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Providers warn Opportunity Center funding will lapse; city and county seek grants to keep services
Summary
Program evaluation shows early success — hundreds served and job placements — but the city—s ARPA-backed contracts with providers will sunset and providers are pursuing federal earmark, philanthropic and county funding.
City staff and nonprofit leaders told the council the Opportunity Center of the Coastside (OCC) has produced measurable results since opening but faces a funding cliff because ARPA-funded contracts and prepaid rent will end within months.
Karen Decker, Half Moon Bay's economic and community vitality manager, summarized a third-party evaluation by Head & Heart Advisory that covered the center—s first 15 months. The center was created as a partnership among Half Moon Bay, the city of South San Francisco and San Mateo County to run place-based economic advancement services for jobseekers, entrepreneurs and small businesses.
Decker said the city prepaid the lease through the end of the calendar year but that provider contracts and intergovernmental agreements will "sunset at the end of next month." She…
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