Selected Grants — Awarded September -
December 2002
Diversity in the Health Professions
CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
Sacramento, CA
$110,000 over one year
To convene the Diversity in the Health Professions priority area Grantees in order to promote networking and sharing of best practices.
CENTER FOR EDUCATIONAL ACHIEVEMENT
Gardena, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to increase access to higher education and the
health professions for students in Southern California.
COMMUNITY COALITION FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For support for the South Central Youth Empowered Through Action program, to successfully transition high school students into college and a variety of
health professions.
ST. FRANCIS MEDICAL CENTER OF LYNWOOD FOUNDATION
Lynwood, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide scholarships for students pursuing careers in allied health.
STRATEGIC CONCEPTS IN ORGANIZING & POLICY EDUCATION
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000 over two years
For core operating support for The Community Initiative for Health Care &
Jobs, a project to address public policies that will connect underserved
communities to careers in the health professions.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support outreach and scholarships for traditionally underrepresented student populations in public health.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, RIVERSIDE, DIVISION OF BIOMEDICAL SCIENCES
Riverside, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to the FastStart Summer Academy, designed to
increase the number of disadvantaged students who aspire to medical and other science-based careers.
Environmental Health
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE CENTRAL COAST
Monterey, CA
$190,000 over three years
For core operating support to prevent and reduce the incidence of lung
disease due to environmental causes.
AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF THE INLAND COUNTIES
San Bernardino, CA
$180,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen efforts to improve lung health by addressing environmental issues.
ASIAN PACIFIC ENVIRONMENTAL NETWORK
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide environmental health education and to develop proactive solutions to community health problems.
KIDS MAKING A CONNECTION, HEALTH AND THE ENVIRONMENT
Chico, CA
$70,000 over two years
For core operating support to continue to work with elementary school
students in developing and disseminating educational books on environmental health issues.
T.E.A.M. CHAPMAN
Chico, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support efforts to improve environmental health conditions in the
community.
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over two years
For core operating support for the Lead and Anemia Prevention Alliance, a
collaboration of community-based agencies dedicated to preventing childhood lead poisoning.
WISHTOYO FOUNDATION
Oxnard, CA
$60,000 over two years
For core operating support for environmental health work through the
California Coastal Agritoxin Testing Program.
Healthy Aging
BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES, INC.
Gardena, CA
$90,000 over two years
For core operating support to strengthen and sustain the Promotores de Salud
Program to provide health information to the older adult Latino population in the South
Bay and West Los Angeles areas.
CAREGIVERS: VOLUNTEERS ASSISTING THE ELDERLY
Ventura, CA
$60,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide services to promote the health and well-being of homebound and frail older adults in Ventura County.
CARING CHOICES
Oroville, CA
$75,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide medication management services to promote the health and welfare of
low-income, older adult residents in rural Northern California.
CENTER FOR LIVING AND LEARNING
Bakersfield, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support the Kern County Aging-In-Place Project, which provides educational
programs, forums and workshops on aging health issues.
CITY OF LONG BEACH DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Long Beach, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue the Senior Links for Independent
Living Program, to provide referrals to health and other services and in-home
case management for low-income seniors in Long Beach.
EASTSIDE NEIGHBORHOOD CENTER
San Jose, CA
$75,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen and support the Seniors Helping
Seniors Wellness Team Program, which provides culturally appropriate health
assistance for low-income minority seniors in East San Jose.
LEGAL ASSISTANCE FOR SENIORS INC.
Oakland, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen and sustain education, counseling
and legal services to resolve low-income seniors' legal and health insurance
problems in Alameda County.
LONG TERM CARE SERVICES OF VENTURA COUNTY, INC.
Ventura, CA
$75,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Ombudsman Program, which provides quality
of life and care for elderly persons in long-term care facilities throughout
Ventura County.
UNITED SENIORS OF OAKLAND & ALAMEDA COUNTY
Oakland, CA
$90,000 over three years
To support the Senior Injury Prevention Project, which promotes policy
issues, advocacy and outreach for the older adult population.
WATTS LABOR COMMUNITY ACTION COMMITTEE
Los Angeles, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen and sustain services that provide
nutritional, health and social programs to African-American and Latino older
adults in South and South Central Los Angeles.
Mental Health
ADDICTION TRAINING CENTER
La Jolla, CA
$40,000 over one year
To support a public education campaign to help counties communicate effectively with the public and stakeholders about data assessing the impact of
Proposition 36, which mandates substance abuse treatment for certain nonviolent
drug offenders.
ASIAN COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH BOARD
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide mental health services to Asian youth and their families in
Alameda and Contra Costa Counties.
CLEAN & SOBER
Sacramento, CA
$75,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide mental health and other residential recovery services to homeless and
other underserved men and women who are addicted to drugs and alcohol.
