DATE: August 6, 2025
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: PROFESSIONAL SERVICE AGREEMENTS WITH VISTA COMMUNITY CLINIC AND NORTH COUNTY LIFELINE TO PROVIDE AFTER SCHOOL YOUTH PROGRAMS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve three FY 2025-26 Professional Service Agreements (PSAs) for afterschool youth programs: Vista Community Clinic-Project REACH ($86,046), North County Lifeline (DBA Lifeline Community Services-La Casita ($37,860) and, North County Lifeline (DBA Lifeline Community Services-La Escuelita CCH) ($68,837); and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Afterschool programs are an essential part of our community and have a significant impact on the lives of the individuals and families who use them. These programs provide a safe place for youth to go afterschool during critical hours, assist with homework, teach life skills, facilitate service- learning projects, and create community. Afterschool programs teach youth about art, culture, music, empathy, problem solving/decision making, and leadership. Soon-to-be high school graduates are able to visit local universities and receive help navigating college entrance applications with dedicated program staff. Afterschool programs teach employment skills and give our youth an opportunity to take part in civic engagement by attending and speaking at City Council meetings and completing projects that give back to the community. These afterschool programs also provide early intervention services for youth who are at high-risk for gang behavior, affiliation, and/or involvement due to familial ties or affiliations to gang members, as well as community-based risk factors such as poverty, high crime rates, and poor educational attainment.
In FY 2014-15, the City was unsuccessful in receiving California Gang Reduction, Intervention ...
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