promotores - The California Wellness Foundation
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promotores - The California Wellness Foundation
The California Wellness Foundation Portfolio STORIES, IDEAS AND LESSONS LEARNED FROM OUR HEALTH GRANTMAKING WINTER 2004-05 Local Leaders Work Towards Healthier Communities rganizations throughout California are equipping low-income community members with the skills needed to identify and remedy some of their own most pressing health problems. From the farmworker camps of Monterey County to urban Pacoima in the San Fernando Valley, community residents are leading the fight to tackle environmental health hazards and learning how to tap into resources that meet their health needs. In the process, these individuals—who work either on a paid or volunteer basis—are discovering new sources of strength and fulfillment in their daily lives. “Involving local community members in advocacy efforts not only sharpens their leadership abilities, but it also leaves a team of motivated individuals who will be able to respond to new health issues as they emerge,” said Gary L. Yates, president and CEO of The California Wellness Foundation (TCWF). “Investing in these community leaders has O continued on page 2 INSIDE: Training for Health Careers . . . . . . . . . . . . .5 Medicare Information and Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .6 Health Care for Homeless Women . . . . . . . . . .7 How To Apply . . . . . . . . . . . . . .8 Grants Listing . . . . . . . . . . . .10 Staff Profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17 What's New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .18 Recruiting and training leaders among California's farmworkers has led to improved housing and working conditions. TCWF Awards Programs Honor California Nonprofit Leaders and Legislators Read more about the California Peace Prize awardees, the recipients of TCWF's first Public Policy Leadership Award and the Foundation's Sabbatical Program on page 18. Cover Story Community Members Develop Leadership and Advocacy Skills continued from page 1 proved to be a powerful way to assist communities in effecting lasting changes.” TCWF has provided grants to help organizations seek out, train and encourage local residents to help themselves—with the assistance of local agencies and educational institutions. The following are three examples of community health empowerment in action. CCA's promotores offer preventive health education to hundreds of families each year. 2 Farmworkers Address Their Housing Conditions The Salinas-based Center for Community Advocacy (CCA) is using a three-year, $135,000 TCWF grant to support two related programs in Monterey and Santa Cruz counties: tenant organizing, based on a model developed in Juarez, Mexico, and outreach by peer-to-peer, site-based promotores de salud (community health workers). “We were founded 16 years ago with the mission of helping farmworkers improve the conditions of their housing by training them in what they could do to make it happen,” said Juan Uranga, CCA executive director. “We go to housing sites—we used to knock on doors; nowadays we get invited—and we make a presentation on the rights and obligations of being a tenant and of being a landlord. At the end of the presentation, we ask the people if they want to use what they just learned to improve their housing.” Research has shown that poor housing and related environmental health hazards can adversely affect community health. Serious problems at the labor camps and trailer parks where farmworkers live include overflowing sewage, exposed electrical wiring, rotting flooring, broken appliances and lead paint, which is associated with neurodevelopmental problems in young children. CCA trainers teach tenants how to form a committee of their peers, identify a leader and inventory the conditions of each participating unit. When the trainers feel the committee is ready to take action, CCA generates a letter to the landlord, listing the defects the tenants want repaired. “We make only one request of the landlord— that he or she negotiate with the committee regarding the repairs and what priority they should have,” said Uranga. If a landlord refuses to negotiate, the tenant committee is trained in a series of escalating actions, which may include a demonstration or a press conference. The ultimate action is rent withholding, authorized by law for California Civil Code violations. Tenants pay the withheld rent into a special CCA account. “That’s what gives them economic leverage that brings landlords in to negotiate,” said Uranga. The farmworker leaders are also the prime movers of the promotores de salud program. Trained by a public health nurse in preventive health care, they return to the housing sites to present workshops on various health issues. Twelve promotores are already serving 500 families annually. Uranga said he hopes to reach large groups of farmworkers more efficiently by doing outreach at job sites, with the growers’ permission. “The unique thing is that the promotores do this work on top of their day jobs, so they are still very much affected by health issues unique to farmworkers,” said Fatima Angeles, TCWF program director. “Over the years, the program slowly creates a network of trained health advocates. Even if they stop volunteering, they will continue to be health advocates for themselves and their families.” Cover Story Neighbors Learn Together A three-year, $100,000 TCWF grant to Oaklandbased Transformation Through Education and Mutual Support (TEAMS) is enabling the formation of volunteer groups dedicated