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Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work SessionCopyright 2014 City of Dubuque Work Session - Bottom # 1. IT EM T IT LE:Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work Session SUM MARY:City staff and partners will conduct the quarterly Sustainable Dubuque work session with City Council SUGGEST ED DISPOSIT ION: ATTACHMENTS: Description Type Quarterly Sustainable Dubuque W ork Session-MVM Memo City Manager Memo agenda Staff Memo TO: The Honorable Mayor and City Council Members FROM: Michael C. Van Milligen, City Manager SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work Session Agenda DATE: January 26, 2017 Sustainable Community Coordinator Cori Burbach is transmitting the agenda for the January 30, 2017 Quarterly Sustainable Dubuque Work Session. _____________________________________ Michael C. Van Milligen MCVM:jh Attachment cc: Crenna Brumwell, City Attorney Cindy Steinhauser, Assistant City Manager Teri Goodmann, Assistant City Manager Cori Burbach, Sustainability Coordinator TO: Michael Van Milligen, City Manager FROM: Cori Burbach, Sustainability Coordinator SUBJECT: Sustainable Dubuque Quarterly Work Session Agenda DATE: January 26, 2017 The purpose of this memo is to set the agenda for the quarterly Sustainable Dubuque Work Session scheduled for Monday, January 30 at 6:00 p.m. in the City Council Chambers. A presentation made by City staff and partners will address the following topics: 1. Food Oasis (Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recipient) – Allison Mitchell, University of Dubuque 2. Integrating Equity into City Grant Programs – Kelly Larson and Debra Alleyne, City of Dubuque 3. Reengagement Center – Shirley Horstman, Dubuque Community School District Thank you. SUSTAINABLE DUBUQUE Quarterly Work Session January 30, 2017 AGENDA Food Oasis: Allison Mitchell, UD Chalapaty Fellow & Sustainable Dubuque Community Grant Recipient Integrating Equity into City Grant Programs –Kelly Larson and Debra Alleyne, City of Dubuque Reengagement Center –Shirley Horstman, Dubuque Community School District Creating a Food Oasis Allison Mitchell City Council Work Session 30 January 2017  Why? Diet and lifestyle related diseases are on the rise Correlation between limited access to nutritional, affordable food and obesity Obesity disproportionately affects low-income individuals Dubuque’s food deserts What is a food desert? North-end concentration Schools with rates of overweight or obese students 37-44% of student body  Project’s aim/more details How will residents in Dubuque’s north-end food desert respond to increased availability of fresh produce at a subsidized cost? Surveys Funding Sustainability  What have we found? Residents use this resource Total produce sold: $421 (including a no-sale night) Produce sold to staff at UD over $200 At Comiskey Park we had a high percentage of repeat customers (over 50%) Not many surveys were turned in/coupons redeemed  Qualitative data Triangulation of themes: 1.Public swim lessons and water-walking brought customers to the Sutton Pool stand. 2.Customers asked questions and shared comments about produce that can be grown locally. 3.Regularly scheduled, free classes (such as Tae Kwon- Do) brought customers to the Comiskey Park stand. 4.This project fostered community relationships outside of food desert residents. Looking to the future: •Conferences •Literature review •Finding ways to make food stands a permanent fixture in Dubuque’s food deserts The good thing in Dubuque Together, lets give everyone in Dubuque the same ability to make healthy choices. Integrating Equity into Grants and Contracts Sustainable Dubuque Grants Arts Grants Neighborhood Grants Purchase of Services Integrating Equity into City Grants and Contracts City Support Community Outcomes Grants Contracts Volunteers Non-Profits Businesses Governmen ts Equitable Community Community Partners Integrating Equity into Grants and Contracts •Technical Assistance •Reporting Staff Support •Foundations •Team Development ICC and Equity Workshops •Peer Learning •Equity Tools •Member Survey Inclusive Dubuque Participation DIVERSITY EQUITY AND INCLUSION & ARTS GRANTS U PDATES FO R FY 1 8 PURPOSE The City envisions that Dubuque will be an community, that will be socially and culturally We