|
Agency
Name
|
Project
Title
|
Amount
Funded
|
Project
Summary
|
| Big Brothers Big
Sisters of the East Bay |
More Adults Caring
for Oakland Youths (MACOY) |
$152,452
|
The MACOY project
will double the number of sustainable, caring relationships between
Oakland children and youth and caring adults in the first year and
triple that number by the end of three years. |
| Native American Health
Center |
Family Literacy Project |
$20,000
|
The FLP will provide
diagnostic literacy evaluations for parents, parenting classes,
tutoring for children and youth, and family circles. |
| Native American Health
Center |
Native American Community
Cluster |
$498,956
|
A comprehensive continuum
of care for Native American Youth that includes prevention, treatment
and rehabilitation emphasizing Native culture. |
| Stiles Hall |
West Oakland Reads
and Succeeds Literacy Program |
$13,645
|
The program will
increase the reading level of 5 very low income sixth grade West
Oakland youth by providing them with U.C. mentors from similar inner-city
backgrounds, pay parent and youth assistants to conduct Family Literacy
Groups, and provide pre-col |
| San Francisco Women's
Center/Building |
Young Women United
for Oakland - a project of Young Women's Work Project |
$66,818
|
We are requesting
funds to support Young Women United for Oakland, a project fun for
and by poor young women (14-22 years of age) of color. YWUFO employs
and trains staff to be resources for the communities of young women
in East and West Oakland. YWUFO |
| Youth Employment
Partnership, Inc. |
Career Try Out |
$247,511
|
Youth lead and designed
employment training and job placement support primarily for youth
involved in programs implemented by community clusters funded by
OFCY. |
| Huong Viet Community
Center |
Community Mentoring
and Leadership Program |
$156,422
|
The Community Mentoring
and Leadership is a partnership with Westlake Middle School and
Franklin Year-Round Elementary school to provide comprehensive after-school
mentoring, and tutorial services and leadership training to low-income
Vietnamese American youth. |
| Asians and Pacific
Islanders for Reproductive Health |
The Oakland HOPE
(Health, Opportunities, Problem-Solving & Empowerment) Project |
$227,236.05
|
The Oakland HOPE
Project is designed to serve low-income South East Asian and Pacific
Islander girls between the ages of 13 and 18. HOPE is a year-round
program, structured as an after-school program during the regular
school year and an intensive six-week program. |
| T.E.A.M. (Teens +
Educators + Artists + Media) |
Code 33 |
$51,339
|
Code 33 is a program
that uses art to help youth explore issues around youth-police relationships,
youth safety, youth involvement in civic processes, and how the
criminal justice system affects young people as a whole. |
| Nurses in Action
(NIA) |
Starting Point: Children's
Mental Health Pre-School Project |
$149,291
|
Starting Point will
provide children's mental health screening, treatment & follow-up
for low income children in Oakland. Parenting education and substance
abuse counseling will be provided. |
| City of Oakland Life
Enrichment Agency, Office of Parks, Recreation & Cultural Services |
Brookdale/West Oakland
Discovery Center "Science in the Hood" |
$178,098
|
Comprehensive afterschool
educational enrichment program. Fun, hands-on science, computers,
conflict resolution, woodworking, gardening, environmental science
and art. |
| Asian Community Mental
Health Services |
Asian Youth Promoting
Advocacy and Leadership (AYPAL) |
$228,056
|
AYPAL will build
and sustain 6 geographic- and ethnic-based, self-directed Asian
youth organizations that will give members positive peer and adult
support, and engage them cultural and community organizing projects.
Through these self-affirming and comm |
| Spanish Speaking
Unity Council |
Family Learning Program |
$175,175
|
The Family Learning
Program will serve children whose adult caretakers have limited
English skills. This program ill serve the whole family, as this
is important to the primarily Latino families who will participate.
