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COUNTY OF SAN MATEO
Inter-Departmental Correspondence
County Manager’s Office
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DATE:
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November 24, 2010
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BOARD MEETING DATE:
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December 14, 2010
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SPECIAL NOTICE/HEARING:
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None
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VOTE REQUIRED:
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Majority
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TO:
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Honorable Board of Supervisors
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FROM:
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David S. Boesch, County Manager
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SUBJECT:
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Community School Collaborative Partnerships Inventory and Funding Criteria Report Back
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RECOMMENDATION:
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Accept this report back regarding community school collaborative partnerships
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BACKGROUND:
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During the June 2010 budget hearings your Board requested that my office create an inventory of community school collaborative partnerships and develop a funding criterion for entering into or maintaining future funding commitments to ensure consistency.
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Although the County enters into many agreements and collaborates with a wide variety of organizations, the focus of the discussion at the budget hearings was specific to the Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative (DCPPC) and the City of Redwood City and Redwood City School District, both of which provide similar community school based services to youth and their parents but operate in different geographic regions.
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DISCUSSION:
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DCPPC was formed in 1995 with the mission to promote and facilitate collaborative efforts to ensure young children and their families have access to health, education, and social services needed to be successful in school and life. The services provided by the DCPPC focus on families and youth from pre-kindergarten to the third grade and focus on four main areas; literacy tutoring, homework assistance, enrichment classes, and kindergarten readiness. The programs are offered at the following fifteen elementary school sites; Bayshore, Daniel Webster, F.D. Roosevelt, Garden Village, George Washington, John F. Kennedy, Junipero Serra, M.P. Brown, M.H. Tobias, Panorama, Skyline, Susan B. Anthony, Thomas Edison, Westlake, and Woodrow Wilson. These schools are located in the cities of Daly City and Colma and are part of the Jefferson Elementary School District. In addition to the $100,000 from the County for FY 2010-11, contributions from the San Mateo County Peninsula Partnership, San Mateo County School Districts, the City of Daly City, and various grant awards and fees for services make up the total funding for this program.
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Since 1998, the County, through the HSA, the City of Redwood City, and the Redwood City School District have contributed to the financial support to the Family Resource Centers (FRCs). The FRCs provides education, information and referrals to economic self-sufficiency programs, access and eligibility determination, and counseling to promote healthy families, increased developmental assets, and parent involvement leadership. The FRCs are located at Kennedy, Taft, Fair Oaks, and Hoover schools located in the city of Redwood City and are part of the Redwood City School District. In addition to the $113,676 for FY 2010-11 from the County, contributions from the city of Redwood City and the Redwood City School District make up the total funding for this program.
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Staff reviewed the community school collaborative partnerships offered in the County. The partnerships include the FRCs listed above plus one additional in Redwood City at the Sequoia Teen Resource Center, two in Daly City located at the Bayshore and Ben Franklin elementary schools, and one located in East Menlo Park at Belle Haven Elementary School.
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To ensure consistency is applied in future agreements, as well as to monitor current agreements, the County Manager recommends the following criteria:
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1. School collaboratives shall include one school district plus a city, and may also include non-profit partners
2. Funding from the County shall not exceed 50% of total program contributions
3. In the event that one or more partners opts out of the collaborative, the funding that was contributed by that partner shall be equally distributed among the remaining partners for the balance of the fiscal year
4. Receive annual letters of commitment from each partner involved in the collaborative
5. The program has to be in San Mateo County and benefit San Mateo County residents
6. The program must provide an annual evaluation of program performance that shows the services provided and the outcomes of those services
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Accepting this report back contributes to the Shared Vision 2025 outcome of a Collaborative Community, where leaders forge partnerships, inform and engage residents, and demonstrates fiscal stewardship by sustaining core services for future generations and for the most vulnerable members of our community.
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FISCAL IMPACT:
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There is no fiscal impact in accepting this report.
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