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First 5 Sacramento keeps 2024–27 strategic plan intact, begins planning timeline for 2027 funding cycle
Summary
Commissioners held a required public hearing and agreed with staff recommendation to make no changes to the 2024–27 strategic plan. Staff outlined a timeline and next steps for the 2027 funding cycle and the participatory "Equity in Action" grantmaking process.
At a required public hearing and subsequent discussion on April 7, First 5 Sacramento staff recommended no changes to the county's 2024–27 strategic plan and described a timeline to prepare for the next funding cycle.
Lindsay Dunkel, who led the presentation, told commissioners the current strategic framework — with five priorities (racial equity, health and well-being, quality childcare, parent partnership and systems improvement) — should remain in place while staff begin planning for the 2027 and later funding periods. Staff proposed reclassifying the current 2024–27 plan as the first funding period under a longer 2024–34 strategic framework, with specific fiscal allocations for each funding period documented in addenda.
Dunkel outlined the schedule staff recommends: commissioners will make midpoint decisions in 2025 about the length and format of the next implementation plan; community input and updated trend reports will inform priority-setting in fall 2025; formal priority and strategy decisions will be presented in December 2025; the Board of Supervisors will review the draft in May 2026; and the commission is expected to approve a final strategic plan in June 2026 to allow contract processes to begin in fall 2026 and funding to roll out July 1, 2027.
The presentation also described the participatory grantmaking process now called “Equity in Action.” Staff reported work to target place-based allocations: an initial set of roughly 53 ZIP codes was reviewed and narrowed to 47, with advisory committee members further refining selections; staff will recruit a 15-member community panel to make funding recommendations to the commission later in 2025 and into 2026. Commissioners discussed flexibility in the timeline if external events require changes.
No changes to the current plan were recommended by staff; commissioners accepted the schedule for planning and community engagement to inform the next funding decisions.