want to fund artistic, projects that focus on engagement at the core. Engagement describes an active process where one party motivates another to get involved, and both parties experience and •Innovation •Inclusion •Collaboration •Celebration INNOVATION & INCLUSION •Use expanded methods (marketing, recruitment etc.) •Increased awareness= increased participation •Include new audiences •Connect with underserved /marginalized communities COLLABORATION & CELEBRATION •Utilize the people around you •Show true partnership at every level •Promote a common ground for all communities •Promote understanding and tolerance •Collaborators can be: –Other non-profits –Neighborhoods/ communities –Schools –Businesses –Individuals RATING CRITERIA W H AT A RE W E L O O KING FO R? FINAL REPORTSpecial Projects Grant Applicants must : –describe diversity, equity and inclusion in planning, marketing, and execution of the project –describe how their organization has collaborated with other organizations –Strongly encouraged to use available resources to keep up with ICC education Final Report Forms are under review and intend to allow grantees to reflect on their methods and its effectiveness *Questions regarding diversity, equity, inclusion and collaboration account for almost 1/3 of available points an applicant can score. ICC TRAINING WILL ALSO BE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED Operating Support applicants must: -describe how their organization supports the city’s arts and culture goals -describe their organization’s demonstrated artistic or cultural excellence and leadership -Impact of the organization on the Dubuque community -Strongly encouraged to use available resources to keep up with ICC education Leaders of these organizations will also have the opportunity to participate in Inclusive Dubuque and the Master Plan Task forces *Due to the nature of this grant, the questions focus more on organizational health than organizational activity RE-ENGAGE DUBUQUE http://www.dbqfoundation.org/s tory/different-path-success# RE-ENGAGE DUBUQUE Forging Partnerships * Project HOPE Meetings -Unemployed or underemployed -Generational poverty -Opportunity youth aged 16-21 * National League of Cities -Meeting in Boston around re-engaged youth -Hosted Re-engage Network meeting in Dubuque last spring Focus on Opportunity for Youth aged 16-21 *Collaborative community partners already around the table *Iowa funding streams for K-12 public schools *Researched drop-outs from Dubuque schools to develop a plan for re-engaging them *Identified pathways to a high school diploma or GED/HSED Collaborative Program Planning *Neutral location -Community College funds GED program, location for coaches -School district funds most of staff -Community Foundation –grant for incidental expenses *Options for success -Customizing pathways to diploma -GED/HSED program located at Community College *Finding/meeting students where they are -Virtual model (We go to them and engage in community) 136 96 77 73 110 74 87.5% 88.5% 89.1% 91.50% 90.00% 85.0% 86.0% 87.0% 88.0% 89.0% 90.0% 91.0% 92.0% 0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 160 2010-11 2011-12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 Dropout Numbers and Graduation Rates Drop-out #Graduation Rate School Years Contacted RE-ENGAGED (Active + Graduates) COMPLETED (Earned Diploma or HSED) ACTIVE (Still with program but have not yet graduated)Disengaged High School Diploma HSED (HS Equivalency Diploma) High School Diploma HSED (HS Equivalency High School Diploma HSED (HS Equivalency) *Aug. 6, 2012 - Aug. 31, 2013 NA 30 72 18 27 12 45 NA Sept. 1, 2013 - Aug. 31, 2014 NA 49 57 14 20 35 37 NA ** Sept, 1, 2014 - Aug. 31, 2015 NA 39 61 7 9 32 52 NA Sept. 1, 2015 - Aug. 31, 2016 141 74 52 22 9 52 43 15 Sept. 1, 2016 – Jan. 26, 2017 TBD 85 est.35 est.5 1 80 est.34 est.NA DUBUQUE COMMUNITY SHARED OUTCOMES School Years Drop-out Numbers Graduation Rates 2010-2011 136 87.53% 2011-2012 96 88.45%*2012-2013 data is based on 13 months, instead of 12. 2012-2013 77 89.13% ** During the 2014-15 School Year, Re-engage Dubuque had only one Re-engagement Coach. An additional coach was hired about half-way through the school year. 2013-2014 73 91.49% 2014-2015 110 90.00% 2015-2016 74 NA Dubuque Community School District RE-ENGAGE DUBUQUE Student Success Data