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HomeMy WebLinkAboutIR 2541 INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 �,.PT1A, Up�SOR? To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 5, 1975 v�s rEXD'�+ Subject: 9VALUATION REPORT ON MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY Of 71 A request was received during, review of the' City budgetfor-:a- -review and evaluation of the Mayox!s. Council..Os- Youth^ XM-L .: The-evaluation was to describe activities: of. the, MC0'Ya and, report, ern .theft effectiveness and appropriateness for the• City of- fort Worth•. The, evaluation° :study was carried out with the assistance of-Human-Rescurces- administration,~ Research and--Budget staff, and the Office of Human Development'. The Mayor's Council On Youth Opportunity provided all materials and information requested. Background of- the, Mayor's- CounciL:•Onr-.Youth, Opportunity: On May 12, 1969 (M&C G-1368) , the City Council authorized the creation of the office of Mayor's Council; On Youth, Opportunity. The- office was created to comply with funding requirements-.of the Economic Development Administration of the United States Department of' Commerce. It was intended to en- hance the President's Council on Youth Opportunity Summer Programs for youth in urban communities. The original application was funded by the Department of Commerce for $20,000 to plan summer youth- programs. The purpose of the summer youth program was, "to assist in the utilization, coordination, and mobilization of resources in the City of Fort Worth in the development of a comprehensive and well organized summer program for youth in the City with special. .emphasis -on -the needs of the disadvantaged. ' The program areas .Included Job oppartunities, educa- tional and cultural enrichmentf programs, and.° development, of--recreational activities." Budget and Staffing- Information: The City assumed support of .the program dn: :1970-71 and; authorized a budget of' $18,553 (1.5 staff).• Ther.+larg+est�,budget'.increase-.took place in 1973- when some educational-an ? economic, development programs were dropped by the- Commanity Actim -Agency, and- upon- request-, the City assumed- responsibility for the- Economic Development- Program,, .two youth centers, and the Mobile Dental Univ,-(under the Health- Department). The maximum budget authorized for thenMCOYO wase $80,284 with'a staff of 7.0 in fiscal year 1973-74. The 75-76 proposed budget is $64,643 (5.0 staff). 70-71 71-72 72-73 73-74 74-75 75-76 Adopted Adopted. Adopted Adopted Adopted Proposed 1000 15,735 16,737 17,974 69,508 53,624 56,421 2000 325 400 475 1,445 1,738 1,800 3000 2,492 1,896 1,660 8,956 6,396 6,422 4000 -- -- -- 375 -- -- Total 18,553 19.033 20.109 80,284 62,758 64,643 AP 1.51 1.5 1.5 72 53 5 ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 - Page 2 ,0,,P T f/1 fall To the Mafror sed Member of the Citfr Council September 5, 1975 Subject: EVALUATION REPORT. ON. MAYOR''S- COUNCIL ON` 'YOUTH OPPORTUNITY (1) Youth Activities Coordinator and .5 Clerk Typist (2) Added Administrative Assistant, 2.0 Caseworkers (Youth Centers), Education Specialist, Job Counselor, .5 Clerk Typist (3) Deleted Administrative Assistant and Educational Specialist Three grant programs have supplemented general funds monies during the 74-75 fiscal year and the 75-76 fiscal year. These grant funds are: (1) Summer Youth Recreation Program: $76,160 operating from June 16, 1975 to September 30, 1975; (2) Summer Food Pro- gram: $69,860 operating during the same dates as the recreation program; and (3) Youth Economic Development Grant: $15,000 operating from March 10, 1975 to March 10, 1976. Grant funds also provide additional staff support. Two CETA positions assist the administration: an administrative aide and a clerk typist. The Economic Development grant provides jobs for three youths at the Downtown Center. The CETA Summer Youth Program provides jobs for 60 youths who work with the Summer Youth Recreation Program, Summer Food Program, the three youth centers, and additional staff for administration. The Sumner Youth Recreation Program employs 4.5 persons as administrative staff and 2 youth aides. The Summer Food Program employs 1-.5' -staff persons. The attached chart of the MCOYO- shows the .staff distribution more clearly. Activities of the Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity: A variety of programs were carried out during the 1974-75 fiscal year. These include the following- (descriptions- of- these programs are attached) : 1. Call-A-Teen and Youth 11. Toys for Tots Employment Service 12. College Entrance Exams 2. Economic Development Project Prep Course 3. Counseling 13. Anti-Shoplifting Program 4. College Bound 14. Anti-Vandalism Program 