Two East Palo Alto Programs Receive Funding

PALO ALTO – The Lucile Packard Foundation for Children’s Health has awarded $150,000, over three years, to Bay Area Community Resources (BACR) and $100,000, over three years, to Pacific Islander Outreach.

The grants are two of 17 awards totaling $2.2 million announced Dec. 18 by Stephen Peeps, foundation president and CEO.

BACR is an organization that helps its community-based programs stay well managed by providing them with assistance in areas such as planning, strategic direction, accounting and evaluation. The grant will fund BACR’s “New Perspectives-East Palo Alto,” a program that seeks to prevent high-risk behaviors and promote the healthy development of middle-school youth.

New Perspectives, established in 1989, engages youth in after-school activities, including tutoring, community service projects and recreational programs. Participants help both plan and implement the group activities. The program serves 160 fifth- through eighth-graders at four middle schools.

“Our New Perspectives program has been providing safe and fun after-school activities for the youth in our community for 12 years,” said Marti Roach, development director at BACR. “This grant provides critical resources over time to enable us to continually develop our program and enhance the experiences we offer youth.”

Pacific Islander Outreach (PIO) will use the grant 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. PIO is the only agency in South San Mateo County that focuses specifically on Pacific Islanders.

루실 패커드 아동 건강 재단은 산타클라라와 샌마테오 카운티에서 두 가지 분야에 보조금을 지원합니다. 첫째, 0~5세 아동을 부상으로부터 보호하고, 아동 학대와 방치를 예방하는 데 중점을 둡니다. 둘째, 10대 전반 아동의 행동, 정신, 정서적 건강을 증진합니다.

샌머테오에서 수혜를 받은 다른 수혜자와 수상자는 다음과 같습니다.
Asian American Recovery, $200,000, over three years, to focus on Filipino youth in Daly City;

Cleo Eulau Center, $100,000, over three years, to evaluate the effectiveness of a program that reaches troubled youth through teachers;

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;

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, $100,000, over two years, to support a 0 to 5 Children’s Program for homeless children and their families;

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, $100,000을 2년 동안 투자하여 샌머테오 카운티에서 0~5세 장애 아동의 학대에 대한 데이터를 수집합니다.

루실 패커드 아동 건강 재단은 연 2회 지역사회 지원금을 지원합니다. 2000년 1월에 시작된 이 지원금 프로그램은 재단의 기부금으로 운영됩니다. 캘리포니아 기금(California Endowment)의 파트너십 지원금은 청소년 발달 및 미취학 아동의 고위험 행동 감소를 위한 재단의 노력을 지원합니다. 현재까지 60개 기관이 재단으로부터 총 1조 4천억 원(1조 690만 달러)의 지원금을 받았습니다.

The foundation was established as a public charity in 1996, when the previously independent Lucile Salter Packard Children’s Hospital became part of Stanford University Medical Center. The foundation’s mission is to “promote, protect, and sustain the physical, mental, emotional, and behavioral health of children.” It is wholly independent of the Los Altos-based David and Lucile Packard Foundation. For more information about the foundation’s community grantmaking program, call (650) 736-0676, or visit the Web site, www.lpfch.org.