2020-2021 Overview 1 The Oakland Fund for Children OFCY and Youth was established in Kids First! November 1996, when Oakland’s History voters passed the Kids First! Initiative, amending the City Charter to set aside funds to support direct services to youth under 21 years of age for a twelve-year period. 2 Oakland voters reauthorized the Kids OFCY First! Initiative in 2009 for Kids First! a second twelve-year period, History and the fund was reauthorized again by City Council in 2020 for a third 12-year period. 3 Oakland City Charter Article XIII: Kids First! Oakland Children’s Fund 4 Oakland Fund for Children and Youth… Oakland City ➢Receives revenues in an Charter Article XIII: Kids amount equal to three First! Oakland Children’s Fund percent (3%) of the City’s annual unrestricted Section 1300 General Purpose Fund. 5 Oakland Fund for Children and Youth… ➢90% of OFCY funding Oakland City Charter goes to programs through Article XIII: Kids First! Oakland grant awards Children’s Fund ➢10% of the fund is used for Section 1300 administration 6 ➢Monies are to be used exclusively to: Oakland City 1)Support the healthy development of Charter young children Article XIII: Kids First! Oakland 2)Help children and youth succeed in Children’s Fund school and graduate high school Section 1301 3)Prevent and reduce violence, crime, and gang involvement among children and youth 4)Help youth transition to productive 7 adulthood Oakland Fund for Children and Youth… ➢Oversight by a Planning and Oakland City Oversight Committee with 17 Charter Article XIII: Kids members appointed by City Council First! Oakland Children’s Fund and the Office of the Mayor Section 1305 • Each Councilmember appoints one youth and one adult • The Mayor appoints one Oakland resident 8 Responsibilities for the Planning and Oversight Committee include: Oakland City Charter • Preparing Three-Year Strategic Investment Plans Article XIII: Kids • Soliciting funding applications through an open and First! Oakland fair application process Children’s Fund • Submitting to the Oakland City Council for its adoption Three-Year Strategic Investment Plans and Section 1305 funding recommendations • Submitting to the Oakland City Council for its adoption annual independent evaluation reports • Receiving City Auditor annual reports on the Fund's Financial Statement and the Base Spending 9 Requirement. 10 Vision All Children and Youth In Oakland Will Thrive and Have The Support Of The Entire Community To Lead Safe, Healthy and Productive Lives. 11 Mission We provide strategic funding to support Oakland’s children and youth from birth to 21 years of age to become healthy, happy, educated, engaged, powerful and loved community members. 12 Values Social and Economic Equity All children and youth have a fundamental right for a safe and healthy life and a quality education. We value the concerted application of our resources toward those youth in greatest need. Child and Youth Development We support efforts to promote the social, emotional, physical, cognitive & spiritual development of children and to instill individual and community pride & leadership. Community and Collaboration We embrace the idea that by pooling our resources 13 and working together, we can accomplish great things. OFCY Staffing Sandra Taylor Manager, Children and Youth Services Division Mike Wetzel Kia Wallace Vacant Vacant Health & Human Services Administrative Program Analyst II Program Analyst II Program Planner Assistant II Scott Kim Terry Hill Vacant Program Analyst II Program Analyst II Program Analyst I 14 Human Services Children and Youth Department Services Division Senior OFCY Services Head Sugar Oakland Start Sweetened Youth Beverage Advisory Tax Grant Commission Program Summer Food Service Homeless AC-OCAP Program Services 15 OFCY Funding 16 FUNDING STRATEGY # of Programs OFCY Funding % by % by Goal Funded FY20-21 Strategy Area 1. Socioemotional Well-Being in Preschool and 3 $915,999 5.1% Early Childhood Education Settings 2. Parent Engagement and Support 10 $1,403,499 7.8% 19.0% 3. Family Resource Centers 6 $1,113,661 6.2% OFCY 4. Comprehensive Afterschool Programs 58 $5,246,694 29.1% Grant 32.2% 5. Engagement and Success for Elementary and 5 $562,647 3.1% Awards Middle School Students 6. Summer Programs 9 $1,042,424 5.8% 2020- 29.2% 2021 7. Youth Development and Leadership 35 $4,231,722 23.4% 8. High School and Postsecondary Student 8 $1,200,027 6.6% Success 19.6% 9. Career Awareness and Employment Support 14 $2,333,809 12.9% 17 TOTAL GRANT FUNDING (FY2020-2021) 148 $18,050,482 100% 18 Oakland Fund for Children and