District Resource Statement
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District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development Fiscal and Service Reports For Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 The City of New York Bill de Blasio, Mayor District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development Fiscal and Service Reports For Fiscal Years 2019 and 2020 The City of New York Bill de Blasio, Mayor INTRODUCTION The District Resource Statement (DRS) is prepared annually by performance within their district to a borough-wide the Agency named in the Document and distributed by the and/or citywide average of the agency's performance. Office of Management and Budget. Sections 2707 and 2708 of Except where indicated, the performance figures are full the New York City Charter require that agencies report to the year figures for FY 2019. Section 12(c)6 of the New City's 59 community boards expense budget and service York City Charter states that "for agencies with local information at the agency's service district level. The reporting service districts or programs within community districts levels vary by agency and by program. Service districts range and boroughs, the mayor's preliminary management from police precincts which can be smaller than community report and management report insofar as practicable districts to multi-borough offices. shall include schedules of agency service goals, performance measures and actual performance relative This edition of the DRS gives information for both FY 2019 and to goals for each such local service district or program." FY 2020. The current edition reports on agencies that deliver Indicator information in the DRS supplements the services directly to community districts and boroughs. These Mayor's Management Report by providing measures of agencies manually generate the information in the DRS, except performance at the local level. Totals for all the districts for the fiscal data which is provided by the Financial Information reporting in the DRS will be consistent with the citywide Services Agency. The agencies also provide performance numbers reported in the MMR except where otherwise indicators for a variety of services. An explanation of agency noted. programs and performance indicators is included. Contract Report - Data on contractual services varies Personnel headcounts and corresponding fiscal data, equipment somewhat from program to program, but includes at information, performance indicators, and contractual services least the time period of the contract, the cost of the are organized as follows: contract, the kind of service provided and some measure of the service. Personnel Report – FY 2019 headcounts and fiscal data are as of June 30, 2019. FY 2020 Adopted Budget data is as of the Budget Adoption in June. Equipment Report - Unless otherwise noted, FY 2019 information is as of June 30, 2019. FY 2020 information indicates proposed equipment levels. Performance Report - Once again, community boards will be able to compare select measures of agency Appropriation level. It is not possible to predict the impact of For each agency program, all pages for a particular local service financial savings on an individual service district level. district are grouped together in the following order: Personnel, OMB publishes District Resource Statements for the following Equipment, Performance, and Contract Reports. The agencies: Personnel Reports give a complete description of the service and Department for the Aging the address of the local service district headquarters. The Department of Buildings contract pages provide the names and addresses of vendors, and Department of Cultural Affairs sometimes the location where the service is provided. Department of Small Business Services Department of Environmental Protection The District Resource Statement is useful to the community boards at all stages of the budget participation process. Fire Department Community boards can use the DRS to monitor service delivery Department of Health & Mental Hygiene throughout the year. It provides a common data base which the Department of Housing Preservation & Development agencies and community boards can use to discuss service Human Resources Administration delivery and to formulate specific budget requests. The Libraries Performance Reports can help the boards assess the quality of Department of Parks and Recreation the service in relation to the resources which are deployed in or Police Department budgeted for the community district. By comparing this year's Department of Sanitation DRS with previous editions, community boards can also use the Department of Transportation DRS to analyze trends in funding levels, resource allocation, and service delivery. Using the Mayor's Management Report, boards Department of Youth and Community Development 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 District Resource Statement Department of Youth and Community Development (DYCD) Fiscal and Service Report for Fiscal Year 2020 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; COMPASS, 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 Services for 2019-2020 After School Programs COMPASS Program Age: Youth in elementary, middle, and high school The Comprehensive After School System of NYC (COMPASS NYC) comprises more than 800 programs serving young people enrolled in grades K-12. Through its network of providers, COMPASS NYC offers high quality programs with a strong balance of academics, recreation, enrichment and cultural activities to support and strengthen the overall development of young people. COMPASS NYC began as Out-of-School Time (OST) in 2005 with an initial investment of $46 million. Today, with increased funding and steadfast commitment by Mayor Bill de Blasio and his administration, the COMPASS NYC now serves over 97,000 youth. New York City’s trailblazing efforts at ensuring access to quality afterschool for all its young people have been recognized nationally in publications like “Hours of Opportunity” by the Wallace Foundation, among others. With a name change in 2014 to better represent NYC’s contribution to building afterschool systems, COMPASS NYC integrates the best OST practices with the unprecedented expansion of afterschool programs serving the City’s middle school students. Programs are offered at no cost to young people and are strategically located in public and private schools, community centers, religious institutions, public housing, and recreational facilities throughout the City. The COMPASS elementary model is a robust design built on lessons learned by DYCD throughout OST’s history, and caters to the “whole child” in kindergarten through 5th grade. Beyond STEM learning, it strives to integrate literacy into all instruction and offers homework help, basic arts instruction, and physical activity, including nutritional programming to promote healthy living. Programs are offered three hours