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Big Brothers/Big Sisters of Monterey
County - $40,000
 Funding
provided support to continue and expand their one-on-one
mentoring programs throughout Monterey County.
Boys & Girls Club of Monterey County - $100,000
This
matching grant provided operating support for core
services for children ages 7-17.
Carmel Youth Center - $9000
The Carmel Youth Center provides after
school homework and computer assistance for youth. This
funding helped support their Computer and Tutoring
Center.
Center for Community Advocacy - $30,000
The
Center for Community Advocacy was established to assist
farm workers, particularly in improving their housing
conditions in the labor camps and elsewhere. This
matching grant provided operating support for their
housing advocacy, health promotion, and leadership
development programs.
Central Coast YMCA - $285,000
This
funding was awarded for their youth programs ($85,000)
and to help match a challenge grant from the Kresge
Foundation for their capital campaign ($200,000).
Chartwell School - $35,000
Chartwell
School, located in Seaside, specializes in education for
students with dyslexia or other language processing and
reading difficulties. Funding provided support for their
family/child counseling program and to help increase
their community outreach services throughout Monterey
County.
Children’s Services International- $25,000
This
grant provided funding to help make capital improvements
to the Family Services & Child Care Center & the
Mountain Valley Child Development Center.
Community Human Services - $60,000
Funding
provided operating support for Super Kids and Super
Teens school-based counseling services for youth
throughout Monterey County.
Educational Resources of Monterey County - $25,000
This
funding helped offset costs of building a community
ampitheater at their North County facility. Educational
Resources of Monterey County (ERMCO) provides
educational programs, activities and events for youth.
Exploring New Horizons Outdoor Schools - $20,000
This
grant helped offset costs of their 5-day environmental
outdoor education programs for 435 youth in Monterey
County.
Family Service Agency of the Central
Coast - $25,000
This matching grant provided operating support to expand
their SAFE Project in Monterey County. This project
provides suicide awareness and prevention services for
youth and at-risk individuals in the workplace.
Food Bank for Monterey County - $50,000
This
matching grant provided operating support for the
Emergency Food Assistance Program, providing
supplemental food to low-and-no income families with
children of all ages in Monterey County.
Foundation for Monterey County Free Libraries -
$50,000
This matching grant provided operating support for the
Emergency Food Assistance Program, providing
supplemental food to low-and-no income families with
children of all ages in Monterey County.
Girl Scouts of Monterey - $25,000
This
funding provided support to help them continue their
outreach programs at their East Salinas facility and
throughout Monterey County.
Girls Inc. of the Central Coast
This grant provided operating support
for the Smart Choices and ECHO Leadership project
serving high-risk girls ages 10-18.
Gonzales Youth Football - $5,000
This
matching grant helped to expand the current football
activities for youth in Chualar, Gonzales, Greenfield,
King City and Soledad.
Harmony at Home $25,000
This
funding helped to support and expand the Sticks & Stones
school-based counseling program for youth and their
families in the Alisal School District.
Hike N Seek Children’s Foundation - $10,000
This
matching grant provided support for the continuation of
their public awareness programs to encourage responsible
parenting in Monterey County.
Junior Achievement of Silicon Valley & Monterey Bay
- $15,000
Funding
helped to implement an After-school Junior Achievement
program for young people in Monterey County.
Kinship Center $40,000
This
grant provided operating support for the “Family Ties”
program, offering caregiver support for families in
Monterey County.
Lyceum of Monterey County - $20,000
This
matching grant provided operating support for the
Salinas and Salinas Valley programs for youth throughout
Monterey County
Mexican American Opportunity Foundation $25,000
MAOF
provides early childhood education and family services
for migrant children and families in Monterey County.
Capital funds helped them set up an outdoor playground
at their new child care center in East Salinas.
Monterey County Court Appointed Special Advocate -
$35,000
This
matching grant provided operating support to continue
advocate support services for children within the
Juvenile Dependency court system.
