Selected Grants — Awarded June 2000
For current application guidelines, please see the preceding Grants Program page.
INITIATIVE GRANTS
Health Improvement
THE CENTER FOR CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS
Sacramento, CA
$52,000 over one year
To expand its technical assistance to grantees of the Health Partnership Program.
 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention 
CALIFORNIA FAMILY HEALTH COUNCIL INC.
Los Angeles, CA
$800,000 over two years
To improve and increase staff development and training opportunities for youth-serving
professionals and paraprofessionals on issues related to healthy adolescent sexuality and
teen pregnancy prevention.
DEEN+BLACK
Sacramento, CA
$3,600,000 over two years
To develop and implement the third phase of a public education campaign focused on the
prevention of teen pregnancy.
Community Support Program Grants:
CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY, BAKERSFIELD
Bakersfield, CA
$450,000 over three years
To establish a teen clinic and mentoring program in Bakersfield as a teen pregnancy
prevention strategy.
COMMUNITY HEALTH CORPORATION
Riverside, CA
$450,000 over three years
To develop a collaborative in Riverside to address teen pregnancy prevention through
activities such as increasing access to reproductive health information and clinical
services.
DELTA HEALTH CARE AND MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORPORATION
Stockton, CA
$450,000 over three years
To establish the South-West Pregnancy Prevention Program for sexually active teens in
Stockton.
EL MONTE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT CENTER INC.
El Monte, CA
$450,000 over three years
To develop a teen pregnancy prevention outreach and education campaign and increase access
to reproductive health services for teens in El Monte.
NATIONAL MEDICAL ASSOCIATION COMPREHENSIVE HEALTH CENTER INC.
San Diego, CA
$450,000 over three years
To develop a clinic dedicated to teens that offers a range of contraceptive services and
sex education to African- American and Latino youth in southeast San Diego.
NEW GENERATION HEALTH CENTER
San Francisco, CA
$450,000 over three years
To develop a peer health education program for male teens as a teen pregnancy prevention
strategy in the Mission District and Western Addition communities of San Francisco.
OPERATION SAMAHAN INC.
National City, CA
$450,000 over three years
To develop culturally competent teen pregnancy prevention programs and activities for
Filipino, Southeast-Asian and Latino youth in National City.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, CA
$450,000 over three years
To provide an array of teen pregnancy prevention services for teens in South Central Los
Angeles.
PLANNED PARENTHOOD MAR MONTE
Monterey, CA
$450,000 over three years
To train youth as "wellness mentors" to provide sexuality education to their
peers in Salinas.
 Violence Prevention
NATIONAL FUNDING COLLABORATIVE ON VIOLENCE PREVENTION INC.
Washington, DC
$400,000 over two years
For core operating support of the collaborative’s general operations and two
community-based violence prevention projects in California.
SAN FRANCISCO BEACON INITIATIVE
San Francisco, CA
$75,000 over one year
To implement a public education campaign about violence prevention.
Promising Practices Program Grants:
A PLACE CALLED HOME
Los Angeles, CA
$180,000 over three years
To support violence prevention through gang prevention and intervention programs for youth
in Los Angeles.
ALLIANCE FOR EXCELLENCE
Sacramento, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support of a violence prevention program for youth in Sacramento
County.
BOYS & GIRLS CLUB OF OCEANSIDE
Oceanside, CA
$150,000 over three years
For core operating support to expand the Gangbusters Program for violence prevention in
Oceanside.
CRIMINAL JUSTICE ALTERNATIVES INC.
Fresno, CA
$150,000 over three years
To prevent violence among first-time offenders in Fresno by implementing an alternative
sentencing program.
DESERT SANDS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
La Quinta, CA
$225,000 over three years
To expand the Student Assistance Program, which provides violence prevention services to
youth in the Coachella Valley.
EAST KERN YOUTH PROJECTS
Ridgecrest, CA
$125,000 over three years
To prevent violence among Ridgecrest youth referred to the teen court through an
alternative sentencing program.
HUMBOLDT COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Eureka, CA
$225,000 over three years
To support a collaborative gang-intervention program to prevent violence among youth in
Humboldt County.
KARUK TRIBE OF CALIFORNIA
Happy Camp, CA
$180,000 over three years
To support a violence prevention program for Native American youth in Humboldt and
Siskiyou Counties.
KOREAN YOUTH AND COMMUNITY CENTER INC.
Los Angeles, CA
$180,000 over three years
To expand the Gang Awareness Project, which provides young Asian and Pacific Islander gang
members in Los Angeles with alternatives to gangs, drugs and violence.
OMEGA BOYS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, CA
$225,000 over three years
To support a violence prevention program for African-American youth in the Bay Area.
SAN BENITO COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION
Hollister, CA
$225,000 over three years
For core operating support for the Community Youth Diversion Program, which provides
violence prevention services for youth in the city of Hollister.
SAN BERNARDINO CHILD ADVOCACY PROGRAM INC.
San Bernardino, CA
$225,000 over three years
To support the Youth Empowerment Project, which provides a violence prevention program for
youth in the criminal court system in San Bernardino.
Work and Health
EDUCATION PROGRAMS ASSOCIATES
Campbell, CA
$130,000 over one year
To coordinate the Work and Health Conference 2001, a conference that allows participants
to learn, share infomation and identify action needed to improve work and health for
Californians.
PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over one year
For a multimedia project exploring how people experience the relationships between work
and health in California’s Central Valley and Silicon Valley.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CENTER FOR HEALTH POLICY RESEARCH
Los Angeles, CA
$190,000 over one year
To produce and disseminate a five-year retrospective report on the state of health
insurance in California.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH POLICY STUDIES
San Francisco, CA
$50,000 over nine months
To increase the sample sizes of ethnic minorities and people with disabilities in the
annual California Work and Health Survey.
