Community Impact Division (formerly AmeriCorps) Fiscal Year 2024 Budget PresentationCopyrighted
March 8, 2023
City of Dubuque
Special Meeting Public Hearings # 03.
IT E M T I T L E:Community I mpact Division (formerly AmeriCorps) Fiscal Year 2024
Budget P resentation
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COMMUNITY
IMPACT DIVISION
DIVISION VISION
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Address critical community needs through innovative collective
impact models.
COMMUNITY IMPACT DIVISION ORGANIZATIONAL CHART
(5.00 Full-Time Equivalents)
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CREATING AN
EQUITABLE
COMMUNITY OF
CHOICE
PRIOR YEAR HIGHLIGHTS
Community Impact Division
Established
9th year of focusing on Grade Level
Reading
Implemented new Social-Emotional
Assessment in Teen Programs during
Summer 2022 (DESSA)
VolunteerDBQ entering into 3rd of 3
grant project years
New 3-Year Grant Submitted: Support
Social-Emotional Needs of K-12 Youth
Utilize assessments to measure impact
of Teen programs
City Volunteer Engagement Pilot with
Volunteer Iowa
Complete hiring process for open
positions in Community Impact
Division
FUTURE INITIATIVES
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: K-5 Support
Creating Opportunities: Teen Programs
Volunteer Generation Fund: VolunteerDBQ
AMERICORPS MEMBERS
(Corps of 2022 -2023)
Building Back with New Friends
Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service with
KEAK Marshallese Women’s Group
January 16 2023
4th Term Members:
Judy Kelly -Sageville Elementary
3rd Term Members:
Valerie Weiser -Table Mound Elementary
2nd Term Members:
Bailey Galle -Multicultural Family Center
Christa Palm -Carnegie Stout Public Library
Taylee O’Brien -Hillcrest Family Services
1st Term Members:
Katy Brown -St. Mark Youth Enrichment
Amy Henson -Arts & Cultural Affairs
Briana Lofton -Irving Elementary
Susan Mueller -Eisenhower Elementary
Marlys Strube -Kennedy Elementary
Spencer Taylor -Multicultural Family Center
Thanks for the
opportunity:
Thanks for your
impact:
PARTNERSHIPS
Arts & Cultural Affairs
Leisure Services
Engineering
RECRUITMENT
AmeriCorps Host Sites
# of
AmeriCorps
Positions
21-22 Filled
Positions
22-23 Filled
Positions
(Summer TBD)
School/All
Year Summer School/
All Year Summer School/
All Year Summer
Dubuque Community School District 22 —7 —5 —
Multicultural Family Center 2 10 2 8 1 TBD
St Mark Youth Enrichment 5 6 0 3 1 TBD
Leisure Services —6 —0 —TBD
Hillcrest Family Services 3 —0 —1 —
Carnegie Stout Public Library 1 2 0 2 1 TBD
Arts & Culture 1 —0 —1 —
TOTAL 34 24 9 13 10 0
COVID-19 Impacts
*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).
**2022-2023:Data is not final as program is in progress through May 2023.
Every Child | Reads DBQ
AMERICORPS CAPACITY BUILDING: TEEN PROGRAMS
New Academic Advocate Role
•Discover Your Roots Program
•Tutoring & Career Support
Summer Teen Empowerment Program
•47 Teens Enrolled
Summer Teen Night
•71 Unique Teen Participants
Curriculum balanced around:
•Social-Emotional Learning
•Career & Workforce Development
•MFC Program Pillars
SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
SUMMER TEEN EMPOWERMENT PROGRAM
VolunteerDBQ’s vision is to deliver excellent municipal
services through volunteerism and service that contribute
to an equitable, sustainable, resilient, and compassionate
community.
VISION STATEMENT
VolunteerDBQ
VolunteerDBQ.com -Get Connected Platform
•2022 Recap
•1,256 New Users
•32 New Organizations
Capacity-Building Services -Volunteer
Generation Fund Grant
•61 Organizations served
◦16 reported increased effectiveness
•1,376 Leveraged Volunteers
◦4,809 Volunteer Hours
Days of Caring 2023 is
Friday, April 29!
Register to Volunteer at
www.VolunteerDBQ.com
VolunteerDBQ
20 Volunteer Opportunities presented to
City staff through all employee calls since
June 2022
•Additional Opportunities listed in
employee newsletters
City Volunteer Engagement Initiative
•Pilot with Volunteer Iowa
•Participants & Train-the-Trainers
•Build internal volunteer engagement
infrastructure across organization to
address council priorities