Preliminary Findings: OFCY Needs Assessment

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Preliminary Findings OFCY Needs Assessment

• Presented to the OFCY Steering Committee
  Subcommittee June 2, 2009
• Gibson and Associates
• Resource Development Associates

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Research Methods

• Community Input
• Key Informant Interviews (28)
• Focus Groups (11)
• Community Caucus Meetings (2)
• Youth Listening Campaigns (4)
• Surveys and Reports
• California Healthy Kids Survey
• Provider Survey (65)
• City, County, and Community Reports

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Primary Data Sources

• Alameda County Behavioral Health
• Alameda County Public Health Department
• Alameda County Social Services
• California Department of Education
• California Department of Justice
• First 5 Alameda County Every Child Counts
• Oakland Safe Passages

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Presentation Framework

• Overarching Themes
• Key Demographics
• Age Specific Findings
• Existing Resources
• Wishes..

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Overarching Themes

• Community Recommendations
• Needs Across the Ages

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Community Recommendations

• Access
• Culturally competent, language appropriate
• Neighborhood based (near homes or schools)
• Safe and reliable transportation
• Safe, clean and appropriate facilities
• Affordable or subsidized services

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Community Recommendations

• Service Delivery
• Parent-/ Family Involvement
• Special attention to new immigrant families and
  need for assistance navigating through new system
• Increased awareness of existing programs/
  servicesbetter marketing and information-sharing

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Community Recommendations

• Priority Focus Areas
• High-risk children and youth
• High-need neighborhoods
• East Oakland Flats
• Fruitvale
• San Antonio
• West Oakland
• Crime and cleanliness
• Transition years preschool to elementary,
  elementary to middle, middle to high, high to
  adulthood

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Needs Across the Ages

• Academic Achievement
• Love of learning
• Reducing the achievement
  gap
• Exposure-Based Learning
• Healthy Development
• Emotional support (Counseling)
• Screenings and assessments
• Access to health care
• Nutrition
• Asthma Prevention

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Needs Across the Ages

• Life Skills
• Appropriate peer relations
• Parent/child connections
• Employment readiness (older kids)
• Violence Prevention
• Anger management
• Safe places, engaging activities

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Top Needs Identified Through Provider Survey

• 1. Childcare Resources
• 2. Job Development
• 3. Mental Health Services
• 4. Parenting Skills
• 5. College Preparation
• 6. Health Services
• 7. Tutoring/ Literacy
• 8. Leadership/ Empowerment
• 9. Violence/ Gang Prevention
• 10. Housing

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Priority Age GroupSource Community Input
Provider Survey
Providers Prioritizing Need
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City of Oakland

• Key Demographic Trends
• Shifting Population
• Poverty

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Oakland Demographics

• Oaklands Population Overall
• Diverse population
• Many languages
• Foreign-born
• Children in Oakland
• 26 of Total Population
• Higher of non-white than in city overall
• More younger kids than older kids

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Youth Population in OaklandSource US Census
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Children Below Federal Poverty Level Source Us
Census
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Age Specific Findings

• Young children 0-5
• Elementary school age
• Middle school age
• Older youth

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Young Children 0-5

• Access to preschool
• Kindergarten readiness
• Screening and assessments
• Parent child connections

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Access to Preschool

• 50 preschool age children seek child care
• Overall shortage for infants and toddlers
• 1 center that is NAEYC certified
• Quality preschool available for
• Income eligible
• Wealthy enough to pay for quality

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Kindergarten Readiness

• Variety of programming types
• Kindergarten transition programs
• Orientations, visits, etc
• Effectiveness demonstrated in literature
• Limited programs available
• First 5 4 Summer Pre-K Programs
• First 5-funded OUSD Transition to Kindergarten
  10 Events
• Making Connections - Garfield

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Positive Early Health OutcomesSource Alameda
County Public Health
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Late Screening and AssessmentsSource CA
Department of Education
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Disproportionate Child Abuse ReferralsSource
Alameda County Social Services
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Impacts of Early InterventionsSource Safe
Passages Early Childhood Interventions, Outcome
Report 2005

• children who had received mental health services
  in their preschools and had teachers who
  delivered a social skills curriculum (Second
  Step) were less likely to exhibit aggressive
  behavior and were more likely to get along with
  others and listen attentively.

