| Agency
Name |
Project
Title |
Phone
Number |
Amount
Funded |
| COLLABORATIVES |
|
| East
Bay Asian Youth Center |
The Village
Collaborative |
(510)533-1092 |
$400,000.00 |
The
Village Collaborative will provide after school learning opportunities
for 600 children and youth including the following: college preparation,
teaching apprenticeships, arts education, outdoor adventures and
environmental education, information technology and archeology
education, and Vietnamese language and cultural preservation.
http://www.ebayc.org
|
|
|
| First
Place Fund for Youth |
Foster
Youth Alliance |
(510)272-0979 |
$400,000.00 |
| The Foster
Youth Alliance will serve 550 youth ages 16-21 who are making the
difficult transition from foster care to independent living. Services
provided by the Alliance include assistance in the areas of employment,
education, leadership development, life skills development, community
building, and housing. http://www.firstplacefund.org |
|
|
| Fred
Finch Youth Center |
Bret
Harte Area Community Academies and Youth Centers |
(510)
610-3963 |
$400,000.00 |
| The Bret
Harte Community Collaborative (BHACC) will offer Arts, Athletics,
Sciences and Technology, and Leadership activities. The Bret Harte
Youth Center will be open five days a week. Over all the Bret Harte
Area Community Academies and Youth Centers will substantially serve
420 children and youth, with more participating in its special celebrations
and activities. http://www.fredfinch.org/
|
|
|
| Hearing
Society for the Bay Area |
Oakland
Deaf and Hard of Hearing Youth Project |
(510) 663-2960 |
$249,447.00 |
| Our Mission
"to ensure deaf and hard of hearing youth have opportunities to
experience full participation as an individuals member of their
families, school, neighborhood, & communities". Services include
After-school & Weekend activities for deaf/hard of hearing youth
of all ages, citywide, support services for youth and families;
youth leadership & employment; engaging multicultural deaf, hard
of hearing, and hearing youth & adults in community. |
|
|
| Native
American Health Center |
Native
American Community Collaborative |
(510)535-4492 |
$400,000.00 |
| The Native
American Community Cluster will provide services to 350 children
and youth. Activities will include leadership training, educational
support, team sports, an after school drop-in center, counseling,
tutoring, mentoring, traditional arts, and film and video training.
http://www.uihbi.org |
| |
|
|
|
| The
Alameda County Health Care Foundation |
The Model
Neighborhood Program |
(510)
437-8365 |
$51,399.00 |
| The
Model Neighborhood Program will place 36 students from Elmhurst
Middle School in the Health Career Training internships. Internships
give students hands on experience in the clinical setting and with
actual hospital staff at various departments. Through these internships,
students are exposed to people and work situations that they would
not have otherwise been exposed to, while giving back to their own
community. |
|
|
| Art,
Research and Curriculum Associates |
Youth
Together: Multiracial Youth Engagement, Empowerment |
(510)
834-9455 |
$175,000.00 |
| Youth
Together is a multiracial youth development and violence prevention
program that will serve 130 African-American, Latino, and Asian
and Pacific Islander young males and females from the Castlemont
and Fremont High School communities. Youth Together provides opportunities
for youth participants to develop their leadership, peace-making,
racial reconciliation, and organizing skills to serve as leaders
for change in their school communities. http://www.arcassociates.org |
|
|
| Asian
Community Mental Health Services |
Asian/Pacific
Islander Youth Promoting Advocacy & Leadership |
(510)451-6729 |
$175,000.00 |
| This
project will build and sustain six Youth Leadership Organizations
(YLOs) based at various ethnic communities and neighborhoods throughout
Oakland. These YLOs serve as alternatives to gangs and other negative
peer influence groups. The YLOs will serve 200 high school age youth
(30-35 members per YLO) with 95 percent of members who are Asian
and Pacific Islander. http://www.acmhs.org |
|
|
| BANANAS,
Inc |
Oakland
Ready to Learn Partnership |
(510)658-7353 |
$175,000.00 |
| The Oakland
Ready to Learn Partnership will improve the readiness of young children
for kindergarten in West Oakland and areas of the San Antonio/Fruitvale
Neighborhoods. The Partnership will reach more than 1950 children
0-5 and their families through: workshops, the "reach out and
read" program, library-staffed storytimes, and the dissemination
of information kits. http://www.bananasinc.org/ |
|
|
| CAL-PEP |
SMAAC
Youth Center |
(510)834-9578 |
$174,300.00 |
| The SMAAC
Youth Center will provide a full range of services for 700 LGBTQ
youth including vocational training, GED preparation, recreational
resources, opportunities for agency leadership, support groups,
health education and health services, and access to a computer lab.
