Community Grants Program
Caring Community Awards Reception
For presentation of 2010-11 grant cycle awards
Tuesday, June 15, 2010
Ralston Hall
Notre Dame de Namur University
Belmont
2010-2011 Caring Community grant applications are closed. The following information will apply for the 2011-2013 grant cycle, unless changed by the Sequoia Healthcare District Board of Directors by vote.
A community’s health care needs are served by a broad array of health-related programs and initiatives such as health and wellness programs, community-based clinics, health provider education and programs and organizations that promote physical, emotional and psychological well being.
Sequoia Healthcare District seeks through the district’s grant-making program to leverage district assets and make significant contributions to the health of the community.
Under law, Sequoia Healthcare District may provide assistance to health care programs, services, facilities and activities at any location within or without the district for the benefit of the district and the people served by the district, and to nonprofit provider groups and clinics functioning in the community in order to provide for adequate health services to communities served by the district (California Health & Safety Code Sections 31212(j) and 32126.5)
Sequoia Healthcare District’s Caring Community Grants Program 2010
Annually, the Sequoia Healthcare District provides grants up to $100,000 to nonprofit 501 (c) 3 organizations and governmental agencies concerned with the healthcare needs of the residents of the southern part of San Mateo County.
Grants are made on a competitive basis, with notifications to successful applicants each May at a public Caring Community celebration. Grants are made for the district fiscal year, which begins July 1 and ends the following June 30.
2009 – 2010 Caring Community Grant Recipients
Adapted Aquatic Therapy Program
Agency: Abilities United
Funding to support aquatic therapy for low income clients, mostly children under the age of 12, with developmental disabilities. Clients served by this program have orthopedic or other developmental and physical disabilities due to cerebral palsy, autism, mental retardation or arthritis. $10,000
Embracing Our Community
Agency: Advocates for Children (AFC)
Support effective and culturally sensitive services to African American and Hispanic/Latino children in foster care through Advocates. The majority of children served live in the District. $100,000
Healthy Gardens Healthy People
Agency: Collective Roots
Support the Belle Haven Community Garden project to provide fresh foods and a supportive environment for multi-age, multi-cultural community. $20,000
Crisis Intervention Services
Agency: Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
Meet basic needs such as food, shelter, and clothing for domestic violence victims and their children. CORA serves approximately 1,300 residents of the District. $35,000
Youth Intervention Program
Agency: El Centro de Libertad
Support a culturally competent school-based Prevention Education Program for adolescents to help individuals and families suffering from substance abuse and related issues to achieve and maintain health, strength and recovery. The Youth Intervention Program provides prevention services and treatment for at-risk adolescents. $30,000
Wellness Initiative
Agency: Family Service Agency
Expanded nutrition and fitness opportunities and health services to improve the health and well-being of low-income older adults at Fair Oaks Intergenerational Center. $50,000
Healthcare at the InnVision Peninsula Programs
Agency: InnVision the Way Home
Shelter and supportive services to homeless, serving approximately 1,000 residents of the District. $50,000
Healthy Living for Seniors Program
Agency: Kainos Home and Training Center
Health and fitness for adults with developmental disabilities who reside within the District. $31.000
Wellness Program for Extremely Low-Income, Formerly Homeless Adults with Mental Illness
Agency: Mental Health Association of San Mateo County
Support a Public Health Nurse at Belmont Apartments to provide medical case management, medical consultation, and medical liaison services, and to improve access to and use of primary care medical services. $20,000
Transition Services for Older Adults
Agency: Mission Hospice
Case management and volunteer support for older adults with a life-limiting illness and limited access to healthcare. All clients served with this funding will be residents of the District. $25,000
Ombudsman Services
Agency: Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County
