Fiscal Year 2013-2015 Special Budget Meeting

HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL Subject: Proposed FY 13-15 Proposed Policy Budget Date: May 13,2013 Page 41 Positions FTEs Salary & Benefits If Filled on July 1, 2014 If filled on January 1, 2015 Police Records Specialist 4 80,082.76 320,331 160,166 Police Records Supervisor 1 118,700.00 118,700 59,350 Police Communications Supervisor 1 139,621.25 139,621 69,811 Administrative Analyst 11 2 112,161.85 224,324 112,162 Total 802,976 401,488 All known revenue sources that could be used to fund these positions have been identified in the Proposed Budget. Potential funding sources for these positions could include the seeking grant funds (depending on availability) and/or the prioritization of expenditures during the FY 13-15 budget process. 18) Many of the City's young adult re-entry population and at-risk youth are in need of a variety of services. In addition to the level of services and programs funded directly through Oakland Unite (Measure Y), how can the city find additional funds and work more closely with the County to maximize our impact on crime prevention? The Department of Human Services (DHS) has been able to leverage the Measure Y tax dollars allocated for violence prevention services raising over $15 million in federal and state funding over the past six years to augment existing Measure Y strategies, primarily juvenile and adult reentry funds. Having flexible local match dollars such as Measure Y and following best practices has made Oakland Unite very competitive for grant funding. All Oakland Unite grants were accomplished with various partners including community-based agencies, Alameda County Probation and Health Care, and the Oakland Unified School District (OUSD). In addition to the $6.6 million dollars that is budgeted for crime prevention services in Measure Y, the proposed budget includes approximately $12 million for Kids First, in each fiscal year. While DHS has staff capable of writing grants, they typically hire a grant writer for larger applications. Grant proposals, even with a grant writer, utilized much staff time. Over the last year, Oakland Unite has been limited in its fundraising due to staff vacancies. DHS does not believe limding specific City positions for grant writing to be an effective strategy. It is their experience that utilizing flexible funds to hire grant writers with specific expertise in a subject area or experience with a given funder will gamer more success. It should also be noted that grant funding given its time limited nature is best used and most likely attained when proposing to build on existing work rather than attempting to start something new. It is also not typically helpful for providing basic infrastructure support but rather for augmentation or expansion of successful work.