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Performance MeasureMeasure #101172136Value #104217049

YOUTH SERVED

Number of children served by Portland Children's Levy and Arts & Culture

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The Portland Children’s Levy prepares children for school, supports them to be successful inside and outside of classrooms, and works to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in children’s outcomes.

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52,413

FY 2024 - 25

First shown

38,861

FY 2023 - 24

Change shown

13,552

Within visible history

013,75027,50041,25055,000FY 2438,861FY 2552,413X-axis: reporting period. Y-axis: official actual value on the ClearImpact scale.

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PeriodActualTargetTrend
FY 2024 - 2552,413—1
FY 2023 - 2438,861—0

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Official Performance Portland notes

Why Is This Important?

The Portland Children’s Levy prepares children for school, supports them to be successful inside and outside of classrooms, and works to eliminate racial and ethnic disparities in children’s outcomes. The Office of Arts & Culture's Arts Access Fund provides for elementary arts teachers in the six school districts serving Portland and for expanded access to the arts for all Portlanders. Over 60,000 students were enrolled in public schools across school districts in Portland in school year 2025-26.

What Do The Numbers Show?

These numbers show how many children and youth in Portland receive a variety of enriching opportunities through Portland Children's Levy and Office of Arts & Culture's Arts Access Fund. Portland Children's Levy (PCL) data are projected to count for approximately half of the total combined youth served thanks to PCL grants to community-based organizations. PCL data for youth served in FY 2025-26 are still being finalized and are expected in October 2026. Office of Arts & Culture (Arts) accounts for 28,000 of the total combined youth served thanks to the Arts Access Fund partnership with 6 local school districts. This is a combined metric for the new City structure when Arts and PCL moved to the Community & Economic Development Service Area at the beginning of FY 2025-26. There is limited historical data for this measure due to rollout of the new City structure in FY 2024-25.

How Did We Arrive at These Numbers?

Arts & Culture (Arts) numbers are derived from OR Dept. of Education school district enrollment data (grades K-5) where arts programming is delivered. Portland Children's Levy (PCL) numbers are derived from annual reports provided by organizations receiving PCL funds. Across Arts and PCL, the collective services provide wrap-around supports for children and youth, who may participate in more than one service (for example an arts class during the school day, an after school program, and shop at a food pantry). Arts and PCL data combined together do not count unique individuals, so some children may be counted in these data more than once. Historically, PCL reported children served in hunger relief separate from all other services funded by PCL but as of FY 2024-25, PCL reports all children receiving services as one total figure.