TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute agreements with the Long Beach Unified School District for the operation of the After School Education and Safety Program at Burbank, Edison, Garfield, Grant, King, Lafayette, and Lee Elementary, and Hudson K-8 school sites; authorize the required 15 percent match of $207,929 in the form of Community Development Block Grant and General Fund monies; execute any future documents, including amendments, necessary to accept, implement and administer the agreements; and
Increase appropriations in the General Grants Fund (SR 120) in the Parks, Recreation and Marine Department (PR) by $1,091,041.
(Districts 1,2,4,6,7,9)
DISCUSSION
The After School Education and Safety (ASES) Program, funded by the California Department of Education, was established in 2002, as a collaboration program with the intent of creating partnerships between school districts and local government agencies for the purpose of providing after school literacy, academic enrichment, and safe constructive alternatives for K-9 students. ASES consists of two program elements: 1) an educational and literacy element that provides tutoring and/or homework assistance designed to help students meet State standards in core academic subjects; and 2) an educational enrichment element designed to provide an array of programs that include visual and performing arts, music, and general recreation activities. The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) allocates grant funding to the City of Long Beach (City) for this program on an annual basis. The Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine (PRM) has provided these services for nine years and anticipates approximately 200,000 participant visits this grant year.
LBUSD has allocated $1,386,192 of its grant funding to the City, which will be used for program staffing, supervision, supplies, and administrative assistance through June 30, 2017. The distribution of funds for each of the e...
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