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
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PROPOSED
COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION
(working title)
DUBUQUE COMMUNITY EQUITABLE POVERTY
REDUCTION AND PREVENTION PLAN -MARCH 2021
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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
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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
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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
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PROPOSED COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION
ORGANIZATIONAL CHART (5.00 Full-Time Equivalents)
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STRUCTURAL CHANGES NEEDED FOR NEW
DIVISION
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•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
GradeWinter 18-19Winter 19-20Winter 20-21Winter 21-22
Kindergarten55%62%46%56%
First Grade51%59%41%47%
Second Grade56%57%50%50%
Third Grade54%62%50%57%
Fourth Grade57%62%54%59%
Fifth Grade55%63%52%61%
Sixth Grade55%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