Proposed Program Administration &
RFP Solicitation for FY 2024 – 2027:
Merger of Team For Youth&
Childhood Obesity Prevention
Grant Programs
Community Services Standing Committee Review
November 28, 2023
BACKGROUND
Team For Youth (TFY) Childhood Obesity Prevention (COP) • Started 2012 (Measure Q) • Started 2018 (Measure Q & LED) • Funds school-based Community
School & Violence Prevention
and Intervention systems &
services at six San Pablo
Beacon Community Schools &
Richmond HS.
• Funds community-based & school-
based Obesity Prevention services
throughout COSP . San Pablo Beacon
Community Schools & Richmond HS
eligible service sites.
• Receives matching funds from
school sites, WCCUSD central,
& grantee agency
• No matching funds. $200,000 came
from Measure Q, $100,000 came
from LED
• Multi-year request for
proposals/contracts
• Annual requests for
proposals/contracts
• FY 23-24 COSP Budget:
$802,000 (includes WCCUSD
match)
• FY23-24 COSP Budget:
$250,000 (reduced due to COVID)
MERGER CONSIDERATIONS
ADVANTAGES OF JOINT PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Combining grant resources to support stability & sustainability during time of economic uncertainty for City’s GF Budget
More efficient grant administration & management by City CSD staff More integrated evaluation of YSCP grant programs
Could mean the dissolution of appointed Brown Act Body (COP Advisory Group) into Staff Advisory Community Stakeholder Group MERGER CONSIDERATIONS - continued
Engage COP content experts in TFY application review process Leverage more matching funding from grantees & partners Minimize and streamline work for granted agencies
Optimize Program Administration to build efficiencies and generate GF Cost Savings
Summary of Staff Recommendations
Community Services Standing Committee authorizes the City Manager and staff to proceed with the following programmatic changes with recommendations to the City Council, as follows:
I. Authorize merger of Team for Youth (TFY) & Childhood Obesity Prevention (COP) Grant Program Administration, beginning FY24-25, resulting in a single grant program and combined budget for the period FY 2024-2027.
I. Re-deploy Childhood Obesity Prevention to become a strategic funding area of the overall TFY grant program
II. Dissolve Childhood Obesity Prevention Advisory Group as an official Brown Act body, yet involve COP content experts in application and review of future TFY Requests for Proposals (RFP) process as a Community Stakeholder Advisory Group to City CSD staff
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