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To: Mayor Appelbaum and <strong>City</strong> Council<br />

INFORMATION PACKET<br />

MEMORANDUM<br />

From: Jane S. Brautigam, <strong>City</strong> Manager<br />

Paul J. Fetherston, Deputy <strong>City</strong> Manager<br />

Karen Rahn, Director, Housing and Human Services<br />

Cindy Smith, Children Youth and Families Division Manager<br />

Alice Swett, Youth Opportunities Coordinator<br />

Date: December 6, 2011<br />

Subject: Information Item: 2011 - 2012 Youth Opportunities Program Annual Grant<br />

Allocations<br />

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY<br />

This memorandum presents the allocation <strong>of</strong> 2011 Youth Opportunities Program (YOP) annual<br />

grant funds (Youth Opportunities Fund). A total <strong>of</strong> $195,842 has been allocated to 13 community<br />

agencies. Funding recommendations were developed by the Youth Opportunities Advisory<br />

Board (YOAB), comprised <strong>of</strong> 16 <strong>Boulder</strong> resident high school students. Youth benefiting from<br />

grant funds typically perform local volunteer work in exchange for receiving financial support.<br />

Annual grant allocations were approved by the city manager in July 2011.<br />

FISCAL IMPACT<br />

In 2011, the Youth Opportunities Fund received an allocation <strong>of</strong> $195,842 for annual grants. The<br />

allocations described in this memorandum utilize all such funding. No additional funding is<br />

required.<br />

COMMUNITY SUSTAINABILITY ASSESSMENTS AND IMPACTS<br />

• Social: All funds provide cultural, recreational or educational activities for middle and high<br />

school age city resident youth. Some grantees are providing after school and summer<br />

opportunities for youth whose life circumstances present barriers to success, including<br />

immigrant and low-income youth. Research has shown that the greater the number <strong>of</strong> out-<strong>of</strong>school<br />

time activities a young person is involved in, the less likely they are to engage in risky<br />

behaviors. Since the YOP's inception in 1995, youth have provided over 67,000 hours <strong>of</strong><br />

local volunteer work valued at more than $493,000 at current minimum wage, including<br />

volunteering at community events, educating peers, working in neighborhoods, helping in<br />

schools and supporting non-pr<strong>of</strong>it agencies.<br />

Information Item 2A Page 1

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