5. Youth Motivation 15. Bicentennial Commemorative 6. Youth Worker Training Flag Project 7. Resource Services 16. Summer Youth Recreation 8. Teen Town Hall Meetings Program 9. What-About-People TV Series 17. Summer Food Program 10. Grace and Glamour Clinic 18. U. S. Youth Games The MCOYO was involved with these and other programs in different ways. They have operated some programs themselves, initiated ideas, provided the organization, and gotten someone else to implement the program; and worked jointly with other organizations in carrying out a program. These programs are tabulated as follows to show the part that the MCOYO played ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER I FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 7541. - Page 3 +"""" September 5, 1975 dot foBT p To the Manor and Members of the City Council u �O s x Subject: EVALUATION REPORT ON MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY in carrying out these programs. (A) Programs Operated by MCOYO Staff 1. Call-A-Teen 2. U.S. Youth Games 3. Bicentennial Commemorative Flag Project 4. Youth Economic Development Project 5. Prep Courses for College 6, Teen Town-Hall Meetings (B) Services Provided by MCOYO Staff 1. Counseling and Referrals 2. Training for Agencies Youth Workers 3. Information and Resources Services 4. Serve on Boards of Youth Serving Agencies 5. Participate in Panels and Workshops 6. Speaking Engagements 7. Represent Mayor at Functions as Requested (C) Programs initiated and implemented through MCOYO staff efforts (but operated, by other agencies) 1. Summer Lunch Program-Participating agencies 2. Summer Recreation Program-Participating agencies 3. Music Cultural Program for Disadvantaged Youth- Explorer Post 206, BSA 4. Operation Girls-NCNW and Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority 5. What About People-Interested agencies (D) Programs jointly operated by MCOYO staff and other agencies and organizations 1. Youth Employment Program-CETA, TEC, FAA 2. Operation Beacon-Carswell AFB and Jaycees 3. Toys for Tots-U.S. Marine Corps 4. College Bound-East Texas State, TCJC, TWC, TCU, TWU, NTSU, UTA, Baylor-Hardin, University of Dallas, Rice University, Schools 5. Youth Motiviation--Texas Electric, IBM, Military, First National Bank, Telephone Company, Fort Worth National Bank, Fort Worth Star Telegram, KFJZ, General Dynamics, Bell Helicopter, Zales and others. 6. Work-A-Rama-TEC, NAB, Social Security, Police Department, FAA, CETA, Armed Services ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 - Page 4 ,' T(11t0 �oEN to P? To the Mayor and Members of the City Council September 5, 1975 �rExay� Subject: EVALUATION REPORT ON MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY e» 7. Grace and Glamour Clinic American Airlines 8. Anti-Vandalism-All interested agencies 9. Anti-Shoplifting-All interested agencies Relationship with Other Youth, Programs and- Organizations: To carry out the role of coordination and mobilization of youth programs, the MCOYO must maintain contact with numerous agencies and organizations. Not only must there bean on-going relationship, but there must be knowledge of the wide variety of resources within the City for dealing with youth problems and programs. The number of agencies and organizations shown- belour as working,.with thee' MCOYO is illustrative of the complexity ofcoordinating any type of acitivity as broad as youth programs. The-nature- of the relationship among these various concerns is also important but cannot be thoroughly studied in a short period of time. Agencies- Participating with Mayor's Council ©n- Youth= Opportunity: Camp Fire Girls Child Welfare Community Action Agency (13) Community Christian Church Center Community Relations' Division of Fort Worth Police� Department Continental Terrace Apartments-Youth Department Boy Scouts Department of Community Affairs (State) Eastwood Ministry Catholic Charities Fort Worth Area Council of Churches Fort Worth Boys Club, Inc. Fort Worth Girls Club, Inc. Girl Scout Circle T Council Human Resources Multipurpose Centers (2) Juvenile Probation Mosier Valley Community Club Northside Community CenterPark and Recreation Department (7) Ripley Arnold Tenant Association Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority National Council of Negro Women Teacher Corps Project United Community Centers (4) Fort Worth Public Schools Fort Worth Jaycees Mobile Dental Unit Texas Employment Commission ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS ----- INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 - Page 5 FT(q September 5, 1975 ~oE aORT,�A To the Magor and Members of the City Council v _ �rFXPh+ Subject: EVALUATION REPORT ON MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY 1171 Police