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San Jose committee hears update on Children and Youth Services master plan amid budget uncertainty
Summary
City staff told the Neighborhood Services & Education Committee the Children and Youth Services Master Plan is in year‑one pilot implementation with two grantees and contracts through December 2026; council members pressed for outcomes data and a funding path amid county budget cuts and a $500,000 mayoral budget proposal.
Andrea Flores Shelton, assistant director of the Department of Parks, Recreation and Neighborhood Services, briefed the Neighborhood Services and Education Committee on the Children and Youth Services Master Plan’s first‑year implementation and pilot status. She said the city is working with two community grantees—Somos Mayfair and Grail in Mayfair and Catholic Charities in the Seven Trees area—and that those contracts run through December 2026.
Flores Shelton described the initiative’s “no wrong door” approach, intended to help residents connect to city, county and community services through warmer handoffs and cross‑agency referrals. She said year one has functioned as a startup period focused on establishing referral pathways and internal alignment with partner departments.
Council members pressed staff for concrete results and a sustainability plan. Flores Shelton confirmed each pilot site received roughly $400,000 for an 18‑month pilot period and said the fall lessons‑learned report will include counts served and early outcome data. “We granted $400,000 to both sites,” she said, adding the report will return with more definitive metrics and recommendations.
Committee members also discussed budget prospects. Staff said the Mayor’s March budget message includes a proposed allocation of $500,000 for children and youth work pending a manager’s budget addendum and that staff are evaluating potential redirection of opioid funds as an additional source. Flores Shelton warned that county budget adjustments could reduce regional safety‑net services and increase demand on city programs.
Councilmembers asked for a clearer governance and funding pathway so that pilot services could be sustained or scaled after December 2026. Staff recommended waiting for the MBA and an evaluation framework due in the coming months and said a fuller report and lessons learned will be brought back in the fall.
The committee moved to accept the status report.
What happens next: staff will return with a manager’s budget addendum that recommends how the proposed $500,000 would be spent, and a lessons‑learned evaluation in the fall that is expected to include service counts and proposed outcome measures.
