Office Of The City Administrator - Regular Meeting

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Good afternoon and welcome to the Life Enrichment Committee meeting of Tuesday, June 23rd, 2026. The time is now 4.04 p.m. and this meeting may come to order. Before taking roll, I will provide instructions on how to submit speaker cards for items on this agenda. If you're here with us in chamber and would like to submit a speaker card, please fill one out and turn one into myself or a clerk representative no later than 10 minutes after the start of this meeting or before the item is read into record, whichever occurs first. Registering to speak via Zoom is now due 24 hours prior to the start of this meeting time. This meeting came to order at 4.04 p.m. and speaker cards will no longer be accepted 10 minutes after, making that time 4.14 p.m. We'll now proceed with taking roll. Council Members Gallo.

Present.

Houston excused or absent? Excused.

Council Member Wong. Present. And Chair Five. Present. Thank you, we have three members present, one excused, Houston. Chair, before we begin, do you have any announcements at this time? No announcements, thank you. Okay, starting off with item one, approval of the draft minutes from the committee meeting of June 9th, 2026. We have no speakers, we just need a motion. Thank you, we have a motion made by Council Member Gallo, seconded by Council Member Hwang to accept the draft minutes from the committee meeting of June 9th, 2026. On roll, Council Members Gallo. Houston excused, Hwang. Aye. And Chair Pai. Aye. Thank you, motion passes with three ayes, one excused. Houston to accept the draft minutes. Oh, sorry, we do have a public speaker. We have Blair Beekman. Okay. Mr. Beekman, you can unmute yourself and begin your comments.

Thank you. I'll just wait till the rest of the agenda. Sorry about that. Thank you.

Thank you. Moving on to item two, determination of schedule of outstanding committee items. We have two speakers that signed up to speak on this item.

Let's hear from the speakers first.

Ms. Assata Olaballa and Blair Beekman.

My son brought this to my attention, never heard this before. But all over the country, communities are organizing to stop data centers from coming into their communities. And the legitimacy of this, as I look at it, has some points that we need to see if we need to create an ordinance that stops data centers from being in the city of Oakland. We currently have 300 data centers in the state of California. The one I know that's nearest to Oakland is in Haywood. The bigger issues with these data centers has to do with the quality of water that's needed, the electricity that's needed, the noise issue, and there are other issues. And I was just taken back with the... with the phenomenal number of communities who have decided that this is a crucial issue for which they want to stand up. The second issue I'm concerned about in quality of life of our seniors. I'm seeing more and more issues that are developing in the city of Oakland that says seniors are not being given the quality of respect or their needs are not being met. The senior centers, we just had a housing issue for seniors. that particular issue once you identify a housing community for seniors there was something in that agreement that they can change it and now they are dealing with people who are not seniors who are not people that are respectful to the seniors that live there so that's and the last thing is and bring up your sanctuary city thing Quality of life for African Americans are being impacted because of your sanctuary city ordinance. That means housing, that means jobs, it's also impacting.

Thank you for your comments. Noting the presence of Council Member Houston via Zoom. Council Member Houston, can you unmute yourself? Yes, I can.

Good afternoon. Could you please state the reason for your remote appearance today?

Because I had a flat tire.

My understanding is that the clerk has received a form allowing you to work remotely for the just cause provision of the Brown Act. Okay. Yes, is there anyone in the room with you over 18?

No, by myself.

Okay, proceed.

Okay, thank you. Again, noting the presence of Council Member Houston at 4.07 p.m. Blair Beekman, you can unmute yourself and begin your comments on item two.

Hi, thank you, Blair Beekman. A flat tire in the middle of the afternoon can really hurt. Sorry about that. I wanted to comment that, yeah, for these coming up items to be working on, like OFCY strategies, Park and Recreation Advisory Commission, the Cultural Commission Library Commission, and overall, Commission on Aging and Overall Issues of Life Enrichment and Neighborhood Enrichment. Very much of a thank you to Councilperson Fife, who she's been really interested in the digital billboard program. And there was a small digital billboard item that came to council or committee last week came to some meeting and she decided to not go forward in thinking with that item. I don't know how it relates to her major project of digital billboard issues, but she took a break on that one and it was nice to see. And it sounds like she's willing to listen and not go all out on the Costco item at the the old oakland army facility uh thank you for that thank you for that patience and reserve and how to address our issues and uh i hope it's a good learning process for all of us how do you uh we want to do things we want to accomplish things and sometimes we just have to wait and things may need adjustments and not acceptable the land issues that the costco uh Oakland Army Base may be a real question for food items and storage and product items. So good luck how we can be addressing things and working together as long as it is a conversation that's open and continuing. Good luck to that kind of effort. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments, Chair. That concludes all speakers on this item.

