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2005 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Education

Alameda County Workforce Investment Board
Hayward, CA
$225,000 over 2 years
To implement the Gateway Project, a county workforce investment board/community college  initiative to provide career and educational pathways for vulnerable youth in Alameda County.

Contra Costa Employment and Human Services Department
Martinez, CA
$225,000 over 2 years
To implement the Gateway Project, a county workforce investment board and community college education and career program for vulnerable youth in Contra Costa County.

Foundation for California Community Colleges
Career Ladders Project
Sacramento, CA
$175,000 over 1 year
For technical assistance for the Gateway Project, a six county workforce development/community college initiative to provide career and educational pathways for vulnerable youth.

MDRC
Oakland, CA
$54,000 over 1 year
To conduct an evaluability assessment of the Gateway Project.

Regents of the University of California
Career Academy Support Network
Berkeley, CA
$250,000 over 3 years
For small learning communities in six high schools to improve their college preparation services.

WestEd
San Francisco, CA
$300,000 over 2 years
For the Strategic Literacy Initiative which trains secondary teachers in the teaching of reading.

YouthBuild, USA
Somerville, MA
$200,000 over 2 years
To develop and train its teachers in a new construction curriculum and to start a statewide charter school management organization.

Youth

Alameda Foster Youth Alliance
Alameda, CA
$50,000 over 1 year
To support advocacy efforts to expand housing for former foster youth.

Californians for Justice
Oakland, CA
$100,000 over 2 years
For its youth and parent leader organizing work on public education policies.

California Institute for Mental Health
Sacramento, CA
$430,000 over 2 years
To assist four Northern California counties and Washoe County, Nevada to address the mental health needs of court-involved youth.

California Youth Connection
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over 2 years
For leadership and legislative training for 50 youth advocates.

Community Network for Youth Development
San Francisco, CA
$300,000 over 2 years
For operational support and to build out its youth development training in the Bay Area.

County of Fresno, Department of Children and Family Services Fresno, CA
$330,000 over 3 years
To create a system of integrated social and human services for “aging out” foster youth, as part of the California Connected by 25 Initiative.

First Place Fund for Youth
Oakland, CA
$125,000 over 2 years
To support First Place’s supportive housing program for former foster youth.

Larkin Street Youth Services
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over 1 year
To support Hire Up, Larkin Street’s youth employment program.

Moss Beach Homes
Experience Corps
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over 2 years
For Experience Corp’s mentoring and tutoring after school program.

Regents of the University of California
Center for Social Services Research
Berkeley, CA
$150,000 over 3 years
For data and evaluation services for the California Connected by 25 Initiative.

Washoe County, Second Judicial District Court
Reno, Nevada
$190,000 over 2 years
For an education liaison to improve educational outcomes for foster children.

2005 GRANT RECIPIENTS - GRANTS UNDER $30,000