A range of activities and learning m |
| Hearing Society for
the Bay Area |
Oakland Deaf and
Hard of Hearing Youth Project |
$196,631
|
The Project engages
Oakland's deaf/hard of hearing kids in after school & weekend group
activities, reaches out with a wide range of family support, involves
youth workers with younger deaf kids, builds community. Deaf/hard
of hearing adult volunteers, |
| Spanish Speaking
Citizens Foundation Youth & Family Services |
Fruitvale Youth Initiative
(FYI) |
$250,000
|
this cluster collaboration
of Fruitvale of Fruitvale-based organizations is committed to serving
youth ages 6-20. The purpose of FYI is to provide Fruitvale youth
with integrated and comprehensive services including recreational
programs, youth leadershi |
| BANANAS, Inc. |
Oakland 2000 Ready
to Learn Partnership |
$212,920
|
The Oakland 2000
Ready to learn Partnership targets children 0-5 years of age and
their families in a corridor of North/West Oakland. All activities
are geared toward the goal of developing children's capabilities
as curious, health, creative, and critic |
| East Oakland Boxing
Association |
The "Smart Moves"
Program |
$150,000
|
Smart Moves is an
afterschool and summer educational, recreational and youth training
program of the East Oakland Boxing Assoc. Here, youth can receive
help with their homework, participate in fun activities, and form
lasting relationships with dedicated mentors. |
| East Bay Institute
for Urban Arts |
Youth Initiated Grantmaking
- North Oakland Collaborative |
$250,000
|
Collaborative between
arts & activism training center and 2 high schools: Oakland Tech
& Far West, plus afterschool program at Tech & Claremont Middle
School. To provide center & network for training, leadership, advocacy
& community development thru youth. |
| Oakland Midnight
Basketball |
Young Ladies Program |
$45,983
|
Implementation of
the OMBcommunity outreach program for "at-risk"/"underserved" young
women between the ages of 16 and 21. Program components include
basketball, case management, mentoring, personal and leadership
development. |
| OCCUR Community Information
Services, Inc. |
ARROYO - WEBSTER
COMMUNITY COLLABORATIVE |
$497,059
|
A multi-agency community
collaborative serving the Arroyo-Webster community in the elmhurst
area of Oakland through A) youth development and community involvement,
B) program and service expansion, and C) prevention of youth violence. |
| Opera Piccola |
After School arts
Residency Program |
$40,000
|
Opera Piccola seeks
funding for an after school arts residency program to be located
at nine public middle and high schools in Central East Oakland and
North Oakland where we are currently providing programming. |
| First Place Fund
for Youth |
Successful Transition
Project |
$154,194
|
The Successful Transitions
Project will provide Oakland's growing population of emancipated
foster youth with the opportunity to realize their potential as
self-reliant adults by suppporting them during the difficult transition
from foster care to indepen |
| Arts Magnet/Far West
High School |
Family Literacy Program |
$20,000
|
The Family Literacy
Program will expand upon existing classroom-based literacy efforts
by providing outreach and support services to our students' families.
By building stronger home-school partnerships we expect to improve
our students' comfort and academic level. |
| Center for the Vulnerable
Child, Children's Hospital Oakland |
Healthy Kids/CPPSO |
$20,000
|
The CVC Nursery will
expand the number of specialized child development groups offered.
The focus is to provide activities, both in the group and one-to-one,
which support language and cognitive development, and socialization.
Parent support services. |
| Healthy City Oakland
Fund |
Camp Read-A-Lot |
$20,000
|
Community Promotion
Funds will support the enhancement and improvement of camp Read-A-Lot's
family literacy activities. |
| MOCHA (Museum of
Childrens Art) |
Lowell West Oakland
Village Center Cluster |
$500,000
|
The Lowell West Oakland
Village Center is a school-based community resource center that
operates in the afterschool hours and provides comprehensive programming
in youth development and family support. |
| Fred Finch Youth
Center, Inc. / MacArthur Community Center |
MacArthur Mosaic |
$51,500
|
The MacArthur Community
Cluster is a broad-based community collaborative of parents, students,
school staffs, community agencies and neighborhood groups who have
come together to implement a comprehensive plan for school-based
and school-linked after scho |
| Oakland Youth Chorus |
Music in the Schools
(MITS) |
$236,649
|
Music in the Schools
is a youth development & music education program. The focus is to
build music literacy, enhance academic achievement and encourage
youth to be self-aware and community-oriented. |
| Oakland Chinese Community
Council |
Lincoln Youth Center |
$76,437
|
Lincoln Youth Center
offers ESL classes, after-school tutoring, recreational activities,a
and summer youth employment to low income youth ages 6-18. |
| AMASSI, Inc. |
Rainbow Pride Youth
Program |
$300,000
|
Serving Lesbian,
Gay, Bisexual, Transgendered and Questioning (LGBTQ) youth in the
City of Oakland. |
| Oakland Community
Partnership/Community Health Academy |
Youth Initiated Projects
Coop |
$673,674
|
With Oakland community
Partnership as fiscal agent, Community Health Academy will coordinate
a collaborative of agencies in Oakland to implement youth grant
making in East Oakland, West Oakland, and San Antonio/Fruitvale. |