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Grants in Progress:   Healthy Family Functioning

          A-TCAA Family Learning Centers

Amador-Tuolumne Community Action Agency will receive up to $421,949 over a four year period (FY 07-08 through FY 10-11) to operate two Family Learning Centers in Sonora and in Tuolumne 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,  Kings View Behavioral Health, Sonora Community Hospital,  Summerville Elementary School, and a variety of other community agencies.    This program is supported by First 5 CA School Readiness funds, which provide 26% of the funding. 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 $478,957 over a four year period (FY 07-08 through FY 10-11) 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 home visiting program also serves families whose children are enrolled in School Readiness FIRST 5 Friendship School, providing in-home 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.   This program is supported by First 5 CA School Readiness funds, which provide 24% of the funding. The Commission has provided partial funding for this program since FY 01-02.

A-TCAA Transitional Housing in Columbia

A-TCAA will receive up to $12,600 in 2010 to operate a transitional housing shelter in Columbia, CA, to provide housing for pregnant women or families with young children.

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Grants and Programs in Progress:  Health

  Smile Keepers Early Dental Prevention and Treatment

Smile Keepers, operated by the Tuolumne Co. Office of Education was awarded $87,105 over a four year period (FYs 07-08 through FY 10-11) 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.  This program is supported by First 5 CA School Readiness funds, which provide 23% of the funding.  The Commission has provided funding for this program since FY 01-02.

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.

Infant and Pediatric Oral Care Program

The Tuolumne Me Wuk Indian Health Center was warded $2,000 for a pilot program to provide pregnant women and caretakers of children up to age 3, with Chlorohexidine antibacterial mouth rinse and Xylitol gum while awaiting dental treatment, to reduce the incidence of bacterial transmission to their children.

Mind Matters Clinic, Inc.

Mind Matters Clinic, Inc was awarded  $8,000  to provide medical assessments and family counseling for children with autism or ADHD.

Tuolumne Co. Public Health - Parent Nurse Partnership

Tuolumne Co. Dept. of Public Health was awarded  $20,000 through FY 09-10 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.

 

 

 

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Grants and Programs in Progress:  Early Childhood Education and Development

School Readiness

The Tuolumne County Superintendent of Schools Office receives funds (up to $383,850 over a four year period) to administer the School Readiness Program.  Activities will include Child Find Screenings in a variety of locations, identification of children who at risk of leaving preschool and kindergarten settings because of behavioral problems, enrollment of highest risk children in a short-term therapeutic  "Friendship School", and assisted transition back into a classroom setting.  Additional activities included on-site consultation for preschool and kindergarten teachers and joint training opportunities.    This program is supported by First 5 CA School Readiness funds, which provide 67% of the funding. The Commission has provided partial funding for this program since FY 03-04.

Tuolumne County Library

The Tuolumne County Library will receive up to $1,000 in 2010 to purchase a seed collection of early childhood Spanish language and bilingual materials for use in the Tuolumne Branch Library and the World Of Wonder mobile library. 

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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 Shelter Case Management:  $25,000

Childbirth Education Consortium:  $1,000 

Infant Child Enrichment Services - CARES: $256,768

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

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