to improving the health of their low-income communities. To date, the Support Action Team program encompasses five Northern California counties: Alameda, Contra Costa, San Francisco, San Mateo and Solano. “The idea is to create a peer-supported learning environment for people to gain self-confidence individually and as a group, and learn by doing things together,” said Henry Izumizaki, president of TEAMS. “We really emphasize self-help—figuring out what you can do for yourself.” The organization typically conducts from 75 to 120 interviews in a community to locate “resident leaders,” people who are consistently relied upon for help and advice. Each leader recruits a team of five to 10 neighbors who establish a trusting environment by sharing personal stories. TEAMS helps community members establish goals, as distinguished from hopes and dreams, and to learn how to create action plans. The core group of leaders meets weekly with Izumizaki or TEAMS Executive Director Judith Rosenberg for problemsolving sessions. Five years after the program was founded, the teams have spawned their own teams — “a mushrooming effect,” said Izumizaki. The projects are as diverse as the people who conceive them. A senior citizen team in Concord, working with local paramedics, came up with the idea of a “Vial of Life” — a magnetized metal tube that contains a senior’s medical history and list of prescription drugs. The tube attaches to the refrigerator for easy access in case of medical emergency. Another group transformed their local mobile health unit, initially set up to offer immunizations. The residents decided that other health services were more important: family dental care and physicals for their children, enabling them to compete in school sports. And rather than parking the unit in a shopping center that crossed rival gang turf, the group suggested moving the van to several safe locations, including schools and a senior center. The reconfigured mobile program proved so successful that the health department now routinely consults with residents. “What’s really great about a program like TEAMS is that there are certain basic issues in people’s lives that can have really simple solutions,” said Sandra Martínez, TCWF program director. “The program lets people realize that they can actually make changes in their communities. People stay invested in whatever issue they’re working with because it touches them deeply.” Eliminating Lead Poisoning Pacoima Beautiful is using a three-year, $135,000 TCWF grant to help the overwhelmingly Latino population of Pacoima learn how to identify and address environmental health hazards. Most homes in the three-mile-square community were built before the 1978 federal law banning lead paint. A heavily trafficked freeway interchange, a railroad line, an airport and several toxic chemical release sites contribute to the high level of indoor allergens and pollutants that put community members’ health at risk. “It started in 1999 with five women volunteers from the community, three of whom are now employees,” said Marlene Grossman, executive director of Pacoima Beautiful. “They held cleanup Local resident leaders in Pacoima raise knowledge and awareness about the health impacts of lead. continued on page 4 3 For more information... Contact info here Cover Story Programs Target Housing Conditions and Other Health Issues continued from page 3 Children are at particular risk for lead poisoning. 4 days every weekend and empowered residents to articulate their issues and get resources from the city. After a couple of years, we realized we were just dealing with the tip of the iceberg, and we began to look at the serious environmental problems.” That’s when Pacoima Beautiful began to partner with faculty and students from California State University, Northridge. For example, environmental and occupational health department faculty member John Schillinger advised the group to add questions about lead poisoning to a 21-neighborhood survey on the proper disposal of hazardous trash. He explained that Pacoima is a lead “hot zone”— a geographical area with a high number of risk indicators for lead poisoning. More than 5,000 children are at risk for lead poisoning in Pacoima, with children under six especially vulnerable to learning disabilities, hyperactivity and other effects of exposure to lead-based paint dust. The County Department of Health and the Lead Prevention Unit of the City Housing Department provided access to public health nurses and epidemiologists. They helped Pacoima Beautiful create a home inspection program, now known as Safer Homes for a Healthy Community, that also focuses on asthma triggers, mold, proper cleaning methods and other home health issues. By December 2004, more than 300 homes will have been tested for lead; as of October 2004, 33 homes had been remediated. At the heart of the program are the five promotores (health educators) recruited and trained by Pacoima Beautiful, each of whom receives a salary and health benefits. The women visit local homes to check windowsills and doorsills for dust, which typically contains lead paint particles. As they help their community, the promotores are gaining useful skills, including the math ability needed to convert dust samples into micrograms per square foot for lab analysis. One woman, who spoke only in a whisper when she arrived, is now a proficient public speaker in both Spanish and English. The promotores have also trained 15 volunteers to help with paperwork and Internet research. “One of the best things Pacoima Beautiful does is provide opportunities for local residents to