$1.5 Million in Grants Includes Funding to Support Middle School Teachers,
Preteens
Nov. 9, 2006
Contact: Andy Krackov, senior director of public information and electronic
media, (650) 736-0677 or andrew.krackov@lpfch.org
PALO ALTO – The board of directors of the Lucile Packard Foundation
for Children's Health on Nov. 8 approved more than $1.5 million in grants
to 14 nonprofit organizations that serve children in Santa Clara and San
Mateo counties.
The grants include $165,000 for a program that is designed to help local
teachers address the emotional and behavioral issues that shape preteens'
experience at school. The aim of the pilot program, run by the Cleo Eulau
Center, is to encourage teachers, other school staff, and parents to support
preteens' healthy emotional development, in addition to their academic
achievement. The program ultimately could serve as a model for how educators
can build healthy student- teacher relationships in a classroom setting.
"The role schools can play in supporting our kids' emotional and
behavioral health is pivotal, and Cleo Eulau has developed some sound
strategies to help teachers tackle these issues in the classroom,"
said Sharon Keating-Beauregard, vice president and director of community
programs and grants at the foundation. "This program shows much promise
for increasing students' engagement in school life and decreasing their
risk-taking behaviors."
The foundation, which makes grants twice each year, supports programs
in two focus areas: protecting children ages 0-5 from injury, with an
emphasis on preventing abuse and neglect; and promoting behavioral and
emotional health in preteens, ages 9-13.
This cycle's grants range from $70,350 to $200,000 over one to two years.
Of the 14 grantees, 11 previously have received funding from the foundation.
Grants in Santa Clara County
Four of the grants, totaling $434,000, were awarded to organizations in
Santa Clara County, which has a child population of about 440,000.
Boys and Girls Club of Silicon Valley: $80,000 for the
Youth Life Skills and Leadership Program, which helps preteens
develop leadership skills and learn how to make positive choices regarding
their physical and emotional health.
Friends Outside in Santa Clara County: $171,000 over
two years for Project Step Out, a year-round after-school program
geared toward preteens whose family members are incarcerated.
Via Rehabilitation Services: $83,000 for Via Injury
Prevention Program, to provide parents of disabled or developmentally
delayed children ages 0 to 3 with education training sessions, home visits,
counseling and supervised parent-child interaction opportunities, to reduce
the likelihood of intentional injury to their children.
The Cornerstone Project, YMCA of Santa Clara Valley: $100,000
for a pilot project at six Santa Clara County middle schools in which
students will produce oral and film histories of community elders. An
evaluation tool to measure changes in how participating preteens view
themselves and their communities also will be a key part of the program.
Grants in San Mateo County
Four of the grants, totaling $492,350, were awarded to organizations in
San Mateo County, which has a child population of about 165,000.
Boys and Girls Club of the Peninsula: $100,000 for the
Preteen Program, a combination of several projects that help
preteens make healthful choices, engage in community service projects
and strive for academic achievement.
Child Care Coordinating Council of San Mateo County: $122,000
over two years to expand its Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect:
Community Response program. This program works with families at risk
for abuse or neglect that face critical child care needs.
North Street Community Resource Center, Coastside Children's Program:
$70,350 for Protecting the South Coast's Children 0 to 5, a program
that includes home visiting, parent education and mental health counseling,
and case management services for families at risk for abuse or neglect
of their children.
San Mateo County Health Services Agency: $200,000 over
two years for Prenatal to Three Strategic Plan: Risk Assessment and
Service Coordination, to develop an assessment instrument to screen
for child abuse and neglect and to enhance coordination of services among
county agencies and community-based organizations.
Grants in Both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties
Six grants, totaling $620,000 were awarded to programs serving
children in both San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
Alameda County Office of Education: $100,000 for the
After School Leadership Institute, a pilot project to provide
professional development, leadership training and coaching to after-school
program staff in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
Cleo Eulau Center for Children and Adolescents: $165,000
over two years for the School Connectedness Component, a two-year
pilot that will promote preteens' social and emotional wellness and resiliency
by strengthening connectedness among teachers, students and families.
Citizen Schools: $80,000 to A Vibrant Citizen Schools
California Network, to support salary of two new positions that will
manage the network's growth as its preteen after school program expands
from two to five schools.
Girls For a Change: $75,000 for Girls For a Change,
Girls Action Teams, a program in which teams of preteen girls identify
challenges their communities face, and then design and implement solutions.
InnVision, The Way Home: $150,000 for Healthy Families
Project, a program to provide support services for homeless and very
low-income families and protect their children ages 0-5 from child abuse
and neglect.
Youth Community Service, Bay Area Community Resources:
$50,000 to help strengthen Youth Community Services in its efforts
to become an independent nonprofit and bolster a program in which teams
of youth in East Palo Alto, East Menlo Park and Palo Alto develop leadership
and team-building skills by working on projects within their communities.
Funds for the grants program come from the foundation's endowment and
a partnership grant from The David and Lucile Packard Foundation. Since
December 2000, the foundation has awarded 332 grants, totaling $28,803,470
to 167 different nonprofit organizations.
The foundation is a public charity whose mission is to “promote,
protect, and sustain the physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral health
of children.” For more information about the foundation's community
grantmaking program, call (650) 736-0676, or visit http://www.lpfch.org/grantmaking
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