Youth Division Business representatives from Bell Helicopter, General Dynamics Fort Worth Junior League Casa Manana Fort Worth Symphony Orchestra CETA YMCA Tarrant County Community Council Tarrant County League of Women Voters Tarrant County Home Demonstration Office East Side Ladies Auxiliary Special Youth Activity Council Community of Hope Lutheran Church Golden Gate Pre-School Human Relations Commission Tarrant County Junior College Texas Wesleyan College Hattie Street Haven Citizen Memberships: Mrs. Anne Mack, Mrs. Shirley Johnson, Mrs. Caroline Dulle and Mr. Ed Luckett Carswell Air Force Base Summary The primary and most effective role of the Mayor's Council On Youth Oppor- tunity has been the coordination and mobilization of community- resources, though the Mayor's Council has also initiated and implemented many projects. Much of the staff's efforts are oriented toward maintaining contacts with other youth agencies, organizing workshops for youth and youth organi- zations, bringing those organizations together, identifying youth problems, planning for youth needs, acquiring funding for its own programs as well as for other organizations to carry out programs and other related counsel- ing and providing information and referral to youths and their parents is a major activity of the staff. Staff also provides direct services to youth through its two youth centers and the downtown center. These services include recreational, educational, and job development. Grant programs (i.e. , summer youth recreation and summer food programs) expand the services provided both through those centers and through other agencies. Findings The Mayor's Council on Youth Opportunity has evolved from a role of co- ordination to the role of development and operation of programs. This was not a unilateral move on behalf of MCOYO. L ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 - Page 6 September 5, 1975 �oEfOP? To the Mayor and Members of the City Council y= rEXPy. Subject: EVALUATION REPORT ON MAYORS COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY $0.3 Beginning in 1971, the MCOYO was designated to operate the Special Summer Food Program which previously was a joint operation by the City, County, and Fort Worth Independent School District, funded by the U. S. Department of Agriculture. A companion program, the Summer Recreation Program, was funded by the U. S. Department of Labor. Because of the need for program coordination, the Department of Labor requested the City use the same ad- ministration for both programs. Since that time, the MCOYO has continued the operation of these programs and other programs identified by the National Council on Youth Opportunity which could not be organized or continue: by other local youth agencies. It is apparent that the MCOYO has gone beyond its original objectives, pri- marily because of two factors: (1) the request to operate the Summer Youth Programs jointly and (2) the establishment or continuance of programs identified by the National Council which could not be assumed by other local youth agencies. Recommendations: 1) If it is the desire of the City Council to curtail the activities of MCOYO, the staff recommends a return to the original concept of coordination of local youth programs. The budget impact for this curtailment of MCOYO services would re- sult in a savings of approximately $27,620 or a new proposed 75-76 budget of $37,023. This includes the closing of the Worth Heights and West Side Youth Centers. The Downtown Youth Center would close March 10, 1976, the termination date of the Economic Development Grant. The following is a composite cost breakdown: -2.5 Positions: 2.0 Caseworkers $20,014 .5 Economic Developer 5,003 $25,017 -Rent for Youth Centers $1,503 -Miscellaneous (Utilities) 1,100 2,603 $27,620 2) Other alternatives would be: (a) restrict the operations of MCOYO to those programs concentrating on the disadvantaged youth of our community and/or (b) restrict the operation of the MCOYO to the ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER I FORT WORTH, TEXAS INFORMAL REPORT TO CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS No. 2541 - Page 7 September 5, 1975 �oEfORTfo To the Mayor and Members of the City Council � � x "rtx�y Subject: EVALUATION REPORT ON MAYOR'S COUNCIL ON YOUTH OPPORTUNITY coordination of youth-serving agencies, the Special Summer Food Program and the Summer Youth Recreation Program. The budget impact of either or both of these alternatives is not ex- pected to differ significantly from that of the prior recommendation. * * * * * * * * * * Additional information will be supplied upon request. Respectfully submitted, 6�� " QIT) R. N. Line City Manager RNL:he Attachment ISSUED BY THE CITY MANAGER FORT WORTH, TEXAS -