become involved in the health of their community,” said TCWF’s Angeles. “The families, some of whom are undocumented, are less fearful if the people coming to educate them speak their language and come from similar backgrounds.” Information about the organizations in this article can be found at: Center for Community Advocacy (831) 753-2324 Transformation Through Education and Mutual Support www.4teams.org Pacoima Beautiful www.pacoimabeautiful.org Grantees In Focus Diversity in the Health Professions Advocacy Group Connects Working Poor to Careers in the Health Professions taying healthy is no easy feat for the working poor residents of Los Angeles County’s communities of color. Many are employed in retail and servicesector jobs that neither pay a living wage nor provide health benefits or opportunities for advancement. Often lacking health insurance and access to preventive health measures, these residents rely heavily on emergency rooms as their primary source of care, burdening an already overtaxed public health system. At the same time, the region is facing a serious shortage of trained, culturally competent health professionals. Research has shown that a more diverse health workforce can improve access to health care services for underserved minority populations, since minority providers typically provide more care for the poor and uninsured and practice in more areas with shortages of providers. To address this issue, organizations such as Strategic Concepts in Organizing and Policy Education (SCOPE) are mobilizing community residents and waging public policy campaigns. In December 2002, TCWF awarded SCOPE a twoyear, $100,000 grant to support The Community Initiative for Health Care and Jobs, a project to address public policies that will connect underserved communities to careers in the health professions. “We believe that people most affected by poverty and unemployment should be in the forefront of changing their conditions,” said Lalee Vicedo, SCOPE development director. “We organize low-income and communities of color to build power in order to collectively effect change. With this campaign, we address the lack of livable-wage jobs and access to health care, which are critical issues identified by the community, and seek long-term and permanent solutions that will benefit large numbers of residents.” Targeting low-income residents in three communities in Los Angeles that are predominantly Latino and African-American, the campaign provides training for entrance into the health workforce, offers career paths in a growth industry, S and works to increase the capacity of underserved communities to achieve solutions that address the health and job issues of people of color. SCOPE’s leadership development programs strive to demystify these issues by exposing the economic or policy decisions behind them, and they involve participants in developing solutions that will positively impact their community. Over time, these communities build an expanded base of social activists. This work includes the Health Care Career Training Ladder Program, a comprehensive training and placement program that propels low-income residents into health care careers that offer livable wages. More than 200 graduates have gone on to such jobs as licensed vocational nurses, certified nursing assistants, registered nurses, medical coders, in-home health support aides and medical and lab assistants. Additionally, SCOPE is mobilizing residents, community-based organizations, educational institutions, unions, employers and public agency and industry/training experts. For example, the organization was asked to join a local task force that gathers and analyzes research for the county’s Workforce Investment Board and makes recommendations for training and supportive services. This participation ensures a community-based perspective and analysis in policy decision making. “Organizations like SCOPE provide a vital health service to underserved communities in Los Angeles County,” said Saba Brelvi, TCWF program director. “By providing health care career training and building grassroots organizing and leadership skills, they are helping low-wage residents gain access to preventive health care and higher wage jobs while working collectively to affect policies that improve their health and wellness.” For more information, please visit www.scopela.org. Many health care careers offer lowincome Californians a living wage. 5 Grantees In Focus Healthy Aging Building the Capacity of Health Advocates Leads to Better Information for Seniors igh-profile changes to the Medicare program, such as the new prescription drug discount card, receive lots of attention. But many other policy changes to this complex federal program are implemented throughout the year—with little fanfare— that address benefits and coverage, Medicare HMOs and supplemental programs. Since each change impacts communities in diverse ways, TCWF grantee California Health Advocates (CHA) works to ensure that timely and accurate information is readily available. In March 2003, TCWF awarded CHA a three-year grant of $150,000 to establish a centralized office in Sacramento to sustain the provision of Medicare education and advocacy services to its statewide network of agencies. These local agencies, called HICAPs (Health Insurance and Counseling Advocacy Programs), are staffed by volunteers who respond to telephone inquiries and offer face-to-face counseling about the Medicare program for beneficiaries and their families. “With our new office, CHA is better equipped to provide our training and support,” said Clare Smith, CHA president and