Fiscal Note
The proposed resolution accepts the recommendations of the Community Development Division’s Conference Committee and authorizes a total of $254,987 in contracted services for non-neighborhood center school-age child and youth programs. The $254,987 will be disbursed among 13 programs, which 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) Community Services Committee regarding the allocation of City funds, beginning in 2020, for non-neighborhood center-based School-Age Child and Youth Development programs.
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The proposed resolution accepts the CDD Community Service Committee’s recommendations to allocate funds for School-Age Child and Youth programs operated by community partners that do not include the 15 City-supported neighborhood centers, in accordance with the “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” adopted by the Common Council on June 11, 2019 in RES-19-00428, Legistar File #55944.
The Community Development Division (CDD) of the City of Madison seeks to create the necessary conditions for Madison residents to realize their full potential through shared prosperity by building human capital and improving economic opportunities, in part, by assuring that school-age children and youth are prepared for lifelong success. The City investments seek to improve the availability of quality out-of-school-time programming, and expand access to experiences and relationships that contribute to positive youth engagement. They support a continuum of quality, affordable elementary school-age care, and programs that promote positive youth development for middle- and high school-aged youth, during out-of-school time, particularly for low-income youth and children and youth of color.
The goal of the School-Age Child and Youth Development funding process is to better articulate performance expectations for contracted agencies, reflect best practices and community input, and improve transparency in funding structures by more clearly describing expectations for funded agencies. These frameworks are described in the “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” which was adopted by the Common Council on June 11, 2019 in RES-19-00428. Pursuant to the direction provided in that resolution, the CDD conducted a funding process to allocate School-Age Child and Youth Development funds.
WHEREAS, the City of Madison has a long-standing commitment of financial support for programs that provide the care and resources needed to support positive child and youth development including the many facets of physical and mental health, social emotional learning, cognitive development and strong relationships with family and the community; and
WHEREAS, on June 11, 2019, the Common Council adopted RES-19-00248, which approved the “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper” identifying the program structures, effective practices, cost estimates and a program continuum for school-age child and youth development programs, for which the City will offer financial support; and
WHEREAS, the City’s 2019 Adopted Operating Budget appropriates $157,987 to support ongoing School-Age Child and Youth Development programs operated by non-neighborhood center community-based organizations; and
WHEREAS, CDD released a Request For Proposals (RFP), Building Human Capital: School-Age Child and Youth Programs, on June 24, 2019; and
WHEREAS, CDD staff reviewed school-age child and youth development proposals submitted in response to that RFP and formulated recommendations regarding the allocation of available funds based on alignment with the standards laid out in the “School-Age Child and Youth Development Policy Paper”; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on August 28, 2019, the CDD Community Services Committee discussed the program proposals and staff recommendations with CDD staff and finalized its own recommendations regarding the allocation of funds; and
WHEREAS, CDD staff project that fully implementing the Community Services Committee recommendations will require an additional resource commitment in the City’s 2020 Operating Budget of $ 97,000 above current funding levels.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the Common Council approves the CDD Community Services Committee’s recommendations regarding the allocations for Child and Youth Development funding set forth below, provided that sufficient funding is authorized in the City’s Adopted 2020 Operating Budgets; and,
• $35,000 Centro Hispano Inc.-Juventud, Middle School, Continuing Program
• $52,248 Centro Hispano Inc.-(Re)Generacion-High School, Continuing Program
• $11,875 CEOs of Tomorrow Inc.-These Teens Mean Busines$ Innovation Studio-High School, New Program
• $10,000 Freedom Inc.-Nkauj Hmoob Hmong Girls Group-Middle School, Continuing Program
• $10,000 Freedom Inc.-Black Girls Matter-Middle School, Continuing Program
• $10,000 Freedom Inc.-Lotus Khmer Youth Group-Middle School, Continuing Program
• $20,000 Mentoring Positives, Inc.-Leader Academy-High School, Continuing Program
• $11,875 Simpson Street Free Press, Inc.-Elementary Program, New Program
• $13,000 Simpson Street Free Press, Inc.-Middle School Program, Continuing Program
• $13,000 Simpson Street Free Press, Inc.-High School Program, Continuing Program
• $11,875 The Hmong Institute-Hmong Language and Culture Enrichment-Elementary, New Program
• $11,875 The Hmong Institute-Hmong Language and Culture Enrichment-Middle School, New Program
• $44,239 Urban League of Greater Madison, Inc.-Schools of Hope-Middle School, Continuing Progarm
Total: $254,987
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that, in the event that the City’s Adopted 2020 Operating Budget does not include funding sufficient to support the payments described above, the Council directs CDD staff to forward to the Mayor and the Council, not later than January 21, 2020, recommendations to adjust the subject payments to reflect available funding; and,
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED, that the Council authorizes the Mayor and City Clerk, on behalf of the City, to enter into contracts with the agencies named above, beginning in 2020, to accomplish the purposes set forth in this resolution.