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Agenda Item
3.8 23-0710 Subject: Oakland Head Start Children's Initiative FY 2023-2024 Initial Funding Application
From: Human Services Department And Oakland Head Start
Recommendation: Adopt A Resolution Accepting And Appropriating Children's Initiative Early Education Funds From First 5 Alameda County In An Amount Not To Exceed Six Million Five Hundred Eighty Thousand Six Hundred And Seven Dollars ($6,580,607) For Oakland Head Start Programming From July 1, 2023 To June 30, 2024, And Authorizing The City Administrator To: (1) Subject To Funding Availability, Add Seven Full Time Equivalent (FTE) Positions For Program Management, Comprehensive Services And Professional Development Of The City Head Start Program; (2) Subject To Funding Availability, Enter Into A Lease With Oakland Unified School District To Open A New Head Start Center At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School Located At 960 10th Street, Oakland In The Amount Not To Exceed $14,436 Per Year For A Three-Year Term With Option To Renew For One Five-Year Term; (3) Subject To Funding Availability, Add Four Additional FTE Positions To Operate The New Center At Martin Luther King Jr. Elementary School; And (4) Accept And Appropriate Additional Early Education Funds If They Become Available From First 5 Alameda County Within FY 2023-2024 And Take All Steps Necessary For The City To Receive The Funding; On The September 26, 2023 Life Enrichment Committee Agenda