GENERAL GRANTS
Community Health
AMASSI CENTER OF SOUTH CENTRAL LOS ANGELES
Inglewood, CA
$100,000 over two years
For core operating support to strengthen health promotion/disease prevention services to
underserved communities with residents at high risk for HIV/AIDS and other sexually
transmitted infections.
BUTTE VALLEY-TULELAKE RURAL HEALTH PROJECTS INC.
Dorris, CA
$80,000 over two years
For core operating support to provide preventive health services to underserved
populations in the rural Butte Valley and Tulelake communities.
SOUTHEAST HEALTH CENTER
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over two years
To support the development and improvement of community-based care for Samoan diabetics in
the Bayview/Hunters Point and Visitacion Valley neighborhoods of San Francisco.
YOUTH UNITED FOR COMMUNITY ACTION
East Palo Alto, CA
$50,000 over two years
To expand this statewide organization’s community-organizing project in South Los
Angeles to include a peer health leader program for teens.
SPECIAL PROJECTS
 CALIFORNIA
FAMILY HEALTH COUNCIL INC.
Los Angeles, CA
$900,000 over one year
To continue the California Peer Provider Program, which provides teen pregnancy prevention
services.
CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH
Sacramento, CA
$100,000 over one year
For core operating support to disseminate best practices for identifying and treating
mental health, substance abuse and domestic violence barriers to employment among people
transitioning from welfare to work.
CALIFORNIA PAN-ETHNIC HEALTH NETWORK
Oakland, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support of a statewide network of health experts from multicultural
health organizations.
CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING
Sacramento, CA
$50,000 over one year
To support a retreat and training for state health policy/advocacy organizations.
CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE EVALUATION
Menlo Park, CA
$130,000 over two years
To assist 20 health-focused, self-help organizations with the design of health education
and promotional materials and to increase communication skills of self-help group members.
CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE RIGHTS
Los Angeles, CA
$215,000 over two years
To support the operation of a hotline for health care consumers in the Sacramento region.
COMMUNITY FOUNDATION OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY
Soquel, CA
$50,000 over two years
For core operating support of preventive health services for lesbian and gay populations
in Santa Cruz.
CRLA FOUNDATION
Sacramento, CA
$100,000 over one year and three months
To support strategic planning and build the capacity of CRLAF’s Rural Health Advocacy
Institute.
GLIDE HEALTH CLINIC
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support of a clinic managed by nurse-practicioners that serves homeless
people in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District.
HEALTH CARE COUNCIL OF ORANGE COUNTY
Orange, CA
$200,000 over two years
To expand a nursing education program for ethnic minorities through a countywide career
advancement system coordinated with nursing schools and community clinics.
HEALTH FUNDERS PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY
Santa Ana, CA
$300,000 over two years
To support the development and evaluation of an initiative to address diabetes in Orange
County through prevention, early diagnosis and treatment.
HEALTH PROFESSIONS EDUCATION FOUNDATION
Sacramento, CA
$200,000 over two years
To enhance organizational structure and increase the availability of scholarships for
health professionals in California.
IMOYASE COMMUNITY SUPPORT SERVICES
Los Angeles, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support to strengthen an evaluation and technical assistance program
for health-focused, community-based organizations in Los Angeles County.
INDEPENDENT SECTOR
Washington, DC
$200,000 over two years
To educate California nonprofit organizations that are working to improve people’s
health about the appropriate role of advocacy in achieving their goals.
IRVINE PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOUNDATION
Irvine, CA
$120,000 over two years
To support a project to maintain accurate health records and provide preventive health
services for the district’s students.
LATINO ISSUES FORUM
San Francisco, CA
$125,000 over one year
To conduct research and make policy recommendations about asthma in California,
particularly among Latino communities.
LIBERTY HILL FOUNDATION
Santa Monica, CA
$50,000 over two years
For core operating support of preventive health services for lesbian and gay populations
in Los Angeles.
THE PICO CALIFORNIA PROJECT
Sacramento, CA
$300,000 over two years
For core operating support to build the capacity of its state office and its network of
local organizations to implement local and state health advocacy strategies.
PUBLIC HEALTH FOUNDATION ENTERPRISES INC.
City of Industry, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support to create an office of development and implement a fundraising
plan.
PUENTE A LA SALUD
Orange, CA
$200,000 over two years
For core operating support of a mobile health service and for health education for
farmworkers and their families in Orange County.
THE SAN FRANCISCO FOUNDATION
San Francisco, CA
$50,000 over two years
For core operating support of preventive health services for lesbian and gay populations
in the San Francisco Bay Area.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES, CENTER FOR HEALTHIER CHILDREN, FAMILIES AND
COMMUNITIES
Los Angeles, CA
$250,000 over two years
To support the long-term sustainability of a program to help public health students
acquire the knowledge and skills needed for effective child advocacy.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, NATIONAL ADOLESCENT HEALTH INFORMATION CENTER
San Francisco, CA
$100,000 over two years
To support the implementation of a strategic plan to improve adolescent health in
California.
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO
San Francisco, CA
$350,000 over two years
To support UCSF School of Medicine’s application preparation programs, intended
primarily for applicants from traditionally underserved populations.
VANGUARD PUBLIC FOUNDATION
San Francisco, CA
$200,000 over two years
To help nonprofit health and social service organizations in the Central Valley build
their capacity to deliver services through activities such as strengthening their
infrastructures and developing long-term plans.
WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY
Los Angeles, CA
$300,000 over two years
To determine how counties are implementing new Medi-Cal policies and disseminate survey
findings and best practices among policymakers and health advocates.
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