District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development Fiscal and Service Reports For Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 The City of New York Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development Fiscal and Service Reports For Fiscal Years 2013 and 2014 The City of New York Michael R. Bloomberg, Mayor INTRODUCTION The District Resource Statement (DRS) is prepared annually by Performance Report - Once again, community boards the Office of Management and Budget. Sections 2707 and 2708 will be able to compare select measures of agency of the New York City Charter require that agencies report to the performance within their district to a borough-wide City's 59 community boards expense budget and service and/or citywide average of the agency's performance. information at the agency's service district level. The reporting Except where indicated, the performance figures are full levels vary by agency and by program. Service districts range year figures for FY 2013. Section 12(c)6 of the New from police precincts which can be smaller than community York City Charter states that "for agencies with local districts to multi-borough offices. service districts or programs within community districts and boroughs, the mayor's preliminary management This edition of the DRS gives information for both FY 2013 and report and management report insofar as practicable FY 2014. The current edition reports on agencies that deliver shall include schedules of agency service goals, services directly to community districts and boroughs. These performance measures and actual performance relative agencies manually generate the information in the DRS, except to goals for each such local service district or program." for the fiscal data which is provided by the Financial Information Indicator information in the DRS supplements the Services Agency. The agencies also provide performance Mayor's Management Report by providing measures of indicators for a variety of services. An explanation of agency performance at the local level. Totals for all the districts programs and performance indicators is included. reporting in the DRS will be consistent with the citywide numbers reported in the MMR except where otherwise Personnel headcounts and corresponding fiscal data, equipment noted. information, performance indicators, and contractual services are organized as follows: Contract Report - Data on contractual services varies somewhat from program to program, but includes at Personnel Report – FY 2013 headcounts and fiscal data least the time period of the contract, the cost of the are as of June 30, 2013. FY 2014 Adopted Budget data contract, the kind of service provided and some measure is as of the Budget Adoption in June. of the service. Equipment Report - Unless otherwise noted, FY 2013 information is as of June 30, 2013. FY 2014 information indicates proposed equipment levels. For each agency program, all pages for a particular local service OMB publishes District Resource Statements for the following district are grouped together in the following order: Personnel, agencies: Equipment, Performance, and Contract Reports. The Department for the Aging Personnel Reports give a complete description of the service Department of Buildings and the address of the local service district headquarters. The Department of Cultural Affairs contract pages provide the names and addresses of vendors, and Department of Small Business Services sometimes the location where the service is provided. Department of Environmental Protection The District Resource Statement is useful to the community Fire Department boards at all stages of the budget participation process. Department of Health & Mental Hygiene Community boards can use the DRS to monitor service delivery Department of Housing Preservation & Development throughout the year. It provides a common data base which the Human Resources Administration agencies and community boards can use to discuss service Libraries delivery and to formulate specific budget requests. The Department of Parks and Recreation Performance Reports can help the boards assess the quality of Police Department the service in relation to the resources which are deployed in or Department of Sanitation budgeted for the community district. By comparing this year's Department of Transportation DRS with previous editions, community boards can also use the DRS to analyze trends in funding levels, resource allocation, and Department of Youth and Community Development service delivery. Using the Mayor's Management Report, boards are able to compare service performance indicators in their district with citywide findings. Caution must be used in interpreting the information contained in this document. Agencies often need to move personnel or equipment from one district to another or employ seasonal workers depending on the time of the year. These changes are not reflected in the DRS. A reduction in staffing levels does not necessarily signal a corresponding reduction in services. Where necessary agencies provide explanatory footnotes. Also, Financial Plan Savings are not reflected in the local district reports because these amounts are budgeted at the Unit of Appropriation level. It is not possible to predict the impact of financial savings on an individual service district level. District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Fiscal and Service Report for Fiscal Year 2013 Agency Description The Department of Youth and Community Development Created in 1996, the Department of Youth and Community Development was formed to provide the City of New York with quality and efficient youth and community programs. DYCD provides services to elementary, middle and high school youth as well as adults, families and seniors. The agency: Administers available city, state, and federal funds to youth and community programs, Develops, coordinates, and implements youth programs and activities, Serves as the designated Community Action Agency in the City of New York for administration of Community Service Block Grant (CSBG) funds to address the conditions of poverty, Oversees all youth employment programming and administers Workforce Investment Act funded youth employment services, Promotes public awareness of services and resources available to youth and communities, Awards contracts to a broad network of community-based organizations that provide quality programs and services that adhere to the highest standards and are committed to sound fiscal management, Partners with leadership in the corporate and non-profit sectors, and Functions as the lead agency for the Interagency Coordinating Council on Youth. DYCD funds a wide range of innovative, practical and quality programs that positively impact youth and communities, including: After-school programs, including the nationally known Beacon programs; Out-of-School Time, the largest municipally funded after-school initiative in the country; and the Cornerstone Initiative in public housing developments; Youth workforce development programs including the Summer Youth Employment Program (SYEP), Young Adult Internship Program (YAIP), Out-of-School Youth Program (OSY), and In School Youth Program (ISY); Runaway and homeless youth outreach and shelters; Family support services, including the Fatherhood Initiative; Literacy programs; Immigrant services programs; and Technical assistance and capacity building for community based organizations. DYCD is committed to building and expanding on partnerships that generate innovative and practical programs for youth, their families, and communities. 1 DYCD Highlights DYCD has demonstrated its commitment to innovation and to improving program quality with a variety of special events and program enhancements, despite the challenges of the current economic situation and the aftermath of Superstorm Sandy. These activities are consistent with efforts to provide holistic and structured theme-based activities, trips, and recreational services to young people. Additionally, they help lay the groundwork for expansion when the City’s economy improves. NYC Summer Quest NYC Summer Quest, a pilot initiative aimed at reducing summer learning loss developed jointly by DYCD, DOE, and the Fund for Public Schools, reached about 1,800 students in its second year. The program, located at 11 sites in the South Bronx, brings together academic and enrichment activities through partnerships between public schools and community-based organizations that plan and deliver a five-week, full day curriculum intended to be fun, engaging, and rigorous. The effort seeks to reduce summer learning loss of math and literacy skills and bridges the best of academic preparation with science, technology, engineering, art, and math enrichment activities and physical exercises. LGBTQ Youth In March 2013, DYCD commissioned a report entitled Experiences of LGBTQ Formerly Homeless Adults: Focus Group Report from Strength in Numbers Consulting Group as part of the Family Therapy Intervention Pilot program launched in July 2011. In order to help DYCD refine services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning (LGBTQ) youth, the focus group interviewed adults who had run away from home as teenagers and then later reconnected with their families about the reasons they left home, whether social services helped them, and how they came to reunite with their families. The report also included ten recommendations