TITLE
Recommendation to adopt My Brother’s Keeper Long Beach Local Action Plan;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute any and all necessary documents to receive and expend funding from the Long Beach Unified School District;
Authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute Memorandum of Understanding(s) with community partners that are needed to implement the six milestones in My Brother's Keeper Local Action Plan; and
Increase appropriations in the Community Development Grants Fund (SR 150) in the Development Services Department (DV) by $50,000. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
In February 2014, President Obama launched the My Brother’s Keeper (MBK) initiative to address persistent opportunity gaps faced by boys and young men of color. In the fall of 2014, the Obama Administration issued the MBK Community Challenge as a call to action to cities, towns, counties and tribal nations to build and execute “cradle to college and career” plans around six crucial milestones for success:
1. Enter School Ready to Learn
2. Read at Grade Level by Third Grade
3. Graduate from High School Ready for College and Career
4. Complete Post-secondary Education or Training
5. Successfully Enter the Workforce
6. Safe from Violence and Provided Second Chances
The national Task Force further identified areas of opportunity, or priorities, which span across all milestones that cities and communities can choose to focus their efforts.
Recognizing that the City is well positioned to become an MBK city, the City Council directed the City Manager to provide a report on how the City could respond to the challenge to improve conditions for boys and young men of color in Long Beach. On January 20, 2015, the City Council adopted a Resolution supporting President Obama’s MBK Community Challenge, and received and filed a status report on efforts with the City of Long Beach in support of the initiative.
The City hosted the MBK Community Challenge Local Action Summit (Summit) at Ernest McBr...
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