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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.