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Gang Prevention Network Established in California by National League of Cities

The National League of Cities has partnered with the Oakland-based National Council on Crime and Delinquency to establish a gang prevention network of major California cities, including Fresno, Los Angeles (San Fernando Valley), Oakland, Richmond, Sacramento, Salinas, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Santa Rosa and Stockton. Funded by a grant from TCWF, this three-year project will develop or refine comprehensive, locally appropriate action plans. The first network meeting will be in January 2007 in the San Francisco Bay Area.
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Report Targets Poor Health Conditions at the San Diego-Tijuana Border

A new report, “Shared Destiny: Shaping a Binational Agenda for Health Priorities in the San Diego-Baja California Border Region,” highlights public health problems in the U.S.-Mexico border region. Funded by the International Community Foundation, the report provides an agenda and a call to action for businesses and community-based organizations to join with the public health sector in a cross-border health summit.
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Grassroots Environmental Group Honored by Hispanic Lifestyle Magazine

The Center for Community Action and Environmental Justice (CCAEJ), a TCWF grantee, has been selected by Hispanic Lifestyle magazine to receive an Inland Empire Hispanic Image Award in the Nonprofit Organization category. The awards were established in 1997 to recognize local individuals and organizations as role models for the Latino community in the Inland Empire region of California. CCAEJ, based in Riverside, serves as a resource center for community groups working on environmental justice issues.
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Op-Ed by Gary L. Yates Appears in Oakland Tribune

“Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Programs Save Tax Dollars,” an Op-Ed by TCWF President and CEO Gary L. Yates, was published in the Oakland Tribune on September 1. Yates urged policymakers to continue to fund prevention efforts, which have contributed to the 46 percent drop in teen births in California over the past decade—the steepest decline of any state in the country. Annual public and private spending on prevention programs totals $120 million, while annual net savings to society are estimated at $2.2 billion.
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U.S. Farm Policy Cited as Contributor to Obesity Epidemic

In a new report, "Food Without Thought: How U.S. Farm Policy Contributes to Obesity," the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy (IATP) finds that U.S. farm policy significantly contributes to the nation's obesity epidemic by driving down the prices of corn and soybeans, key ingredients in sugary, high-fat processed foods. The report also demonstrates that prices for fruits and vegetables, grown with significantly less government support, have steadily increased. IATP recommends new policies to help farmers and consumers. (PDF)
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New Issue of Reflections Evaluates TCWF's Responsive Grantmaking Program

“Reflections on TCWF's Responsive Grantmaking Program,” now available online, reports on an external evaluation conducted by Harder+Company Community Research. Instituted in 2001, TCWF’s Responsive Grantmaking Program balances proactive grantmaking with a strategic response to critical issues in nonprofit health care. The report finds TCWF’s grantees to be highly satisfied with grant duration and amount, reporting requirements, and—especially—relations with the Foundation.
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Council on Foundations Accepting Nominations for Critical Impact Awards

The Council on Foundations is seeking nominations for the new Critical Impact Awards program, celebrating philanthropy that has had a demonstrated effect on the common good—locally, nationally or globally. Grant-funded projects must have documented evidence of an enduring positive impact on people, institutions or communities. Nominations that address poverty, public health, the environment or disaster preparedness are especially encouraged. Special attention will be given to programs that show an unusual level of creativity, innovation, sustainability and risk-taking.
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Robina Suwol Is Semi-Finalist for ‘Volvo for Life’ Hometown Heroes Award

Robina Suwol, executive director of California Safe Schools (CSS)—a TCWF grantee and 2004 finalist in the Volvo For Life Award for hometown heroes—is a semi-finalist for Volvo’s “all-time greatest” heroes award. Suwol founded CSS, a nonprofit environmental coalition in Southern California, after watching her son walk through a cloud of pesticide at his school. CSS developed a stringent pesticide policy adopted by the Los Angeles Unified School District. Award winners will be announced April 4, 2007.
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Study Links Nurse Shortage to Nurse Pay

A study by the Institute for Women's Policy Research finds that increasing nurses' pay is the most direct way to solve the hospital nurse shortage. “Solving the Nursing Shortage through Higher Wages”—based on U.S. Department of Labor data on 18,337 hospital nurses’ wages from 1995 to 2005—recommends that hospitals use competitive wage-setting practices to help maintain adequate staffing levels and improve patient care. The study also calls for raising nursing educator wages to expand nursing training capacity.
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