DEPARTMENT: Human Services
DEPARTMENT HEAD: Melody Woosley
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Acceptance of the Building Ecosystems for Youth Opportunity Grant from the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions.
SUMMARY:
This ordinance authorizes the acceptance of a grant acceptance of the Building Ecosystems for Youth Opportunity Grant from the Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions in the amount of $100,000, including budget and personnel complement for one senior management analyst for an 18-month period of May 1, 2021 to October 31, 2022.
Furthermore, this ordinance authorizes the Director of Human Services to initiate, negotiate, and execute any and all necessary documents including a grant contract, and contract amendments; a) carryover funds; b) line item budget revisions; c) modifications to the performance measures so long as the terms of the amendment stay within the general parameters of the intent of the grant.; d) the acceptance of additional funding, if awarded, in an amount up to 20% of the total amount awarded to the grant.
BACKGROUND:
Opportunity youth in the San Antonio community are disengaged from work and school and face a myriad of challenges. In the fall of 2017, The Department of Human Services (DHS) facilitated a working group of seven City of San Antonio (COSA) departments providing youth services to develop an action plan to address those challenges.i The working group proposed the creation of a comprehensive re-engagement center for opportunity youth. In September of 2018, the mayor and city council approved almost $1 million in the FY 2019 Adopted Budget to assist the estimated 34,000 opportunity youth living in San Antonio at that time.
In partnership with Communities in Schools-San Antonio and Goodwill San Antonio, in February 2019, the NXT Level Youth Opportunity Center opened at the Frank Garrett Multi-Service Center in Council District 1. This area in zip code 78207 has some of the highest d...
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