Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution accepts the recommendations of the Community Development Division’s Conference Committee and authorizes a total of $2,469,690 in contracted services with neighborhood centers. The $2.47 million will be disbursed among 15 neighborhood centers, with $1.31 million contributing towards neighborhood center support and $1.16 million contributing towards school-age child and youth development programs at those neighborhood centers. The contracts were selected following a request for proposals (RFP) process released by the Community Development Division in June 2019. The 2020 Executive Operating Budget fully funds the proposed contracts.
Title
Accepting the recommendations of the Community Development Division (CDD) Conference Committee regarding the allocation of City funds, beginning in 2020, for neighborhood center “Center Support” payments and for payments to neighborhood centers that support School-Age Child and Youth Development programs.
Body
The proposed resolution accepts the CDD Conference Committee’s recommendations to designate city-funded neighborhood centers as either Tier 1 or Tier 2 facilities and authorize corresponding allocations for Center Support and Child and Youth Development funds in accordance with the “Neighborhood Center Support Policy Paper” and “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” adopted by the Common Council on June 11, 2019 in RES-19-00428, Legistar File #55944.
Neighborhood Centers provide a broad range of programming and activities, many of which are focused on low- and moderate- income families. City investments in these efforts improve the availability of quality out-of-school-time programming, access to experiences and relationships that contribute to positive youth engagement and development, and the presence in neighborhoods of organizations that focus on building community and improving the quality of life for City residents.
The goal of the Neighborhood Center and School-Age ...
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