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Additional Community Input- Young Children

• Access to affordable, high-quality early learning
• Screenings in childcare settings
• Teacher training for early identification
• Link to mental health and developmental
  specialists
• Developmental Interventions
• Developmental playgroups
• School based interventions
• Parenting classes or training opportunities
• Developmental playgroups
• Mentoring/ Mental Health for young parents

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Elementary School-age Children

• Academic achievement gap

• Hills vs. Flats
• Special Education
• After School Programs
• Safe and enriching spaces
• Health and fitness

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Geographic Disparity in AchievementSource CA
Dept of Education

• 5th Grade Math Scores
• High math scores
• Near Lake
• North Oakland
• Hills
• Lower math scores
• West Oakland
• East Oakland

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Special Education Enrollment, OUSD, 2007Source
Ca Department of Education
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Social/Emotional Development

• OUSD Classroom programs
• Second Steps Anger management / violence
  Prevention
• OUSD Special Education
• 129 referrals district-wide
• Limited Behavioral Health Resources
• Elementary Middle Schools 528,015
• (for mental health consultations County-wide)

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After School ProgrammingSource Oakland
SUCCESS! After School Programs Evaluation Report,
2007-2008

• More than 20 million spent on ASPs annually
• 1/3 of public school students served
• 1/3 of after-school program participants
  classified as English Learners
• 7 have learning disability

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After School ProgrammingSource Oakland
SUCCESS! After School Programs Evaluation Report,
2007-2008

• Enrollment
• Elementary Schools- 119 of target
• Middle Schools- 109 of target
• High Schools- 31 of target
• Attendance
• Elementary Schools- 80 of days enrolled
• Middle Schools- 68 of days enrolled
• High Schools- 49 of days enrolled

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After School ProgrammingSource Data
Warehouse Elementary, Middle and High School
programs combined in Oakland SUCCESS! After
School Programs Evaluation Report, 2007-2008

• Suspensions by After-School Participation Level

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After School ProgrammingSource Oakland
SUCCESS! After School Programs Evaluation Report,
2007-2008

• High School Exit Exam Pass Rates by
• After-School Participation Level

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Stressor Beat Indicators- Measure Y

• Arrests 18 and under
• Arrests 19-29 years
• Domestic Violence Incidents
• Child Abuse Incidents
• Violent Crime Incidents
• Part I and Part II Offenses
• Unemployment
• Below Poverty Line
• Public Assistance
• Chronic Truants

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City Council Districts by Stressors
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Health and Fitness Implications

• Obesity rates are highest in Oakland
• Parents seek
• Safe places for kids to play
• Affordable recreation
• Parents Requested
• After school programs
• Parks and Recreation

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Additional Community Input- Elementary School-age
Children

• Better curriculum collaboration between schools
  and after-school programs
• Addressing cognitive and emotional disabilities
• Safe, affordable, engaging places for children
  after-school and during the summer

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Middle School-Age Children

• Parent involvement
• Resiliency supports
• Caring adults
• Meaningful community
• participation
• Safe and enriching
• spaces
• Violence prevention
• Guidance through transition years

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Fewer Oakland 7th Graders AloneSource CA
Healthy Kids Survey

• Of those that are alone
• 16 are alone 5 days a week
• 13 are alone 1 day a week

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Nutrition Implications

• Less Likely to have eaten
• East Oakland
• Flatlands

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Caring AdultsSource CA Healthy Kids Survey for
OUSD students
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Caring Adults

• Higher school and community assets amongst 7th
  graders
• 80 of 7th graders have moderate to high
  participation in the community
• Less likely to have a caring adult in
• East Oakland
• Flatlands

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Safety at SchoolSource CA Healthy Kids Survey
for OUSD
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Violent Experiences at School
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Trauma Mental HealthSource Alameda County
Behavioral Health Care Services, PEI Plan

• 25 of all serious mental health illnesses emerge
  by age 14, 75 by age 22.
• 35 of AC 5th graders never or only sometimes
  feel safe out of school.
• 20-25 of Bay Area youth have considered suicide,
  higher than national trends (15)
• Only 16 of American children receive any mental
  health services.
• Of children who receive services, 70-80 of
  engage in MHS in schools

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Additional Community Input- Middle School-Age
Children

• Access to school-based mental health / health
  care services
• Youth Development Programs (Anger management,
  Racism awareness/ training, Homophobia awareness/
  training, Reduction in bullying)
• Risk reduction/Harm reduction (substance use)
• Service learning opportunities
• Mentoring
• Focus on transition from middle to high school

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High School and Older Youth

• Closing the achievement gap
• Reducing drop-outs
• Reducing risky behaviors
• Providing meaningful and rewarding opportunities

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Academic Achievement IncreasingSource CA
Department of Education
Percent of 12th Grade Graduates completing All
Courses Required For UC and/or CSU Entrance,
Oakland, Alameda County, and California, 1999 to
2007
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Drop-out Rates StaticSource Ca Department of
Education
OUSD and Alameda County 4-year Derived Drop Out
(9-12) Rates
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Indicators of DelinquencySource CA Department
of Education 2007-08
Truancy rates are higher Expulsion and Suspension
rates are lower
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Uneven Truancy Experiences
Blue Elementary Schools Red Middle
Schools Yellow High Schools

• Concentrated in East and West Oakland
• Truancy highest at charter schools

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High Truancy Schools

• Middle Schools
• Oakland Community Day Middle
• West Oakland Middle School
• Explore College Prep Middle
• Frick Middle School
• Bret Harte Middle School
• High Schools
• Bunche Continuation High School
• Business Information Technical
• Business Entrepreneurial Tech H.S.
• Leadership Preparatory H.S.
• Youth Empowerment School (YES)

