Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

CITY FACTS Trees  42,600 official street trees  Plus all open space & park trees Fleet & Equipment  1,489 vehicles & pieces of equipment including fire trucks & police cars HUMAN SERVICES DHS offers various services to assist Oakland residents including seniors, youth, families and the homeless.  Serves 1,778 low-income children and their families at 25 sites throughout Oakland with comprehensive early childhood education and family support services through the Oakland Head Start & Early Head Start programs.  Over 8,000 seniors enjoy a broad range of classes and special events as well as free or low-cost meals at 4 senior centers operated by the City and 4 contracted centers for monolingual seniors.  Provides over 26,000 trips annually for frail seniors and disabled persons through its Oakland Paratransit for the Elderly and Disabled Program (OPED).  Serves over 390 frail and disabled seniors through its Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) by helping them live independently in their homes through in-home case management and health services.  Trains and prepares over 240 low income seniors for the workforce today through subsidized training and job placement via the ASSETS Sr. Employment Program.  Provides approximately 68 low-income seniors, who accompany their clients in running daily errands or mentor young children, volunteer stipends through the Senior Companion/Foster Grandparent Program.  Provides 3,500 bags of groceries low-income families and seniors nine times a year at multiple sites citywide through the Community Housing Services which also provides shelter, transitional and supportive housing to many who would otherwise be homeless.  Serves over 100,000 lunches and 80,000 snacks to children and youth through the Summer Food Service Program.  Assists 2,500 children to walk to and from school safely thanks to the Safe Walk to School Program.  Serves more than 28,700 youth through the locally mandated Oakland Children’s Fund (Kids First! Oakland Fund for Children and Youth) and the federally funded grant programs that address the educational, youth development and safety needs of children in Oakland.  Administers approximately $5.2 million in Oakland Unite Measure Y grant funding to 23 community-based organizations and public agencies whose programs are evidence-based and work with youth and young adults who are most affected by violence in the areas of Oakland that are the most violent.  More than 10,000 low-income residents in Oakland and Alameda County are served by the Alameda County- Oakland Community Action Partnership through programs that fight poverty by helping low-income residents become self sufficient and through partnerships that offer free income tax assistance and Individual Development Accounts. EDUCATION Elementary, Middle, Special, and Secondary Education  More than 87 public, 40 charter and 43 private schools in Oakland. Colleges C - 6