Funded Projects

A-TCAA Family Learning and Support Services

Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency will receive up to $407,307 over a four year period (FY 11-12 through FY 14-15) to operate a center where parents of young children can come daily to improve their skills in parenting, literacy, job skills, and healthy living skills, and can be supported in their efforts with infant and toddler care and transportation. The program also has an early childhood education component. This project works in close cooperation and with shared resources from Columbia College, Tuolumne County Social Services Department, Tuolumne County Behavioral Health, Sonora Community Hospital, and a variety of other community agencies. The Commission has provided partial funding for this program since FY 01-02.

Infant Child Enrichment Services (ICES) Raising Healthy Families

ICES will receive up to $465,556 over a four year period (FY 11-12 through FY 14-15) to provide home visiting services and parenting instruction to families who have been identified as at risk of child abuse, expanding these services to more families in the community. The program will provide targeted services to parents and caregivers whose children are served by the SELF program, providing instruction to parents on behavioral modification strategies. The program will also provide a number of age-specific parenting classes to parents with young children throughout Tuolumne County. The Commission has provided partial funding for this program since FY 01-02.

Social Emotional Learning Foundations Project (SELF)

The Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office will receive up to $435,567 over a four year period (FY 11-12 through FY 14-15) to administer the SELF Program. Funds shall be used to promote the social and emotional development of young children. Activities will include ongoing consultation and training for up to five Early Childhood Education sites per year, with a focus on implementing elements of the evidence-based tools, curriculum and approach of the Center for Social-Emotional Foundations for Learning. The program will also provide individual consultation for children who have significant social-emotional delays. Although this is a new program beginning in FY 11-12, the Commission has provided funding for programs that promote social-emotional development since FY 03-04.

Smile Keepers Early Dental Prevention and Treatment

Smile Keepers, operated by the Tuolumne Co. Office of Education was awarded $110,882over a four year period (FY 11-12 through FY 14-15) to provide dental screenings, cleaning and fluoride/varnish treatments to preschool children, and to provide dental education classes to expectant parents or parents with children ages 0-5. The Commission has provided funding for this program since FY 01-02.

Tuolumne Co. Public Health - Parent Nurse Partnership

Tuolumne Co. Dept. of Public Health was awarded $107,753 over a four year period (FY 11-12 through FY 14-15) for a half-time public health nurse to provide home visits to at-risk pregnant women, newborns, and young children. First 5 funds are matched with federal Targeted Case Management funds at a 1:1 ratio. The Commission has provided funding for this program since FY 07-08.

Dental Help Fund

The Commission will provide up to $3,000 during the current fiscal year to provide crisis dental care to young children whose families are uninsured or underinsured. The Commission has provided funding for this fund since FY 03-04.

Behavioral Health Fund

The Commission will provide up to $3,000 during the current fiscal year to provide behavioral health care to young children whose families are uninsured or underinsured.

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Past Projects, Awards

Sponsorship for "Working in Partnership": $800

Sonora Family Shelter Play Area: $10,000

A-TCAA AmeriCorps Child Abuse Prevention Program: $21,500

PMDT Third Annual Families and Babies Drug Conference: $1,000

Tenaya Parent Preschool Playground Improvement: $967

Jamestown School Healthy Start Capital Grant: $25,000

ICES - Raising Healthy Families In-Home Transportation Capital Grant: $11,424

Emergency Children's Shelter Capital Matching Grant: $50,000

Columbia College Library Children's Literature Collection: $1,000

Tuolumne County Breastfeeding Coalition - Breastfeeding Conference: $600

MWRC Children's Trauma Project, Caring Connections Project: $34,102, $107,395

Sierra KIDPOWER: $2,500

Jamestown Family Resource Center - AmeriCorps Support: $2,000

Child Care Safety Grants: $40,893

Tuolumne General Hospital Pediatric Crash Cart: $1,000

Church of the 49ers Preschool Flooring Repair: $2,975

Summerville Parent Nursery School's Children's Garden: $500

ICES Site Renovation: $25,000 (capital matching grant)

Tuolumne General Hospital Family Wellness clinic renovation: $10,800 (capital matching grant)

Tuolumne County Library Born To Read: $39,457

Kings View Behavioral Health services: $76,521

A-TCAA Head Start Spanish Translation services: $8,445

YES Partnership - Family Page Support: $15,000

Healthy Start Insurance Enrollment (A-TCAA and JFRC): $48,215

TC Public Health - RIDE Immunization Registry: $17,947

A-TCAA Homeless and Transitional Shelters: $98,199 (9 years)

Childbirth Education Consortium: $1,000

Infant Child Enrichment Services - CARES: $256,768

Yosemite Community College Dist/ Columbia College Child Development Center: $50,000

Tuolumne County Library Spanish Language Collection: $1,000

Tuolumne County Supt. of Schools, School Readiness Program: $1,776,421 (8 years)

Mind Matters Clinic: $8,400