CEO. “We have hired an office manager and are improving our computer and telephone systems. We are also working to standardize our training materials and are looking at setting up some web-based resources for HICAP volunteers to access.” Bonnie Burns, CHA’s training and policy specialist, is an expert on the program. She has H Volunteers are key to CHA's mission of communicating Medicare policy changes. developed training modules on a variety of topics and regularly updates them when policy changes are announced. She leads training sessions around the state that translate complicated bureaucratic policy language into understandable, practical information to help HICAP volunteers provide accurate local information to seniors in their communities. “I am so impressed with the HICAP volunteers, many of whom are retirees,” Smith said. “They become students of insurance and are very conscientious about having the right information available. When the government announces changes with no advance notice, they go way beyond the call to get up-to-speed on developments.” The HICAP volunteers are a valuable asset for California seniors. Although the Medicare program operates a toll-free telephone information line to answer questions, it’s primarily an automated system with complicated menu options, presenting obstacles for many seniors. The HICAP volunteers, on the other hand, can answer specific questions about which zip codes are served by different Medicare HMOs or about local pharmacies. “For seniors and their families who are concerned with navigating the health care system and making good health care choices, CHA’s education and advocacy services are critical,” said Pauline Daniels, TCWF program director. “Building this organization’s capacity to provide information and training will lead to better health outcomes for California’s seniors.” Looking to the future, CHA hopes to be better able to serve all Medicare beneficiaries by providing training materials in languages other than English and by helping HICAPs improve their capacity to respond to these inquiries. CHA also hopes to build a broader coalition of organizations that serve Medicare beneficiaries to help overcome what is currently a fragmented system of information and support. 6 For more information, please visit cahealthadvocates.org or www.calmedicare.org. Grantees In Focus Women’s Health Homeless Women Access Health Services Through Comprehensive Case Management onoma County is traditionally regarded as an economic stronghold of the tourism and wine industries, but its affluent image belies the hardships confronted by its most impoverished residents. With affordable housing at a premium, the region faces a growing problem with homelessness and its associated negative health implications. Among the population of homeless women in the region, many suffer from chronic pain, heart disease, respiratory ailments, obesity, substance abuse and a variety of mental health issues. Other health problems include chronic stress associated with domestic violence, sexual assault or prolonged homelessness. To address these problems, Community Action Partnership of Sonoma County (CAP Sonoma) offers a variety of community-based prevention efforts, early intervention and intensive treatment programs. In June 2002, TCWF awarded the organization a three-year, $90,000 grant for a health screening and case management program for homeless women. “It is our belief that everyone, regardless of income level, deserves access to quality health care, safe and affordable housing and the resources necessary to achieve economic and social stability,” said Karen Oswald, CAP Sonoma grants officer. “Therefore, we advocate for an enhanced quality of life for all Sonoma County residents while focusing our services in those areas with the highest concentrations of minority and poverty-level households.” These homeless, single women, many of whom are over the age of 50, are improving their health with CAP Sonoma’s “Wellness for Women” program, which includes case management, disease prevention and health/wellness education, therapeutic services, and client information management and analysis. In the past two years, the agency has assessed and prepared health care plans for more than 300 homeless women, addressing issues ranging from physical and mental health needs to S housing plans, chemical dependency, job training and employment, legal situations and human services advocacy. As part of the “Wellness for Women” program, uninsured clients are introduced to local providers and coached in the application processes for various county health services. Those who actively choose to participate in the program receive comprehensive case management; continued health care planning; health education; and advocacy after placement in emergency, transitional or permanent housing. CAP Sonoma broke ground on a new shelter this fall, expanding its emergency shelter for homeless women to include a new 24-bed facility. This will enable the organization to offer longer stays, increasing the likelihood that clients can move from the cycle of homelessness into transitional housing. Others have moved from transitional housing into permanent housing with full-time jobs. “Transient populations often have a difficult time navigating their way through the public health system to access much-needed health services,” said Saba Brelvi, TCWF program director. “Providing single women with comprehensive case management makes a world of difference in improving the health and wellness of this vulnerable population.” CAP Sonoma's case managers help homeless women to address chronic health conditions. 