Monterey County Police Activities League $25,000
Monterey
County PAL provides quality youth programs to engage
youth pro-actively in enrichment, recreational,
educational and athletic activities. This grant helped
launch an after-school program for girls attending North
County Middle School.
Monterey Rape Crisis Center - $20,000
The
Monterey Rape Crisis Center provides personal safety and
child abuse prevention programs to more than 12,000
public school students annually at the kindergarten,
3rd, 6th and 10th grade levels. This funding helped
support the Personal Safety and Child Abuse Prevention
Education Program.
O-Neill Sea Odyssey - $15,000
O’Neill
Sea Odyssey provides a free, ocean-based science and
environmental stewardship program in which students
learn practical applications for math and science, while
learning that the ocean is a living organism. Funding
provided operating support for their programs.
Rancho Cielo (Natividad) - $50,000
This
grant provided operating support for their youth
programs at the Rancho Natividad property, a centralized
location for prevention, remediation and recreational
services for court-involved or at-risk youth.
Salinas Girls Fastpitch, Inc. - $14,000
This
softball program serves girls up to the age of 18
throughout Monterey County. This grant helped to send 4
teams to four national tournaments.
Salinas Jaycees Foundation - $10,000
The Salinas Jaycees have sponsored a community-supported
Christmas shopping tour to purchase winter clothing for
disadvantaged children from 29 Salinas area schools for
over 50 years. This funding supported the 2006 shopping
tour, providing 435 children the opportunity to shop for
new clothing.
Salinas Salad Bowl Bobby Sox $4,000
This
discretionary grant helped 5 teams go to the national
tournament in the San Francisco Bay area.
Sammie’s Kids Foundation $10,000
Sammie’s
Kids provides tote bags and backpacks that contain a
night light, toothbrush, toiletries, blanket, a pair of
pajamas, underwear, socks, new shoes and a set of sweats
to the Cherish Receiving Center for children who first
come into foster care. This funding helped with the
purchase of clothing and personal items.
Second Chance Youth Program $50,000
This
matching grant provided operating support for their gang
prevention, counseling, outreach, and leadership
programs.
Shelter Oureach Plus $35,000
This
organization provides emergency shelter, transitional
housing, outreach, and supportive services to domestic
violence victims and homeless individuals and families.
This funding provided staff support and helped offset
costs associated with the initial development steps for
14 units of transitional housing in Marina.
Sunrise House - $20,000
This
matching grant provided operating support to help them
continue to provide crisis intervention, drug
intervention/prevention and education services for youth
and families in Monterey County.
Turning Point of Central California, Region 5
$15,000
Turning
Point provides medical, housing, recreation, education
and family counseling for youth and adults to help them
develop skills, motivation and resources to become
productive members of society. This grant provided
support for the Silver Star Youth Employment, Adult
Employment & the Community Treatment Center programs in
Monterey County.
Ventana Wilderness Society - $35,000
This
matching grant provided operating support for the
Natural Science Camp and the Outdoor Leadership Training
& Mentor Program for youth throughout Monterey County.
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program of the
Central Coast - $20,000
The
Victim Offender Reconciliation Program is a program of
the Community Restorative Justice Commission with a
primary mandate to oversee community education on
Restorative Justice issues and assess community needs
and resources. This grant provided support for their
programs.
Women's Crisis Center - $20,000
HardenFoundation
funding provided operating support for Project Give, a
victim education program.
Young Life of Salinas Valley and
Seaside - $400,000
Young Life was established in 1940 in
Gainesville, Texas and has grown to over 706 active
areas within the United States as well as 40 countries
worldwide. Funding included the donation of the Lang
Street building to this organization and provided
operating support for the Salinas and Seaside programs.
YWCA of Monterey County $25,000
This
funding provided operating support for the Sticks &
Stones counseling program for elementary school children
on the Monterey Peninsula.
Miscellaneous other Grants: $16,000
Total, Community Services - Children, Youth, and
Families: $1,747,000
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