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CARES Act Funded Program: #SacYouthWorks Impact Brief [Oral Report]
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File ID: 2020-01525
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Location: Citywide
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Recommendation:
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Receive and comment.
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Contact: Lindee Lane, Youth Development Policy Manager, (916) 808-1171, Office of the City Manager
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Presenter: Lindee Lane, Youth Development Policy Manager, (916) 808-1171, Office of the City Manager; Rachel Minnick, Director of Strategic Programs & Development, PRO Youth & Families; Jazlyn Hall, Youth Participant; Keadrian Belcher, CEO, CLASSY Inc., (916) 529-2870; Dr. Eric Gravenberg, President/CEO, The HAWK Institute, (916) 217-8071.
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1-Description/Analysis
Description/Analysis
Issue Detail: On May 26, 2020 City Council approved specific CARES Act funding recommendations for programs identified and initiated with emergency authority, including an investment of $240,000 for a Citywide Youth Work-Based Learning Paid Summer Experience. Additionally, on June 9, 2020 during a joint meeting, the City Council and the Sacramento Youth Commission endorsed specific CARES Act funding recommendations for youth programs including an investment of $1.3 million for Youth Mental Health and $500,000 for Youth Job Training and Development. From these categories, staff directed the full $500,000 from Youth Job Training and Development and $800,000 from Youth Mental Health for the development of a public Notice of Funding Availability (NOFA).
On August 17, 2020, the City released the Citywide Youth Work-Based Learning Fall Program NOFA on PlanetBids. The NOFA selection committee awarded the grant to PRO Youth & Families, who in partnership with the City had already successfully designed and executed the summer pilot work-based learning experience which exceeded baseline service metrics and objectives and exhibited promising quantitative and qualitative results. The program has since been formally branded as #SacYouthWorks (#SYW). The purp...
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