COMMUNITY SERVICES
CHILD, YOUTH & FAMILY SUMMARY OF SERVICES
The Child, Youth & Family section provides teen recreation programming, disability services, and childcare education, resources and training. Program administration and objectives are guided by the Strategic Plan for Children, Youth and Families, and the support of community advisory groups, including Irvine Residents with Disabilities Advisory Board; Irvine Child Care Committee; Irvine Children, Youth, and Families Advisory Committee; and the Irvine Child Care Project (ICCP), a Joint Powers Agreement with the Irvine Unified School District. Disability Program Expansion: Disability Services programs served over 2,200 residents with disabilities and provided over 160 innovative programs for children and adults such as adaptive pickle ball, mini pin bowling and Summer Inclusion Camp with sports, crafts and cooking classes. Site Assessments: Conducted comprehensive program quality assessment of all 29 ICCP childcare sites to meet quality standards surpassing State licensing requirements. Financial Assistance for Child Care: Awarded over $2.5M in scholarships for 3,519 students to access high-quality afterschool childcare programs for a total of over 56,000 days. Accomplishments Supporting Childhood Development: Over 3,000 parents and caregivers of young children checked-out over 5,000 educational items from the Child Resource Center lending library to support children’s social, emotional, cognitive and physical development. Youth Outreach: Registration in Youth Outreach programs reached new heights with 846 participants in the Middle School and High School Youth Action Teams providing 45,021 hours of community service while partnering with over 100 local non-profits and private businesses.
Performance Measures
Dept Goal
2020-21 Actuals
2021-22 Actuals
2022-23 Estimate
2023-24 Budget
Performance Measure
Target
Number of disability services recreation program participants Number of family and childcare provider support contacts
2,200
850
1,809
2,100
2,200
II
30,000
14,463
29,178
30,000
30,000
II
Number of ICCP scholarship participants
1,700
220
1,767
1,700
1,700
II
Number of school sites served by Youth Outreach program
19
19
19
19
19
II
Number of Youth Outreach participants
33,000
5,000
30,926
32,500
33,000
II
Number of Youth Action Team community service hours provided by volunteers
45,000
25,000
45,021
45,000
45,000
II
186
FY 2023-25 Adopted Budget
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