Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Supervisor Dave Pine, District 1
Supervisor Carole Groom, District 2
Subject: 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing:
A) An allocation of $3,000,000 in American Rescue Plan Act funds for the 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant Program; and
B) The County Executive, or designee, to amend the existing agreement with the SMCU Community Fund to include administration of the 2023 Summer Enrichment Grant Program in exchange for fees in the amount of $29,500 for a term ending April 30, 2023.
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BACKGROUND:
On February 8, 2022, the Board of Supervisors allocated $3,300,000 in American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) funds for the 2022 Summer Enrichment Grant Program (2022 Program). The 2022 Program had three main goals:
* Expand access to summer enrichment programs in school districts with high numbers of socially and economically disadvantaged (SED) students, which are defined here as students whose annual household income is less than 65% of the Area Median Income.
* Develop students' social and emotional skills, which for many young people have been impacted due to isolation and distance learning during the pandemic.
* Reinspire and propel learning to counterbalance the loss of learning opportunities also due to the pandemic and distance learning.
The 2022 Program distributed $3,068,819 to 41 grantees that provided summer programming to 6,767 children and youth. The funds were distributed countywide based on the percentage of SED students in each of four geographic areas of the County-North, Central, South and Coastside.
In May 2022, the Silicon Valley Community Fund granted the County $50,000 to help fund an evaluation of the 2022 Program. The County matched the grant amount and, after a competitive procurement process, selected Harder and Company (Harder) to conduct the evaluation. As part of ...
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