CITY OF DAVIS
2012-2013 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION
Organization
Name:
Davis Bridge Educational Foundation
Street Address:
1400 East Eighth Street, Davis
Mailing Address:
1400 East Eighth Street, Davis, CA 95616
Email Address:
janetb@davisbridge.org
Fax Number:
Contact: Janet Boulware
Address: Same as above
Phone: 530-574-2804
(Be sure to list the best contact to get information to the organization as quickly as
possible.)
Total Proposal Request
$10,000
(Check one)
CDBG Eligible Category:
X
On-going Support
New Project
Public Service
(See List A)
National Objective Compliance/Low and Mod
Benefit:
Limited Clientele
(See List B)
City Council Identified Critical Needs: (See List C)
1)
2)
Child abuse prevention and
counseling services
Youth drug and alcohol abuse
prevention and counseling services
3)
PUBLIC SERVICE
X
NON-PUBLIC SERVICE
Beneficiary Information:
446*
220
100%
$45.45
Total number of beneficiaries in proposed project (*students & parents)
Number of beneficiaries in program to be served with CDBG funds
Percentage of the CDBG beneficiaries with low/moderate income
Cost ($) per CDBG beneficiary (CDBG Request/CDBG Beneficiaries)
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CITY OF DAVIS
2012-2013 COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT APPLICATION
PROJECT NARRATIVE
a. Need
The poverty rate in the Davis Joint Unified School District has been steadily increasing (Table
1) during these recent recessionary years, and now one in five students in the city’s public schools is
identified as poor. This rate is established by identifying the number of students who apply for and are
eligible for the Federal Free and Reduced Lunch Program.
Table 1. Poverty Rate*
Davis Joint Unified School District
2009-10
19.1%
2010-11
20.8%
2011-12
21.1%
*Davis Joint Unified School District Categorical Services, Jan., 2012
Among Davis schools, there is a wide range of need. Marguerite Montgomery Elementary
School in east Davis has a 47.1% poverty rate; while the small Fairfield Elementary School in rural west
Davis has a poverty rate of 3.1%. With the exception of Davis Senior High School, each of the schools
served by Davis Bridge have poverty rates equal to or greater than the district’s average.
All of the students served by Davis Bridge in it's after school tutoring and mentoring program
are low income and are achieving below grade level and all live in Davis. We know that low income
children are often left home to fend for themselves and their younger siblings while their caregivers
work long hours; compared with their well-off peers, they spend less time playing outdoors and more
time watching television and are less likely to participate in after-school activities (U.S. Census Bureau,
2000). Low-income parents are often overwhelmed by feelings of powerlessness, and an inability to
cope and these feelings may get passed along to their children in the form of insufficient nurturing and
a general failure to focus on children’s needs (Teaching with Poverty in Mind, Eric Jensen, ASCD
publication, 2009). Children in these families are susceptible to depression: research shows that poverty
is a major predictor of teenage depression (Denny, Clark, Fleming & Wall, 2004). Caregivers in lowincome families tend to be overworked, overstressed, and authoritarian with children, using the same
harsh disciplinary strategies used by their own parents (Jensen, 2009).
Since 2004, the Davis Bridge Educational Foundation has been in the business of providing a
research based after-school tutoring and mentoring program for low-income students in Davis to
address not only community disparity in student achievement, but the social and emotional needs of
these students. Davis Bridge serves these students and families by providing a means to address these
challenges faced by Latino/a and low-income students in Davis with the after school homework club
program.
Davis Bridge works to bridge not only the achievement gap for our community’s low-income
students, but also helps to address child and substance abuse, through early intervention and academic
support, resulting in a stronger community. It is for this reason that we are asking the City of Davis to
approve the Davis Bridge request for CDBG funding for next year. Davis Bridge addresses the city’s
critical needs for child and substance abuse by providing a service that may support prevention of low
income students’ need for intervention in the areas of child and substance abuse.
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b. Benefit
Davis Bridge serves Davis students at Marguerite Montgomery, Patwin, and Korematsu
Elementary Schools; Harper Junior High School; and Davis Senior High School (program began at
high school September, 2011) and hires UC Davis students of similar socioeconomic background as
tutors through the university’s work/study program.