http://www.smaac.org |
|
|
| Communities
in Harmony Advocating for Learning & Kids |
YOUTHLINE |
(415)
351-2444 |
$98,813.00 |
|
Youthline Oakland
will hire 14 "Youthline Listeners" and Street Outreach
Workers, and train an additional 45 unemployed youth in a paid
twelve-week after school workplace technology program. Preference
for all employment and training is given to court involved youth
and youth at risk of school dropout. Over 8000 Oakland youth will
be served through the toll-free line, Internet based services,
and street outreach. http://www.chalk.org
|
|
|
| Dimensions
Dance Theater |
Rites
Of Passage |
(510)
465-3363 |
$25,000.00 |
| The program
will serve a total of 750 youth ages 8-22 in weekly after-school
dance classes at Alice Art Center, after-school on school sites,
in-school dance classes, and a summer program. Dance classes are
offered six days a week, after-school and on Saturdays. Funding
will support stipends for five interns and five apprentices. |
|
|
| Donald
P. McCullum Youth Court, Inc. |
The Oakland
Enrichment Project |
(510)
832-5858 |
$108,790.00 |
| MYC holds
hearings at Superior Court where youth attorneys represent first-time
offenders and a peer jury holds them accountable with a community
service based sentence. Youth volunteers, Intern/On the Job Trainees,
and former offenders learn to define themselves as agents in the
justice process while learning important educational, civic and
interpersonal skills which help them stay free from law contacts
and engaged in school and the community. 450 Oakland youth will
be served per year through the Oakland Enrichment Project. http://www.youthcourt.org |
|
|
| East
Bay Asian Youth Center |
Streetside
Productions |
(510)
533-1092 |
$76,292.00 |
|
Streetside Productions
is a year-round media arts apprenticeship program for 48 high
school youth who reside in Oakland's San Antonio district. Each
apprenticeship session includes two media arts strands. "NeXgeneration
Magazine" will teach competencies in investigation, writing,
editing, artwork, graphic design, and layout. Reel Peeps Video
will teach all phases of video production, including scripting,
producing, directing, shooting, and editing. Both strands will
teach Macintosh software applications. http://www.ebayc.org
|
|
|
| East
Oakland Boxing Association |
Smart
Moves |
(510)
569-7808 |
$49,000.00 |
| The Smart
Moves program is an integrated educational and athletic program
that will serve at least 1,000 unduplicated youth who are primarily
from the Elmhurst District of East Oakland during the afterschool
period and summer sessions. Activities will include tutoring, computer
literacy, a community garden, service learning, arts and crafts,
drug and alcohol safety education, and physical education. |
|
|
| Ella
Baker Center for Human Rights |
Lower
Bottoms Center, a project for Youth Empowerment Center |
(415)
951-4844 |
$50,000.00 |
| The Youth
Empowerment Center will develop the capacity of 100 young people
to work for social change using arts, culture and organizing. Activities
will take place in West Oakland and will include a class on DJing,
a mural painting workshop, a poetry writing and performing workshop,
and an intensive internship on youth organizing and leadership.
http://www.ellabakercenter.org |
|
|
| Family
Bridges, Inc. |
The Learning
Center |
(510)
839-3805 |
$95,988.00 |
|
The Learning Center
provides a comprehensive before and afterschool program as well
as a school readiness programs including Social Skills Development,
Computer Instruction, Cultural/Diversity Enrichment, Arts and
Crafts/Field Trips, Outside Play/Exercise, and Summer Day Camp.