Thank you. Does the administration have any proposed changes to the agenda?

No.

I will entertain a motion. Second.

Thank you, we have a motion made by Council Member Gallo, seconded by Chair Five to accept the determination of schedule of outstanding committee items as is. On roll, Council Members Gallo. Aye. Houston. Aye. Wong. Aye. And Chair Five. Aye. Thank you, motion passes with four ayes to accept the determination of schedule of outstanding committee items as is. Reading in item number three, Adopt a resolution accepting the Planning and Oversight Committee recommendation to award Oakland Fund for Children and Youth grants to nonprofits and public agencies to operate distinct year-round programs in an annual amount not to exceed 20 million, $677,356 for two fiscal years from July 1st, 2026 through June 30th, 2027, and from July 1st, 2027 through June 30th, 2028, contingent upon funding available and program performance, and there are 10 speakers that signed up to speak on this item.

Madam City Clerk, are the 10 speakers online? Okay, we will put 10 minutes on the clock for Ms. Robin Love and we'll hear your presentation.

Great.

Good afternoon, Chair Fife and fellow council members. My name is Robin Love and I'm the Children and Youth Services Manager within the Human Services Department. Within my portfolio is the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth and the Oakland Youth Commission. I am here today to seek your review and adoption, if possible, of year-round awards for the Oakland Fund for Children and Youth. I'd like to introduce our Children and Youth Services Planner who will walk you through our slide deck today. We'll close out with a few more comments and then allow for questions and answers.

