Charge: Encourage mentoring and volunteerism

Recommendation 1: 
Recruit and train 1,500 new mentors per year

Recommendation 2: 
Provide comprehensive training programs for all individuals working/mentoring youth in both formal and informal capacities

Costs: Mentoring (Three-year implementation)

• Year 1 : $1,875,000
• $1,500,000 program support
• $375,000 PR campaign
• Year 2 : $3,200,000
• $3,000,000 program support
• $200,000 PR campaign
• Year 3 : $4,700,000
• $4,500,000 program support
• $200,000 PR campaign
  

Charge: Undertake a major push to support out-of-school programs

Recommendation 3:  
Expand high-quality afterschool programs to elementary and middle school children who meet "free and reduced lunch program" qualifications

Costs: Afterschool (Three-year implementation; $1,000/child/school year)

• Year 1 2,000 children, $ 2,000,000
• Year 2 4,000 children, $ 4,000,000
• Year 3 6,818 children, $ 6,800,000

Recommendation 4: 
Expand high-quality summer camp programs to elementary and middle school children who meet free and reduced lunch program qualifications.  Expand from six to eight weeks.

Costs: Summer Camp (Three-year implementation; $400/child/summer)

• Year 13,855 children, $1,500,000
• Year 2 ~7,500 children, $ 3,000,000
• Year 3 11,566 children, $ 4,626,400

Recommendation 5: 
Implement JaxParks Intramural Sports League

Costs:  Intramural Sports

• Unmet need year one: 600 children
  Four-month implementation
  Total budget for one year: $816,906
  • Staffing for eight sites: $216,694
  • Officials/scorekeepers: $21,945
  • Transportation: $69,000
  • Equipment: $61,467
  • Maintenance: $90,000
  • Marketing: $25,000
  • Security: $332,800**
    ** The city will work to develop a partnership with JSO to address this cost.