We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.                  -  Winston Churchill

Emergency Shelter Program, Inc.
Mental Health & Substance Abuse Counseling for Homeless Women
Emergency Shelter Program, Inc. (ESP) is a 35-year old nonprofit organization with an Alameda County-wide constituency.  ESP provides many services to women and families who experience abuse and need protection, education, and other transitional services.  Among the transitional services they provide are: emergency shelter, case management, child care, employment preparation, housing counseling and referral, counseling and workshops on violence prevention, anger management, mental health, substance abuse counseling, and similar topics.  ESP serves low-income women and their children who come directly from abusive situations.
Grant Award:  $25,000

 

CV High School PTS Association
Sober Grad Cruise 2008
Every year high school students are injured or killed as a result of graduation night drinking/drug use and driving.  Sober Grad Cruise 2008 provided a safe and fun activity to celebrate graduation day for the 2008 seniors.  This activity provided a positive, healthy environment for one very important night for the 2008 graduating seniors of Castro Valley High School.
Grant Award: $2,000

 

Service Opportunity for Seniors, Inc./Meals on Wheels
Targeting High Risk Meals on Wheels Clients: Program Outreach and Delivery Route Continuation
Meals On Wheels is a program/service whose primary function is to assist homebound seniors who by age related health issues are in need of supplemental balanced nutrition through their program's daily home delivered hot meal service.  The organization's mission is to promote nutritional health, decrease the possibility of premature institutionalization, foster and support self-determination, independence and the dignity of homebound seniors, by enhancing their nutritional quality of life through the program's specialized and unique "home delivered meals" system of care.
Grant Award:  $31,049

 

CALICO Center
2008 Family Support Services for Abused Children
Since its inception in 1997, CALICO (Child Abuse Listening, Interviewing and Coordination) Center has served as a multi-disciplinary hub, bringing together police officers, child welfare workers, and prosecutors to respond collaboratively to child abuse allegations, hear children's testimonies, and link children and families with vital therapeutic, medical and legal support services in Alameda County.  In 2005, CALICO served 588 children, most who were sexually abused, and many who were physically hurt, neglected, exploited as prostitutes, and/or witnessed violence in their homes or communities.  CALICO is often the place where these children recount their experiences in full for the first time.  A supportive and effective response from CALICO is therefore crucial in fostering a child's healing and ensuring that offenders are held accountable. 
Grant Award: $20,000

 

Tri-City Health Center                           
Safety Net Services for People with HIV Disease
Tri-City Health Center is the sole provider of comprehensive HIV care services to low income residents of South, Central and East Alameda County, including the Eden area.  The City of Hayward remains fourth highest in reported AIDS cases in Alameda County, and their Hayward caseload is increasing by an average of four clients per month.  With these grant funds Tri-City Health developed a new program model that focuses on new clients most acute needs.  In the program, an Immediate Needs assessment by staff identifies the acute needs and creates a plan for all new clients.  In addition, both new and current clients work with staff to establish a Safety Net Plan so that in event of crisis, loss of benefits, loss of funded services or during times of disasters, clients would have proactively already worked through their plan to deal with emerging circumstances.   
Grant Award: $40,000

 

Horizon Services, Inc.
Eden Senior Alcohol and Other Drug (AOD) Prevention Project
The Eden Senior AOD Prevention Project addresses the risk factors to reduce alcohol and medication misuse in Hayward, Castro Valley, San Lorenzo, Ashland and Cherryland.  Research has identified a number of factors that place older adults at risk for developing substance abuse problems.  Prevention programs that address these risk factors, promote resiliency and strengthen protective factors can help older adults weather the unique circumstances that put them at risk.  The goal of this project is to reduce identified risk factors and to enhance protective factors.
Grant Award: $35,000

 

Building Futures with Women and Children              
Emergency Shelter and Supportive Services for Homeless and Battered Women and Children
Two emergency shelters were opened in the Eden Township Healthcare District to aid homeless and battered women and children; the San Leandro Shelter and the Sister Me Home Safe House.  Because there are so few emergency shelters located within the ETHD, the demand for beds is very high.  For every 10 women who call needing a safe place to stay, only one can be accommodated.  The grant helped enhance program services including adult case management, mental health counseling, group counseling, therapeutic children's play activities, peer support groups, and more.
Grant Award: $30,000

Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education
Senior Osteoporosis Screening Program
The Foundation for Osteoporosis Research and Education (FORE) has developed and refined an approach for preventative osteoporosis screening and follow-up for underserved older adults in the Eden Township Healthcare District.  The intervention has reached more than 4,000 individuals, over half of whom have or are at risk for, osteoporosis and future fractures.  Their program offers a unique community based approach to health education, health promotion, and access to health services.  Building on partnerships with existing organizations serving older adults, the program provides multiple entry points for bone health assessment and empowers participants to engage the healthcare system if needed and to make lifestyle changes that can reduce the risk of premature loss of mobility and death - both highly associated with hip fractures.  In addition, the program offers intervention for patients identified at risk for fracture by distributing donated calcium and vitamin D supplements during the year.
Grant Award: $47,276

St. Rose Hospital Foundation
Silva Pediatric Clinic Tuberculosis Program
The Silva Pediatric Clinic, located in one of the most diverse and economically challenged areas of Alameda County, continues to see a growing number of children exposed to Tuberculosis.  Tuberculosis is a communicable disease which is spread through the air from one person to another.  TB is a disease that is closely tied to poverty. Once nearly eradicated in the United States, TB is once again a health risk in our community.  In 2005, the Silva Clinic treated 96 children for exposure to Tuberculosis.  Today, they are currently treating 119 children who have been exposed to TB.  Most of these children are foreign-born and do not qualify for Medi-Cal or have any other form of health insurance.  The treatment for this serious disease is a nine month process and presents tremendous financial implications.  This grant provided screening, medications and ongoing treatment for 70 uninsured children being treated for TB.
Grant Award: $45,000

Alameda County WIC Program    
Healthy Babies for Life
Alameda County WIC provides breastfeeding education and support services to low income mothers residing in the Eden Township area.  Their goal is to increase the successful initiation and duration of breastfeeding among low income mothers who reside in the Eden Township area.  The funded Breastfeeding Peer Counselor (BFPC) provides education and support, and breast pump loan/give-away for prenatal and breastfeeding women who are participants at the Hayward WIC program office.  The BFPC also continues to provide recently implemented lactation rounds to primarily low income postpartum mothers at Eden Hospital Birth Center, and continues to develop a system for referral with Eden Township area medical providers.
Grant Award: $75,000

 

Eden Youth & Family Center
Eden Youth & Family Center Executive Director
Eden Youth and Family Center’s (EYFC) mission is to improve the quality of life for children, youth and their families. The Center’s goal is to ensure that every young person has the opportunity to develop his/her potential to become a productive, happy adult.  EYFC is a large multi-service agency in south Hayward, housing nine programs offering a variety of services for children, youth, and their families.  The Executive Director ensures that this large agency functions at its most efficient and effective level.  Currently EYFC is run by its Board members, two EYFC Program Directors, and a part-time Facility Manager.
Grant Award:  $100,000

 

Hayward Area Recreation and Park District
Ashland Community Center
The Hayward Area Recreation and Park District (H.A.R.D.) continues to create community through people, parks and programs and is dedicated to improving the quality of life for citizens of all ages by providing a variety of recreational activities, special events, facilities and services that encourage life-long learning, fitness and fun.  H.A.R.D. owns and operates the Ashland Community Center located in the unincorporated Alameda County area of Ashland that overlaps San Leandro, Hayward, and San Lorenzo.  Ashland is unique to its surrounding cities because of its culturally diverse, ever changing, low-income, at-risk population that continues to grow faster than any other area in Alameda County.  The Ashland Community Center is a valued community resource that offers a range of low and no-cost programs to the at-risk, low-income, disenfranchised residents of Ashland.  The mission of the Ashland Community Center is to provide Ashland residents with a wide variety of programs and events that are designed to equip them with tools and skills to lead a productive, self-sufficient lifestyle that is fundamental for improving their overall development, health and quality of life.  The Ashland Community Center is the only site in Ashland where these essential services are available to this needy community.
Grant Award: $20,000

 

Davis Street Family Resource Center
Davis Street FRC Eden Wellness Project
Thousands of families in the Eden area continue to have limited access to acute and primary health care services.  To address this growing need, the Davis Street FRC Eden Wellness Project delivers primary and acute health care services, acute dental care, and health education services to families in the Eden Area, including Castro Valley, Cherryland and Ashland.  These services help to decrease the usage of emergency rooms in the area.  The three main areas of focus to their holistic approach to health care services are: 1) access to health care services for uninsured, underinsured, low income and working poor families; 2) access to comprehensive health educational services in the form of one-on-one and small group consultations; and 3) access to additional basic needs resources including, but not limited to, food and clothing, child care, employment assistance and housing resources, prevention and counseling services.
Grant Award: $75,000