COUNTY OF SAN BERNARDINO DEPARTMENT OF BEHAVIORAL HEALTH
San Bernardino, CA
$125,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue a case management program for emotionally troubled and substance-abusing
youth who are transitioning out of the children's mental health system.
EASTERN SIERRA FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER
Mammoth Lakes, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide mental health services and case management, parenting education, and child abuse prevention and treatment
services to at-risk families in rural Mono County.
NORTH PENINSULA FAMILY ALTERNATIVES
South San Francisco, CA
$105,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue the Family and Community Connections
Program, which provides culturally sensitive counseling to students and their
families in three low-income neighborhoods in San Mateo County.
PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE
San Francisco, CA
$110,000 over two years
For core operating support to continue addressing the mental health needs of youth who live on the streets of San
Francisco.
PARTNERS FOR YOUTH VISION, INC.
Visalia, CA
$150,000 over three years
To support mental health and substance abuse services to runaway and homeless
youth, youth transitioning out of foster care and youth at risk of homelessness.
SHASTA COMMUNITY HEALTH CENTER
Redding, CA
$125,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide child and adolescent psychiatric services integrated with primary care in Northern California.
Teenage Pregnancy Prevention
NEW ECONOMICS FOR WOMEN
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000 over three years
To provide core operating support for La Posada, a 60-unit residential family development program serving teen mothers and their children in Los Angeles.
ORGANIZACION EN CALIFORNIA DE LIDERES CAMPESINAS, INC.
Pomona, CA
$100,000 over two years
To implement a statewide teen pregnancy prevention program through the Youth Leadership Development Program.
PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE
Berkeley, CA
$170,000 over one year
To continue to provide meeting logistics, annual conference planning and advisory committee support for the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Initiative.
REALISTIC EDUCATION IN ACTION COALITION TO FOSTER HEALTH
Los Angeles, CA
$90,000 over three years
For core operating support for a teen pregnancy prevention, health education
and leadership development program in Los Angeles titled "Come Feel Active Girls
Initiative."
WEST COUNTY HEALTH CENTERS, INC.
Guerneville, CA
$80,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Community Health Access for Rural Teens program, to educate teens in rural western Sonoma County about healthy lifestyle choices and healthy sexuality.
Violence Prevention
JOSEPH MYERS
Ukiah, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2002 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past
violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
RAJA RAHIM
San Francisco, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2002 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past
violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community.
WAYNE SAKAMOTO
San Diego, CA
$25,000 over one year
For the 2002 California Peace Prize Award, which acknowledges the past
violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community.
COMMONWEAL
Bolinas, CA
$150,000 over two years
To monitor, document and analyze California spending for youth violence prevention programs.
COMPASSPOINT NONPROFIT SERVICES
San Francisco, CA
$120,000 over one year
To plan, organize and conduct a convening of the Violence Prevention priority
area Grantees and invited guests.
I.E. COMMUNICATIONS, LLC
San Francisco, CA
$182,000 over one year
To conduct public opinion research, media relations and opinion leader
communications to raise public awareness and public investment in violence
prevention programs for youth statewide.
TARIQ KHAMISA FOUNDATION
San Diego, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide school-based youth violence prevention programs for students in the fourth through seventh grades in San
Diego County.
Women's Health
BODY ELECTRIC
Santa Barbara, CA
$50,000 over two years
To support community education, outreach and advocacy on issues relating to
physical activity and sports for women and girls in the Santa Barbara area as a
health promotion strategy.
CALIFORNIA WOMEN'S LAW CENTER
Los Angeles, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide policy advocacy and legal services to
promote women's health issues in California.
THE CENTER FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH AND WELL-BEING, INC.
Sacramento, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen organizational infrastructure in order to provide health and support services to women in Sacramento.
CENTER FOR HEALTH IMPROVEMENT, INC.
Sacramento, CA
$80,000 over two years
To support a planning project to develop a comprehensive policy framework for women's health in California.
THE CENTER FOR YOUNG WOMEN'S DEVELOPMENT
San Francisco, CA
$90,000 over three years
For core operating support to maintain health education, health promotion, leadership development and social support
programs for low-income and at-risk young women, ages 14 through 20, in San
Francisco.
ECONOMIC OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION OF SAN LUIS OBISPO COUNTY, INC.
San Luis Obispo, CA
$90,000 over three years
For core operating support to maintain reproductive health services and to strengthen organizational infrastructure
in San Luis Obispo County.
GREAT BEGINNINGS FOR BLACK BABIES, INC.
Los Angeles, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to maintain services to reduce the high incidence of low-birthweight infants and infant
and maternal mortality in Los Angeles.
HEALTH AND HUMAN RESOURCE EDUCATION CENTER
Oakland, CA
$50,000 over two years
To support the creation of alcohol and health awareness education campaigns
to improve community health and develop women leaders in Alameda County.