These programs serve 150 diverse low-income 4 and 5 year olds
from Oakland. http://www.fambridges.org
|
|
|
| Friends
of Peralta Hacienda Historical Park |
Center
for Youth and Community |
(510)
261-4181 |
$43,926.00 |
| The intent
of this program is to provide engaging, comprehensive activities
and support services to 250 at-risk youth in the immediate neighborhood
surrounding Peralta Hacienda Historical Park in the Fruitvale district.
Activities will be provided during the afterschool hours and will
include a homework center, bike activities, field trips, youth internships
and job training, and Friday events. http://www.peraltahacienda.org
|
|
|
| Girls
Incorporated of Alameda County |
GIRLStart |
(510)
357-5515 |
$104,743.00 |
| GIRLStart
is a 2-year, intensive after-school and summer program designed
to increase literacy skills, self-esteem and success of 50 first
and second grade girls at Lockwood Elementary School whose academic
outcomes are below grade level and/or who are experiencing difficult
or severe family challenges. http://www.girlsinc-alameda.org |
|
|
| La
Cheim School, Inc. |
La Cheim
Case Management & Service Coordination Project |
(510)
465-9999 |
$54,749.00 |
| The Case
Management and Service Coordination project will link 100 children
and their families who are victims of violent crimes to appropriate,
clinically indicated community resources. Services provided will
include case management, service coordination, and parent education
and information groups. |
|
|
| La
Clinica de la Raza-Fruitvale |
Youth
Development Programs |
(510)535-4000 |
$175,000.00 |
| The Youth
Development Program has two components. The Teens and Tots Program
will target pregnant and parenting teens and provide medical, psychosocial,
education, and youth development activities. The second component
of the program targets high-risk teens in East Oakland and brings
them into leadership training. 670 participants will be served through
the program. http://www.laclinica.org |
|
|
| Lao
Family Community Development, Inc. |
Southeast
Asian Young Learners Project (SAYL) |
(510)
533-8850 |
$149,825.00 |
| SAYL
is an afterschool and summer enrichment program serving 50 SE Asian
children (Cambodian, Lao, Mien, and Vietnamese; grades three to
six) of limited-English-speaking families. Activities will include
tutoring, homework assistance, mentor-child relationship building
activities, computer skills instruction and practice, community
benefit projects, cultural arts and native language instruction,
school year readiness summer activities and family field trips and
special events. |
|
|
| Leadership
Excellence |
Oakland
Freedom School |
(510)
267-9770 |
$48,571.00 |
| The Oakland
Freedom Schools Project provides a six-week summer program for 120
African-American children ages 6-13 who reside in low income neighborhoods
of Oakland. The project provides child and youth development activities
and comprehensive academic support services to build children's
study skills and abilities in reading, writing and math; enhanced
cultural awareness and self-esteem; and foster the development of
leaders who can organize and guide positive changes in the community.
|
|
|
| Life
Enrichment Agency |
The Oakland
Discovery Center |
|
$192,015.00 |
| The discovery
Center will provide comprehensive, afterschool educational enrichment
programs with fun hands-on science, computer, conflict resolution,
woodworking, gardening, environmental science, art and music recording. |
|
|
| Marcus
A. Foster Educational Institute |
Prescott
Clown Troupe |
(510)
835-0391 |
$50,000.00 |
| The program
will provide year-round, afterschool circus arts and leadership
training for 200 low-income students at Prescott, Lockwood, and
Piedmont Avenue Schools. Tutoring will also be provided two days
per week. Students will participate in junior clown training, costume,
prop and scenery building programs and put on four performances
during the school year. |
|
|
| Museum
of Children's Art (MOCHA) |
Project
YIELD (Youth in Education and Leadership Development) |
(510)
465-8313 |
$175,000.00 |
Project
YIELD proposes to serve 200 minority and low income youth ages 5-18
from West Oakland in an
afterschool arts based youth development program. Project YIELD
will provide arts classes, leadership development, academic and
homework assistance, mentoring, workshops, field trips and performance
and exhibitions. http://www.mocha.org
|
|
|
| Oakland
Asian Students Educational Services (OASES) |
OASES
Youth Programs |
(510)
891-9928 |
$75,800.00 |
|
OASES will serve
250 youth in grades 3-12 who reside in the Oakland Chinatown and
San Antonio districts. Programs offered include general homework
tutorial, new immigrant services, "Kids into Computers",
"Inspire Mentorship Program", and a summer community
service learning program. http://www.oases.org
|
|
|
| Oakland
Parks & Recreation |
Oakland
Midnight Basketball Community Outreach Program |
(510)238-7105
ex2 |
$115,875.00 |
| OMB will
serve 80 young men and 60 young women aged 15-21 in late evening
organized basketball sessions that provide an alternative to "hanging
out" on the streets. Personal development, leadership development,
and information and referral services will also be provided to program
participants. Oakland
Midnight Basketball |
|
|
| Oakland
Public Library |
PASS!
