7/30/21

Our Community Ambassador Program is Officially Launched!

The press conference was held on July 29th to introduce the program and our ambassadors to the community.

To know more about our community ambassador program, click here.

7/30/21

Lake Merritt Child Care Center: 250 12^th Street Opening

On July 6, 2021, the Lake Merritt Child Care Center officially opened its new location at 250 12^th Street in Oakland.

Our gleaming new facility is 7500 sq. feet with spacious classrooms, a fun-filled new playground, a secure parking lot, and a driveway for safe drop-off and pick-up.  Our students and parents love our new location and we’ve received many compliments already.

In addition to a new location, we offer innovative teaching programs designed to prepare the students’ school readiness.  Our temporary hours of operation are 8:00 am to 5:30 pm.  All teachers and staff are fully vaccinated.  However, we still require face coverings for all adults in school settings.  For children over the age of 2, we are highly recommending the use of face coverings.

For more information and to schedule a tour, please call 510-834-3399.

Contributed by Elaine Tam

Oakland Resilient Families

Oakland Resilient Families, one of the largest guaranteed income pilots in the country, is now accepting applications for its East Oakland group.  The pilot includes two phases.  Phase 1 is for 300 families in the area bound between Havenscourt Blvd to 94th Avenue and between International Blvd and MacArthur Blvd.

Families can apply until 5 p.m. on June 30 via an online application.  If there are more than 300 applications, a randomized lottery will be used to select the final 300 starting July 1st.  Selected families will be notified by email in mid-July.

In order to qualify, the family must have at least one child under 18 and income is below 50% of the area median; about $61,000 annually for a family of 3.  Priority is given in the following order – Black, Indigenous, and People of Color communities.

Phase 2 will be coming later this summer and will be open to qualified families citywide.

For more information, click here

屋崙低收入家庭「特別補助計劃」，是國內各種大型的保證收入計劃之一，現巳接受申請。此計劃分為兩部份，第一部份：

北由Harvenscourt Blvd起

南至94th Avenue止

西由International Blvd起

東至MacArthur Blvd止

為居住在此區內共300户低收入家庭提供每月500元補助，期限為18個月，申請者需要:

1. 家庭成員必須有一位或以上成員是年龄在18歲以下的孩童。
2. 家庭收入在平均中位數的一半以下，以一家3人家庭計；收入平均中位數是$61,000一半以下即收入不超過$30,500。
3. 按族裔優先是黒人，其次為印第安族裔，再其次為有色人種。

如果申請者超過300户家庭，則抽纖决定。截止日期至6月30日下午5時。至於第2部份計劃將於暑假末開展。

如欲了解更多信息，請訪問 https://oaklandca.gov/