Advocacy for 8,243 residents in long-term care (nursing home) facilities in San Mateo County. Ombudsman volunteers are trained and state-certified to monitor long-term care facilities. Historically, they investigate around 500 complaints in the District during a year. $50,000
Parca Adult Fitness
Agency: Parca
Regular adult fitness classes for Parca’s clients with developmental disabilities. The fitness classes will be held at facilities located in the District and open to other Parca clients who live in the District. $28,000
South San Mateo County Meals on Wheels
Agency: Peninsula Volunteers
Hot, nutritious meals to qualified homebound older adults living in the District. $80,000
Multi-Cultural Community Health Connections Project
Agency: Ravenswood Family Health Center
Interdisciplinary team support of adults with diabetes and hypertension using outreach, screening, health education, case management, and training to promote behavior and lifestyle changes. $50,000
School Nursing Services
Agency: Redwood City School District
Maintain school nursing services in Redwood City School District and add instruction on obesity prevention education for children and parents in targeted schools. $100,000
After-School Student Fitness Program
Agency: Riekes Center for Human Enrichment
Athletic fitness, peer mentoring and nutritional counseling for at-risk, low income students from the District and their families. $50,000
Feeding the Needy
Agency: St. Anthony’s Padua Dining Room
Hot, nutritious meals and related services for people of the District by the largest free dining and food service agency in San Mateo County, and the only agency offering free, hot meals daily within the District. $100,000
Pathways to Health
Agency: Service League of San Mateo County
A program to improve women’s health through nutrition, activity, and health education while undergoing drug or alcohol treatment at Hope House. The grant will directly and primarily serve residents. $25,000
Credentialed School Nurse
Agency: Sequoia Union High School District
Funding to provide one FTE school nurse to increase the professional health care staff at the Sequoia Union High School District’s five school sites. $100,000
Fitness Leadership Experience Program (FLEX)
Agency: Sequoia YMCA
Improve health of underserved teens ages 14-17 through increased levels of physical activity, increased knowledge of nutrition and healthy lifestyles, and increased self-esteem and leadership skills; meet community needs not met by schools, commercial programs or sports leagues. $50,000
Program for Children and Families
Agency: Shelter Network
Address primary health, dental health, mental health, and behavioral health care needs of homeless children and their families; meet basic needs by providing safe living conditions, nutritious meals, quality childcare, wellness education and connections to essential health services. $100,000
SAL Academicos Futbol Club
Agency: Sheriff’s Activities League
Support a year round soccer academy for youth in the unincorporated North Fair Oaks neighborhood, providing physical activity, skill development, leadership opportunities and a supportive environment for elementary school youth who would not otherwise be able to participate. $25,000
Life Skills Program
Agency: Training and Health Education Center for Youth
Culturally relevant, youth appropriate health education and youth development activities for low income, ethnically diverse adolescents at Sequoia High School. $75,000
Tracey’s Place of Hope
Agency: Women’s Recovery Association
Health, fitness and nutrition activities for teenage girls in crisis at Tracey’s Place of Hope, a residential program for adolescent girls with co-occurring mental health and substance abuse disorders in San Mateo County. $30,000
The Children’s Place Program
Agency: Youth and Family Enrichment Services
School-based alcohol and drug prevention, education and counseling services for at-risk children in Redwood City and unincorporated North Fair Oaks. The Children’s Place Program provides children of addictive parents with the tools they need for healthy development and to break out of the cycle of family addiction. $40,000
Disaster Preparedness
Agency: Thrive, the Alliance for Nonprofits
Collaboration of nonprofits, faith-based organizations and government agencies committed to working together to respond effectively to disaster for the most vulnerable populations in the county. $100,000
Year of Active Youth
Agency: JobTrain
Creation of a new forum to recognize the positive contributions of youth, particularly at-risk youth. $66,650
For more information about the Sequoia Healthcare District's Community Grants Program contact Lee Michelson, Sequoia Healthcare District CEO, at
650-421-2155, ext. 202 or Lmichelson.
Send Proposals to:
Sequoia Healthcare District
Attn: Lee Michelson, CEO
525 Veterans Blvd.
Redwood City, CA 994063