Ratifies up to $40,000 for Refugee & Immigrant Transitions to support newly arrived refugee families

The nonprofit will provide English as a second language classes for up to 90 refugee adults, home tutoring and mentoring for at least 17 refugee students, a community navigator, summer camp activities, after-school tutoring at Oakland International High School and Fremont High School, and on-call interpretation for staff. The approval comes after the January 6, 2025 start date, and the agreement runs through June 30, 2025.

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Vendor / partner: Refugee & Immigrant Transitions · San Francisco, CA
Action: New agreement
Category: Student health, support & family services
Term: Jan 6, 2025 – Jun 30, 2025
This vote: $40,000
Schools: Oakland International High School, Fremont High School
Funding: PHI Afghan Refugee Schl Impact, CalNEW Grant CDSS
Resource / site: 7816-954, 7824-954
Vendor no.: 003563
Presented by: Chief Academic Officer
File: 25-0009 · agenda L.-20
Outcome: Adopted on the General Consent Report, Jan 22, 2025

Official text

Ratification by the Board of Education of a Services Agreement 2024-2025 by and between the District and Refugee & Immigrant Transitions, San Francisco, CA, for the latter to provide Daily parent ESL classes for up to 90 newly-arrived refugee adults; home-based tutoring/mentoring for at least 17 high need and at-risk refugee students K-12 as referred by the OUSD Refugee & amp; Asylee program, a One full-time Mam Community Navigator; arts and crafts and enrichment activities for 4-6 year olds at the Soccer Without Borders annual summer soccer camp; After-school tutoring, including a stipend alumni program at Oakland International High School and Fremont High School; and on call interpretation as needed for OUSD staff in Pashto, Dari, Burmese, via the English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Department, for the period of January 6, 2025 through June 30, 2025, in an amount not to exceed $40,000.00.

History

Jan 22, 2025 Adopted on the General Consent Report

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