The Davis Bridge program benefits at least 160 Davis households, and 219 students (Table 2).
The number of households is less than the number of students, as there are siblings participating in the
program. When parents are included in the program benefits, the number of beneficiaries increases to
a minimum 446 (calculated as single parent families; this number would be larger for two parent
families). These numbers will likely increase, in the 2012-13 school and CDBG program year. All
program beneficiaries are from very-low and low-income households.
Table 2. Davis Bridge Enrollment by School 2011-12
Marguerite Montgomery Elementary School
62
Korematsu Elementary School
28
Patwin Elementary School
24
Harper Junior High School
75
Davis Senior High School
30
Total:
219
Davis Bridge students build close bonds with the tutors, many of who have similar low-income
and ethnic backgrounds and the UCD tutors often develop ties with the families of Davis Bridge
students, strengthening the overall Davis community. The consistent academic support provided by
successful college students with similar backgrounds results in improved academic achievement,
enhanced school attendance, and improved attitudes toward school.
The daily activities of the Davis Bridge program include homework assistance and tutoring,
mentoring, math and literacy activities, computer based language development activities, art, crafts,
recreation and exercise and enrichment field trips, such as to see performances at the Mondavi Center
for the Performing Arts. Many students attending Davis Bridge would have no other constructive
activity in which to participate after school, thus reducing the opportunity for students to engage in
anti-social behaviors such as substance and alcohol abuse during the critical after school hours between
3 and 6 pm. The program also offers a positive alternative to any interest in gang involvement in
Davis. Many of the parents of Davis Bridge students work more than one job in order to make ends
meet, and therefore are unable to provide the after school supervision and homework help youth need.
The safe, supportive and enriching academic environment Davis Bridge provides is enhanced by the
ability of the staff to bridge the language barrier between families who speak no English and students
and their teachers. Davis Bridge also functions as a resource and support to families who may be in
need of social services such as access to counseling, medical or dental care, housing and food.
Even though the achievement gap in Davis is significant, and the poverty rate is increasing, the
DJUSD is unable to access significant public dollars to address these educational needs, due to the
district’s overall high performance and socioeconomic indicators. This creates a service gap for the
low-income students and families in Davis.
c. Other Resources and Collaboration
Davis Bridge has collaborated with UC Davis and the Davis Joint Unified School District
(DJUSD) since the program’s inception. The UC Davis work-study program grant provides the means
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for paying the university students serving as tutors and mentors for the elementary and junior high
school students in the program, as these student tutors are low- income university students eligible for
the program. Since the program’s beginning, DJUSD has provided the in-kind resources such as the
after school use of school libraries, classrooms, and equipment, along with access to school personnel.
For the first time in the 2010-11 school year DJUSD provided $50,000 in funding to support the
program, and also is providing nutritious snacks, previously paid for by Davis Bridge.
Davis Bridge works closely with many of the social service agencies and non-profits serving
low-income children and families, including: Child Protective Services, Child Care Resource and
Referral, Yolo County Mental Health/Drug and Alcohol programs, Head Start, and WIC, as well as
maintaining close communication with school site staff (usually the principal) regarding individual
family needs.
Private funds have been significant to the overall budget of the Davis Bridge Educational
Foundation. The Wells Fargo Foundation, Soroptimist International of Davis, Ronald McDonald
Charities, the Lescroart Corp., the Anderson Family Foundation, the Kelly Foundation and Wells Fargo
have supported Davis Bridge. When the economy went into recession in 2007-08, some of these
funders were no longer able to contribute to Davis Bridge as they had done in the past. The board of
directors supports a 100% giving policy through which board members give generously.
