Title
Authorization to Enter into Intergovernmental Agreement with Opportunities for Youth/Arizona State University (Ordinance S-47200)
Description
Request authorization for the City Manager, or his designee, to execute an Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the Opportunities for Youth/Arizona State University Center for Human Capital and Youth Development to provide services to reengage disconnected youth with basic needs such as food, housing, and medical/behavioral health services for successful transition to educational and employment opportunities in an amount of up to $100,000 per year for a contract total not to exceed $300,000 over the life of the IGA. The IGA term will be for one year with two additional one-year options to extend that may be exercised in the discretion of the City Manager or designee. Further request authorization for the City Controller to disburse all funds related to this item.
Report
Summary
The Youth and Education Office has partnered with Opportunities for Youth since 2015 in response to the high rate of disconnected youth between the ages of 16-24 who are not in school and not working. The overall goal of the initiative is to lower the number of opportunity youth in Phoenix by using evidence-based strategies and solutions to connect youth to resources and career/educational pathway programs.
Due to the Pandemic, the number of opportunity youth in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area has spiked dramatically over the past six months. In 2019, the rate of youth disconnection in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area was 12.3 percent (or 70,300 youth ages 16-24). This rate today is estimated to be 27 percent or nearly 1 in 3 youth ages 16-24 who is not working or in school. This translates to over 140,000 youth in the Greater Phoenix Metro Area who are disconnected from work and school.
Opportunities for Youth will also support and align with the My Brother’s Keeper Initiative to leverage existing programs and activities for greater awareness and engagement to implement a coherent cradle-to-college-and-career strategy for improving outcomes of all young people of color.
Contract Term
The term of this IGA will be one year with two additional one-year options to extend that may be exercised in the discretion of the City Manager or designee.
Financial Impact
The total IGA value will not exceed $100,000 per year or $300,000 over the life of the agreement. Funding is available in the Youth and Education Program budget and will be made available upon the annual budget approval process. The Budget and Research Department will review and approve funding availability prior to execution of the contract.
Department
Responsible Department
This item is submitted by Deputy City Manager Jeff Barton and the Youth and Education Office.