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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01012002 - 2002-767 THF BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF CONTRA COSTA COUNTYY, CALIFORNIA Its the Matter of Pursuing Activities that Fully Implement ) 1"Afterschoo/4All" in Contra Costa County) RESOLUTION NO. 2002/767 Y WEREAS the Contra Costa. County Board of Supervisors has a long-standing record of support for Afterschool programs, recognizing that quality Afterschool programs benefit children and youth by offering academic and cultural enrichment, homework help, recreation and play, health education, good nutrition, youth leadership and development, and interaction with caring adults who serve as mentors and role models; AND WHEREAS the Board maintains that quality Afterschool programs can increase the ability of low-income parents to obtain and retain yobs by offering a safe, reliable, structured environment for their children during the afternoon hours; AND WHEREAS the Board recognizes the growing body of research showing that Afterschool programs not only have positive outcomes for youth, families and communities, but may also contribute to reductions in County costs for crisis programs that address teen pregnancy, juvenile accidents and crime, substance abuse, school dropouts, etc.; AND WHEREAS the Board's interagency children's council, the Children and Families Policy Forum, declared "Afterschool" to be its major policy interest area. for 2000 and established the Afterschool Task Force, a multidisciplinary, multi jurisdictional group which identified and recommended top priorities for expanding the number and quality of Afterschool programs in the County; AND WEREAS the Board has observed the national "Lights On Afterschool" day by declaring "lights On Afterschool Day" in Contra Costa County for the past three years and sponsoring and participating in. Afterschool Resource Fairs, workshops, panel discussions, technical assistance and best practices presentations to promote local and national innovative, high quality afterschool programs available to communities across the country; AND WEREAS the :Board has directed that the Afterschool-related sections of the County's Arts and Culture; Strategic Flan, adopted in 2001, be integrated with existing and evolving Afterschool expansion efforts and supported the Policy Forum's funding of to enhance arts and culture activities in the Afterschool4A11 initiative; AND W YEREAS the Board of Supervisors established the Afterschool4A11 Ad Hoc Committee in January 2002 and adopted a set of "Afterschool4All Principles" in June 2002 to emphasize its commitment to supporting and. endorsing activities that build the County's afterschool system; AND FIEREAS the Afterschool4All Ad Hoc Committee has overseen significant research on the potential for interagency Afterschool partnerships, including ways in which local, state and federal funding streams can be redirected, integrated or leveraged to support expansion of the Afterschool system, AND WFIEREAS the Board of Supervisors has demonstrated its commitment to expanding the scope and quality of Contra Costa County Afterschool system by allocating over $500,000 to fund the unique pilot "Afterschoo4All" initiative to build the capacity of community organizations and schools to design and implement comprehensive Afterschool services for children and youth in some of the most economically disadvantaged neighborhoods in the County, AND WZIEREAS the County is an active participant in the multi-School District/Bay Area Partnership collaborative that successfully competed for over $1. million annually in renewable state grant funds for afterschool programs at 10 schools in West Contra Costa, Mt. Diablo, Pittsburg and Antioch. district areas, AND WHEREAS the County actively supports the growth of collaborative efforts to expand the Afterschool system as demonstrated by the recent multi- School District application for 21" Century grant funding for two new and two existing school districts, which could increase the number participating in federally and state-funded Afterschool programs to six School Districts; AND WHEREAS the County participates in a multi-district evaluation of state-funded Afterschool programs, which is expected to facilitate the replication of best practices across the County; AND WEREAS the County's Afterschool efforts are overseen by centralized support staff in the County Administrator's Office, including a part-time Afterschool Coordinator; AND WHEREAS funding for the Afterschool Coordinator and program activities is tirrie-limited, due to funding cuts at the state and federal levels; ANIS KIEREAS the Board of Supervisors recognizes that the recent passage of Proposition 49 presents a singular opportunity to ensure that every child and youth who wishes to participate will have available a quality, comprehensive Afterschool program; AND W.EREAS the Board of Supervisors further acknowledges that, by virtue of the foundation built over the past few years, the County is uniquely positioned to be among the first in California to realize the potential of Proposition 49 by establishing Afterschool programs in. every elementary and middle school that seeks such programs, AND WHEREAS the implementation of Proposition 49 will help the County, which has focused its primary efforts on increasing access to Afterschool, programs for children and youth in lorry-income communities and lower- performing schools, to participate in expanding this access to every child and youth in the County; THEREFORE" RE IT RESOLVED that the County intends to .build upon its solid foundation and efforts in supporting afterschool programs by expanding and stiengthening its partnerships to facilitate efforts at ensuring that all elementary aril middle schools in the County are prepared to successfully access and utilize NOposition 49 resources if they so desire. PAS SED BY A UNANIMOUS VOTE of the Board of supervisors this 17tn day of December 2002, INTRODUCED BY Supervisors Gioia and DeSaulnier h Gioia, Chairman Mark DeSa LLnjPr G leB. Uillcema Donnar er� F6dercfi D. Glover a. P `, A t Lx 1 I hrrehy rtilj'that thie is it true and correct cola of an eciicr .. � taken and onter�d on the minutes of the Board of Si+ rvisura 011 the date shocu. D/ C W jN bre 19 _ �( .Attested: l J ,1 JOHN SAA ET',"rFIN,Cleric of Hie board of Supervisors atnd Count} :ldministr: r 13y Deputy RESOLUTION NO. 2002/767