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[Grant Agreement] with PRO Youth and Families, Inc. for #SacYouthWorks: Futures - Underage Cannabis Use Prevention, Education, and Advocacy
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FileID
File ID: 2026-00749
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Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation
Recommendation: Pass a Motion authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute an agreement with PRO Youth & Families, Inc. in an amount not-to-exceed $1,422,688.33 to serve as the primary direct service provider for the grant funded program.
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Contact
Contact: Rene Kausin, Youth Development Program Manager, (916) 808-6157, rkausin@cityofsacramento.org, Department of Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment
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Presenter
Presenter: None
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Attachments
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Exhibit A: PRO Youth and Families, Inc. Grant Agreement
3-Exhibit B: #Futures 2023-2026 Report
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Description/Analysis
IssueDetail
Issue Detail: On October 19, 2022, the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) released a Request for Proposals seeking applicants for its Proposition 64 Public Health and Safety Grant Program Cohort 3 (BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 3). On December 2, 2022, the City of Sacramento (the City) submitted a proposal seeking funding for #SacYouthWorks: Futures (#Futures). The City’s proposal was ranked third by the BSCC Review Panel, recommended to their Board of Directors for funding, and subsequently awarded a $2,999,915 grant on April 13, 2023.
The City is a previous BSCC grantee, having received a three-year, $999,555 Proposition 64 Public Health and Safety Grant Program Cohort 2 (BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 2) grant in May 2021 that concluded in October 2024. The City, led by the Office of Cannabis Management in collaboration with Police, Community Development, and Youth, Parks, and Community Enrichment (YPCE) Departments, applied for $6 million in BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 4 funding this spring; the BSCC is expected to announce Cohort 4 awards on June 25, 2026.
BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 3 funding supports 800 City of Sacramento youth in creating pathways to healthy futures and postsecondary success through the City’s #Futures’ program across a five-year period.
Initially piloted at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic in July 2020 using CARES funds, the general #SacYouthWorks (#SYW) program was designed to provide critical learning and address social and emotional needs of youth by connecting them in intentional ways to trusted adults, their peers, community service, and work-readiness and mental health training and support. Through a comprehensively supported network of citywide #SYW youth providers, vulnerable youth are connected to work-based learning (WBL) opportunities and mentorship while earning a stipend.
#Futures integrates underage marijuana use prevention education with #SYW’s WBL model to respond to youth and community needs emerging from the legalization of adult use marijuana. #Futures builds on the strengths of the City’s youth-serving community-based organizations (CBOs) in connecting and responding to the needs of youth most impacted by systemic and structural challenges and barriers. The program creates a network of CBOs that guides small cohorts of 5-30 youth and builds capacity of community-wide prevention efforts.
As described in the successful grant proposal, the City is partnering with PRO Youth and Families, Inc. (PRO) to continue scaling the #SYW framework and, in partnership with a network of youth-serving CBOs, implement the #Futures program that will serve 800 youth, ages 12-19, in a 40-hour paid ($550 stipend) WBL experience across five years. The program includes a minimum of 10 hours of underage marijuana use prevention education, up to 10 hours of work- readiness training, and a minimum of 20 hours of applied service/work experience with projects that address underage marijuana use prevention in a variety of engaging mediums such as social media marketing campaigns, music videos, and graphic novels. #Futures’ youth provider network will also engage in required network gatherings and trainings to support citywide prevention strategies and deliver the research-backed Stanford Smart Talk curriculum to youth participants.
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PolicyConsiderations
Policy Considerations: Not applicable.
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EconomicImpacts
Economic Impacts: Not applicable.
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EnvironmentalConsiderations
Environmental Considerations: This report concerns administrative activities and government fiscal activities that do not constitute a “project” as defined by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines sections 15378(b)(2) and 15378(b)(4) and are not subject to the provisions of CEQA (CEQA Guidelines section 15060(c)(3)).
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Sustainability
Sustainability: Not applicable.
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Commission/Committee Action
Commission/Committee Action: Not applicable.
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RationaleforRecommendation
Rationale for Recommendation: In close partnership with YPCE, PRO has successfully implemented the City’s general #SacYouthWorks program for five program cycles: Summer and Fall 2020, Spring and Summer 2021, and Summer 2022, and for five program cycles of #SacYouthWorks: Futures in 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2026. Collectively, these programs have served nearly 4,000 youth and provided over $7 million in funds, youth stipends, and training to dozens of CBOs in Sacramento’s most vulnerable communities, equipping young people with underage marijuana and substance use prevention education and advocacy, WBL learning, and mental health supports.
In the final year of the BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 2 grant, BSCC staff completed three in-person site visits as part of its standard comprehensive grantee monitoring: first to the City of Sacramento, then to PRO, then to CBO partner iSOUND Performing Arts. BSCC staff expressed admiration for the City’s innovative project delivery model to reach the City’s vulnerable youth through a network of 20+ CBOs located in priority neighborhoods citywide. BSCC staff referred Cohort 3 BSCC grantees from other jurisdictions to City staff to field questions about Sacramento’s model.
The City worked closely with PRO to develop a competitive application for BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 3 grant funds to continue this forward momentum of community collaboration, including PRO as a skilled and seasoned partner in the application. Together with PRO, City staff developed an ambitious workplan for the Cohort 3 grant that will enable us to: build upon lessons learned from BSCC Prop. 64 Cohort 2; reach more youth; and serve a younger population (Cohort 3 recruits youth ages 12-19, to be inclusive of middle school students).
In July 2024, City Council approved a two-year agreement with PRO to implement the #Futures program through June 2026 (File ID 2024-01113). As noted in the staff report, the City has been regularly monitoring the program’s effectiveness and have provided a summary report of its highlights to date as an attachment (Exhibit B).
In the past five years, YPCE staff has met with PRO monthly to ensure compliance with the two State agreements and to monitor the program’s progress towards its goals and objectives. PRO consistently meets the City’s quarterly invoice and reporting requirements ahead of schedule, ensuring the City can submit its quarterly reports and invoices to the State in a timely manner. City staff additionally conduct site visits with PRO and CBO partners, most recently to observe CBO programming at Martin Luther King, Jr. Technology Academy on February 20, 2026, as well as attending the Youth Summit held at the Doubletree on Saturday, April 18, 2026, at which Councilmember Guerra participated in a workforce development panel. PRO has proven instrumental in helping the City to liaise with a growing network of CBOs as well as with the City’s other project partners, like third-party evaluator SCOE and Stanford University, to collect real-time feedback on how to make program implementation as smooth as possible for all parties.
For all the above reasons, including PRO’s performance to date and the BSCC’s positive review of the program model during Cohort 2, City staff recommends entering into a two-year agreement with PRO to ensure the successful completion of the Cohort 3 grant.
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FinancialConsiderations
Financial Considerations: There is sufficient funding in the SYW_BSCC Prop 64-3 project (G19080800, Fund 2702) to award this grant agreement, and this award is consistent with the City’s approved project budget incorporated into the City’s grant agreement with the State of California (see Exhibit A, which includes State Grant Agreement as an attachment).
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LocalBusinessEnterprise
Local Business Enterprise (LBE): Not applicable.
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