Youth Program Sites FY2019-2020 19 Demographics 20 Demographics Race/ Ethnicity of Unduplicated Children and Youth in OFCY programs: 2018-19 Race/ Ethnicity Total Percent Hispanic/Latinx 10,500 41.3% African American/Black 8,379 33.0% Asian/Pacific Islander 2,979 11.7% Caucasian/White 915 3.6% Multiracial or Biracial 802 3.2% Unknown/Missing 678 2.7% Middle East/North Africa 633 2.5% Native Alaskan/American 260 1.0% Other 258 1.0% Total Children & Youth in OFCY Programs: 25,404 100% 21 Demographics OFCY Enrollment (Ages City of Oakland (Ages Enrollment as Percentage of Race/ Ethnicity 0-19) 0-19) Total Population African American/Black 8,315 21,720 38.3% Hispanic/Latinx 10,528 38,097 27.6% Asian/Pacific Islander 2,973 10,271 28.9% 22 Caucasian/White 909 13,903 6.5% 2018-2019 evaluation highlight ➢African American and Latinx children benefit the most from programs: ➢ African American children and youth were most likely to report that the programs helped them to achieve positive outcomes, followed by Latinx children and youth. ➢ African American children and youth were also most likely to participate the longest in programs (48 percent of African American children and youth participated for 120 hours or more in programs), and most likely to participate in more than one OFCY program (40 percent of children and youth that were in two or more OFCY-funded programs were African American). 23 OFCY 2019-2022 Strategic Investment Plan 24 POC Meetings and Members 25 POC Member Youth or Adult District Council Member Langston Buddenhagen Youth District 1 Dan Kalb VACANT Adult District 1 Dan Kalb VACANT Youth District 2 Nikki Fortunato Bas Peter Lê Adult District 2 Nikki Fortunato Bas Dwayne Davis Youth District 3 Lynette Gibson McElhaney Anakarita Allen Adult District 3 Lynette Gibson McElhaney VACANT Youth District 4 Sheng Thao VACANT Adult District 4 Sheng Thao VACANT Youth District 5 Noel Gallo Jorge Velasco Adult District 5 Noel Gallo VACANT Youth District 6 Loren Taylor Betty Booker Adult District 6 Loren Taylor Gregory Hampton Youth District 7 Larry Reid Tasion Kwamilele Adult District 7 Larry Reid VACANT Youth At Large Rebecca Kaplan Kimberly Aceves Iniguez Adult At Large Rebecca Kaplan William Riley Adult Mayor Libby Schaaf 26 POC Meeting Schedule 2020-2021 POC Meetings take place on the 1st or 3rd* Wednesday of the month October 10/7/2020 Election of Co-Chairs - Public Ethics Training November 11/4/2020 2019-20 Independent Evaluation Report December 12/2/2020 POC Retreat January 1/20/2021 Strategic Planning Update February 2/3/2021 Mid-Year 2020-2021 Program Update March 3/3/2021 Summer Program Grant Renewals April 4/7/2021 Grant Renewals for FY2021-2022 May 5/5/2021 Strategic Plan Final Draft June 6/2/2021 Strategic Plan Adoption July 7/7/2021 Youth Member Recognition 27 POC Governance 28 Planning and Oversight Committee Bylaws ➢Term of Appointment ➢Meeting Attendance ➢Conflict of Interest ➢Election of Co-Chairpersons 29 Planning and Oversight Committee Subcommittees The POC has subcommittees to perform specific tasks and functions. ➢ There is one standing subcommittee – the Evaluation Subcommittee. ➢ The POC also forms ad-hoc subcommittees when needed. These have included ad-hoc subcommittees for Strategic Planning, Review, and Appeals. 30 Rosenberg’s Rules of Order Rosenberg’s Rules of Order are an updated and simplified version of Robert’s Rules of Order. They provide guidance for understanding parliamentary procedure, which is a set of rules for conduct used at POC (and other governmental) meetings. 31 Ralph M. Brown Act The Ralph M. Brown Act, was an act of the California State Legislature, authored by Assembly member Ralph M. Brown and passed in 1953, that guaranteed the public’s right to attend and participate in meetings of local legislative bodies. 32 City of Oakland Sunshine Ordinance The City of Oakland Sunshine Ordinance Act was “intended in part to clarify and supplement the Ralph M. Brown Act and the California Public Records Act to assure that the people of the City of Oakland can be fully informed and thereby retain control over the instruments of local government in their city.” 33 Public Participation ➢ Provides a minimum of two minutes per speaker per item, subject to chair discretion. Chair must announce reasons publicly if there is any reduction in time. ➢ Must permit speakers to address an item before final vote. ➢ Must permit "open forum" during regular and special meetings. ➢ May not prevent criticism of procedures, programs, acts or omissions. ➢ Must adopt speaker rules which are "reasonable and uniformly applied”. 34.