DATE: September 25, 2024
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM: Housing and Neighborhood Services Department
TITLE: AWARD OF THE MEASURE X FY 2024-25 YOUTH SERVICES PROFESSIONAL SERVICES AGREEMENTS
RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that the City Council approve seventeen FY 2024-25 Measure X-Youth Services Professional Services Agreements (PSAs) for a total amount not to exceed $889,488; and authorize the City Manager to execute the agreements upon receipt of all supporting documents.
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BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS
Passed by Oceanside voters in 2018, Measure X established a 1/2 cent sales tax to fund public safety programs, infrastructure improvements, road repairs, and aid for homelessness. On September 28, 2022, the City Council approved Measure X funding for Youth Services and Programming to support public safety for youth and families. Through the City's outreach efforts to the community and stakeholders, the expansion of current youth services, increased access to existing and new programs, and the inclusion of non-traditional and culturally targeted youth programming were identified as needs and gaps in services available for youth. As programs are expanded and barriers to access are minimized, youth are able to participate in these new and existing programs. The programs provide an opportunity for youth to develop the life skills of decision-making; therefore, reducing their risk of victimization, involvement in violence and law enforcement contact.
The Housing and Neighborhood Services Department has been tasked with the promotion and support of gang prevention/youth intervention programs under Measure X-Youth Services by identifying gaps in youth services while enhancing program delivery to at-risk youth living in Oceanside's Opportunity Neighborhoods.
In FY 2023-24, Measure X-Youth Services funding supported 16 youth-focused programs and/or projects that supported and served more than 2,500 young people. Last year, the primary...
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