Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
Meeting of the Planning and Oversight Committee (POC)
April 20th, 2016 – 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. Oakland City Hall, Council Chambers
1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Oakland, CA 94612
AGENDA
1. Call to Order
Introductions &Announcements Agenda Review/Modifications
2. Open Forum for Youth and Parents of Young Children 3. Adoption of Prior Meeting Minutes from February 3rd 2016
action action
4. Adoption of POC Ad-Hoc Review Subcommittee OFCY Grant Funding
Recommendations for FY2016-2019
5. Administrative Matters
Appeals Process General Announcements Upcoming Meetings/ Scheduling
6. Open Forum 7. Adjournment
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MINUTES TO BE APPROVED
Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY)
Planning and Oversight Committee (POC) Meeting
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 4, Oakland, CA 94612
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- Committee Members present:
- Kathy Teng Dwyer, Steven Wirt, M Shawn Cunningham II, Julie
Waters, Gerald Williams, Kevin Wong, Ajani Torres-Cedillo, and Marcus Montague
Committee Members excused:
Committee Members absent:
Staff Members present:
Karen Lara, Isaac Ruelas, Bolor-Erdene-Erdenebat and Fred Price
Kisha Jackson and Jared Utley
Sandy Taylor, Michael Wetzel and Sachelle Heavens
- 1.
- Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m.
2.
3.
Open Forum There was one speaker who made comments.
Adoption of Prior Meeting Minutes from December 16, 2015 Ajani Torres Cedillo made a motion, seconded by Kevin Wong, to approve the meeting minutes from the December 16th POC meeting. The POC unanimously approved the minutes of the meeting.
- 4.
- Update on OFCY’s RFP
Sandy Taylor gave an overview regarding the approximately 150 OFCY RFP proposals received on January 14, 2016. Staff are in the process of completing hard copy reviews and audit reviews of proposals. OFCY allowed applicants in process of obtaining their audit financial statements to submit their records by the end of March rather than require proof of audit upon submission.
POC members and OFCY staff finalized general plans and membership for two committees to review proposal submissions: RFP Review Subcommittee, and RFP Appeal Subcommittee.
- 5.
- Process for Selection of the Independent Evaluator for FY2016-2017
Shawn Cunningham provided an update from the December 9, 2015 Evaluation Subcommittee meeting. Staff will develop and release a Request for Proposals in early 2016 for an independent evaluation team for the next fiscal year (FY2016-2017), which will begin with the new grant funding cycle.
MINUTES TO BE APPROVED
Oakland Fund for Children and Youth (OFCY)
Planning and Oversight Committee (POC) Meeting
Oakland City Hall, 1 Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, Hearing Room 4, Oakland, CA 94612
Wednesday, February 3, 2016
6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
- 6.
- Administrative Matters
Mike Wetzel reported that mid-year evaluation reports from Public Profit and SPR should be available in March or April 2016 for POC review.
There will not be a POC meeting in March due to the RFP proposal review process. The RFP Review subcommittee will meet on March 1 and March 17 privately to discuss proposal review followed by a public meeting near the end of March to discuss their findings. The next general POC meeting will be scheduled for April 6, 2016.
7. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 7:10pm.
City of Oakland, Human Services Department
Oakland Fund for Children and Youth
To:
Planning and Oversight Committee (POC), OFCY
From: Sandra Taylor, Manager,
OFCY Staff
Date: Re:
April 20, 2016 Funding Recommendation for OFCY 2016-20196 Grants
Action Requested: Funding Recommendations for FY2016-2019
The POC Ad Hoc Review Subcommittee forwards a recommendation for 145 program grants totaling $14.5 million for FY2016-2017, Year 1 of the OFCY 2016-2019 grant cycle. Funding is available to award 145 program grants across seven funding strategies to reach a projected 31,015 Oakland children and youth and 3,455 adults. A list of grants recommended by strategy is attached.
Revenue and Adjustments to Requested Amounts/Partial Awards:
The projected general fund purpose budget allocation for Kids First revenue for FY2016-17 is $14.5 million, and $13.08 million is available for grant awards from the new revenues. The total carryforward available from prior years through FY2014-2015 is $4.5 million, resulting in an additional amount available annually over the next three years of $1.5 million, and total projected funding of $14,580,066 available to support grant awards in 2016-2017.
OFCY Revenue and Funds Available for Grants FY2016-2017 Projected Kids First! revenues Allocation to grants
$14,534,485 $13,081,037 $1,499,029
$14,580,066
Prior Year Carry-forward Available Total Grant Funding Available
Carryforward from FY2015-2016 is not included in the amount above and is estimated to be between $1.0 and $1.5 million. Should annual revenues allocated to Kids First! Fund 1780 decline or increase in FY2017-2018 or FY2018-2019, grant amounts may be adjusted accordingly through the grant renewal and re-contracting process.
POC Ad-Hoc Review Subcommittee Action and Summary of Grants Recommended
The POC Ad-Hoc Review Sub-Committee held five (5) meetings from March 1st through April 7th to consider the recommendation of grants for the 2016-2019 grant cycle.
