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AmeriCorps Fiscal Year 2023 Budget PresentationCopyrighted March 10, 2022 City of Dubuque Special Meeting Public Hearings # 3. IT E M T I T L E:AmeriCorps Fiscal Year 2023 B udget Presentation S UM M ARY: S UG G E S T E D D I S P O S I T I O N: AT TAC H ME N TS: Description Type Presentation_Uploaded 3.10.22 Supporting Documentation PROPOSED COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION (working title) DUBUQUE COMMUNITY EQUITABLE POVERTY REDUCTION AND PREVENTION PLAN -MARCH 2021 Insert Image Here FY 2022 Improvement Packages Approved Police Department - Community Diversion and Prevention Coordinator AmeriCorps - Community Service and Outreach Coordinator Direct Service FY 2022 Office of Shared Prosperity Approved Oversight -Policy -Data Analysis DUBUQUE COMMUNITY EQUITABLE POVERTY REDUCTION AND PREVENTION PLAN -MARCH 2021 DIRECT SERVICE Insert Image Here First Two Years –Clearly define goals –Develop key performance indicators (KPI) –Establish connections and community contacts –Identify work plan for each coordinator Where Do These Positions Go? –Considered all departments –When budgeted, Police Department not final position location –Direct impact/service work: most aligns with AmeriCorps DIVISION VISION Insert Image Here Address critical community needs through innovative collective impact model COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION AmeriCorps Fines and Fees Reform Diversion Early Two Year Work Plan Potential –Youth Summit to address young peoples prosperity –Trauma Center Training for City Staff CURRENT AMERICORPS ORGANIZATIONAL CHART Insert Image Here PROPOSED COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION ORGANIZATIONAL CHART (5.00 Full-Time Equivalents) Insert Image Here STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED FOR NEW DIVISION Insert Image Here •Establish Leadership of Division -Community Impact Manager •Current AmeriCorps Director 94% grant funded –AmeriCorps Coordinator 97% grant funded •Administrative Assistant support, increase capacity for new division manager –1.0 FTE recommended improvement package •Increase capacity of Impact Manager, shift grant work –Commitments kept for 3 separate AmeriCorps grants FY 2022 Full-Time Community Diversion and Prevention Coordinator Requested by Police Department Move from Police to Community Impact Division FY 2022 Full-Time Community Service and Outreach Coordinator Requested by AmeriCorps Becomes part of Community Impact Division FY 2022 AmeriCorps Coordinator 0.278 FTE by grant agreement approvals by Council then budget amendments grant funded - limited term 1.0 FTE, Proposed benefits improvement package STRUCTURAL CHANGES MISSION STATEMENT City of Dubuque AmeriCorps Program The City of Dubuque AmeriCorps Program leverages Dubuque Community members to build capacity with local non-profits, government departments and school districts to solve some of Dubuque’s most pressing needs. The Program’s current project priorities are: •Partners in Learning: Every Child | Reads •Creating Opportunities: Teen programming •Volunteer Generation Fund: VolunteerDBQ AMERICORPS MEMBERS (Corps of 2021 -2022) Back together at last! AmeriFamily Holiday Party December 2021 4th Year Members: Janet Grass -Hoover Elementary Kim Johnston -Eisenhower Elementary Mary Kay Patters -Kennedy Elementary Tessie Strohm -Multicultural Family Center 3rd Year Members: Judy Kelly -Sageville Elementary Trish Ouellette -Bryant Elementary 2nd Year Members: Lisa Carroll -Irving Elementary Valerie Weiser -Table Mound Elementary 1st Year Members: Brittany Gagas -Multicultural Family Center Claire Mendez -Multicultural Family Center Londyn Owens-Carter -Hillcrest Family Services CREATING AN EQUITABLE COMMUNITY OF CHOICE PRIOR YEAR HIGHLIGHTS 8th year of focusing on Grade Level Reading Return to in-person interventions Implemented AmericaLearns: high quality data collection ARPA Funding New Teen Program Positions Launched VolunteerDBQ.com FUTURE INITIATIVES Upcoming 3-Year Grant Competition: Explore Partners in Learning Project Response to COVID-19’s impacts Career Municipal Pipeline Exploring assessment tools to better determine collective impact of Teen programs Equitable Fine & Fee Reform: Community Service Diversion Development FUTURE INITIATIVES Thanks for the opportunity: Thanks for your impact: PARTNERSHIPS Arts & Cultural Affairs Leisure Services Engineering PARTNERSHIPS AmeriCorps Host Sites # of AmeriCorps Positions Dubuque Community School District 34 Multicultural Family Center 13 St Mark Youth Enrichment 11 Leisure Services 6 Hillcrest Family Services 4 Carnegie Stout Public Library 3 Arts & Culture 2 Engineering 1 TOTAL 74 Every Child | Reads DBQ Grade​Winter 18-19​Winter 19-20​Winter 20-21​Winter 21-22​ Kindergarten​55%62%46%56% First Grade​51%59%41%47% Second Grade​56%57%50%50% Third Grade​54%62%50%57% Fourth Grade​57%62%54%59% Fifth Grade​55%63%52%61% Sixth Grade​55%62%59%46% Every Child | Reads DBQ COVID-19 Impacts *2019-2020: Only includes Data from Aug 2019 -Jan 2020 and compares Fall 2019 to Winter 2020 FAST Data **2020-2021: Significant Impacts to Recruitment, Implementation, Student Intervention Attendance, Changes between Online/Hybrid/In-Person Learning; Change in Measurement (From improving by points to risk level). ***2021-2022:Data is final as program is progress through May 2022. Every Child | Reads DBQ SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (STEP) SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (STEP) SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM (STEP) Volunteer Generation Fund DBQ Shovel Crew •Partnership with Engineering ◦23 homeowners in need ◦37 volunteers (15 individuals, 1 group) VolunteerDBQ.com •Since official launch in December 2021... ▪210 New Users ▪18 New Organizations •25 New Opportunities •41 Days of Caring Opportunities Days of Caring is April 29, 2022! Register to Volunteer at www.VolunteerDBQ.com AmeriCorps Director Benefits (moved from grant funded to City) AmeriCorps Coordinator (Addition of Benefits) Recurring | $46,203 Community Impact Division Administrative Assistant (1.0 FTE) Recurring | $60,753 FY 2023 RECOMMENDED IMPROVEMENT PACKAGES We’re Recruiting for Summer 2022! Learn more & Apply at: www.cityofdubuque.org/AmeriCorps