Last month, Davis Bridge received a grant from United Way California Capital Region to
implement a targeted reading program for students in grades 1 – 3, known as the Star Readers program,
as part of the services provided after school. Davis Bridge sees expansion of local partnerships as
ongoing and works to help leverage new sustainable funding in its pursuit of providing the best and
most effective program.
d. Organizational Capacity
Established in 2004, the Davis Bridge Educational Foundation is a 501(c)3 non-profit
organization founded by current executive director, Janet Boulware. Ms. Boulware is a graduate of the
UC Davis Chicano Studies Program. The creation of Davis Bridge was an outgrowth of her research
and volunteer work with the Hispanic/Latino students of DJUSD. She identified this population of
students as educationally underserved, had the lowest test scores in the district, were a growing district
sub-population, supported the highest rates of student discipline at individual schools, and had low
graduation rates. To address this student population’s academic and social needs, Ms. Boulware
convened a group of local professionals and community leaders to form the Davis Bridge Educational
Foundation.
The Board of Directors of Davis Bridge has twelve members. Staffing consists of one full-time
executive director, one full-time assistant director, eight part-time site coordinators, 143 university
student tutors (this quarter), and several high school and middle school students who are volunteering
as tutors.
Davis Bridge has been the recipient of numerous regional awards for program excellence
including: the La Raza Law Students/Martin Luther King, Jr. School of Law Community Service Award
(2004) the Yolo County Concilio’s Recognition Award (2006); the Yolo County Office of Education
Striving for Excellence Award (2007); the Davis City/School District Community Partnership Award
(2010), and the 2011 UC Davis Chancellor’s Achievement Award for Diversity and Community. In
addition, in 2009, Ms. Boulware was selected by the Bank of America Foundation’s Neighborhood
Excellence Initiative to receive the Local Hero Award. This prestigious award is given each year to only
five recipients exemplifying the highest standards in community service and Ms. Boulware was selected
for her work in improving connections between schools and families, tutors, and the at-risk youth
served by the program in this unique and effective after school program.
Through careful use of limited resources, both financial and human, Davis Bridge continues to
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be a needed community non-profit providing tutoring, mentoring and homework help for underserved
low-income Davis youth.
SCOPE OF SERVICES
a. Project Description
(Activity Summary: Describe the activities of the proposed budget)
The Davis Bridge Educational Foundation has an overall goal to make college and academic
success a realistic option and goal for all Davis Students regardless of income, race or ethnicity . This
work is accomplished through the operation of an extended day program that utilizes UC Davis
undergraduate students as tutors who help Davis Bridge students with homework, assisting with
science fair and social studies projects and other assignments for which there is little or no help at
home. The UC Davis students provide real life role modeling for these young students as many of the
university students have similar backgrounds, all achieved success in K-12 schooling, and will graduate
from the University of California. All students in the Davis Bridge program are low income The full
time executive director is a is operating the expansion of services to Davis Senior High School, as well
as overseeing all aspects of the program at the four other schools.
Davis Bridge is requesting $10,000 in CDBG funds to help provide 220 low-income Davis
students with after school tutoring and homework help to cover a part of this direct service to the
underserved youth of Davis. There are no other agencies in Davis providing this service and these
funds are needed as the number of needy students in Davis is increasing.
b. Target Group
Davis Bridge serves only very-low and low-income Davis students, and families, who are achieving
below grade level and are unable to access supplementary tutoring services or other academic supports
due to inability to pay.
c. Outreach
Davis Bridge works closely with families, schools, teachers, children and agencies to help bridge
communication, identify needs, and create solutions to aid in reducing educational disparities. The
executive director makes presentations each academic quarter at UC Davis to recruit, screen and qualify
undergraduate students as program tutors. Community presentations to local service groups and
agencies are provided regularly to educate the community on the needs of the children served by Davis
Bridge. Monthly, the Yolo County Library hosts a bilingual story-time on Tuesday evenings and
Saturday mornings at Marguerite Montgomery Elementary School and this program has a strong parent
participation component. Davis Bridge provides the communication and outreach to parents in
English and Spanish to foster parent participation in this literacy project. Many Davis Bridge parents
not only speak only Spanish, but are also functionally illiterate in their primary language, thereby
making the transfer of literacy skills from one language to another a challenge. This program supports
Bridge parents in their work to support their children’s emerging literacy. Davis Bridge works closely
with the DJUSD’s reading specialist in engaging parents in a “Reading Rodeo” – a program that is
home-based and requires students to read to their parents. Incentives are built into the program as
children progress to higher reading levels. The parents, as a result, become active participants in
encouraging their child’s reading development.
