TITLE
Recommendation to authorize City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement, and any necessary documents, subcontracts or subsequent amendments, including amendments to the award amount, with the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation to accept and expend grant funding in the amount of $1,500,000 for the Futures First, Office of Youth Development, for a three-year period beginning May 1, 2022, with the option to extend for three additional one-year periods, at the discretion of the City Manager; and
Increase appropriations in the Health Fund Group in the Health and Human Services Department by $1,500,000 offset by grant revenues. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
The Health and Human Services Department - Office of Youth Development (DHHS-OYD) will partner with Pacific Gateway Workforce Investment Network (PGWIN) to implement and evaluate the Futures First Program. The Futures First Program will adopt a framework based on positive youth development, an evidence-based approach that is focused on building and nurturing the beliefs, behaviors, knowledge, attributes, and skills of all young people. Disconnected youth, herein referred to as opportunity youth, are youth between the ages of 16-24 that are no longer in school or working and face multiple life challenges. Among the many challenges is limited support by adult allies to affirm cultural, strength-based assets that ground opportunity youth with a sense of belonging, personal values, and confidence to overcome multiple systemic barriers. The Futures First Program will increase opportunity youth’s social-emotional intelligence and skills-based learning so they are better equipped to complete one of five career pathways that will increase their social-economic mobility offered through a partnership with PGWIN.
The Futures First Program will serve 300 opportunity youth over three years, with 150 of the youth to be specifically recruited for the PGWIN Space Beach Program, which strives to increase exposure to the spac...
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