Good afternoon. My name is Robin Levinson and I'm the program planner with the Children and Youth Services Division. Once we get the slides up, I'll begin our presentation. Thank you to our team. So I want to start with a general overview of the RFP and then go into the proposals we received as well as a brief description on how we did our scoring and evaluation methodology to finalize the proposal you see before you. The RFP covered eight funding strategies that were approved by council through the OFCY Strategic Investment Plan in fall 2024. The RFP timeline launched, or the launch of the RFP was on Friday, October 24th, and closed on December 12th, 2024. That says 25. One note is we really wanted to make sure that the RFP did not coincide with the holidays, as we heard that from a lot of community agencies. Outreach and engagement was a key part of our launch, and we sent weekly updates to the OFCY mailing list. That's about 2,000 subscribers. We also, within that time, received 150 new subscribers. We posted all materials on the Human Service Department website, in addition to OFCY.org. We published the launch of the RFP in the Oakland side. That was a running ad weekly, in addition to the East Bay Times, the Oakland Post, and El Reportero. And we used the kiosks across the city to publish the launch in English, Spanish, and Chinese through the period of October 24th to the December 12th. Through our social media posts, we had over 19,000 impressions, and with the Ike kiosks, we had over 1.6 million impressions and 183,000 plays, which is my understanding is when people touch and tap and pursue more information. So we know that coupled with this intentional engagement and also recognizing the intense landscape that our funding landscape, we received a significant amount of proposals. And this was different than in the last RFP in that we received 333, which was a 45% increase from 2022 when there was 229 proposals. Cumulatively, the ask was for 62 million, which was a 65% increase from 2022, when 37.8 million was requested. Looking at the different strategies the largest or the largest number of proposals was received in the youth development strategy with almost one-third of all proposals 96 that was followed by the elementary school strategy with 74 proposals and When you looked you all and this body and the council have already approved our summer service term That was 33 of the 333 proposals. So we're looking at year-round today we're looking at the other 300 proposals submitted for the year-round service term and On this table, you'll see a breakdown again of the total number of proposals received, but also you'll see here the amount of money asked across each of the funding strategies. And one thing I want to call attention to is just with youth development and leadership alone, we were at $19.8 million in ask, recognizing the amount of money and amazing amount of programming happening across the city. This was the largest asked by funding strategy in the youth development, followed by career access and employment at 11.7 million. 189 agencies submitted a proposal, and of these 189 agencies, eight agencies submitted more than five proposals. You'll see those listed here on this screen, in addition to the number of proposals, and also if they're a current OFCY grantee during this fiscal year. So shifting now to, this is kind of covering that launch and the number of proposals received, I wanna shed light a little bit on the evaluation and reader and scoring process. OFCY was really intentional with partnering with local education institutions, including UC Berkeley, Cal State East Bay, Laney College, and Merritt College, to ensure that we had a lot of representation from students studying public policy, politics, criminal justice, education. We also partnered with other city departments, particularly the definitely within house at the Human Services Department, but also Community Economic Development Department and also the Department of Violence Prevention to get more readers. We had council members share out the announcement for readers in newsletters and in social media posts. Our own planning and oversight committee recruited readers, and we also were able to do it through our own network of community based agencies. In total, 253 individuals signed up to be readers, 175 completed the training and actually scored proposals. Before accessing any proposals, we needed a significant training. We held three trainings live for individuals the week after the RFP closed. We also recorded that training for those who could not attend in person or live. We also built out our confidentiality and impartiality statement with recommendations and improvements provided by the Public Ethics Commission. In addition to confidentiality and impartiality, we also ensured that they didn't have a conflict of interest as described in these bullets below. No participation on the board, no previous employment, and also no experience within the programming of those agencies. Now of the 175 readers, we needed that many because each proposal needs three readers as defined by the requirements of the contract administration unit. To ensure that no one reader read too many proposals, we made sure each reader had a minimum of three, but a maximum of 10. Six proposed readers were removed due to a potential conflict of interest, and readers read between December 19th and March 13th. One of the reasons this was so long of a period was because we also wanted to account for variance. We defined variance as any time a proposal had a minimum score and a maximum score that was more than 20 points of difference. So let's say somebody got a 55 and a 95. We wanted to make sure we had an additional score review so that no average score was really impacted by one outlier. We had an optional reader survey, which just gives a little bit of light here on who made up that population of readers, including individuals who identified as neurodivergent or having a disability. We had youth representation, including four Oakland youth commissioners, City of Oakland staff, as mentioned before, and also subject matter expertise, including those who had lived experience in OFCY programming in the past, in addition to after-school programming, program evaluation. Please refer to Attachment C for more information on the depth. We also had council representation across all districts within readers. So shifting to the scoring, this was an extremely competitive RFP in that over half received a score of 85 out of 100 or above. Just looking at those who received a 90 out of above, that was one third of all proposals. Recognizing the funding available, looking at just the funds requested by agencies who had a score of 90 and above, that was $20.8 million. If you couple that with what was approved in resolution 91138 for our summer awards of 2.7 million, that means our overall ask amount was 23.6 million. So recognizing this, we leaned on language that was provided in the RFP, which is that OFCY reserved the right to consider additional factors, including the number of applications as part of the final award determination, and also how well a program addressed systemic gaps and served those farthest removed from access to power and resources. Again, these factors that we included and helped us determine our final recommendations brought to our planning and oversight committee included geographic population served, number of proposals submitted by the agency, the total funding requested by strategy and overall, the history of the agency in Oakland, their applied expertise, and also the funding climate. And that is why you get to what you see here today and in the report and resolution, what was passed by our planning and oversight committee. You'll see that the youth development, which is the last row, has the largest number of recommended awards and the largest allocation at 7.5 million, followed by the career access and employment allocation of 4 million. This aligns with the strategic investment plan. We also went beyond the initial allocation amount, again, recognizing the financial landscape and what our city is dealing with with federal and state and county cuts. So looking at what we have in the Oakland Children's First Carry Forward, we are going to have to make up about a $3.5 million difference, and you can see the math detailed here. So in this right here, what we are requesting today is the 20.67 million to cover year-round. Coupled with what was already approved in the summer programming through resolution 9 1 1 3 8 we have that difference of about 3.5 to make up 3.5 million Lastly I just want to shed light on program impacts and the reality of how important this funding is particularly recognizing the ask of 62 million and how we know we are in some ways a drop in the bucket of the total funding needed to recognize the important impact these programs have and So here you'll see the number of youth served, which is roughly 22,000 to 23,000 youth that are getting served through programs funded through OFCY. And you'll see that based on the program count and the strategy listed here in this table. Additionally, when you look at the number of youth served by ethnicity, about 41% identify as Hispanic or Latinx, about 31% identify as black or African American, and 10% identify as Asian, Asian American, and Filipino. When you look also at the geographic regions represented, we were really intentional in the RFP to ensure that we used the guidance from the Department of Transportation Geographic Equity Toolbox to have our proposers demonstrate how their program directly supports the highest and high priority listed neighborhoods. And you'll see here just listed kind of estimated number of youth served by that map and kind of general zip code. Lastly, these are all estimates, but here you'll also see the number of youth served by council district. And here you'll see that about the primary districts served through the estimated number of youth through the programs would be district three, district two, and district seven. We recently came to this body to cover the fiscal year 23-24 evaluation of the OFCY program, and we talked about our intention to build out and become more robust in our results-based accountability. You'll see that was reflected in the RFP, and you'll see the outcome measurement categories listed here below. All of our programs will be reporting out on how well their program meets their identified measures that fit into these buckets. And with that, we are welcoming any kind of questions or comments. Thank you.