Partners for Achieving School Success |
(510)
238-6610 |
$175,000.00 |
| The PASS
program will serve 1600 low income youth ages 6-18 city-wide with
homework centers at ten libraries and four recreation centers, teen
employment training and teen employment opportunities as mentors
or tutors, college preparation services, and teen leadership activities.
Oakland
Public Library |
|
|
| Oakland
Public Library, Children's Services |
Books
for Wider Horizons |
(510)
238-6610 |
$25,000.00 |
|
The Books for Wider
Horizons program is a collaboration between the Oakland Public
Library and Oakland Head Start and its contracting agencies. OFCY
funding will support miniature libraries at each Head Start center,
to allow parents to borrow books for their children and to develop
the habit of borrowing library books. Oakland
Public Library
|
|
|
| Oakland
Youth Chorus |
Music
in the School |
(510)
287-9703 |
$174,997.00 |
| The Music
in the Schools program will serve 565 low income youth ages 5 to
14 with music training activities including kindermusic, afterschool
experimental music lab, five continents mini residency program,
vocal training, master classes, and touring guest artist workshops.
http://www.oaklandyouthchorus.org |
|
|
| Oaktown
Jazz Workshops |
Jazz:
A Family Affair |
(510)
562-4546 |
$29,800.00 |
| This
program proposes to serve 60 low-income youth ages 11-18 years old
with afterschool music workshops and performance opportunities.
The music workshops are designed to help participants increase teamwork
skills and self esteem. The workshops will include individual as
well as sectional music instruction. |
|
|
| Opera
Piccola ("Small Works") |
ArtGate |
(510)658-0967 |
$49,999.00 |
| ArtGate
will serve 220 youth. An additional 2,000 individuals will come
to community performances. Nine artists in residence will work at
5 Oakland schools. In addition, youth will have the opportunity
to learn about through theater and arts administration internships.
|
|
|
| Operation
Dignity/Henry Robinson Multi-Service Center |
Children's
Services Department |
(510)
419-1010 |
$100,000.00 |
| Operation
Dignity/Henry Robinson Multi-Service Center provides 28-day Emergency
Housing for families; 18-month Transitional Housing for families;
and a Drop-in center for families and individuals. The activities
provided will serve 200 children and youth. OD/HRMSC will implement
an infant/toddler program, expand the existing preschool program,
provide staffing for youth recreational activities, field trips,
and summer programming. |
|
|
| Pacific
Center |
LOUD
Youth Program (Loving Ourselves & Uniting Diversity) |
(510)
548-8283 |
$56,520.00 |
| The LOUD
Youth Program will provide counseling, peer support groups, educational
workshops, and empowerment and leadership activities to eighty-five
LGBTQ youth. Services will be provided after school, and during
evening and weekend hours. http://www.pacificcenter.org |
|
|
| Project
- Reconnect |
Project
Reconnect |
(510)482-1738 |
$167,290.00 |
| Project
Reconnect will serve 75 first or second time juvenile offenders
with weekly student-parent workshops, peer assistance, a "Future
Fathers Program", crisis counseling, field trips, camping,
college tours and other activities. |
|
|
| Spanish
Speaking Citizen's Foundation |
SSCF
After-School Youth Program |
(510)
261-7839 |
$175,000.00 |
| SSCF's
After-school Youth Program (offered 3:30 PM-6 PM) includes the following
components: leadership development, tutoring, college preparation,
community internships, computer instruction, and cultural arts.
