Community and Family Violence Prevention and Intervention Grants
Always Knocking
For youth and gang violence prevention programs in South Sacramento County, $25,000.
Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Sacramento
To support the GREAT Kids Program during summer months for 350 youth throughout Sacramento, considered at-risk for involvement in gangs, $49,599. www.bgcsac.org
Lao Family Community Development
To educate and protect Hmong and Mien-Lao women from domestic violence, $40,000. www.lfcd.org
My Sister’s House
To sustain and expand services in low-income housing complexes in Sacramento, and help prevent domestic violence, $20,000. www.my-sisters-house.org
Sacramento Area Congregations Together (ACT)
To train faith and community leaders to support the Sacramento Safe Community Partner - CEASEFIRE program in South Sacramento and Oak Park, $25,000. www.sacact.org
Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (with Sacramento Police Department and Sacramento ACT)
For citywide violence intervention program, the Safe Community Partnership – CEASEFIRE, $35,000. www.seta.net
WEAVE
To support 24-hour crisis intervention for domestic violence victims, and expand services to South Sacramento and Elk Grove, $50,000. www.weaveinc.org
Healthy Eating and Active Living Grants
American Heart Association
To educate African Americans and Latinos in South Sacramento about strokes, heart disease and risk factors, $15,000. www.heart.org
Elk Grove Food Bank Services
To expand a mobile pantry program that delivers healthy food to homebound seniors, and to expand the mobile pantry program for farm workers in southern Sacramento County, $15,000. www.elkgrovefoodbank.org
NeighborWorks Home Ownership Center
To continue and expand the Oak Park Farmer’s Market at McClatchy Park in Oak Park, $24,877. www.nwsac.org
People Reaching Out
To combine violence prevention and healthy eating/active living strategies for youth and families in Valley Hi, through the Valley Hi Youth and Adult Coalition, $25,000. www.peoplereachingout.org