Thank you for that presentation. We will hear from our public speakers.

Calling in the names that signed up to speak on item number three. In no particular order, you can come up to the podium, state your name for the record, then make your comments. As standard practice, we will take in-person speakers first. If you are participating via Zoom and you hear your name, please raise your hand to be easily identified. Katia Cabrera, Candy Lozano, Yasmin Villalobos, Christopher Martinez, Blair Beekman, Jordan Hernandez, Alexander Gutierrez, David Gallegos, Walter Maldonado, and Misisata Olabala.

Hola, buenas tardes. Mi nombre es Katia Caballero. Como madre, quiero expresar mi más sincero agradecimiento a OFCY por el apoyo y los fondos brindados al programa Baby Learning. Gracias a esta ayuda, mi familia y muchas otras han tenido acceso a actividades y recursos que apoyan el aprendizaje y desarrollo de nuestros hijos. Las actividades de Baby Learning nos han permitido pasar más tiempo de calidad juntos, aprender cosas nuevas y apoyar el crecimiento de nuestros hijos de una manera divertida y educativa. Agradecemos profundamente a OFCY por invertir en nuestras familias y en el futuro de nuestros hijos. Su apoyo ha tenido un impacto positivo en nuestra comunidad y estamos muy agradecidos por esta oportunidad. Mi hija es Camila, está atrás. Ella ha sido parte del programa como por seis años y agradecemos profundamente la oportunidad.

And then I'll be saying it in English. I want to say that as a parent, I would like to express my sincere gratitude to OFCY for the support and funding provided to the baby learning program. Thanks to this assistance, my family and many other had access to activities and resources that support our children learning and development. The baby learning activities have allowed us to spend more quality time together. I learn new things and support our children's growth in fun and educational ways. We deeply appreciate the OFCY for investing in our families and in the future of our children. Their support has had a positive impact in our communities and we are very grateful for the opportunity. Thank you.

Hola, buenas tardes. Mi nombre es Candy Lozano. Quisiera expresar desde el tiempo que llegué aquí a California, hace 16 años. He tenido muchas experiencias con el programa Baby Learning y con el tiempo se ha convertido en parte de nuestra familia. Este programa me ha ayudado a mejorar como comunicación con mi pareja y con mis hijos y crear más momentos de convivencia con ellos, fortaleciendo nuestra relación y nuestra familia. um

I would like to express that since I arrived to California 16 years ago, I had many experiences with baby learning programs and over the time has become very important part of my life and my family's life. This program has helped me provide communication with my partner and create more moments of togetherness with my children. Thanks to baby learning, we have learned to spend more time together in more mindful and meaningful ways. In addition, through this program, I have met many people in my community and received support at different times. I am deeply grateful for everything baby learning has brought to my life and for the positive impact it has on my family and our community. Thank you, OFCY.