150 children and youth ages 8-19 will be substantively served. http://www.sscf.org
|
|
|
| Sports4Kids |
After-School
Program |
(510)
893-4180 |
$171,000.00 |
|
The Sports4Kids
After-School Program will offer free after-school programs at
15 Oakland public elementary school sites, serving approximately
600 children. The program will offer homework help, healthy snacks
and nutrition awareness, violence prevention and leadership training,
parent involvement and fitness. http://www.sports4kids.org
|
|
|
| Thunder
Road |
Swing
Out And Refocus (SOAR) Program |
(510)
653-5040 |
$175,000.00 |
| The program
is designed to interactively engage and refocus referred youth who
are experiencing problems related to drug, alcohol and nicotine
involvement, abuse, or dependency. It is projected that 140 youths
between the ages of 3-19 will be served in two separate program
components: the Addiction Awareness Series and the Intensive Outpatient
Program. In addition, youth will learn trapeze and other performance
arts. |
|
|
| West
Oakland Community School (WOCS) |
Extended
Day Program |
(510)
465-9627 |
$112,800.00 |
| WOCS
proposes to serve 50 middle school students in its extended day
program. Program focuses are: academic, leadership, and cultural
development. Activities will include daily study hall, enrichment
classes, character development and community service activities,
and celebration of African-American culture and traditions. 40 percent
of students enrolled at WOCS are now living or have recently lived
in foster care, emergency group homes, or with relatives other than
their parents. |
|
|
| Young
Women's Work Project |
Young
Women United for Oakland |
(510)
452-0185 |
$68,500.00 |
| YWUO
will hire 7-10 young women, ages 14-20 to work as street outreach
workers. Outreach workers will receive training and reach out to
1,200 young women. They will educate their peers about various health
issues, give referrals to health clinics, and provide hygiene kits.
|
|
|
| Youth
ALIVE! |
Teens
on Target Peer Education & Afterschool |
(510)
594-2588 |
$175,000.00 |
Youth
ALIVE! will train 40 high school students from Fremont and Castlemont
in an after-school leadership program These youth will then lead
violence prevention workshops for 300 middle school students attending
Elmhurst. An additional 20 Elmhurst students who have been referred
due to disruptive behavior will participate in an afterschool
club to plan and implement a violence prevention project with
high school mentors. http://www.youthalive.org
|
|
|
| Youth
Employment Partnership |
Career
Try Out |
(510)
533-3447 |
$173,995.00 |
|
The CTO project
will hire and train 11 youth leaders aged 16-20 to help design
and implement a summer internship program for 109 youth aged 14-15.
All 120 youth will be paid for their participation with stipends
totaling 50% of the budget.
http://www.Youth
Employment Partnership Inc..htm
|
|
|
| Youth
Initiated |
|
| Center
for Third World Organizing |
Youth
2 Youth Fund for Social Justice |
(510)
533-7583 |
$167,253.00 |
The Youth
2 Youth Fund for Social Justice (Y2YFSJ) is a project of People
United for Better Oakland
(PUEBLO). The project will provide organizing, leadership, outreach
trainings to youth who serve on the grantmaking board and youth
funded by the project. The target youth population is youth of color
in middle to low income communities. However, Y2YFSJ will outreach
to youth in all city council districts throughout Oakland. Y2YFSJ
plans to serve 200 youth through the project. http://www.ctwo.org
|
|
|
| DiversityWorks |
DiverseCITY
Program (Challenging, Inspiring, and Teaching Youth) |
(510)
540-7008 |
$49,980.00 |
| The DiverseCITY
(Challenging, Inspiring, and Teaching Youth) Program is a peer education
initiative that matches high school aged youth interns with afterschool
programs/clubs to provide multi-session diversity awareness workshops.
