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Residents press council to keep youth services and community resources; council accepts $1.74M youth corps award and renews community crisis response contract
Summary
Public speakers implored Antioch's council on June 24 to preserve youth services and community resources. The council voted unanimously to accept a $1,740,583.66 youth corps grant to expand paid internships and to amend a contract to continue the nonpolice Angelo Quinto Community Response Team while scaling hours to match available funding.
Antioch residents and program partners packed the council chambers on June 24 to press the City Council not to dismantle the Department of Public Safety and Community Resources and to preserve youth programs, even as the council approved new funding for youth workforce programs and extended a nonpolice crisis response contract.
Hundreds of public commenters — many young people and city service partners — told the council the Department of Public Safety and Community Resources (PSCR) runs programs that provide internships, tutoring and basic services, and that cuts would remove vital supports. Springboard and Antioch Council of Teens members described internships, BUILD and resource recovery programs that helped them gain work experience and meet college and career goals. “Youth services…
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