
2 Middle
School
Example
2A
High
School
Example
3 Middle
School
Example
3A
Total Pop 1,446 436 387 1,753 352 1,710 303
Chronic Absent 546 99 127 571 84 403 80
Rate 37.8% 22.7% 32.8% 32.6% 23.9% 23.6% 26.4%
School District ESUHSD ARUSD ARUSD ESUHSD FMSD ESUHSD FMSD SSCI Level 1 5 1 4 4 0 9 7
SSCI Level 2 4 2 0 4 0 12 6
SSCI Level 3 9 1 1 13 0 15 21
Total SSCI
Incidents 18 4 5 21 0 36 34
Priority
Neighborhood Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes
*Middle School Example 2A will be closing in 2025-2026 school year and students will be transitioned to Middle School Example 1A and another middle school not listed.

Table B-2: 2024 Safe School Campus Initiative Incident Responses Level
1 Level
2 Level
3 Total
SSCI
Incidents 234 138 202 574
Percentage 41% 24% 35% 100%
Table B-3: 2024 San José Youth Crime Incidents (ages 6-24) Incidents Rate per
100K
Violent 885 297.1
Property 873 293.1
Total 1758 590.3
Table B-4: 2024 San José Youth Violence Injury Rates (ages 6-24) Count Rate per
100K
Deceased 7 2.4
Injured 536 180
Total 543 182.3
Table B-5: Youth Arrests/Citations in San José 2023 and 2024 (ages 6-24) Year Arrests/Citations
(duplicated)
Referrals to
Juvenile Hall
(duplicated)
Admissions to
Juvenile Hall
2023 1234 461 391
2024 1221 451 390
Table B-6: Participants Served by Career & College Readiness Programs Employment Program Participants Served
Bill Wilson Center – Best Funded program 122
CCSC Right Directions Program 311
Center for Employment Opportunities (CEO) 251
Center for Employment Training (CET) TBD*
Center for Training and Careers dba ConXion to
Community 600
Downtown Streets Team 92
Goodwill NOW Program 251
NOVAworks-- Mobile works, career advice, training. 200 Adults, 150 Young Adults
Sacred Heart 70 (22 in ages 18-24)
San José Conservation Corp (Resilience corp.) 929
San José Job Corp 356
Santa Clara County Intern and Earn Program - Cal works 228 Santa Clara County Intern and Earn Program - Foster
youth program 147
Work 2 Future 375
Year Up 480
Total 4,562
*Participant served data will be available in June 2025.

Table B-7: County Reentry Client Employment Outcomes, 2023 and 2024 Year Start or Exit
Unemployed,
looking for
work
Unemployed,
cannot work
Employed
FT
Employed
PT
Unknown/
missing
2023 At registration 79.6% 1.8% 5.5% 11.3% 1.8%
At exit 30.6% 28.6% 23.0% 14.3% 3.5%
2024 At registration 84.5% 2.8% 4.8% 7.5% 0.4%
At exit 37.0% 4.9% 23.4% 14.7% 20.0%
Table B-8: Perception of My Neighborhood Safety by Council District – Average District One Two Three Four Five Six Seven Eight Nine Ten Grand Total
Average 3.19 2.94 2.67 2.97 2.63 3.03 2.60 3.08 3.14 3.19 2.96

Table B-9: CDC Social Vulnerability Index
Police
Division
Associated
SJYEA priority
neighborhood
Census
Tract
Socioeconomic
Status
Household
Characteri
stics
Racial and
Ethnic
Minority
Status
Housing
Type/
Transport
ation
Combined
Social
Vulnerabili
ty
Central Roosevelt Park 5014.01 67% 93% 78% 95% 90%
Central Jeanne Ave, Five
Wounds/Olinder
5015.01 &
5015.02 70% 79% 77% 90% 85%
Central Five
Wounds/Olinder 5014.02 56% 90% 56% 58% 68%
Central Julian St 5012 &
5011.02 42% 26% 57% 33% 36%
Foothill Valley Palms/SJ
Apartments 5034.02 91% 99% 85% 97% 99%
Foothill Plata Arroyo 5037.09 82% 96% 91% 97% 97%
Foothill Poco Way 5037.03 65% 77% 99% 60% 75%
Foothill Capitol Park 5040.02 58% 67% 92% 76% 73%
Foothill Mayfair 5037.11 67% 73% 94% 53% 72%
Foothill Overfelt 5033.06 51% 56% 94% 81% 69%
Southern Los Arboles/Seven
Trees
5032.18 &
5032.17 78% 74% 94% 56% 77%
Southern Roundtable/Great
Oaks
5120.42 &
5120.43 61% 85% 84% 76% 77%
Southern Coy
Park/Tradewinds 5120.23 32% 62% 68% 32% 42%
Southern Sylvandale 5032.1 36% 39% 90% 31% 40%
Western Santee/Phelan/Ow
sley
5031.1 &
5031.17 78% 88% 94% 70% 86%
Western Washington 5031.13 &
5017 68% 66% 74% 79% 76%
Western Cadillac/Wincheste
r
5065.04 &
5065.05 56% 59% 65% 77% 68%
Western Meadows 5031.11 &
5031.18 51% 51% 86% 38% 53%
Table B-10: Santa Clara County Small Neighborhood Profiles – Asset Abundance SCC Neighborhood
Name
Associated Priority
Neighborhood
% resides
within 1/2 mile
or 15 mins of
transit stop
Average
distance to
nearest
farmers
market
% of housing
units without
full plumbing
% of housing
units without
internet
access
Average
distance to
nearest park
Hayes /
Tradewinds
Coy
Park/Tradewinds 87.1% 4.1 0.9% 4.9% 0.3
Edenvale / Great
Oaks
Roundtable/Great
Oaks 78.9% 3.8 1.3% 3.3% 0.3
Edenvale / Seven
Trees
Sylvandale, Los
Arboles/Seven
Trees

