June 2007

Area 1: Protect Children from Injury (ages 0 to 5)

Family Connections
$95,000 over 3 years
http://www.familyconnections.org/
For the Parent Leadership Project, a comprehensive parent education program focused on teaching parents of children ages 0-5 basic child development knowledge, positive discipline techniques, and how to deal with anger or stress. Primarily serves San Mateo County.

Samaritan House
$190,000 over 3 years
www.samaritanhouse.com
For Samaritan House Family Resource Center, a program providing case management services focusing on families with children ages 0-5, linking families to social services, and coordinating abuse prevention workshops and parent education services. Additionally, to provide consulting services to increase the organization's capacity to expand its individual donor base.

Women's Recovery Association
$100,000 over 3 years
www.womensrecovery.org
For The Children's Program: Child Abuse Prevention and Parenting Services, a program in San Mateo County in which mothers of children ages 0-5 receive substance abuse treatment, parenting education, and other services needed to stabilize the family, such as counseling and housing assistance.

Area 2: Promote Behavioral, Mental, and Emotional Health in Pre-Teens
(ages 9 to 13)

California School-Age Consortium
$330,000 over 3 years
www.calsac.org
For Developing a Quality After School Workforce, to create and pilot an integrated, comprehensive system for recruiting, training, and providing professional and leadership development of after school youth workers.

Community Learning Center (South San Francisco Library)
$220,000 over 3 years
www.ssf.net/clc
For Homework Club, an after-school enrichment program that builds self-confidence, caring, and leadership -- as well as academic skills -- in 3rd to 5th graders. Additional support for evaluation consultants.

John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities (Stanford University)
$226,000 over 3 years
http://gardnercenter.stanford.edu
For Youth Development Integrations and A lignment Project, a pilot in Redwood City to develop and evaluate a curriculum and tool kit to train adults who work in schools and after-school programs on effective youth development practices, so that preteens in the target neighborhoods have consistent, supportive environments that nurture positive growth.

Nuestra Casa (CIF of the San Francisco Foundation)
$170,000 over 2 years
http://www.nuestracasa.org/
For expansion of Spanish language Parents as Leaders training program to include a social-emotional learning component. Additional support for evaluation consultants.