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Community Partnerships Thrive

wenty-five community partners in Santa Clara and San Mateo counties received Foundation grants in 2006, totaling $2.66 million.

Sewing skills were part of the after-school curriculum at Girls Club of the Midpeninsula, a former Foundation grantee that focused on preteen girls.

15-year-old Luis, left, waited nearly a year for the right mentor to come along. Now he and mentor Gonzalo share a love of learning and the San Francisco Giants, thanks to their pairing by Foundation grantee Friends for Youth.

In keeping with our program's history, these grants focused on two areas: prevention of abuse and neglect of children ages 0 to 5; and promoting resiliency and healthful choices among preteens, ages 9 to 13.

In the 0-5 focus area, one innovative grant to Santa Clara County Superior Court supported the "Unified Family Court Child Protection Project," a collaborative effort among the court, attorneys, and social workers to prevent abuse and neglect of children with families in the court system.

Grantmaking in the preteen area in 2006 emphasized improving the quality of after school programs and building networks among these programs. Additionally, Foundation funds supported in-school programs that promote preteens' social and emotional growth. This included a two-year grant to develop a curriculum for students and to train teachers in how to build resiliency in students.

Also in 2006, Grantmaking held a well-attended grantee convening on the topic of cultural competency. A companion brief, Cultural Competency: What It Is and Why It Matters, was produced in conjunction with the foundation's Information Program.

For more information about the grantmaking program, see www.lpfch.org/grantmaking/.

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