• Elementary Schools
• Parker Elementary
• Piedmont Elementary
• Horace Mann Elementary
• Markham Elementary
• Lincoln Elementary
• RISE Community School
• East Oakland Pride Elementary
• REACH Academy
• Webster Academy
• Garfield Elementary
• Global Family School
• Howard Elementary

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Schools with Low API scores

• Blue Elementary Schools
• Red Middle Schools
• Yellow High Schools

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Low API Schools

• Elementary Schools
• East Oakland Pride Elementary
• Education for Change at Cox Elementary
• EnCompass Academy
• Esperanza Elementary
• Fred T. Korematsu Discovery Academy
• Global Family School
• Hoover Elementary
• Jefferson Elementary
• Lafayette Elementary
• Lazear Elementary
• Learning Without Limits
• Lockwood Elementary
• Manzanita Community School
• Manzanita SEED
• Martin Luther King, Jr. Elementary
• Maxwell Park Elementary
• New Highland Academy

• Elementary Schools Contd
• Preparatory Literary Academy
• Reach Academy
• RISE Community School
• Santa Fe Elementary
• Webster Academy
• Whittier Elementary
• Middle Schools
• Claremont Middle
• Cole Middle
• Coliseum College Prep Academy
• Frick Middle School
• Peralta Creek Middle School
• High Schools
• Business, Entrepreneurial School of
• Technology
• East Oakland School of the Arts

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After-school ActivitiesSource CA Healthy Kids
Survey for OUSD

• Older Kids
• More academic support
• More religious activities
• More TV/Video
• Less time with friends
• Less employment
• Less enrichment

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Declines in Teen Pregnancies ReversingSource
Alameda County Public Health Department
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Juvenile Arrests Declining in OaklandSource
State of California Criminal Justice Statistics
Center
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Youth Employment Services

• Capacity is limited long waiting lists
• Job coaching / job placement assistance
• Youth Service Programs and Sub-Contractors
• Mayor's Summer Jobs Program (MSJP)
• Employment Development (5 local organizations)
• resume writing
• interview preparation
• etiquette and dress for success
• money management
• job retention

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Mayors Summer Job ProgramInterview with 1 of the
3 MSJ program hubs

• June 1 Youth outreach is 50 complete
• 1500 Applications received
• 300 increase in applications
• June 1 Less than 100 jobs identified
• Anticipate 200 total jobs
• Summer 2008, 400-500 jobs

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Youth Development

• Mentorship
• Service learning
• Employment
• Channel youth energy and creativity
• Counseling and support
• In or in close proximity to school
• Addressing depression
  and anger
• Harm reduction
• Family relations
• Independence
• Sexual identity

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9th Grade is Transition Time

• 9th graders have fewest school and community
  assets
• Youth interviewed reported 9th grade as
  difficult from social/emotional perspective

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Additional Community Input- High School and Older
Youth

• Variety of learning opportunities and ways to
  succeed (arts, service learning, cultural and
  community leaders)
• College prep, SAT prep, Tutoring
• Healthy Behaviors, Access to Prevention and
  primary care (drugs, sexual, nutrition, fitness)
• Leadership and Employment Opportunities
• Financial / money management
• Youth/police relations
• Programs that address young men

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Existing Community Resources

• Funding
• Initiatives

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Resources

• Existing Funding Sources
• Prop 63 MHSA
• Prop 10 First 5
• Prop 49 After school
• Measure Y

• Expected Reductions
• CalWorks
• Medi-Cal
• Schools
• Special Needs
• Justice
• Drug Courts
• Substance Abuse Treatment

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Promising Initiatives

• OUSD/ OFCY After School Initiative
• School-Based Health Centers
• Sandboxes to Empowerment Playgroups
• Making Connections/ San Antonio Neighborhood
  Network (SANN)
• Neighborhood Crime Prevention Councils (NCPCs)
• Safe Passages Middle School Initiative/ Atlantic
  Philanthropies
• The California Endowment East Oakland Healthy
  Communities Initiative

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Graffiti Wall

• What are your hopes and dreams for children and
  youth in Oakland?

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We Dream of.

• Healing Centers
• Support for fathers to be fathers
• Improve race relations between all cultures
• High quality life skill activities in the
  neighborhoods, not just the schools
• Be successful at what they want and wish
• To have high quality early care and educational
  services for all children
• Employment opportunities
• Break down language barriers
• Adult leaders that create policies that put
  youth first

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We Dream of.

• City, OUSD and CBOs working together
• Healthy families
• Male role models
• Stop signs for school age children
• Set speed limits
• Assist children in crossing street
• For children 0-5 to be prepared to succeed in
  kindergarten and have supporting adults in their
  lives
• Youth leadership beyond tokenism
• Young children to have families supported in
  their pursuit in education
• A chance to grow old

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