Shipyard Legacy Fund Report

Findings on Community Needs and Services

and Initial Recommendations for

Investment Priorities

Prepared by:Urban Strategies Council

Reminder: What’s the CAC’s Task?

• The CAC will recommend to the Redevelopment Commission:

1.Investment Priorities (That’s Today’s Topic)

2.An initial investment strategy (“roadmap”) and

3.Type of organization that manages the fund (“QPE=Quasi-Public Entity”)

“Over $1 billion ineconomic development investments will significantly impact the (BVHP AND Visitacion Valley) neighborhoods in the next few years.”*

SOURCE: Mayor’s Office of Communities of Opportunity Pilot Phase Business Plan2006-2010Executive Summary

The Neighborhood Context

Public Spending on Services

At least $98 million public dollars is spent on services in Bayview Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley. Most of that money goes to:

Public Benefits like CalWORKS and Food stamps Community Organizations for childcare vouchers, etc.Youth development and employment training

*SOURCE: Mayor’s Office of Communities of Opportunities/Bridgespan Analysis

The Challenge: Focusing Fund Resources

Every Community Building Area is important.

Fund not big enough to fix everything. Are there places to focus resources that

can create a chain reaction of change?

Task 1: Needs AssessmentsReview and synthesize prior needs assessments and community plans to identify community needs

Task 2: Services & Provider Census Conduct a census of services and providers; match needs to available services

Purpose: To help identify priorities for Shipyard Legacy Fund investments

Consultant Assignment:

Community Building Areas

1. Housing2. Economic

Development3. Health Care4. Environmental

Safety & Enhancement

5. Education6. Employment 7. Youth Development

8. Arts, Culture, and Recreation

9. Community Safety and Justice

10. Social Services11. Transportation12. Elder Services 13. Financial & Asset

Development

Methods for Task 1:Needs Assessments

We

• Read 52 documents that described conditions or proposed action to improve conditions in the BVHP Area.

• Wrote a summary of the document.

• Put this information in a computerized database.

Methods for Task 1:Needs Assessments

For each document we decidedWhat community building area(s) it

addressedWho produced it and why How authors decided what

community neededIf the authors put needs in any orderHow the community was consulted

(or not)

Methods for Task 2: Services & Providers Census

• We found 238 organizations operating 428 programs.

• We verified what community-building area and sub-area they serve.

• We verified their location of services. • We produced a database of all of them

for the CAC.

Selection of Initial Priorities

• We selected six initial priority areas that: Were discussed in detail in several reports;Had evidence that the need was not being

addressed Were identified through community process

Were mentioned frequently in our interviews with community members.

Urban Strategies’ Recommendations on Initial Investment Priorities

In no particular order, the six community-building areas selected through this process are:

•Economic Development•Employment•Housing•Youth Development •Community Safety and Justice•Elder Services

CAC Informal Poll on Initial Investment Priorities from June 1st Special Session (In Order)

1.Economic Development2.Youth Development 3.Arts Culture and Recreation 4.Education5.Financial & Asset Development 6.Employment

Community Priorities That is What Today Is About

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Thank you for your attention. Comments and discussion

welcome!