To: Board of Supervisors
From: Marla Stuart, Employment and Human Services Director
Report Title: Contract # 18-507-0 (WDB) Improve Your Tomorrow for Measure X Youth Centers Initiative
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Employment and Human Services Director, or designee, to execute a contract with Improve Your Tomorrow in an amount not to exceed $434,864 to provide youth academic support services under the Measure X Youth Centers Initiative for the period July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2027.
FISCAL IMPACT:
100% County funded by Measure X of which 50% is budgeted in FY 2025/26 and 50% will be budgeted in FY 2026/27.
BACKGROUND:
In January 2025, the Employment and Human Services Department (EHSD) issued Request for Proposals (RFP) #1215: Deliver Measure X-Funded Youth Center Services for Youth Ages 12-18 to identify and fund organizations that will deliver such services in Supervisorial Districts 3, 4, and 5 through Measure X Youth Center funding. The RFP will award approximately $3.2 million annually-across one or more service providers-for the service types and districts outlined in the Implementation Plan approved by the Board of Supervisors in August 2024.
To address this population, Improve Your Tomorrow will deliver Youth Academic Support Services via their College Academy program for up to one hundred (100) high school youth in District 3 and up to one hundred (100) high school youth in District 5. Improve Your Tomorrow's mentorship-based academic support model is uniquely positioned to increase academic achievement, reduce barriers to college access, and improve student engagement. Improve Your Tomorrow's program will include college and career readiness, social-emotional learning, leadership development, and engage families to strengthen participant retention. This vendor was selected per procurement requirements outlined in Administrative Bulletin 600.3.
CONSEQU...
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