MATERNAL OUTREACH MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Santa Ana, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide case management, health education and
outreach services to pregnant and parenting women in Orange County.
THE PURPLE MOON DANCE PROJECT
San Francisco, CA
$50,000 over two years
To support an exercise, arts and empowerment workshop program to promote
health and well-being among socially marginalized women in the Bay Area.
UNION OF PAN ASIAN COMMUNITIES
San Diego, CA
$90,000 over three years
To support culturally appropriate health education and fitness programs for underserved Asian and Pacific Islander
women in San Diego.
Work And Health
CENTRAL COAST ALLIANCE UNITED FOR A SUSTAINABLE ECONOMY
Ventura, CA
$115,000 over two years
For core operating support to sustain the Work and Health Coverage Access
Project, which seeks to expand health coverage for uninsured working families in
Ventura County.
CRLA FOUNDATION
Sacramento, CA
$170,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain improvement of working conditions of agricultural workers in California through the Pesticide and Work Safety Project.
LABOR OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND HEALTH PROGRAM
Los Angeles, CA
$80,000 over two years
To support Healthy Communities, Healthy Jobs, a youth empowerment project fostering leadership through peer
health and safety education.
ROUNDHOUSE COUNCIL
Greenville, CA
$105,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain technology training and youth development programs for rural and Native
American youth in Plumas County to enhance employment and health outcomes.
SIERRA COMMCARE, INC.
Ridgecrest, CA
$120,000 over three years
To continue delivery of worksite wellness education programs to underserved workers in the Indian Wells Valley and
expand services to Latino low-wage workers in the region.
WORLD INSTITUTE ON DISABILITY
Oakland, CA
$80,000 over two years
To continue policy advocacy efforts to improve the health of people with
disabilities through employment-related approaches.
Special Projects Fund
CALIFORNIA ADOLESCENT NUTRITION AND FITNESS PROGRAM
Berkeley, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue to provide culturally appropriate training and technical assistance on healthy
eating and physical activity to after-school youth program providers in communities of
color.
CALIFORNIA PAN-ETHNIC HEALTH NETWORK
Oakland, CA
$140,000 over three years
For core support to strengthen infrastructure and continue advocacy efforts
to increase access to culturally competent health care for California's
communities of color.
CALIFORNIA PROJECT LEAN
Sacramento, CA
$120,000 over three years
To support a fitness and nutrition youth advocacy campaign, "Food On the
Run."
CLINICA MONSIGNOR OSCAR A. ROMERO
Los Angeles, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to continue providing preventive health services to the low-income immigrant communities in the Pico-Union/Westlake areas of Los
Angeles.
COMPASSPOINT NONPROFIT SERVICES
San Francisco, CA
$573,000 over two years
To develop and manage The California Wellness Foundation Sabbatical Program for executive directors in the nonprofit health sector of California.
CONSUMERS UNION OF UNITED STATES, INC.
San Francisco, CA
$140,000 over two years
To support the Healthy Kids, Healthy Schools project to build the capacity of
schools to enroll children in Medi-Cal and Healthy Families.
DATA CENTER
Oakland, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to provide strategic research to three health and
wellness campaigns in California.
THE DENTAL HEALTH FOUNDATION
Oakland, CA
$140,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen organizational infrastructure and continue advocacy efforts to increase
access to dental care in California.
THE GARY CENTER
La Habra, CA
$100,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the ongoing provision of dental care and oral health education in Orange and Los
Angeles counties.
LATINO CENTER FOR PREVENTION AND ACTION IN HEALTH AND WELFARE
Santa Ana, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to strengthen administrative infrastructure and
continue providing health promotion and disease prevention services in Santa Ana.
MID-CITY COMMUNITY CLINIC
San Diego, CA
$120,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain the provision of pediatric health care services to medically underserved children
in the Mid-City area of San Diego.
SACRAMENTO HEARING SERVICES CENTER, INC.
Sacramento, CA
$100,000 over two years
For core operating support to sustain hearing loss prevention and screening
services for low-income individuals in Northern California.
SANTA BARBARA NEIGHBORHOOD CLINICS
Isla Vista, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain health care services to underserved and
low-income residents of Santa Barbara County.
SANTA CLARA FAMILY HEALTH FOUNDATION
Campbell, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to develop a sustainable health insurance program for uninsured children in Santa Clara County.
THAI COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT CENTER
Los Angeles, CA
$155,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain health education, prevention awareness
and affordable health care in the Thai community of Los Angeles County.
VALLEY CARE COMMUNITY CONSORTIUM
Burbank, CA
$200,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain dental health services serving
low-income residents of the San Fernando Valley.
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
Los Angeles, CA
$140,000 over three years
For core operating support to sustain state and local advocacy efforts to
improve low-income Californians' access to health care.
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