Pays Lend A Hand Foundation up to $10,000 for a spring event for students and families without stable housing

The Board is ratifying (approving after the fact) a services agreement with Lend A Hand Foundation to hold a two-hour "Spring Fling" event for families of students who are homeless, including those living in cars, encampments and family shelters. The foundation will set up community resource tables and buy 200 grocery gift cards of $50 each, handed out with care packages of books, supplies and toys. The term runs April 1 through June 30, 2022.

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Vendor / partner: Lend A Hand Foundation · Oakland, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Student health, support & family services
Term: Apr 1, 2022 – Jun 30, 2022
This vote: $10,000
Funding: Homeless Children & Youth II
Resource / site: 5634-922
Vendor no.: 007680
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 22-1127 · agenda V.-137
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, May 25, 2022

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2021-2022 by and between the District and Lend A Hand Foundation, Oakland, CA, for the latter to hold a 2-hour “Spring Fling” Community Event to support the wellness of OUSD McKinney-Vento students and their families by organizing resource tables staffed by members of the community for families in attendance; invite OUSD students and families currently living in cars, encampments and the two family shelters to attend the event; purchase two hundred (200) grocery gift cards in the amount of $50 each to be distributed along with a care package that includes books, essential supplies, and toys for each student in attendance; with activities designed to support the literacy, mental health and wellness of families living in cars and shelters, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the term April 1, 2022 through June 30, 2022, in an amount not to exceed $10,000.00.

History

May 25, 2022 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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