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During the first meeting the ad-hoc subcommittee received the list of the 237 applications that were submitted for the 2016-2019 OFCY grant cycle and reviewed the disqualifications. Ultimately, 224 proposals were forwarded for review, with 13 applications disqualified for not providing full information as required and stated in the Requests for Proposals.
The ad-hoc subcommittee hosted two meetings to receive briefings on the proposals and two meetings, which were open to the public, on March 31st and April 7th, to further review proposals and receive public input. All qualified proposals were reviewed based on the average reader score, ranked within each of the seven funding strategies. The Subcommittee considered the alignment of the proposals to the intention of the funding strategy; system partnerships; services to specific populations identified through the strategic planning process; costs of services and scope of services; contract compliance points assigned; past performance of current OFCY grantees; and geographic distribution and equity.
Demographics
The OFCY grants would serve a projected 31,015 children and youth in FY2016-2017, as initially proposed. While projections are as proposed and are subject to renegotiations, the following figures are a strong indication of the breadth and distribution of services to be funded.
Race/ Ethnicity
Middle East/North Africa
American Indian / Alaska
Native
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander
Black or African American
Hispanic or Latino
Multi-Racial or Some Other
- Asian
- White
- Biracial
- Race
11617
37.5%
12419
40.0%
3354
10.8%
1031
3.3%
1345
4.3%
511
1.6%
383
1.2%
166
0.5%
189
0.6%
Location of Services
Service Site - District 1
Service Site - District 2
Service Site - District 3
Service Site - District 4
Service Site - District 5
Service Site - District 6
Service Site - District 7
Service Site - Outside Oakland
- 22
- 30
- 62
- 19
- 42
- 36
- 50
- 17
- 7.9%
- 10.8%
- 22.3%
- 6.8%
- 15.1%
- 12.9%
- 18.0%
- 6.1%
Gender
- Female
- Male
- Transgender
100
0.3%
15361
49.5%
15554
50.1%
Age Group
- 0-5 Ages
- 6-10 Ages
8854
11-15 Ages
9121
16-20 Ages
- 5331
- 7709
- 24.9%
- 28.5%
- 29.4%
- 17.2%
Specific Populations
Unaccompanied
Homeless Youth
Minors
Children with Disabilities
Youth Exposed to
Violence
- Foster Youth
- LGBTQ Youth
1032
3.3%
690
2.2%
1522
4.9%
2734
8.8%
746
2.4%
14226
45.9%
Council District – Home Residence for Children & Youth to be Served
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Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence - Client Residence -
- District 1
- District 2
- District 3
- District 4
- District 5
- District 6
- District 7
- Total District
1862
6.0%
4248
13.7%
4171
13.4%
1767
5.7%
5233
16.9%
5217
16.8%
8517
27.5%
31015
100.0%
Demographic Changes
Programs are proposing to serve a similar number of children and youth in 2016-2017 compared to actual numbers served in 2014-2015, the most recently completed program year. Overall OFCY programs reported serving 32,374 children and youth in 2014-2015, with race, gender, and age information complete for approximately 94% the youth. Programs recommended for funding in 2016-2017 propose to reach 31,015 children and youth.
The proposed race and ethnicity of clients are similar to clients served in 2014-2015, is reflective of Oakland’s population, and indicates that programming is focusing on children and youth populations that participate in and benefit from services described in the 2016-2019 OFCY Strategic Plan.
The main shift in demographics projected compared to 2014-2015 programming is in the age range of children and youth proposed to be served. There is a growth in programming and
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projections for children 0-5 and an increase in programming for older youth 15-20, and a decline in number of children ages 11-15 projected to be served. Nevertheless, children and youth ages 11-15 remain the largest age range projected for services in 2016-2017.
Funding Recommendation
Staff recommends approval of the 145 programs identified by the ad-hoc RFP Review subcommittee for approval, for grants totaling $14,436,101 in FY2016-2017. Funding would increase to $14,611,101 in FY2017-2018 and FY2018-2019, with two grants increasing to their full request amount in 2017-2018 as the programs grow to scale.
#1: Early Childhood Mental Health Consultations
Providers of Mental Health and Developmental Consultations in Early Care and Education provide support to Early Childhood Educators and teachers at Head Start sites and OUSD Child Development Centers for providers to better meet the needs of the young children in their care. Early childhood mental health consultation consists of mental health professionals partnering with early care and education (ECE) professionals to promote the social and emotional well-being of young children through the delivery of trauma-informed and culturally relevant services and supports. The strategy will fund three lead agency providers and their subcontractors to deliver services reaching an estimated 2,622 children and 497 parents/ caregivers.