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PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE
Work Plan
(Identify activities and completion dates)
List Activity
Completion Date
• At least 220 low-income students will receive tutoring and homework
help services
June 30, 2013
• Academic achievement / proficiency will increase for all participants
June 30, 2013
• At least 90% of participating students will experience
behavior, safety, and well being
June 30, 2013 improved
PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS
ACTIVITY
(What the program does to fulfill its mission)
Provide afterschool academic
tutoring and mentoring program to
at-risk, low-income students in the
Davis Joint Unified School District.
Coordinate academic and college
admission mentoring program for
Davis High School low-income
students
INDICATOR
OUTCOME
(The direct products of program activities)
Service #s
(Benefits that result from the program)
At least 220 students in grades
one through ten will receive oneon-one and group mentoring
and tutoring services in after
school settings at four schoolbased program sites, supported
by 175 tutors during the 20122013 academic school year.
• Improved number of students
demonstrating grade level
academic proficiency
• Improved family connections for
low income Davis families,
including Latino parents through
home visits
• Reduced number of youth who
are at-risk of child abuse and
neglect
• Reduced number of youth who
are at risk of anti-social behaviors
during after school hours.
At least 30 high school students will
participate in the Friday mentoring
program and attend four academic
enrichment field trips to universities
and professional campuses such as
Genentech and Folsom
• Improved college going rate
among low income students
• Reduce the number of high
school youth engaging in antisocial behaviors such as substance
abuse
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CITY OF DAVIS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
BUDGET SUMMARY FOR PROPOSED PROJECT*
Proposed Project
"CDBG" Portion
Budget Category
A. Salaries & Wages
Direct
Project
Related
Costs
10,000
General
Admin
Costs of
Service
Provider
Other Funds (Non-CDBG)
Other
Federal
Funds
State/
Local
Funds
50,000
B. Fringe Benefits (none)
Private Funds
(includes
individual
&business
contributions;
nonprofit
grants)
32,000
Other
(annual
fundraiser)
Totals
4,740
96,740
11,647
11,647
*- payroll taxes, workers comp
C. Consultant/Contract Services: Grant
5,800
5,800
10,540
114,187
writing, accounting
TOTAL PERSONNEL BUDGET
10,000
50,000
43,647
D. Office Rent
E. Utilities
F. Telephone
2,775
2,775
G. Office Supplies
1,600
1,600
H. Equipment
7,00
700
I. Printing/Duplication
400
400
J. Travel/Conference
K. Other (Specify): Liability insurance,
12,250
12,250
5,475
12,250
17,725
49,122
22,790
131,912
bank fee, postage, books, payroll &
accounting expenses, grant writing,
fundraising expense, school site food &
academic expenses, travel & meetings,
membership dues
TOTAL NON-PERSONNEL
BUDGET
TOTAL PROJECT BUDGET
10,000
50,000
* Please revise this form and annotate budget items as needed
Split CDBG Costs between direct costs associated with implementing the proposed activity and
general
administration costs used to operate the non-profit.
All applicants are requested to submit a copy of their organizations Operating Budget.
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CITY OF DAVIS
COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT PROGRAM
CAPITAL PROJECT BUDGET SUMMARY*
Proposed Project"
"CDBG" Portion
Budget Category
Direct
Project
Related
Costs
General
Admin
Costs of
Service Provider
Other Funds (Non-CDBG)
Other
Federal
Funds
State/Local
Funds
Private
Funds
Other
Totals
Project Development
Wages and Salaries
Fringe Benefits
Materials
Other Costs
Land Acquisition
Design
Consulting Fees
Materials
Other Costs
Final Development
Wages and Salaries
Fringe Benefits
Materials
Soft Costs
Carrying Costs
Fees
Permits
Other Costs
Renovation or
Construction
Electrical
Plumbing
Heating
Interior Rehabilitation
Exterior Rehabilitation
Grounds
Improvements
Framing
Rough
Finish
Maintenance
Grounds
Other Maintenance
* Please revise this form and annotate budget items as needed
All applicants are requested to submit a copy of their operating budget.
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