City Council
June 7, 2022
1MAGALI TELLES, DIRECTOR
CHOICE CYCLE XI
GRANT PROGRAM
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
1 BACKGROUND
• Measure O passed in 2004, a quarter-cent Transaction
and Use Tax for 20 years, concluding in FY 2024-25
• The Violence Prevention Partnership and Recreation’s
Neighborhood Services Division receive 20% of
Measure O (2004) revenue
• 35% of this 20% is allocated for grants to community- based organizations and local school districts
• Launched the Community Helping Our Indispensable
Children Excel (CHOICE) Grant Program in 2006
22 BACKGROUND CONT’D
• Rebranded from the Mayor’s Gang Prevention Task
Force to the Violence Prevention Partnership in 2015
• Developed the Community Safety Scorecard in 2016,
identifying violence prevention as a public health issue • Incorporated findings in creating the 2017-22 Strategic Plan
• School Readiness
• Street Outreach & Mediation
• Student Engagement & Truancy Prevention
• Workforce Development
3 • July 1, 2022 to December 31, 2024
• Allocation Year One: $750,000 with a $150,000 cap
per agency
• Allocation Year Two and Three: $750,000 with a
$150,000 cap per agency and contingent upon:
• Available funds
• Satisfactory performance of scopes of work
• Completion of required outcomes and
measurements
• Discretion of the City Manager or Designee
CYCLE XI FUNDING OVERVIEW
4 CYCLE XI PROCESS OVERVIEW
• Summer 2021 – Community Needs Assessment
• January 10, 2022– Request for Qualification (RFQ)
released
• January 25, 2022– TechnicalAssistance Orientation
• February 17, 2022– RFQ deadline
• 17 applications, totaling $2,063,090 in funding requests per year
• February 24, 2022– Grant Review Team Orientation
• April 5, 2022– Grant Review Team’s Funding
Recommendations
• May 18, 2022– Executive Advisory Board Adoption
5 GRANT REVIEW TEAM
6 Bridget Beck
Sonoma County Probation
John Cregan
Santa Rosa Police
Anna Trunnell
Santa Rosa City Schools
Hector Rico
Roseland School District
Leslie Graves
Community Advisory Board
Jesus Rosales
Verity
Jeff Tibbets
Santa Rosa Recreation
SCHOOL READINESS
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
7 Agency Program Funding
Amount
Community Child Care Council Early Education Outreach
Intervention Program
$130,000
STUDENT ENGAGEMENT & TRUANCY PREVENTION
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
8 Agency Program Funding
Amount
Center for Well Being Project T.R.U.E. $55,000
Community Matters Safe School Ambassadors
Program
$56,000
LandPaths Rooting Youths in Nature $119,000
Raizes Collective Programa Cosecha $50,000
STREET OUTREACH & MEDIATION
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
9 Agency Program Funding
Amount
Boys & Girls Club of
Sonoma-Marin
Diversion & Intervention
REACH
$100,000
Community Action Partnership Roseland Strong $120,000
Lifeworks of Sonoma County El Puente $120,000
WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT
FUNDING RECOMMENDATIONS
1 0
No Programs were recommended for funding
1. Adopt the funding recommendations of the Grant
Review Team for the Measure O (2004) CHOICE
Cycle XI Grant Program for July 1, 2022 – December
31, 2024 and direct the City Manager or designee to
enter into funding agreements with approved
providers; and
2. Authorize the City Manager or designee to approve
and execute the funding agreements and
amendments with CHOICE Cycle XI funded
agencies, subject to approval as to form by the City
Attorney.
RECOMMENDATION
11 It is recommended by the Office of Community
Engagement that the Council, by resolution:
QUESTIONS?
12 City Council
June 7, 2022
MAGALI TELLES, DIRECTOR