This program will bring workshops to 650 youth during the 2001-2002
academic year. http://www.diversityworks.org |
|
|
| Global
Education Partnership |
Youth
Grantmaking and Service Project (YSGP) and Oakland Youth |
(510)
208-3405 |
$116,101.00 |
| This
program will be offered afterschool to a total of 35 low-income
youth in District 4. Students will learn about socially responsible
business and about giving back to their own community. Additional
activities included evaluating the success of previously funded
projects, attending workshops which focus on the development of
leadership skills, and conducting outreach workshops to other Oakland
youth to teach them about grantwriting, grantmaking, community needs
assessments and service project formation. http://www.globaledpartnership.org |
|
|
| Oakland
Community Partnership |
Youth
Grants for Youth Action |
(510)
302-4203 |
$250,000.00 |
| The components
of the program include: recruitment and training of youth grantmakers
and outreach interns, community outreach, grantmaking, technical
assistance and training for grantees, and project monitoring. The
project will substantively serve 200 youth 6-20 years of age, most
of whom live in the Fruitvale/San Antonio area. http://www.WestEd.org |
|
|
| Sports4Kids |
High
School Mentorship Project |
(510)
893-4180 |
$44,275.00 |
| This
project will provide 12 high school students from McClymonds High
School with the opportunity to be involved in the lives of 120 elementary
school children. The goal is to provide teens with leadership training
and community service opportunities while at the same time offering
elementary school children much needed support and positive role
models. Mentors will get the chance to participate in already existing
after-school programs, helping with homework, sports, and games.
They will also have the chance to develop a long-term independent
project with the children they will be mentoring. http://www.sports4kids.org |
|
|
| Volunteer
Center of Alameda County |
Youth
Catalyst Grant Program |
(510)419-3970 |
$250,000.00 |
| The program
will award approximately thirty grants ranging from $2,000-$5,000.
The program will "substantively serve" 100 youth from
Oakland's schools and community-based agencies during the afterschool
hours. Ten youth will recieve stipends and sit on a Grant Council
to be trained by staff to carry out responsibilities that include
community outreach, grant selection and monitoring, public relations
and evaluation. Approximately 300 youth will be "reached"
during technical assistance sessions, oral presentations and media
events, all managed by the Grant Council. http://www.volunteeronline.org |
|
|
| CPPSO |
|
| Center
for Family Counseling |
Family
Enrichment Network |
(510)
562-3731 |
$26,375.00 |
|
The Family Enrichment
Network (FEN) program provides support and parent education to
parents and caregivers of youth in Oakland elementary and middle
schools through weekly group meetings at school sites. Weekly
meetings will focus on issues such as discipline, school behavior
and attendance, academic performance, etc. The program will serve
the youth and families of East Oakland. Center for Family Counseling
has served the East Oakland community for over 20 years. A total
of 250-300 families will be served through this program.
|
|
|
| Lao
Family Community Development, Inc. (LFCD) |
Family
Storytelling Project |
(510)
533-8850 |
$26,375.00 |
| The Family
Storytelling Project will be a unique opportunity for parents, grandparents
of children ages 0-7 who participate in the Even Start program to
design an early literacy curriculum based upon stories drawn from
their own culture and experiences. The curriculum to be developed
will make a significant contribution to libraries and classrooms
throughout Oakland. 30 parents and 55 children will be served through
this program. |
|
|
| Lincoln
Child Center |
"Families
Matter" Parent/Guardian Support Group |
(510)
531-3111 |
$26,375.00 |
| The "Families
Matter" Parent/Guardian Support Group will offer a weekly respite
and opportunity to share problems, resources, and strategies with
other parents. The group will be facilitated by a licensed clinician,
but will be directed by the needs of the parents. Quality child
care, transportation, and a light meal at the dinner hour will be
provided each week. 70-85 parents will participate in the program.
http://www.lincolncc.org/ |
|
|
| Spanish
Speaking Citizens' Foundation |
SSCF
Family Support Program |
(510)
261-7839 |
$26,375.00 |
|
SSCF's Family Support
Program includes the following components: Information and Advocacy,
Health
Care and Benefits Access, Immigration and Citizenship Assistance,
Civic Education Classes, and GED and
ESL Classes. A total of 1500 parents and caregivers will be served
through the program. The services will help parents learn the
skills and knowledge that enables them to participate more fully
in their children's education, provide them with basic resources
such as food, housing and health care, address barriers to stability
such as immigration problems, and advance economically by improving
their educational level and learning new skills. Spanish
Speaking Citizens' Foundation
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