§ 5.39

(a) Purpose. As provided in Charter Section 16.108-1, there shall be a Children, Youth and Their Families Oversight and Advisory Committee (“Oversight and Advisory Committee” or “Committee”) to review the governance and policies of the Department of Children, Youth and Their Families (“DCYF”), and to take steps to ensure that the Children and Youth Fund (“Fund”) is administered in a manner accountable to the community. The Committee shall be a Commission as defined in Administrative Code Section 5.1-1.

(b) Duties and Functions. The Oversight and Advisory Committee shall carry out the following duties and functions:

(1) Develop recommendations for DCYF regarding outcomes for children and youth services, the evaluation of services, common data systems, processes for making funding decisions, program improvement and capacity-building of service providers, community engagement in planning and evaluating services, leveraging dollars of the Fund and the use of the Fund as a catalyst for innovation.

(2) Promote transparency for the Fund and its processes.

(3) Review and approve the planning process for the Children and Youth Fund Community Needs Assessment

(“CNA”) and final CNA, the Services and Allocation Plan (SAP), and the annual Data and Evaluation Report.

(4) Review and approve DCYF’s overall annual budget expenditures (including the approval of grants as a package, work orders, supplemental funds, and add-back funds), and conduct a mid-year budget review each year to prepare for the following year’s budget process and may request budget information as necessary for any of its meetings. The Committee shall review best practices developed or identified by DCYF and its Director for the grantmaking process, including add-back and supplemental funding, and for interdepartmental work orders. These practices shall be designed to promote, among other things, transparency and accountability in the grant-making process and coordination with the Children and Youth Fund SAP and CNA. The Committee shall review any changes or

adjustments in revenue to the Children and Youth Fund and the Baseline as defined in Section 16.108. Nothing in this Section shall limit the authority of the Mayor and Board of Supervisors to propose, amend, and adopt a budget under Article IX of the Charter.

(5) Participate in the evaluation of the Director of DCYF and assist in recruitment for the Director when the position is vacant, and may recommend candidates to the Mayor for appointment.

(6) Establish and maintain a Service Provider Advisory Council as provided in Charter Section 16.108-1 and Article XL of the Administrative Code.

(7) Confer with the Director of DCYF at least once a year on DCYF’s effectiveness and impact.

(c) Meetings. The Oversight and Advisory Committee shall meet at least six times each calendar year. Any member who fails to attend at least half of the meetings in a calendar year shall be deemed to have resigned from the Committee.

(d) Composition. The Mayor shall appoint members for Seats l, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 on the Oversight and Advisory Committee; the Board of Supervisors shall appoint members for Seats 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 on the Committee.

(e) Qualifications of Members. The following qualifications are desirable but not mandatory for members of the Committee:

(1) A youth 19 years old or younger at the time of appointment for the term, recommended to the Mayor by the Youth Commission. Because Committee members may be younger than 18 years at the time of appointment, members are not subject to the requirement of Charter Section 4.101(b) that members must be the minimum age required to vote in municipal elections.

(2) A person with demonstrated commitment to improving access to and quality of services for children, youth, and families and who is a parent or guardian of a youth, which youth, at the time of the member’s appointment for the term, is under the age of 18 years and enrolled in the San Francisco Unified School District.

(3) A person with expertise or substantial experience working in services and programs for children ages 5 and younger.

(4) A person with expertise or substantial experience working in the field of children and youth services in communities that are low-income or underserved.

(5) A person who has demonstrated commitment to improving access and quality of services for children, youth, and families in communities that are low-income or underserved.

(6) A person who is a Disconnected Transitional-Aged Youth, as that term is used in Charter Section 16.108, 18 through 24 years of age at the time of appointment, and who is familiar with the issues and challenges faced by Disconnected Transitional-Aged Youth and with services, programs, and systems for them.

(7) A parent or guardian of a child, which child is enrolled in kindergarten through 8th grade at the time of the member’s appointment for the term, and who is from a low-income community or have expertise or substantial experience working to promote the interests of communities of color, and who has demonstrated a commitment to improving access and quality of services for children, youth, and families.

(8) A parent or guardian of a child, which child, at the time of the member’s appointment for the term, is under the age of 5 years and enrolled in a publicly-subsidized or City-funded program, and who has demonstrated a commitment to improving access and quality of services for children, youth, and families.

(9) A person with expertise or substantial experience working in the field of children and youth services in communities that are low-income or under served.

(10) A person who has demonstrated commitment to improving access to and quality of services for children, youth, and families.

Current City employees who are at the department head or deputy department head level of authority, SFUSD employees who are at the Director or Assistant Superintendent level of authority or higher, and current employees or members of the boards of directors of organizations where DCYF is the decision-maker for funding may not serve as members of the Oversight and Advisory Committee. For purposes of this subsection (e), a part-time intern with a DCYF-funded organization who is 24 years old or younger shall not be considered an employee of that organization.

(f) Terms and Term Limits. Notwithstanding the term limits that generally apply to Commissions under Section 5.1-2, members of the Committee shall serve two-year terms and may serve up to two terms. A part of a term that exceeds one year shall count as a full term; a part of a term that is one year or less shall not. Notwithstanding the preceding sentence, the current term of any person serving on the Committee on January 1, 2027 shall count as a full term if the person serves more than one year of that term. Terms completed on or before December 31, 2026 shall not count as a term for the purpose of the lifetime term limit.

(g) Staffing. DCYF shall provide sufficient staffing for the Oversight and Advisory Committee and the Service Provider Advisory Council referenced in Section 5.40-1. The Youth Commission shall provide support to the Committee members in areas such as training in city government operations, policy analysis and development, and public outreach.

(Added as Sec. 2A.233 by Ord. 15-15, File No. 141215, App. 2/13/2015, Eff. 3/15/2015; amended and redesignated by Ord. 99-26, File No. 260217, App. 5/29/2026, Eff. 6/29/2026)