To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Report Title: 2024 Neighborhood Transformation Partnership Agreement
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee
RECOMMENDATIONS:
AUTHORIZE Supervisor Gioia to execute the attached Neighborhood Transformation Partnership Agreement between Contra Costa County, City of Richmond, West Contra Costa Unified School District, and California Emerging Technology Fund which continues a partnership between these agencies and organizations to work together to improve the lives of the residents who live near DeJean Middle School(in Richmond) in the West Contra Costa Unified School District (WCCUSD) with a primary focus on the families whose children attend DeJean Middle School and the feeder elementary schools for a four year term October 8, 2024 through December 31, 2028.
APPOINT Supervisor John Gioia to continue serving on the Leadership Council for this Neighborhood Transformation Partnership Agreement.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Participation in this Neighborhood Transformation Partnership will not add costs to the County since the partnership continues to commit the various partners to work together in good faith to align available resources to improve academic performance and health of the students attending DeJean Middle School.
BACKGROUND:
On May 2, 2017, the Board of Supervisors approved an agreement of the Neighborhood Transformation Partnership that expired in 2018. One of the strategies that was developed through this partnership was a program to site a family navigator at DeJean Middle School and a recommendation to implement this strategy countywide. The Board of Supervisors approved $584,000 in Measure X funding on an ongoing annual basis to support five family navigators (one in each Supervisorial District) and directed the Contra Costa Employment and Human Services Department to implement the program. The term of the new agreement is October 8, 2024, to December 3...
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