November 2005

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

Edgewood Center for Children and Families
$150,000 over two years
November 2005
www.edgewoodcenter.org
For Vaccine Against Violence and Abuse, a project offering self-protection skills to preschool children in Santa Clara County. Parents and caregivers also receive training to help reinforce the skills that the preschool children learn.

Family Service Agency of San Mateo County
$100,000 over two years
November 2005
www.fssm.org
For the Supportive Supervised Visitation Program, which uses parent coaching, one-on-one parent education, and skills training to improve court-mandated supervised visitation for parents seeking to regain custody or visitation rights.

Sacred Heart Community Service
$125,000 over two years
November 2005
www.shcstheheart.org
For Una Vida Mejor Para Mi Familia - A Better Life for My Family, a child abuse prevention program near downtown San Jose which offers parent education, case management, support groups, home visits and English as a Second Language classes to parents of children, ages 6 months to 5 years, as well as early childhood education for these children.

San Mateo County Human Services Agency
$80,000
November 2005
www.co.sanmateo.ca.us
For Differential Response – Path 1 and Path 2, to support a child abuse prevention program that will target at-risk families and assess the risk to children and the needs of the family before directing them into one of three possible response paths.

Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
$100,000
November 2005
www.sccgov.org/portal/site/ssa
For Differential Response - Path 1 Pilot, to support a child abuse prevention program that will target at-risk families and assess the risk to children and the needs of the family before directing them into one of three possible response paths.

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

Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative
$53,450
November 2005
For the Positive Youth Media Blitz, through which middle school youth use media, such as creating student newspapers, to develop their self-esteem and strengthen connections to their community.

Planned Parenthood - Mar Monte
$30,000
November 2005
www.ppmarmonte.org
For Teen Talk, an after-school program at two middle schools in east San Jose that provides health education, peer support and opportunities to build social and behavioral skills to preteen girls, ages 11 to 14.

South Coast Children's Services Inc.
$85,000 over two years
November 2005
www.southcoastchildren.org
For the Pescadero-based Wildcats Youth Development Program, which enables rural preteens, especially those from migrant farm families, to participate in youth development activities after school, during weekends and over the summer.

St. Paul's United Methodist Church
$80,000 over two years
November 2005
www.stpaulsumcsj.com
For the Creative Arts Program for Youth, through which preteens in San Jose take classes in drama, dance and music and participate in a five-week summer theater camp.

Third Street Community Center
$70,000 over two years
November 2005
www.3street.org
For After School Academic Program, which provides after school enrichment activities, including field trips and projects about science and culture, along with academic support to underserved preteens, ages 8 to 13, in downtown San Jose.

WestEd
$130,000
November 2005
www.wested.org
For The Impact of Computer-Based Comprehensive Prevention Training for Students 11 to 13 on Resilience, Attitudes Toward School, and Academic Performance, a pilot project that will evaluate the impact that the Ripple Effects computer program has on middle school students. This program uses self-directed multimedia tutorials to promote social and emotional learning.