DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: City-Wide
SUBJECT:
FY 2021 - 2022 Human and Workforce Development Services Consolidated Funding Process
SUMMARY:
This item provides an overview of the Human and Workforce Development Services Consolidated Funding process to include a background and funding history of nonprofit services investments. Additionally, staff will brief City Council on the timeline for the FY 2021 - FY 2022 funding cycle.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
The City's consolidated funding process aims to direct investments toward providing effective services, maximizing human and workforce development services outcomes, as well as shifting the focus away from the funding of agencies and the duplication of services.
The programs funded in the FY 2020 Consolidated Funding Process (CFP) reflect the City Council priorities of promoting long-term and short-term workforce development, services for youth development and at-risk youth behavior prevention, school readiness and completion, and senior services. In addition, these programs support basic needs through emergency financial assistance and homeless prevention/services, Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA), domestic violence prevention, and child abuse prevention. The programs funded in FY 2020 specifically complement the direct services offered by the City Departments of Human Services and Economic Development. A total of $24.7 million is allocated in FY 2020 to 64 agencies and 94 programs from the general fund ($21.7 million) and federal grants ($3 million).
The City has partnered with nonprofit social service agencies since 1979. Starting in 2005, the Human Services (DHS) and Economic Development (EDD) Departments have issued a two-year Consolidated Request for Proposal (RFP) for Human and Workforce Development services. This two-year consolidated funding cycle streamlines the application process for eligible agencies and facilitates the c...
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