#2: Parent Support and Education
OFCY supports programs that are designed to meet the holistic needs of young children by building parenting skills and knowledge and providing services and supports in community locations that are accessible, safe, and desired by families. OFCY supports parent engagement, parent leadership, home visiting, and peer connection opportunities for parents to learn from and connect with other families in their communities, including Family Resource Centers and other programming in high-priority neighborhoods and school readiness, including summer pre-kindergarten and early literacy efforts. OFCY will expand programming to provide funding for fifteen lead agencies to host activities reaching an estimated 2,958 parents and 4,868 children.
#3: School Based After School
OFCY is continuing the existing school-based after school initiative to supports access to free or low-cost academic and enrichment after school programming at elementary and middle school sites. OFCY provides local match funding to deliver programming at school sites that receive state After School Education & Safety Program (ASES) funding and where at least half the students are eligible for free and/or reduced lunch (FRL) rates. Sixteen programs operating at school sites with very high FRL rates (85% and above) will receive additional supplemental funding to enhance programs with additional arts, literacy, gardening, and science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) programming, expand capacity, or meet other site needs, including meeting the gap in service for K-2 students at the school site. OFCY funding will support programming at 41 elementary school and 19 middle school sites, providing a range of
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academic and enrichment activities in a high-quality, safe, and supportive environment for approximately 7,378 students.
#4: Student Engagement in Learning
OFCY is supporting programming designed to support children and youth’s attachment to
school and achievements in learning in coordination with the school site and school district. The strategy includes investments in culturally responsive and targeted models to meet the needs of specific populations, including youth who are at risk of not graduating or who are experiencing disparities in academic outcomes. OFCY funding will support ten lead agencies providing services that will reach a projected 3,732 students.
#5: Year Round Youth Development and Empowerment Programs
OFCY supports programs providing access to year-round activities that empower children and youth to develop leadership skills, build on their strengths, improve their connections to adults and peers, and contribute to their communities through arts, technology, entrepreneurship, sports, and other enrichment programming. Programs promote the social-emotional, cultural, physical, and cognitive development of young people. This strategy supports access to comprehensive services and trauma-informed supports that meet the needs of specific populations, such as LGBTQ youth, boys of color, unaccompanied minors, and youth exposed to violence. Thirty-three programs will be funded by OFCY to reach approximately 7,879 children and youth next year.
#6: Summer Youth Development and Empowerment Programs
OFCY supports summer programs that provide enrichment and academic opportunities for children and youth during the summer months to help them stay engaged in learning, retain academic skills and knowledge, develop their voice and leadership skills, and make meaningful contributions to their communities. Supported programming prevents children and youth from losing academic knowledge and skills over the summer and leaves them more prepared for a successful start to the new school year. OFCY funding will support 12 lead agencies providing services that will reach a projected 2,265 children and youth this summer.
#7: Career Awareness & Academic Support for Older Youth
This strategy supports programming that provides older youth (ages 15–20) with career awareness, exploration, and preparation within high-priority industries, as well as college and career advising and other academic supports to facilitate the transition to and persistence in college and to a career. The core activities supported by this strategy include the provision of academic support and career-development programming that builds on older youth’s strengths and interests, and supports programs that providing academic supports offered in tandem with career exposure/employability opportunities including reengagement programs that reach youth who are not currently enrolled in school or working. OFCY will support 12 agencies reaching 2,253 youth through the strategy, to increase the number of older Oakland youth receiving work experience and academic support.
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Additional Considerations
Due to the FY2015-2016 estimated revenue carryforward for grants, there is approximately
$300,000 in grant funding remaining available for the POC’s consideration for grant awards The
Ad-hoc POC Review Subcommittee requested that the following proposals for grant awards be brought to the POC for final consideration for funding.
Asian Pacific Environmental Network - AYPAL: Building API Community Power (Youth Development)
Funding recommendation of $75,000
AYPAL has been a long-time recipient of OFCY funding. The program has changed fiscal sponsors numerous times in the past few years and is proposing under a new fiscal sponsorship with APEN. However, the program provides a high overall level of service in the community and currently provides services to over 100 youth. The program provides leadership and community building activities specifically for East Asian and South East Asian youth, which are currently underrepresented in the proposed funding recommendations in Year Round Youth Development and Empowerment.
Beyond Emancipation - GROW
Funding recommendation of $100,000
GROW serves foster youth as they are transitioning to independence by providing culinary training and connections to employment experience with local restaurant partners. OFCY funding enabled the program to launch in 2013 and it has grown successfully over the three year funding, enabling it to become established. The program was successful in meeting enrollment and performance goals each year of OFCY funding. Partial funding of the requested $125,000 grant request would allow for the continuation of a successful program model in service to a vulnerable population.
Spanish Speaking Unity Council of Alameda County, Inc. - OYE (Career Awareness)
Funding consideration of $75,000
OYE is a currently funded OFCY program. The program has struggled to meet performance targets in year one and mid-way through year three. However, the Unity Council has new staff dedicated to the youth workforce programs and a strong community presence in the Fruitvale district. A reduced scope of work to focus the program to be highly successful in meeting performance targets for a smaller number of youth is proposed if recommended.
East Bay Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation (SSCF) – LIBRE (Student Engagement in Learning)