Good afternoon. My name, do we have the time? Okay, hello. Like I said, good afternoon. My name is Yasmine Villalba. I would like to express the value of the baby learning program has for our family. Thanks for the support is received from OFCY. Their contribution has been essential in keeping the spaces like this available in our community. I have seen how my children come home more excited to learn and how these activities spark their curiosity and confidence. It has also been valuable for us as a parent and gives us ideas and tools to better support their daily development. From the bottom of my heart, I thank you OFCY. thinking about families like ours. Their support not only funds a program, but also strengthens the future of our children and gives hope as a community. Thank you.

You did a great job. Great job. The report on the Center for Independent Living uses the term BIPOC system. What in the hell is a BIPOC system? Take BIPOC out. We are not the same. We try to group people together and we are not the same. Central De La Rasta, Youth Law Academy, they work mostly with Latino kids. Civil Corps, look at what it says, 81% men, 16% women. We need to work on them being more balanced with more women included in their programs. The Lau family, $200,000 for careers. Their scope of work happens to deal with a lot of African Americans. They are not culturally competent. Just because they hire African Americans doesn't mean that they have the capacity. No other group will allow another race of people to tell them how to do business. Don't do it with us. Refugees and immigrants transition $350,000. You also have the East Bay Spanish-Speaking Citizens Foundation, $83,000. That's specific to help Spanish people. Spanish-Speaking Unity Council, $312,000 for Beloved Village. Spanish-Speaking Unity Council, $250,000 for career exploration. Asian Health Services, $200,000. Now, you ain't heard nothing black yet. Center, I'm sorry, Center for Empowering Refugees and Immigrants, $400,000. BIPOC, language in that one too. East Bay Asian, local development, Asians, $101,000. Spanish-speaking Unity Council, Latino men and boys, cultural-rooted youth development, that's fine. They know that they have to train their own children. Same thing with black people.

We have to train our own.

Where's the money for that?

Thank you for your comments. Switching to Zoom user Blair Beekman, you can unmute yourself and begin your comments. Blair, you can unmute yourself and begin your comment. Okay, we will try again after. Christopher Martinez, you can unmute yourself and begin your comment.

Good afternoon, members of the Life Enrichment Committee. My name is Christopher Martinez, and I serve as the Executive Director of the Spanish Speaking Citizens Foundation. I want to begin by acknowledging this committee and OFCY for this recommendation. We really appreciate this investment. in our immigrant and newcomer youth. Spanish-speaking Citizens Foundation has been rooted in Oakland's immigrant community for over six decades. We did not come to this work recently, and we did not come to it from the outside. We are of this community. We understand its history, its strengths, and its needs in ways that cannot be replicated by other organizations. For many of us, this is a singular focus and our deepest commitment. The Libra Independent Living Project is a direct response to a gap that we see every day. young adult newcomers who are capable, resilient, and determined, but who lack access to the systems, supports, and connections that make independent adulthood possible. They are not failing because they lack drive. They are navigating extraordinary complexity, a new country, a new language, economic pressure from their families, and now a political climate that has made simply existing as an immigrant young person feel dangerous. They need more than a workshop, they need an ecosystem of support, and that is precisely what this program delivers. And what distinguishes Libre is not just our model, it's our people. Our staff are not outsiders looking in, Many of them are alumni of this very program. They have walked this road. They have opened their first bank account with one of our counselors by their side. They have stayed in school when it would have been easier to stop. They have supported their families while building their own futures. This is really important funding for us. So this committee's recommendation really does send a message that Oakland stands with its immigrant youth at a moment when that message is desperately needed. we will honor it we will deliver results report transparently and demonstrate the full return on this investment not just in outcomes but in young people who are stable connected and ready to contribute to the city for decades to come thank you so much thank you for your comments if your name was called and you're on zoom please raise your hand to be easily identified alex gutierrez you can unmute yourself and begin your comment

Alex, I see that you're unmuted, but we do not hear you. Alex Gutierrez, last call. It's very faint. We can barely hear you.

Can you hear me?

Yes, we can hear you. Go ahead and begin.

