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.

Ang Lucile Packard Foundation for Children's Health ay nagbibigay ng mga gawad sa mga county ng Santa Clara at San Mateo sa dalawang lugar: pagprotekta sa mga batang edad 0 hanggang 5 mula sa pinsala, na may diin sa pagpigil sa pang-aabuso at pagpapabaya sa bata; at pagtataguyod ng kalusugan ng pag-uugali, pag-iisip at emosyonal sa mga preteen.

The other San Mateo grantees and their awards are:
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, $100,000, sa loob ng dalawang taon, upang mangalap ng data sa pagmamaltrato sa mga batang may kapansanan, edad 0 hanggang 5, sa San Mateo County.

Ang Lucile Packard Foundation para sa Kalusugan ng mga Bata ay gumagawa ng mga pamigay sa komunidad dalawang beses bawat taon. Ang mga pondo para sa programang gawad, na nagsimula noong Enero 2000, ay mula sa endowment ng foundation. Ang isang partnership grant mula sa California Endowment ay tumutulong na suportahan ang mga pagsisikap ng foundation sa pag-unlad ng kabataan at pagbabawas ng mataas na panganib na pag-uugali sa mga preteen. Sa ngayon, 60 ahensya ang nakatanggap ng mga gawad na may kabuuang $6.9 milyon mula sa foundation.

Ang pundasyon ay itinatag bilang isang pampublikong kawanggawa noong 1996, nang ang dating independiyenteng Lucile Salter Packard Children's Hospital ay naging bahagi ng Stanford University Medical Center. Ang misyon ng foundation ay "itaguyod, protektahan, at suportahan ang pisikal, mental, emosyonal, at kalusugan ng mga bata." Ito ay ganap na independiyente sa Los Altos na nakabase sa David at Lucile Packard Foundation. Para sa karagdagang impormasyon tungkol sa community grantmaking program ng foundation, tumawag sa (650) 736-0676, o bisitahin ang Web site, www.lpfch.org.