7 For more information, please visit www.scpeo.org. How To Apply he Foundation prioritizes eight issues for funding and responds to timely issues or special projects outside the funding priorities. We encourage requests for core operating support, but requests for project funding are also welcome. Core operating support can be used to help underwrite the regular, ongoing health promotion and disease prevention activities of your organization. Such funds can also be used to strengthen organizational infrastructure through activities such as providing salaries for key administrative staff, covering operating expenses, engaging in strategic planning or facilitating board development. Each issue is described below. Healthy Aging Diversity in the Health Professions Mental Health T Grants that address the issue of diversity in the health professions are commonly given to organizations that provide pipeline programs, scholarships, mentoring programs, internships and fellowships that support and advance career opportunities for people of color in the health professions, including allied health and public health professions. Organizations that support people of color in the health professions through strategic partnerships, leadership development, continuing education and networking activities are also eligible for funding. In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that educate policymakers about public and institutional policies that promote diversity in the health professions. Environmental Health Grants that address the issue of environmental health are commonly given to organizations that provide environmental health education and awareness activities, community organizing to promote environmental health, screening and testing for environmental health exposure, leadership development, and partnerships between public health departments and community-based health programs to improve environmental health. The Foundation also funds efforts to inform policymakers and advocate for policies that could improve environmental health among underserved populations. 8 Grants that address the issue of healthy aging are commonly given to organizations that provide clinical preventive services, leadership development, recreation programs, food and nutrition services, consumer education, adult immunizations, family caregiving and chronic disease management. Also funded are organizations that support relationships between youth and older adults through activities such as intergenerational volunteering and mentoring. In addition, the Foundation funds agencies that educate policymakers about issues such as prescription drugs, family caregiving, employment, elder abuse and appropriate and affordable housing for the elderly. Grants that address the issue of mental health are commonly given to organizations that provide primary and secondary prevention services for older teens transitioning to adulthood, with a focus on those in foster care, the juvenile justice system and runaway/homeless youth. Services for other underserved populations, such as homeless adults and immigrants, are funded as well. In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that provide leadership development programs for mental health professionals, increase public awareness of mental health issues and advocate for policies that promote mental health. Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Grants that address the issue of teenage pregnancy prevention are commonly given to organizations that provide outreach activities for reproductive health care, comprehensive sexuality education, access to contraception, education and counseling about contraception, comprehensive programs for pregnant teens, peer counseling programs and male involvement programs. An emphasis is placed on funding organizations that work with high-risk, sexually active, underserved teen populations. The Foundation also provides grants to organizations that provide leadership development activities for reproductive health care workers and to organizations that inform policymakers and opinion leaders about effective policies and programs to prevent teen pregnancy. At this time, no letters of interest addressing this issue will be accepted. For future updates, please visit our website at www.tcwf.org. How To Apply Violence Prevention Special Projects Grants that address the issue of violence prevention are commonly made to organizations that provide mentoring programs for youth, community-based conflict resolution programs, peer mediation, after-school programs, school-based violence prevention programs and domestic violence prevention among vulnerable groups. Grants are also made to organizations that provide leadership development activities to strengthen the field of violence prevention. In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that inform policymakers and advocate for public policies that increase resources for programs that prevent violence against youth and that reduce injury and death by firearms. Each year, the Foundation sets aside a pool of dollars to respond in a timely fashion to opportunities that fit our mission but are outside the eight funding priorities. Of particular interest are proposals to help California communities deal effectively with the health impact of the shift of federal responsibilities for health and human services to state and local levels. The Foundation has made grants to support and strengthen safety net providers of preventive care, to help low-income consumers understand and navigate changes in the health care system, and to inform