Agmt 2004 Davis Street Family Resource Center DSFRC

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EXHIBIT A SCOPE OF SERVICES Youth Anti-Violence Program Proiect Description and Background The Davis Street Family Resource Center (DSFRC) will develop and provide comprehensive anti-violence services to at-risk youth in San Leandro. There are roughly 12,000 youth between the ages of 8 and 18 in San Leandro. There is one high school housing approximately 2,700 students, one continuation school housing approximately 90 students, an independent school and two middle schools each housing approximately 1,000 students. The ethnic, linguistic and socio-economic makeup of our youth has dramatically changed over the last decade bringing challenges to both the youth and the entities that serve them. School district funding cutbacks have affected the level and availability of prevention/intervention services. There is clearly an unmet anti-violence program/services demand and the need will increase in the future. Davis Street will identify the gap in supply of anti-violence programs for at-risk youth both in the schools as well as in the broader community. To help alleviate the unmet needs of this vulnerable population, Davis Street currently provides (in the San Leandro schools) drug and alcohol prevention support groups, workshop/trainings to staff on conflict resolution, consultation to staff regarding at-risk student behavior and parenting workshops in Spanish and English. The Family Resource Center (FRC) offers parenting classes, individual and family mental health services focusing on at-risk youth and a special group: Boys Becoming Men. This very popular program engages the at-risk young man before problems become unmanageable and begin to affect the entire family. While their programs may engage only the youth, they are designed to work with the entire family, the school family and the community as a whole. Davis Street partners include: the San Leandro Unified School District SARB, Peacemakers, Community Juvenile Probation Department and San Leandro Police Department-SLAYA . To help bridge the gap between the various programs that serve youth, Davis Street will develop and implement new anti-violence services to at-risk youth who live and attend school in San Leandro. Services will use amulti-disciplinary team approach including all local providers to address growing community concerns. In order to accomplish this, Davis Street will expand and strengthen its existing programs to ensure that all at-risk youth are served. The Youth Anti-Violence Program is premised on the belief that prevention and intervention programs targeting at-risk youth in a culturally and linguistically appropriate manner will address the community's concerns about violence involving youth, and when delivered by a local non- profit such as Davis Street, will be embraced by both the youth and the community at large. Consulting Services Agreement between November 1, 2004 City of San Leandro and Davis Street Family Resource Center Page 15 of 19