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 THE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AT THE CROWN HEIGHTS COMMUNITY RESOURCE CENTER
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve a one-year Professional Services Agreement (PSA) with Lifeline Community Services (DBA North County Lifeline), in the amount of $66,509, for the Youth Development Program La Escuelita (Club Crown Heights) at the Crown Heights Community Resource Center located at 1210 Division Street 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 the Crown Heights Community Resource Center, also known as "La Escuelita" or "Club Crown Heights", is an afterschool program for youth, ages 12-17, living in the economically disadvantaged neighborhood of Crown Heights and the surrounding neighborhoods. 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 often overcome significant odds to achieve success. Parents in these low-income 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 make youth especially vulnerable to drugs and gangs.
La Escuelita currently serves 60 youth in the Crown Heights area. The program's focus is the Triple E Model, emphasizing employment, education and (civic) engagement for Crown Heights youth. Facilitators teach a life skills and employment curriculum to ...
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