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2006 GRANT RECIPIENTS

Education

California Partnership Achieving Success
El Cajon, CA
$200,000 over 2 years
To establish and support high school and college faculty course-alignment teams in San Joaquin and Merced counties.

California State University East Bay Foundation
Hayward, CA
$325,000 over 3 years
To establish  Guardian Scholars, an on-campus student support program for former foster youth.

Education Trust
Washington, D.C.
$200,000 over 2 years
For research, development and implementation of a statewide K-12 student data system.

Fresno Area Workforce Investment Corporation
Fresno, CA
$200,000 over 3 years
To implement the Gateway Project, a county workforce investment board and community college education and career program for vulnerable youth.

Foundation for California Community Colleges
Sacramento, CA
$210,000 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.

Jewish Vocational Service
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over 1 year
To provide employment and education services  for San Francisco youth with learning, emotional and physical disabilities.

KQED, Inc.
San Francisco, CA
$75,000 over 1 year
For a California Report radio series on California community colleges.

Parent Institute for Quality Education
San Diego, CA
$160,000 over 2 years
To deliver parent education workshops in 12 Fresno County high schools and to create an internal program assessment.

Silicon Valley Workforce Investment Network
San Jose, CA
$190,000 over 2 years
To implement the Gateway Project, a county workforce investment board and community college education and career program for vulnerable youth in Santa Clara County

Stanislaus County Alliance Worknet
Modesto, CA
$125,000 over 2 years
To implement the Gateway Project, a county workforce investment board and community college education and career program for vulnerable youth in Stanislaus county. 

Youth Grants

California Judges Association
San Francisco, CA
$49,156 over 1 year
To prototype a judicial education series on emancipating foster youth.

California Judges Association
San Francisco, CA
$116,000 over 2 years
To create a series of continuing education sessions on improving outcomes for former foster youth and court-involved youth.

John Burton Foundation Children Without Homes
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over 2 years
To help Northern California counties obtain and use a state fund to house former foster youth.

Larkin Street Youth Services
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over 2 years
For the HIRE UP education and employment program.

National Governors Association
Washington, D.C.
$70,000 over 2 years
To provide support for California’s participation in a two year National Governors Association Policy Academy on youth transitioning out of foster care.

Pacific News Service/New America Media
San Francisco, CA
$150,000 over 2 years
To teach media skills to Central Valley youth and to educate policymakers and immigrant parents about Valley youth issues.

Santa Clara County Social Services Agency
San Jose, 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.

Washoe County Department of Juvenile Services
Reno, NV
$143,000 over 1 year
To support the Multi-Dimensional Family Therapy for court-involved youth and their families.

2006 GRANT  RECIPIENTS - GRANTS UNDER $30,000