Hello, everyone. My name is Alexander. I'm part of the Spanish-speaking foundation. I would like to express my sincere gratitude for this grant and the opportunity to continue in support of community. Today, I have the privilege of being part of the organization and helping young people who are facing challenges, especially in our community. This grant will have a meaningful impact in our independent learning program. Many of the students we serve are are preparing to transition to adulthood and facing challenges related to education, employment, financial stability, and self-sufficiency. Through this funding, we will be able to provide mentorships and also guide students and help the students to build the skills necessary to live independently and confidently. The program will support students in developing financial literacy skills such as budgeting, savings, and understanding credit. It will also help them explore college and career opportunities, prepare resumes, practice interview skills, and navigate important life decisions. In addition, students will learn about housing resources, time management, self-advocacy, and community service, technical support, or long-term success. As someone who has benefited from this support and this organization, I understand how life-changing these opportunities can be. This grant will help ensure that more young people have access to the resources, guidance, and encouragement they need to achieve their goals and build a successful future, mostly because most of our students are Latinos and we come from different backgrounds. Most of the time, they don't teach us how to do this. But by teaching these people how to manage their money and how to help them, we can help them to have a good future and good success in the college. And also, I just want to say thank you so much for considering us and for all the opportunity. And we would like to try helping the community and mostly all the student students. Thank you.

Thank you for your comments. Again, if your name was called and you were on Zoom, please raise your hand. Otherwise, at this time, all names have been called.

Thank you, Madam City Clerk.

Jordan, oh.

Are there questions or comments from the committee? Councilmember Gaya.

Yes. Thank you for the information just for clarity sake for to the public You know, there's there are a number of reports That are given to us from attachment a to attachment e Can you cannot then I'm kind of trying to follow up? the number of organizations that have been recommended, right? And the scoring, you provided the scoring, the average scores, the funding strategy, the program name, the agency's name. Can you just kinda highlight or go over, like attachment A, a year round service term programs recommended for awards? So that means whatever's on this list is getting those award amounts, right?

Attachment A.

Okay, and but there's some organizations that that besides attachment a there and Testament B and Attachment e so those are organizations that are funded but for different activities or services?

Through the chair, attachment B is year round and summer service term programs not recommended. So in the spirit of full transparency to share all of the information, we included A, which is what we're proposing to fund for the 20 million. B, who we didn't fund with their scores, but just so you could see who didn't get funded. And then C is our outreach and recruitment, getting the word out for the RFP, so you have that. And then D is summer service, which you already approved, resolution 9-1-1-3-A, when we came to you, I believe in May.

Okay, so attachment E, the average scores for year-round services term programs recommended for awards. So that means all the listing on here, they did not all get the,

Thank you for the question through the chair. Attachment E, the primary difference between that one and attachment A is just the funding score is included. We wanted to give the program description and in order to give enough information on attachment A with the program description and the funding amount, we did an additional attachment to give you the score so you could see it.

Yeah, you see I was trying to follow Safe passages they've been around for many many years throughout the city of Oakland different type of services year-round and so forth and And kind of recognize the scoring and so forth So if you're included in all these attachments you're being funded

Other than attachment B. So attachment B, if you count up attachment A plus attachment B, you'll get the total 300 year-round proposals. So attachment A has those that we're recommending for funding.

Attachment A and B?

A and attachment E have the same information and that will be those that are recommended for funding.

Okay, attachment A and E. That's correct. Okay, all right, thank you, thank you.

Council Member Wong.

Thank you, and you all always provide the most thorough reports, so thank you for doing that. I think I just have a couple of questions. One is just what was the evaluation criteria for these? Sorry if I missed it in the many documents that were provided. Can you just share some of the evaluation criteria that were yeah through the chair We had a rubric that was given and provided through the training.

