Title
Staff Report for a Resolution of the City Council of the City of San Leandro Authorizing the City Manager to Approve the Youth Reinvestment Grant (YRG) Program with the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) to Provide a Total of $985,000 from January 2019 to February 2023 in Grant Funds to the City of San Leandro and San Leandro Unified School District for Youth Services
Staffreport
SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS
The Youth Reinvestment Grant (YRG) application was requested by the San Leandro Unified School District (District) to provide youth services. The grant proposal application was submitted to the Board of State and Community Corrections (BSCC) and was accepted along with the District Board Resolution. The BSCC is requesting the City of San Leandro Resolution.
Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the Resolution where the City of San Leandro desires to participate in the Youth Reinvestment Grant Program. The City is thankful for the continued partnership with the District.
BACKGROUND
The Youth Reinvestment Grant (YRG) program was established in the 2018 Budget Act (Senate Bill 840, Chapter 29, Statutes of 2018) and the related trailer bill (Assembly Bill 1812, Chapter 36, Statutes of 2018). The YRG program is aimed at diverting low-level offenders from initial contact with the juvenile justice system using approaches that are evidence-based, culturally relevant, trauma-informed, and developmentally appropriate. Grant funds will be used to target underserved communities with high rates of juvenile arrests and high rates of racial/ethnic disproportionality within those juvenile arrests.
Applicants are local governments and will be required to pass through ten percent of awarded funds to a designated “lead public agency” responsible for coordinating with local law enforcement agencies, social service agencies, and nonprofit organizations to implement the local grant program. Applicant local governments will be required to pass through the remaining 90 percent of awarded funds to community-based organizations. Community-based organizations (CBOs) that receive these funds must deliver services in underserved communities with high rates of juvenile arrests. The services include diversion programs and alternatives to arrest, incarceration, and formal involvement with the juvenile justice system, educational services, including academic and vocational services, mentoring services, behavioral health services and mental health services.
The City of San Leandro as the applicant, and the San Leandro Unified School District as the lead agency, were awarded the Youth Reinvestment Grant. The program and funds will be managed and dispersed by the District.
FISCAL IMPACTS
There is no fiscal impact on the General Funds associated with this item.
ATTACHMENTS
• Youth Reinvestment Proposal Package
PREPARED BY: Ely Hwang, Manager, Recreation and Human Services Department