November 2003

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

Family Support Center of the Mid-Peninsula
$100,000* over two years
http://www.fscmp.org
For the Early Intervention/Home Visiting Program, a child abuse prevention program that provides home visitors to at-risk families in East Palo Alto, Belle Haven, and East Menlo Park.
*Grant amended to $50,000 due to grantee program changes.

Redwood City Family Centers (Redwood City School District)
$150,000, over two years
http://www.rcsd.k12.ca.us/schools.htm
To support operating expenses related to child abuse prevention work at family resource centers in East Redwood City and North Fair Oaks.

San Jose Grail Development Corporation
$150,000, over two years
http://www.sjgdc.org
For Birth and Beyond, which provides support to parents at risk for abusing their children. Services include case management, parent education, parent-child early literacy, a women's program, and a health library.

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

Bay Area Community Resources
$75,000, over two years
http://www.bacr.org
For the New Perspectives Middle School Youth Enrichment and Leadership Program, which provides after-school, summer, and weekend activities to 5th to 8th graders in East Palo Alto.

Children's Discovery Museum of San Jose
$125,000, over two years
http://www.cdm.org
F or Discovery Youth, a program for preteens in which participants develop skills and confidence through multimedia productions and service learning projects in the community.

El Concilio of San Mateo County
$110,000, over two years
http://www.el-concilio.com/
For Jovenes Saludables (Healthy Youth), to support youth activities for 9- to 13-year-olds. in East Palo Alto, Fair Oaks, and Redwood City.

Mountain View Whisman School District and Tween Transition Collaborative
$194,400, over three years
http://www.mvwsd.k12.ca.us
To expand after-school programs at the Graham and Crittenden Middle Schools by serving more students and providing more program options.

Office of the Human Relations Commission of Santa Clara County: $85,000, over three years
http://www.sccgov.org/
To expand the Santa Clara County Youth Task Force to include middle school students throughout that county (pending approval by the Board of Supervisors). This is a program through which students advise the Board of Supervisors.

Peninsula Family YMCA
$120,000, over two years
http://www.ymcasf.org/peninsula
For the Moonridge and Main Street Enrichment Programs, to support after school programs for 9- to 13-year olds living in the Moonridge and Main Street public housing communities in Half Moon Bay.

Southwest YMCA
$100,000, over two years
http://www.scvymca.org/southwest/
For the Castro Middle School Apprenticeship Program, a comprehensive after-school program for students at Castro Middle School (San Jose), involving career apprenticeships with adult volunteers, field trips, sessions on skills development, and homework assistance.