TITLE
Recommendation to adopt resolution in support of and authorizing a request for funds from the California Department of Public Health through the submission of an application to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Challenge Grant Program, RFA 11-10018, to provide Community Challenge Grant Services. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On September 15, 2010, the California Department of Public Health announced the availability of approximately $18 million per year in grant funds for Community Challenge Grant (CCG) Projects as authorized by California Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code Sections 14504.1 and 18993-18993.9. Annual funding is provided through the California Department of Social Services. Funding for the CCG Projects will be made available for a maximum of five fiscal years for the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2016. Grant awards may be funded up to $250,000 per fiscal year, with a range of $150,000 (minimum) to $250,000 (maximum) per grant award based on weighted scores. Eligible applicants include county and/or city governments, local health jurisdictions, public entities, and private non-profit corporations organized for non-sectarian purposes. The City of Long Beach is a current CCG grant recipient, with funding in the amount of $210,000 per year, reaching thousands of participants through outreach, multi-session workshops, parent education sessions, community events, mentoring, and service learning activities. The current CCG grant will end on June 30, 2011.
The CCG grant is designed to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies and teenage single parents, and to promote responsible parenting and the involvement of the biological father of children born to teen mothers in the economic, social, and emotional support of his children. The City's program will work with the key populations identified in the application guidance, including sexually active adolescents, pregnant and parenting teens, parents and families, young adults at risk for unwed motherhood or absentee fatherhood, and personnel who work with youth. The grant application must be submitted to the State by December 13, 2010. Should the City receive the grant, implementation would commence in July 1, 2011 and continue for up to five years.
This item was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Amy Burton on September 22, 2010, and Budget Management Officer Victoria Bell on September 21, 2010.
TIMING CONSIDERATIONS
City Council action is requested on October 19, 2010 in order to include a copy of the resolution in the grant application.
FISCAL IMPACT
Should the City receive this grant, an appropriation adjustment of up to $1.25 million will be requested in the Health Fund (SR 130) and in the Department of Health and Human Services (HE) to implement the program. The exact amount of the award will not be known until the grant is awarded. There is no City match of funds required, no impact to the General Fund and no net impact to jobs associated with this action.
SUGGESTED ACTION
Approve recommendation.
BODY
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LONG BEACH IN SUPPORT OF AND AUTHORIZING AN APPLICATION TO THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH TO CONTINUE SERVICES UNDER THE TEEN PREGNANCY PREVENTION COMMUNITY CHALLENGE GRANT (CCG) PROGRAM
Respectfully Submitted,
RON ARIA
DIRECTOR OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
APPROVED:
PATRICK H. WEST
CITY MANAGER