We don't have that rubric attached here, but it is in the RFP Detailing the different what the proposal our proposers will be scored on it included things There was a budget section. There was a program information section they had to show that their Program how it aligned with the Department of Transportation Geographic equity toolbox in their population and geography So it had those different sections that were within the RFP detailed there and then that's what we trained our readers on to then align it and That was what was used in addition to then the final once we got that average score our own determination with those other criteria that we listed in the PowerPoint and

Okay I also noticed just in reading this I don't know if this was because of my comments or not but I did appreciate that in the report that you all included a specific data point around serving homeless and transitioning youth and I was wondering just do we know how many homeless youth like in our school system just generally through you know McKenna-Vento and how many are we serving a hundred percent of them or like what percent of those homeless youth are we reaching through these programs through the chair we are serving homeless youth within the Oakland Unified School District we don't have that specific data but we can circle back and get that for you and bring it back okay thanks and then the other thing i just want to thank you for doing is to include funding for commercially sexually exploited youth so thank thank you for doing that i saw that

Through the chair, we did hear some of the issues that were brought up when we came for summer and mayor summer youth employment program. Ms. Asada also asked about specific focus populations, including the CSEC population, homeless youth and foster youth. So we went back and compiled the data that we had within the proposals to provide that to you. So thank you for bringing that to our attention. And we do try to be responsive to those specific questions that you have as counsel.

Well, thank you for doing that. With that, I'll move the item.

Thank you for that motion. I'll second. I do have a couple questions, because there were some things that came up in the presentation that I just want a little bit of clarity on. So Ms. Levinson, if you could expound on the comment of there were a number of applications that were considered as a part of the award. There were lots of applications. And I wanted to know, by the sheer volume of applications that came through, what does that communicate? And how would that impact the way that the applications were scored, if at all?

I think what it communicated is the great need in Oakland, particularly around youth support, but also for zero to five, for other wraparound services, violence prevention. The sheer number of proposals and given the economic climate, we did expect to have that large number of proposals and as funding streams become more competitive, And this is a funding stream that, unlike many other funding streams, is less categorical. We say that the funding needs to go to direct services, and we wanna see many populations benefit from this, and we track that. So I think that was the first thing that we took away from this, that I wish I could raise enough money to fund fully all of the proposals, especially the ones that have scored 85 and higher, so we're mindful of that. And then your second question, can you repeat that for me, please?

The comment that was made that stood out, and I don't even have all the words verbatim, but it was something that sounded like the number of applications that were considered it had an impact on the awards that were made. So again, I don't know verbatim what was stated, but I was just wondering what impact that that had.

Did you want me to respond? Yeah, why don't you do it?

Okay.

Yeah, this is the chair. We saw both an increase in the number of agencies that applied and in addition to that, a number of proposals. So to that point, I can try to go back. Am I allowed to reshare the slide? Okay, thank you. Because I think maybe where this may have been sparked, Chair Fife is around that, looking at the number of agencies that submitted multiple proposals, right? And one thing, this was our first RFP process and we had no maximum number that you could submit. So, you know, you saw where we had Bay Area Community Resources submitted 22 proposals, right? Majority of those were in the elementary school and middle school after school program strategies, but in addition, they also had them in youth development and career access. So you are correct that we did also consider the number of agencies, or excuse me, the number of proposals that an agency did submit in considering the final determination on how much money we would allocate by agency. And also, we had guidance from our planning and oversight committee that really wanted us to try to access and identify, thank you, How do we support newer agencies smaller agencies and what through this? Recommendation about 1 3rd are new agencies that were not funded in this last fiscal cycle So that is 1 3rd of both summer and year-round together will be about 1 3rd of new agencies including small and emerging Thank you.

Okay That clarified that for me. Thank you so much. Will there be a proposal limit in the future? I

I think what we're doing is looking at the impact of this, the decisions we made, and how services will be delivered, and we'll be taking under consideration lessons learned. I think one of the options we are exploring is the number of proposals that can be submitted within a strategy, among other criteria, including possibly past program performance, So stay tuned, and any recommendations that you all may have, we certainly will take them under advisement and consideration.

Okay, and I'm also pleased to see that there are newer agencies that are being funded. I know one of the comments we hear frequently from the public is that we keep funding the same organizations over and over again, and don't give other and opportunity to compete, and that's what an RFP is, but if you don't get the experience of getting the funding to do the work that is your mission, it's difficult to become one of those larger, more highly performing agencies, so I was happy to see that. And just always, just the hard work and the information that goes into these reports is impressive. Thank you very much. I think we had a motion. Oh, I'm sorry. Council Member Houston, you have the floor.

