DATE: June 18, 2024
TO: Mayor and City Council
FROM: Director of Library Services, Jayanti Addleman
SUBJECT
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Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the South Hayward Promise Neighborhoods’ (SHPN) One (1) Year Contract and Accept and Appropriate up to $100,000 in Funding Allocated from the CA Department of Social Services $100K Subaward for South Hayward Promise Neighborhoods Partners Over Fiscal Year 2025.
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RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
That Council adopts a resolution (Attachment II) authorizing the City Manager to:
1.) Execute the South Hayward Promise Neighborhoods’ (SHPN) one (1) year contract totaling $100,000 for FY 2025; and
2.) Accept and appropriate up to $100,000 in funding from SHPN for FY 2025.
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SUMMARY
The Promise Neighborhoods Initiative was established under the federal legislative authority of the Fund for the Improvement of Education (FIE) program. Started during the Obama administration, the vision of the initiative is to make it possible for all children, youth, and young adults growing up and being educated in “Promise Neighborhoods” to have access to high quality schools and strong systems of family and community support. This would provide students access to an excellent education and enable them to successfully transition through the educational pipeline-from cradle to career.
In January of 2023, Council was made aware that the U.S. Department of Education awarded the Hayward Promise Neighborhoods (HPN) consortium a new $30 million (5) five-year grant ($6 Million per year for five (5) calendar years, 2023 through 2027) to expand their decade-long initiative to serve Downtown Hayward and the surrounding communities along the A St. and Mission Blvd. corridors. Hayward’s application received the maximum possible score of 110 and was the only application funded in California. Previous Hayward neighborhoods supported by Promise Neighborhood Funding were Jackson Triangle and South Hayward. The City of Hayward was awarded $1,698,782 of the Downtown Hayward Promise Neighborhood (DHPN) funding over five (5) calendar years (2023-2027). Funding will be used to support staffing and eligible expenses directly related to the HPN programs.
Governor Newsom made a historic investment in California's Promise Neighborhoods, concluding their federal funding in 2022. Up to $3 million was awarded to Hayward Promise Neighborhoods to sustain or expand services in South Hayward. The funding was split across three areas:
• Maintaining backbone, reporting, and overhead support.
• Sustaining the cradle-to-career infrastructure, including networks, data management, evaluation processes, and professional development.
• Sustaining South Hayward Promise Neighborhoods (SHPN) partner solutions and initiatives.
ATTACHMENTS
Attachment I Staff Report
Attachment II Resolution