Filipino Youth to Benefit From Grant to Asian American Recovery Services
PALO ALTO – The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health has awarded $200,000, over two years, to Asian American Recovery Services (AARS), for a program that will foster resiliency in Daly City’s Filipino youth.
The grant is one of 17 awards totaling $2.2 million announced Dec. 18 by Stephen Peeps, foundation president and CEO.
AARS, which was started in 1985 with a mission to reduce substance abuse in the Asian and Pacific Islander communities of the San Francisco Bay Area, will use the funds to develop and implement “Project Lakas,” meaning inherent strength, at three middle schools in Daly City. The program is based on research by the Search Institute that identifies 40 critical factors necessary for young people’s growth and development. The 40-asset model will be modified so that it is culturally and linguistically appropriate for Filipino youth.
In focus groups conducted by AARS earlier this year, Filipino high school students in Daly City acknowledged exposure to drug sales, alcohol, tobacco and drug use, and violence in middle school or earlier. In Daly City, Filipino youth have the second- highest dropout rates.
“We believe very strongly that strength-based, youth development models may work even better after they have been modified to a specific ethnic community’s sensibilities and values,” said David Mineta, program manager at AARS.
មូលនិធិ Lucile Packard សម្រាប់សុខភាពកុមារ ផ្តល់ជំនួយនៅក្នុងស្រុក Santa Clara និង San Mateo នៅក្នុងផ្នែកពីរ៖ ការការពារកុមារអាយុពី 0 ទៅ 5 ឆ្នាំពីការរងរបួស ដោយសង្កត់ធ្ងន់លើការការពារការរំលោភបំពាន និងការធ្វេសប្រហែសរបស់កុមារ។ និងការលើកកម្ពស់សុខភាពផ្លូវចិត្ត និងផ្លូវចិត្តក្នុងវ័យជំទង់។
ជំនួយ San Mateo ផ្សេងទៀត និងរង្វាន់របស់ពួកគេគឺ៖ Bay Area Community Resources, $150,000, over three years, for its New Perspectives Middle School Youth Enrichment and Leadership Program; the Cleo Eulau Center, $100,000, over three years, to evaluate the effectiveness of a program that reaches troubled youth through teachers; the Edgewood Center for Children, $200,000, over two years, to expand its San Mateo Kinship Support Network program for children being raised by grandparents or other relatives; Friends for Youth, $100,000, over two years, for its Mentoring Assistance Program; Pacific Islander Outreach, $100,000 over three years, for its Parenting Program which targets Pacific Islander parents living in East Palo Alto and East Menlo Park who are at risk of abusing and neglecting their children; Samaritan House, $102,000, over two years, to support the hiring of a full-time community worker who will focus on outreach to families with children, ages 0 to 5, who are at risk of abuse and neglect; Shelter Network of San Mateo County, a two-year, $100,000 grant to support the “0 – 5 Children’s Program” for homeless children and their families; the Community Learning Center, $100,000, over two years, for an after-school program that takes place at the South San Francisco Public Library; United Cerebral Palsy Association of Santa Clara and San Mateo Counties, $100,000, over two years, to gather data on the maltreatment of children with disabilities, ages 0 to 5, in San Mateo County.
មូលនិធិ Lucile Packard សម្រាប់សុខភាពកុមារធ្វើឱ្យសហគមន៍ផ្តល់ជំនួយពីរដងក្នុងមួយឆ្នាំ។ មូលនិធិសម្រាប់កម្មវិធីជំនួយដែលបានចាប់ផ្តើមនៅខែមករាឆ្នាំ 2000 បានមកពីអំណោយរបស់មូលនិធិ។ ជំនួយឥតសំណងពីភាពជាដៃគូពី California Endowment ជួយគាំទ្រដល់កិច្ចខិតខំប្រឹងប្រែងរបស់មូលនិធិក្នុងការអភិវឌ្ឍន៍យុវជន និងកាត់បន្ថយអាកប្បកិរិយាដែលមានហានិភ័យខ្ពស់ក្នុងវ័យមិនទាន់ពេញវ័យ។ រហូតមកដល់ពេលនេះ ភ្នាក់ងារចំនួន 60 បានទទួលជំនួយសរុបចំនួន $6.9 លានពីមូលនិធិ។
មូលនិធិនេះត្រូវបានបង្កើតឡើងជាអង្គការសប្បុរសធម៌សាធារណៈក្នុងឆ្នាំ 1996 នៅពេលដែលមន្ទីរពេទ្យកុមារ Lucile Salter Packard ឯករាជ្យពីមុនបានក្លាយជាផ្នែកនៃមជ្ឈមណ្ឌលវេជ្ជសាស្ត្រនៃសាកលវិទ្យាល័យស្ទែនហ្វដ។ បេសកកម្មរបស់មូលនិធិគឺ "លើកកម្ពស់ ការពារ និងទ្រទ្រង់សុខភាពផ្លូវកាយ ផ្លូវចិត្ត អារម្មណ៍ និងអាកប្បកិរិយារបស់កុមារ"។ វាឯករាជ្យទាំងស្រុងពីមូលនិធិ David និង Lucile Packard ដែលមានមូលដ្ឋាននៅ Los Altos ។
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