Approves up to $60,000 for Refugee Transitions to support newly arrived refugee families

Refugee Transitions will teach a month-long English class for up to 90 refugee adults, provide home-based tutoring and mentoring for at least 20 refugee students, and supply two Community Navigators (one Mam-speaking, one Arabic-speaking) to help refugees who speak less common languages. It will also offer arts and crafts for children ages 4 to 6. The contract period is July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, which began before this vote. The contract also has a COVID amendment, but the text does not describe its terms.

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Pulled from the consent vote. Taken off the consent vote, then approved on a later consent report on May 13.

Mar 25, 2020 · Withdrawn. Withdrawn.

May 13, 2020 · Adopted on the General Consent Report (passed). A motion was made by Yee, seconded by HintonHodge, to Approve the General Consent Report. The motion carried by the following vote.

Vendor / partner: Refugee Transitions · San Francisco, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Student health, support & family services
Term: Jul 1, 2019 – Jun 30, 2020
This vote: $60,000
Funding: Title III Immigrant Education Program, and Other Federal
Resource / site: 4201-954, 5810-954
Vendor no.: 003563
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 20-0483 · agenda P.-16
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 13, 2020

Official text

Approval by the Board of Education of a Professional Services Contract between the District and Refugee Transitions, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide a month-long parent ESL class for up to 90 newly-arrived refugee adults during the 2019-2020 school year and for one month during the summer of 2020; provide home-based tutoring/mentoring for at least 20 high need and at-risk refugee students K-12 as referred by the District’s Refugee and Asylee Program; provide two Community Navigators to provide language assistance and navigation to refugees speaking minor languages in the District: one full-time Mam Community Navigator and one Arabic Community Navigator, …; provide arts and crafts and enrichment activities for youth ages 4-6, via English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Department, for the period of July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020, in an amount not to exceed $60,000.00 and COVID Amendment thereto.

History

Mar 25, 2020 Withdrawn
May 13, 2020 Adopted on the General Consent Report

Also on the agenda: May 13, 2020

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