DATE: August 21, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH LIFELINE COMMUNITY SERVICES (DBA NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE) FOR YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT LA CASITA
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve a Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Lifeline Community Services (DBA North County Lifeline), in the amount of $36,580, for the Youth Development Program at Crown Heights La Casita located at 402 Brooks Street, effective July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreement upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
The Lifeline Youth Development Program at Crown Heights La Casita, is an afterschool program for youth, ages K-5, living in the economically disadvantaged neighborhood of Crown Heights and the surrounding communities. The program provides early intervention services for youth who are at high-risk for gang behavior, affiliation, and/or involvement due to familial ties to gangs, as well as community-based risk factors such as poverty, high crime rates, and poor educational attainment. Youth in Oceanside’s Crown Heights neighborhood and surrounding communities continue to overcome significant barriers to achieve success. Parents in these communities often work multiple jobs or are single parents. Most Crown Heights families have few options for afterschool care and limited adult supervision in the after-school hours, making youth especially vulnerable to drugs and gang involvement.
La Casita currently serves 60+ youth in the Crown Heights area. The program’s focus is early intervention through academic assistance, social/emotional learning, referral assistance, and service learning. Academic assistance is provided daily with homework time built-in to the afternoon schedule. Community service projects are age-appropriate and offered to encourage youth to feel part of the larger community and to engage with Oceanside residents from every neighborhood. In addition to providing a safe place for youth to go after school, La Casita offers free, professional academic tutoring on a daily basis, resources to support basic needs, and high-level case management to youth participants. Assistance is provided by highly trained, trusted adult facilitators who are invested in the youth, their families and the Crown Heights community.
The PSA with Lifeline Community Services (DBA North County Lifeline) will sustain positive youth development and gang/drug/violence prevention for 60+ Oceanside youth in grades K-5, living in the high-risk neighborhood of Crown Heights and surrounding communities. The PSA is for the operation of the Youth Development Program at the Crown Heights La Casita from July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. The scope of work, budget details, and reporting documents are incorporated in the PSA and provided as Attachments A and B.
FISCAL IMPACT
The total cost of the PSA is $36,580 and will be charged to the Non-Departmental account 170174101.5395.0020 which has a current available balance of $37,860. Therefore, sufficient funds are available. The funding source for this agreement is the General Fund. Lifeline Community Services (DBA North County Lifeline) will submit monthly invoices and quarterly progress reports to the Neighborhood Services Department and will submit quarterly Non-profit Organization Financial reports to the Finance Department.
COMMISSION OR COMMITTEE REPORT
Does not apply.
CITY ATTORNEY’S ANALYSIS
The referenced documents have been reviewed by the City Attorney and approved as to form.
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Prepared by: Michele Gehr, Management Analyst
Reviewed by: Leilani Hines, Housing and Neighborhood Services Director
Submitted by: Jonathan Borrego, City Manager
ATTACHMENTS:
1. PSA
2. Attachment A
3. Attachment B