Title:
Title
City Council COVID-19 Response: CARES Act Framework and Funding Priorities; Establish Sac Childcare Learning and Student Support Program
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FileID
File ID: 2020-00914
Location
Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
Recommendation
Adopt a Resolution: 1) establishing the Sac Childcare Learning and Student Support Program; and 2) establishing a $1.46 million budget for the CARES Act Program (G02610100) from the Youth Enrichment Program in the Federal CARES Act Fund (Fund 2704).
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Contact: Monica Blanco, Interim Youth Division Manager, (916) 808-6308; Mario Lara, Director, (916) 808-1041, Department of Youth, Parks, & Community Enrichment.
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Presenter: None
Attachments:
1-Description/Analysis
2-Coronavirus Relief Fund Programs
3-Resolution
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On May 26, 2020, the City Council committed $2.25 million in the Youth Enrichment Program from the CARES Relief Act Fund to assist youth impacted by COVID-19. Many young people in our community have experienced difficulty in shifting from conventional learning in a classroom setting to a virtual platform. On June 30, 2020, the council approved establishing the Summer Learning Initiative program with three school districts and the County Office of Education to provide intervention programs to address learning loss and improve social emotional learning. However, the actual amount expended for the program was significantly less due to a reduction in scope of the Sacramento City Unified School District and Natomas Unified School District programs as a result of amending Public Health Orders.
Education experts are stating COVID-19 related extended departure from in-classroom learning is having an enormous negative impact, particularly for vulnerable students. Fall learning opportunities and interventions that mitigate COVID-19 related learning loss and address students' social emotional learning are an immediate and urgent need. If left unaddressed, t...
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