97.0% 3.3 0.7% 5.7% 0.3
Meadows Meadows 100.0% 2.6 0.0% 1.3% 0.2
Spartan Keys /
Monterey Corridor
Valley Palms/SJ
Apartments, Overfelt 89.9% 2.2 0.1% 8.0% 0.4
Kennedy Santee Santee 90.1% 1.9 0.0% 12.7% 0.2
San José - East
Valley Overfelt, Poco Way 94.5% 1.8 0.9% 6.2% 0.3
Mayfair Mayfair 100.0% 1.6 0.2% 5.9% 0.2
Brookwood Terrace
Five
Wounds/Olinder,
Jeanne Ave
100.0% 1.5 0.9% 6.4% 0.2
Alum Rock West Plata Arroyo/
Roosevelt Park 100.0% 1.4 0.6% 10.6% 0.2
Winchester West Cadillac/Winchester 84.3% 0.8 0.0% 5.8% 0.3 Guadalupe /
Washington Washington 100.0% 0.7 0.0% 10.1% 0.2
Winchester North Cadillac/Winchester 88.3% 0.7 0.5% 5.5% 0.3 Capital Goss Capitol Park 100.0% 0.6 1.0% 10.5% 0.3
San José -
Northside Julian St 100.0% 0.6 1.6% 9.7% 0.2
Attachment C: BEST 2023-2024 UOS Map by Priority Neighborhood Piedmont
Attachment D: BEST 2023-2026 Eligible Service Provider List Service Strategy Area 1: Youth
Development and Leadership
Services

1. Alum Rock Counseling Center

2. Bay Area Tutoring

3. Bay Area Women's Sports Initiative

4. Bill Wilson Center

5. Californians for Justice Education
Fund

6. Caminar

7. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County

8. Center for Training and Careers

9. East Side Union High School District

10. Fresh Lifelines for Youth

11. Girl Scouts of Northern California

12. Healing Grove Health Center
Foundation

13. Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino
Americana (MACLA)

14. New Hope for Youth

15. Positive Alternative Recreation
Teambuilding Impacting Program
(P.A.R.T.I.)

16. Pacific Clinics

17. Resource Area for Teaching

18. San José Jazz

19. San José Multicultural Artists Guild

20. School of Arts & Culture at MHP

21. Shine Together

22. Somos Mayfair

23. Sunrise Middle School

24. The Art of Yoga Project

25. The Firehouse Community
Development Corporation

26. The Tenacious Group

27. Ujima Adult and Family Services

28. Valdes Math Foundation
Service Strategy Area 2: Place-Based
Intervention and Diversion Services

1. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County

2. New Hope For Youth

3. The Firehouse Community
Development Corporation
Service Strategy Area 3: Vocational
and Job Training Services

1. Bill Wilson Center

2. Compasspoint Mentorship.

Service Strategy Area 4: Family and
Neighborhood Strengthening Support

1. Caminar

2. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County

3. Center for Training and Careers

4. Healing Grove Health Center
Foundation Inc

5. Midtown Family Services

6. Sunday Friends Foundation
Service Strategy Area 5: Individual
and Whole Family Supportive
Services

1. Bill Wilson Center

2. Caminar

3. Catholic Charities of Santa Clara
County

4. Fresh Lifelines For Youth

5. New Hope for Youth

6. Shine Together, Inc.

7. The Firehouse Community
Development Corporation

8. Ujima Adult and Family Services

Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (nse)May 8, 2025

Neighborhood Services and Education Committee (nse)
May 8, 2025