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91-1749 ORICINAL '/ Council File #` /�/7`� 9 Green Sheet # RESOLUTION CITY OF SAINT PAUL, MINNESOTA Presented By �,�ii� ,���'' �� --- � Referred To Committee: Date 1 WHEREAS, the Saint Paul City Council Human Services, Regulated Industries and 2 Policy Committee has reviewed the Civic Organization Partnership Program (COPP) 3 process; and 4 5 WHEREAS, the Committee has considered and approved additions to the Service 6 Delivery Policies-Focus on Families as the basis for COPP, be it therefore 7 8 RESOLVED, that the Service Delivery Policies be approved as amended and that City 9 Council Research is authorized to proceed with the COPP process, working within these 10 policy guidelines. Ye� Navs Absent Requested by Department of: smon oswz z � on acca ee � e man � une � i son �— By� � �. Adopted by Council: Date SEP 1 2 1991 Form Approved by City Attorney Adoption tif�ed by ouncil 5ecretary By: B ' ���t- � y' Approved by Mayor for Submission to Approved by yor: Date Council By: S P 13 1991 BY: PII�tISWEQ �:T�:� � ��'':�1 • ���-iyy9 . ,,CtT* �-. R •, CITY OF SAINT PAUL t�embers: o � OFFICE OF THE C1TY COUNCIL Paula MaCC9bee, • I��II'� • C+h81f Bob Long +. �° Date;Sepbember 11,1991 Janice Rettman �.. Human Services, Regulated Industries, and Rules & Policy Committee SERVICE DELIVERY POLICIES -- FOCUS ON FAMILIES Domestic Violence DV-1 Formalize and implement new city policy which no longer uniformly bars prosecution in domestic assault cases where there are no visible injuries or corroborating witnesses. DV-2 Reduce rate of dismissal for domestic assault cases below 25 percent and keep accurate statistics which reflect reasons for dismissal. DV-3 The City will work with the Saint Paul School District, the Ramsey County Family Violence Team and members of other organizations working to end domestic abuse and sexual violence to support education in all Saint Paul Schools to change attitudes which foster battering and sexual violence. Services for Children, Youth and Families CYF-1 The Department of Community Services will develop the capacity to advocate for and coordinate services to children, youth and families in a non-duplicative way, working to make city services more responsive to the needs of children, youth and families and to collaborate with other public and non-profit entities to support children, youth and families in Saint Paul. The highest priorities of this effort to advocate and coordinate services for children, youth and families will be: 1. Encourage development of high quality affordable child care throughout Saint Paul by actions including, but not limited to promoting neighborhood initiatives which increase child care options in short supply, lobbying for increased child care subsidies for low-income families, and providing information and assistance to child care providers so they can better use City and community resources to improve their programs. � 2. Use city resources, such as recreation centers, library facilities and staff where such resources are available, to support high quality, affordable before and after- school child care, drop-in child care and sick child care throughout Saint Paul. Structure hours and enrollment in programs and/or make space available to other public or non-profit entities to provide children with safe and supervised after school activities. 3. Use city resources and advocacy to support programs which prevent teen age pregnancy and which prevent youth from dropping out of school. 4. Support development of positive alternatives for youth recreation and socialization, such as chemical-free clubs and youth events. 5. Support early childhood development and child care programs which include support for development of parenting skills. 6. Coordinate available city resources with other public and riv e entities to develop places for children and youth to find short-term refuge from family violence, such as crisis nurseries and safe houses. CYF-2 Initiate action to end duplication of State regulation of child care centers. Support child care centers and work with the state to provide health inspections and practices which protect the health and safety of children without City duplication of State regulations and inspections. Pursue contracts with state to provide services through public health nurses as approved by the Mayor and City Council. CYF-3 Support and encourage development of shared living situations that match complementary skills and abilities, financial needs, and family needs. Examples of matches are persons with disabling conditions with persons having no disabilities; single parents sharing child care and living responsibilities; and senior citizens with limited mobility with persons of low or moderate income who are fully mobile. CYF-4 Support development and availability of child care centers by providing low interest loans to child care providers for renovations to meet licensing requirements. Work with other organizations to provide child care downtown for City employees and other downtown workers. � �,-���g . � Services Responsive to Citizen Needs R-1 Involve community members in the process of developing schedules for neighborhood recreation centers and branch and area libraries which respond to the needs of the community, and is within budget constraints. Encourage development of volunteer support for services. Specific options which must be available to any community willing to trade off customary hours and/or provide volunteers to extend service hours should include: 1. Saturday and Sunday hours for recreation centers, from community centers through third tier centers, and branch and area libraries. 2. Evening (after 9 p.m.) open gym hours for recreational centers. R-2 Recreational centers will take affirmative steps to develop and recruit participation of girls and children of culturally and racially diverse backgrounds in sports teams and other, non-athletic recreational programs. Department staff will set objective, measurable goals to increase such participation and will report back to the Mayor and City Council biannually. R-3 Libraries will initiate programs which involve parents as well as children for whom English is a second language in programs such as story hours which encourage reading. Libraries will continue and expand literacy programs for both adults and children. R-4 Promote conflict resolution �rocesses which encourage Saint Paul residents to participate in reaching solutions which contribute to community stability and reduce demands on Citv services. � � Initiate and maintain activities which promote cultural understanding�and decrease racial and religious biases throughout the Citv of Saint Paul. Health Issues H-1 The City will make enrollment of Saint Paul children in the Minnesota Children's Health Plan a high priority. The City will: 1. Provide a condition in contracts for health care services that requires a plan to enroll eligible children in the Children's Health Plan. 2. Organize volunteers and other outreach activity to inform parents of the availability of Children's Health Plan and other health benefits and resources. . � , . 3. Seek funds from other agencies to assist families in paying fees required for enrollment in the Children's Health Plan. 4. Continue outreach to parents and children to communicate the need for preventive health care, such as immunizations, prenatal care and nutrition. H-2 Preserve core of public health services in Saint Paul that relate to proactive housing code enforcement, communicable disease control, basic preventive health and dental services, animal control and removal of blighting influences in neighborhoods. Seniors Issues S-1 Support and encourage development of Block Nurse, Living-at-Home, chore assistance and other programs of neighborhood-based home health care and self-sufficiency for seniors and other persons throughout the City where there is a need for such services. S-2 Support and encourage accessibility and participation by seniors in full range of City services by providing appropriate recreational opportunities for all age levels, library services for persons who have vision or hearing impairments, and accessibility for persons with mobility impairments to all City facilities.