Local College Access Network Grant Copyrighted
J une 7, 2021
City of Dubuque Consent Items # 14.
City Council Meeting
ITEM TITLE: Local CollegeAccess NetworkGrant
SUM MARY: City Attorney recommending approval to submit a letter of support of the
Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque's application for a Year IV Local
College Access Network Grant from the lowa Student Aid Commission.
SUGGESTED Suggested Disposition: Receive and File;Approve
DISPOSITION:
ATTACHMENTS:
Description Type
College Access Network Grant-Memo from Crenna Staff Memo
Brumwell
Cover Memo Year I V Local College Access Network Staff Memo
Grant Letter of Support
Year IV Local College Access Network Grant Letter of Supporting Documentation
Support
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To: Mayor Roy D. Buol
and Members of the City Council
DaTE: May 24, 2021
RE: Local College Access Network Grant
Human Rights Director Kelly Larson recommends City Council approval to submit a letter
of support of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque's application for a Year IV
Local College Access Network Grant from the lowa Student Aid Commission. The grant
supports the work of the Dubuque College Access Network (DCAN) and aligns with the
State of lowa Future Ready lowa initiative and the City Council goal of Partnership for a
Better Dubuque. The only budget impact involved in providing this support is the staff
time of Human Rights Director Kelly Larson as part of the DCAN leadership team and the
associated work with the My Brother's Keeper Network.
I concur with the recommendation and respectfully request Mayor and City Council
approval.
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cc: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
Cori Burbach, Assistant City Manager
Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director
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TO: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney
FROM: Kelly Larson, Human Rights Director
DATE: May 17, 2021
RE: Year IV Local College Access Network Grant — Letter of Support
This purpose of this memo is to seek your approval to submit the attached letter in
support of the Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque's application for a Year IV
Local College Access Network (LCAN) Grant from the lowa Student Aid Commission.
The grant supports the work of the Dubuque College Access Network (DCAN).
DCAN is a local collective impact initiative consisting of representatives from education,
workforce, government and the non-profit sectors supported by lowa College Aid
through grant funds, training, and technical assistance. The Community Foundation of
Greater Dubuque serves as the backbone organization. I have been serving on the
leadership team for the DCAN since the summer of 2017. Our team has finalized a
common agenda and had a signing ceremony on April 5, 2019. Two action teams have
been meeting since that time.
The DCAN effort aligns with the goal of Future Ready lowa, a State of lowa initiative
that is focused on ensuring 70% of lowa's workforce have education or training beyond
high school by the year 2025. It also aligns with the City Council's goal of Partnership
for a Better Dubuque by contributing towards these two Council identified outcomes:
having opportunities for residents for upward mobility and empowerment across all
demographics and having non-profit institutions, private businesses and educational
institutions contributing towards implementation of the Imagine Dubuque
Comprehensive Plan. The Human Rights Department is involved because sector study
data reveals significantly lower post-secondary education and training attainment rates
among low-income, minority, and first-generation youth, and the work aligns with the
work of the My Brother's Keeper Network we facilitate.
The only budget impact involved in lending this support is my staff time as part of the
DCAN leadership team and the associated work with the My Brother's Keeper Network.
The action requested is that you approve submitting the attached letter of support for
the Year IV LCAN Grant being pursued by the Community Foundation of Greater
Dubuque on behalf of our local network.
cc: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager
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May 17, 2021
lowa Student Aid Commission
430 East Grand Avenue,Third Floor
Des Moines, IA 50309
Re: Dubuque Year IV LCAN Grant
Dear lowa Student Aid Commission:
The City of Dubuque Human Rights Department is pleased to support the Dubuque College Access
Network(DCAN) and the Year IV LCAN Grant application. I have been involved in DCAN since the
summer of 2017 as a member of the leadership team. I serve in my capacity as Human Rights Director
for the City of Dubuque and as the lead contact for the Dubuque My Brother's Keeper Network, which is
focused on academic achievement and employment for young men of color. I am pledging continued in-
kind support of one hour per month at my salary rate of$50.87 per hour through June 30, 2022.
Over the past three years,we have identified existing assets in the community that we can leverage,
have researched metrics that can be used to determine the impact of our work, have finalized our
common agenda and have created two action teams. We continue to focus on metrics that are easy for
the public to understand, are feasible to collect, and will be disaggregated sufficiently to allow us to
gauge our impact on targeted populations,which include low income, minority, and first generation
college students.
As an organization,the City of Dubuque is committed to a collective impact approach to addressing a
variety of social issues facing our community. The Community Foundation of Greater Dubuque has
served as an outstanding backbone organization for our DCAN, keeping us all in communication with
one another and leading us toward the establishment of shared metrics to measure our progress over
time. It is this shared framework that will permit each participating partner to identify how they can
best contribute toward moving the needle in a positive direction for our low-income, minority, and first-
generation college students. I hope you will support our funding request and I look forward to the
continued partnership with the lowa Student Aid Commission.
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Kelly Larson, Director
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