Thank you. Through the chair, Robin Love, thank you so much. I couldn't see the slide that had District 7 and our black youth. So if you can just express or share with us a little bit about that, because I'm going to repeat what I heard want someone online say. And then Miss Obala said is that we need an ecosystem of support to when I say we I'm talking about black youth and I heard someone say no other race will let any one tell them what they need. And I'm I'm I'm on a mission. I hope you guys pay attention to public safety today because I'm tired of people telling black youth or black people they don't have the experience, what we need and what we we need. Right. So can you just share me what in D7, the black youth and D7, what who's being serviced, please? Mrs. Love.

through the chair sure council member houston i have data aggregate aggregated in different ways and so to get into the weeds of specifically how many black youth per district i would have to double check but i don't know if we have that right now but what i can tell you is 8 678 african-american and black youth will be served this is proposed We have a number of organizations that are by, for, and with African American and that serve that population. We also know that for some of the small and emergency, particularly for fathers and for males, that we have a few new organizations that also provide services to them. In terms of district numbers of youth to be served, So D3 was 7,642 again proposed. What actually occurs is what we track quarterly and we can bring that back to you in six month increments. Oftentimes what is proposed is lower than the number of African American or Latino participants that are served. We know that demographics in Oakland is changing, so we particularly made a point to using the geographic toolbox to make sure we serve African Americans. That is a priority for me, as well as all, OFCY serves all young people, but we recognize that some of the disparate outcomes really are with African American and Latino children, youth, and their families. For D7, that's about 15% of youth served. That is 3,336. For D6 is 2,820, about 13%. And that was the slide deck that you heard Council Member Houston that was presented to you. D5 is about 16% of the total youth served at 3,563. We know that D3, D5, D6, D7, some of D2, also have populations and participants that have a lot of needs and stressors that we want to make sure they serve. And believe it or not, even in D4, when we did disaster service work and we had the fires maybe a year and a half ago, I was actually surprised at the number of African Americans predominantly that showed up at the center because they lived in D4 in various community pockets.

Thank you. And through the chair, you say proposed. So what was done the last time around? Or is this the first time? Because I couldn't hear that part. How many in D7 was served last time?

So I would have to circle back on our website, OFCY.org, we do have the 24-25 evaluation report that was finalized. We are working on our 25-26 annual independent evaluation report. It usually comes out after year-end closing reports. are turned in, so I can get that for you, Council Member Houston, and we also in CitySpan have the ability to generate demographics in real time, so we can come back with an informational report if you like in early, let's say fall after school starts in September with specific demographics that were served in 25, 26, prior to submitting for your review and approval of the independent annual evaluation report, because to compile all that data, it takes a little time.

Okay, and through the Chair, last question. Thank you, Ms. Love, and ages too, because at risk, my youngsters is at risk. So that would be appreciated, thank you.

You're very welcome.

Thank you to all of my colleagues for your questions. I believe there's a motion and a second on the floor.

Yes, thank you. We have a motion made by Council Member Wong, seconded by Chair Fife, to approve the recommendations of staff and to forward this item to the July 7th, 2026 City Council agenda. On roll, Council Members Gallo? Aye. Houston? Aye. Wong? Aye. And Chair Five. Aye. Thank you, motion passes with four ayes to forward this item to the July 7th, 2026 City Council agenda and to the Chair, is this on consent? Yes. Thank you, on consent. Moving on to open forum. Calling in the names that signed up to speak for open forum, Mrs. Sato-Olabala and Blair Beekman.

So the next meeting, you two gonna bring up sanctuary city ordinance and you wanna reaffirm refugee. You saw all of the items that were just on the agenda that deal with immigrants and refugees. What is the issue you have now? 40 to 60% of the people who come here and then become illegal is because they have visas, travel visas, work visas, school visas, and they exceed their time. That's the largest percentage of people that are here illegally. And you're gonna be saying in your next meeting that you support that they do this. Have you ever considered the people who go through the process? that follow the rules to become citizens of this country. And you saying, you saying the people that don't follow the rules, that's the ones that you support.

Thank you. Thank you for your comments. It looks like Mr. Beekman is not on Zoom. Chair, that concludes all speakers for open forum.

Thank you to everyone. This meeting is adjourned.