HomeMy WebLinkAboutItem 4a. Makekau - Staff Agenda CorrespondenceCity of San Luis Obispo, Council Memorandum
City of San Luis Obispo
Human Relations Commission
Staff Agenda Correspondence
DATE: October 3, 2022
TO: Chair and Commissioners
FROM: Beya Makekau, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Manager
SUBJECT: Item 4.a - DEI High Impact Grant Funding Recommendations
Staff received the following questions, regarding the subcommittee DEI funding
recommendations. The questions are below with staff’s response shown in italics:
1) What were the initial funding recommendations made by the subcommittee?
The initial funding recommendations can be seen in the table below.
2022-23 DEI Requests for Funding
Subcommittee Preliminary Recommendations to HRC
Total Budget = $3000,000
Organization Program Requested
Amount
Final
Recommendation Notes
Asian American &
Pacific Islanders of
SLO
AAPI SLO Festival,
documentary screening
and a hate incident
reporting program.
$15,000
$ 9,000.00
Funding for
the festival
Central Coast
Coalition for
Undocumented
Student Success
Undocu Student and
Community summit, a
revised funded steering
committee program, and
strategic visioning
process.
$50,976
$ 24,900.00
Summit and
steering
committee
expansion
effort.
City Farm SLO
Capital project to create
critical infrastructure to
increase universal
accessibility at City Farm
SLO for youth with
disabilities.
$20,000
$ 20,000.00 Fully fund.
DEI High Impact Grant Funding Recommendations
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Diversity Coalition
School Speaker program,
Fostering Understanding
speaker program, and
DEI training for
community.
$30,000
$ 17,500.00
School
speaker
program and
fostering
understandin
g.
Downtown SLO
Picture Yourself in SLO:
Banner Program featuring
diverse community
members and DEI street
activations and farmer’s
market.
$30,000
$ 11,400.00
Side street
activations
and promo.
GALA Pride &
Diversity
Increased intersectional
curriculum offered to
community stakeholders.
$66,700
$ 23,500.00
Trainer and
expanded
community
trainings.
Hospice of SLO
County
DEI training for hospice
volunteers and outreach
initiatives to connect
marginalized populations
to free service programs
in hospice.
$10,000
$ 10,000.00 Fully fund.
Independent Living
Resource Center,
INC
Training program for local
business on best
practices for accessible
space, disability
communication, and
cultural competency.
$7,668
$ 7,668.00 Fully fund.
RACE Matters SLO
County
Salon space for stylist
specializing in Black hair
care and cultural space
for belonging events for
the community.
$95,150
$ 30,000.00
Cost of 1
Year lease for
physical
space.
San Luis Coastal
Education
Foundation
Pilot college prep program
to serve 50 first
generation students.
$30,000
$ 15,000.00
Half the cost
of the total
project
San Luis Obispo
Hillel
Jews of Color Speaker
program. Funds used to
bring diverse speaker to
community event.
$20,000
$ 10,000.00
Partial fund
for speaker.
San Luis Obispo
International Film
Festival
Free short film program
highlighting BIPOC
filmmakers.
$6,900
$ 6,900.00 Fully fund.
DEI High Impact Grant Funding Recommendations
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SLO County
UndocuSupport
Direct Aid program for
local immigrant families. $20,000 $ 20,380.00 Direct Aid.
Transitions Mental
Health Association
Increase access to mental
health services for
Spanish-speaking and
monolingual Spanish-
speaking adults living with
a mental illness.
$64,045
$ 27,550.00
Outreach
efforts and
Spanish
speaking
pilot
program.
Boys & Girls Club
Youth for Unity:
Curriculum based
program with focus on
advocacy, social
responsibility, and
inclusion for low-income
youth.
$50,000
$ 10,000.00 Scholarship
CASA
DEI training for board,
and recruitment initiatives
that center the Latinx
Community.
$10,000
$ 5,000.00
Outreach
efforts.
Leadership SLO
Inclusivity mentors’
program, enhanced DEI
curriculum, and BIPOC
leadership SLO feasibility
assessment.
$4,000
$ 4,000.00 Fully fund
Richard Poncho
Gonzalez Youth
Foundation
After school tennis program
serving primarily BIPOC and
Latinx youth.
$12,221
$ 10,627.00
All parts of
program
except
inspirational
promotions.
Restorative Partners Increase number of
restorative conferences
offered from 2 to 10.
$55,492
$ 18,525.00
25%of total
project
SLO Noor
Foundation
Increase outreach initiatives
and service for BIPOC and
LGBTQ communities.
$27,350
$ 13,050.00
Diagnostics
and clinical
supplies.
SLOMA
Land acknowledgement,
translation services,
collaboration events, and
exhibit activations.
$50,000
$ 5,000.00
Collaboration
events with
grassroots
organizations
.
Total Request Amount $675,502
TOTAL of Preliminary Recommendations $ 300,000.00