Violence Prevention Initiative Research Program:

California State University, Fresno Foundation
Fresno, CA
    To conduct research that identifies risk and protective factors for youth gang involvement and assaultive behavior in a multi-ethnic, impoverished community.
    $100,000
The Marin Institute
San Rafael, CA
    To continue a research study that supports community-based approaches to preventing alcohol-related youth violence.
    $100,000
Prevention Research Center
Berkeley, CA
    To support a study to qualitatively examine the link between alcohol outlet density and youth violence through assessment of predominantly Mexican-American communities.
    $100,000
The Tomas Rivera Center/Policy Institute
Claremont, CA
    To support a comprehensive, comparative study of the elements and "best practices" that determine exemplary community-based programs targeting youth in Latino and non-Latino communities.
    $100,000
University of California, Davis
Davis, CA
    To support a comprehensive study on firearm policy and prevention.
    $150,000
University of California, Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
    To study youth violence in Asian-American communities in California.
    $100,000
University of California, Riverside
Riverside, CA
    To conduct research that can be utilized to develop effective violence prevention programs that are based on client outcome and cost efficiency.
    $100,000
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
    To conduct research that can be utilized to develop effective prevention-based youth development and aggression- reduction programs for ethnic minority boys and girls ages 8 to 12.
    $100,000
Violence Prevention Initiative Leadership Program
1996 California Peace Prize Awardees:

Edwards, Leonard
San Jose, CA
    To support and acknowledge the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
    $25,000
Sadiki, Jitu
Los Angeles, CA
    To support and acknowledge the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
    $25,000
Savage, Glenda
East Palo Alto, CA
    To support and acknowledge the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
    $25,000
Violence Prevention Initiative Leadership Program
Academic Fellows Program:

Stanford University School of Medicine
Stanford, CA
    To extend the grant period for the academic fellowship in violence prevention.
    $50,000
State of California Department of Health Services
Sacramento, CA
    To extend the grant period for the academic fellowship in violence prevention.
    $50,000
University of California, Davis
Oakland, CA
    To extend the grant period for the academic fellowship in violence prevention, whose work is at the UC Davis-East Bay Department of Surgery.
    $50,000
University of California, Los Angeles
 Los Angeles, CA
    To extend the grant period for the academic fellowship in violence prevention.
    $50,000
University of California, San Diego
San Diego, CA
    To extend the grant period for an academic fellowship in violence prevention.
    $50,000
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
    To extend the grant period for the academic fellowship in violence prevention.
    $50,000
Other Violence Prevention Grants:

Asian Pacific American Legal Center of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
    To pilot the development and implementation of a diversity training and conflict resolution curriculum to be offered to teachers and students in two Los Angeles public high schools.
    $100,000
California Child, Youth and Family Coalition
Sacramento, CA
    To support the Information and Education Program to inform policymakers, opinion leaders, program practitioners, and the general public about prevention-based public policies, program strategies, and services that shape the lives of youth.
    $25,000
Center for Third World Organizing
Oakland, CA
    To support the Youth of Oakland United, a community-based youth organizing and advocacy project designed to train a multi-ethnic team of youth to organize Oakland youth and adults to educate local policymakers about the need for youth violence prevention.
    $50,000
Commonweal
Bolinas, CA
    For technical support related to the implementation of new youth violence programs and policies in California.
    $25,000
Community Partners
Los Angeles, CA
    To provide leadership training, financial management, and a $50,000 fellowship for the ten 1996 Violence Prevention Initiative Community Leader Fellows.
    $698,000
Education Programs Associates
Campbell, CA
    To provide logistical, planning, and management support for a series of convenings that enable Foundation staff to facilitate greater integration, communication, and planning of the Violence Prevention Initiative.
    $312,000
Legal Community Against Violence
San Francisco, CA
    To support the Local Ordinance Project, to provide legal assistance to local governments.
    $40,000
Los Angeles Commission on Assaults Against Women
Los Angeles, CA
    To implement a youth violence prevention project in collaboration with adult and youth residents and the agencies that serve them in the Blythe and Delano Street Districts of the San Fernando Valley and the Pico Union areas of Los Angeles.
    $297,737
National Council on Crime and Delinquency
San Francisco, CA
    To pilot a one-year project in San Diego County to design a continuum of health and support services for at-risk girls based on a public health model of violence prevention.
    $80,000
Sacramento County
Sacramento, CA
    To organize a multicultural conference, "Family Violence Prevention: Traditions and Acculturation," to increase understanding and awareness regarding the relationship among cultures, ethnicities, and other factors, and the incidence of family violence.
    $15,000
The Sacramento Theater Company
Sacramento, CA
    To support the creation and implementation of an integrated dramatic arts program within the juvenile justice system.
    $12,000
SacraMentor Program
Sacramento, CA
    To form collaboratives with community-based organizations to recruit and train community members to serve as role models and advocates for young people.
    $67,000
Violence Prevention Coalition of Los Angeles County
Los Angeles, CA
    To sponsor a luncheon at the Third National Violence Prevention Conference, "Partnerships for a Peaceful Community," in June 1997 in Los Angeles.
    $12,000
Women Against Gun Violence
Los Angeles, CA
    To support the Community Education Outreach programs to prevent violence in Los Angeles County.
    $70,000