Oakland Homelessness Support and Youth Housing Funding Updates
January 21, 2025
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The Frame
This action directs $3,000,000 in new funding to Kingdom Builders for youth transitional housing and increases existing support for East Oakland Community Project, directly impacting the availability of housing services for transition-age youth through 2027.
Potentially affected actors named in the source documents. Mention is not a position.
Transition Age Youth
These individuals are the target demographic for the transitional housing and supportive services funded by the new and increased grants.
Kingdom Builders Transitional Housing Program
This organization is receiving $3,000,000 in funding to operate housing and support services.
Pave Prevention, Inc.
This contractor is exempt from local business enterprise requirements for their safety training agreement.
Last recorded activity January 21, 2025.
Next step not available in the current record.
Summary
Key Facts
- Awards a $3,000,000 grant to Kingdom Builders Transitional Housing Program for services from January 1, 2025, to June 30, 2027.
- Increases the grant for East Oakland Community Project by $205,000, bringing the total to $380,737 for the period of August 1, 2024, to July 31, 2025.
- Reassigns a $369,815 State of California Family Homelessness Challenge Grant from 'Courageous Women Association' to 'Change To Come', pending state approval.
- Waives the Local/Small Local Business Enterprise (L/SLBE) requirement for Pave Prevention, Inc. regarding their safety training contract.
- Includes California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) findings for the approved actions.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is receiving the new $3 million grant?
Why was the local business requirement waived for Pave Prevention, Inc.?
What happens to the grant previously awarded to Courageous Women Association?
Why It Matters
This action directs $3,000,000 in new funding to Kingdom Builders for youth transitional housing and increases existing support for East Oakland Community Project, directly impacting the availability of housing services for transition-age youth through 2027.
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Discoveries
Patterns POLISCOPE noticed across the record. These are observations to investigate, not conclusions.
Grant Recipient Substitution
The city is actively reassigning state-level homelessness grants between non-profit entities, indicating a shift in service provider selection.
Connected Entities
Sources
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Analysis Score
0–100- Significance75How much this matters to a regular citizen
- Controversy20Intensity of disagreement among stakeholders
- Entertainment10Compellingness for a non-policy-wonk reader
- Buzz25Current news / social attention level
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