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.

露西尔·帕卡德儿童健康基金会在圣克拉拉县和圣马特奥县的两个领域提供资助：保护 0 至 5 岁儿童免受伤害，重点是防止虐待和忽视儿童；以及促进青少年行为、心理和情感健康。

其他圣马特奥县的受助者及其获得的奖项如下：
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, 在两年内，$100,000 收集了圣马特奥县 0 至 5 岁残疾儿童遭受虐待的数据。

露西尔·帕卡德儿童健康基金会每年两次向社区发放资助金。该资助项目始于2000年1月，资金来源于基金会的捐赠基金。加州捐赠基金会的合作资助金也用于支持基金会在青少年发展和减少青少年高危行为方面的工作。迄今为止，已有60家机构从该基金会获得了总计1000万美元的资助。

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.