LaClinica de La Raza, Inc.
Promoting Health and Wellness for San Leandro Youth
La Clinica de La Raza, Inc has supported the San Lorenzo High Health Center (SLHHC) at San Lorenzo High School.  Services at SLHHC are available for adolescents who attend San Lorenzo and Royal Sunset High Schools, and in some cases local youth as well.  Both schools are located in San Lorenzo and primarily serve youth from the unincorporated communities of Ashland and Cherryland, two of the most diverse and rapidly changing areas in Alameda County.  Many of the students served by SLHHC have no health insurance, and even more lack a regular source of comprehensive and coordinated primary care services.  Without the SLHHC, these students would not have easy access to age-appropriate health services, health education or mental health/behavioral health services.  The grant funds supported a project aimed at improving the knowledge, health behaviors and emotional wellness of students attending San Lorenzo and Royal Sunset High Schools.  SLHHC's Health and Wellness project is a multi-pronged approach to health care which includes a particular emphasis on increasing young men's utilization of health care; targeted services for youth around health issues that affect them; and creating innovative health education programming focused on the pressing health concerns of today's youth.  In addition, La Clinica continues to provide San Lorenzo youth with access to comprehensive health care (general medical services, health education, first aid and urgent care, etc.) at San Lorenzo High Health Center. 
Grant Award: $50,000

 

Falls among the elderly present one of the greatest health threats to this population and often severely limit independence by leading to premature institutionalization, lengthy hospital stays and mobility problems.  Spectrum’s Fall Risk Reduction Program (FRRP) uses a multi-pronged approach to help prevent falls among Eden Area seniors – addressing the physical, behavioral and environmental factors that contribute to falls.  To do this, they employ strategies that 1) educate about fall prevention; 2) guide and make referrals for home safety modifications that can prevent falls; and 3) offer training that builds strength, mobility, balance and fall prevention skills.  Our focus is on empowering participants – helping them to implement solutions and become more confident of their control over their own lives.
Grant Award: $60,000

 

Family Services of San Leandro, dba Family Service Counseling and Community Resource Center
Eden Area Counseling Services Project
Family Service Counseling and Community Resource Center (FSCC) provide comprehensive and strategic mental health services to low income and extremely low income residents of the Eden Area.  The primary recipients of this project currently reside in the unincorporated areas of Ashland and Cherryland.  The project seeks to serve populations that include high-risk students in elementary, middle and high schools, dual and single parent households, kinship families and teen parents.
Grant Award: $25,000

 

Mammogram Screening of Alameda County
There Is Power In Self-Awareness
Mammography Screening of Alameda, Inc. (MSOA)’s goal is to reduce barriers to breast cancer screening and intervention/prevention services for minority women in San Leandro and the Central parts of Alameda County.  MSOA provides education and health screening assessments within the new Primary Care Clinic at Davis Street; reach out to women of those communities to educate them on the importance of seeking services; and teaching the women self-awareness practices. 
Grant Award: $2,000

 

East Bay Agency For Children
CAP Training Center: Eden Area Prevention and Mental Health Project
East Bay Agency for Children’s Child Assault Prevention (CAP) Training Center provides training activities and school-based mental health services in the Eden Area.  With a growing waiting list and increasing referrals, CAP Mental Health Services provides the only long-term, comprehensive services of this kind for low-income, under-insured non-Medi-Cal children in the Eden Area elementary schools.  They provide high-quality, long-term mental health services to a minimum of 50 low-income children at Eden Area schools with impaired social and psychological functioning.  CAP also provides training workshops in the Eden Community, reaching a minimum of 3,000 children, youth, families, school staff and community providers through the full scope of their services.  Parents, teachers and school administrators have noted the effectiveness of their services in improving the learning environment and students’ behaviors in and out of school.
Grant Award: $45,000

Mercy Brown Bag Program
Mercy Brown Bag Program – Hayward Area Senior Center Site
Mercy Brown Bag Program’s mission is coordinating the distribution of high quality, nutritionally balanced, bags of groceries to low-income Alameda County seniors.  Collaborations are created with others who share its vision and values to sponsor sites for the distribution of food.  Presently, 1,980 seniors are served through a network of 15 sites, including 123 served at the Hayward Area Senior Center.  Although some local churches have food pantries and other small-scale food distribution programs exist, Mercy Brown Bag Program is the only large-scale nutritional food distribution program exclusively for low-income seniors residing in the Eden area.  The overall health of the Eden Area is enhanced by offering nutritious bags of groceries to its low-income seniors, twice monthly, free of charge.  By design the program allows seniors socialization, physical activity, as well as nutritious food.  Seniors receive 22-23 bags of groceries annually, each providing enough food for 14-20 supplemental meals. 
Grant Award: $12,000