public decisionmaking through policy analysis and advocacy. Women’s Health Grants that address the issue of women’s health are commonly given to organizations that provide clinical services, screenings, prenatal care, mobile health care, self-help groups, community health education and related services. Priority is given to organizations that create welcoming environments for women and girls in underserved communities. The Foundation also funds organizations that involve women in leadership development, policy advocacy and community mobilization around women’s health issues. Work and Health Grants that address the issue of work and health are commonly given to organizations that increase workers’ access to preventive health care, help prevent workplace injuries and illnesses and provide worksite health promotion programs. Organizations that provide technology training to help low-income youth obtain employment and its corresponding health benefits are also funded. In addition, the Foundation funds organizations that provide leadership development programs focused on the health of workers. Organizations that educate policymakers about the connections between work and health and promote policies that would improve the health of low-income workers are funded as well. Application Process To present The California Wellness Foundation with a grant request, an organization should first write a one- to two-page letter of interest that describes the organization’s mission and activities, the region and population(s) served, how the funds will be used and the total funds requested from the Foundation. If requesting project funding, please include project goals, leadership and duration. Your letter will be processed most accurately if you clearly designate the TCWF health issue funding priority through which you want your request considered. No application form is needed, and formal proposals are not accepted at this preliminary stage. Foundation staff will review letters of interest on an ongoing basis and notify prospective applicants of the results normally within three to four months. Those encouraged to submit a proposal will receive further guidance at that time. Eligibility Criteria With rare exception, the Foundation funds nonprofit organizations that are exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code and are deemed as “not a private foundation” under Section 509(a). The Foundation also funds government agencies. Grants are not generally awarded for annual fund drives, building campaigns, major equipment or biomedical research. Activities that exclusively benefit the members of sectarian or religious organizations are not considered. We do not provide international funding or fund organizations that are located outside the United States. Letters of interest should be directed to: Director of Grants Management, The California Wellness Foundation, 6320 Canoga Avenue, Suite 1700, Woodland Hills, CA 91367 9 Selected Grants Awarded March-September 2004 TCWF's Board of Directors approved the following grants in support of the Foundation's mission of improving the health of the people of California and to further its four goals: addressing the health needs of underserved communities, supporting and strengthening nonprofit organizations, recognizing and encouraging leaders, and informing the development of public policies. For current application guidelines, please see the preceding How To Apply pages. A HOME WITHIN INC. San Francisco, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing pro bono mental health counseling services to foster children and youth in Alameda, San Francisco and Sonoma Counties. ACCESS INSTITUTE FOR PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICES San Francisco, CA $100,000 over three years To provide mental health counseling services for low- and moderate-income individuals in San Francisco. ADULT DAY SERVICES OF ORANGE COUNTY Huntington Beach, CA $115,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide services, support and education to seniors and families affected by Alzheimer’s disease or dementia. THE AJA PROJECT San Diego, CA $60,000 over three years To continue to provide a photography-based therapeutic storytelling program as a mental health strategy for refugee youth in San Diego. ALAMEDA COUNTY HOSPITAL AUTHORITY/ALAMEDA COUNTY MEDICAL CENTER OFFICE OF DIVERSITY AFFAIRS Oakland, CA $90,000 over two years To support the East Bay Association for the Recruitment of Minority Safety Net Physicians to increase the number of underrepresented minorities who choose to complete residency training and practice in the Bay Area. 10 ALTA BATES SUMMIT FOUNDATION/ETHNIC HEALTH INSTITUTE Berkeley, CA $175,000 over three years For core operating support for the Ethnic Health Institute to continue to provide health screenings and education for underserved, uninsured and underinsured Alameda County residents. CALIFORNIA ASSOCIATION OF FOOD BANKS Sacramento, CA $135,000 over three years To expand food stamp participation among working people, particularly those accessing the Food Banks’ emergency food network statewide. CALIFORNIA CENTER AMERICAN LUNG ASSOCIATION OF SACRAMENTO EMIGRANT TRAILS Sacramento, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue lung health and environmental health education and advocacy efforts in El Dorado, Placer, Sacramento and Yolo Counties. AMERICAN YOUTH WORK CENTER Washington, DC $165,000 over three years To continue the California distribution of Youth Today, a newspaper targeting health and human service organizations. ASIAN AMERICAN SENIOR CITIZENS SERVICE CENTER INC. Santa Ana, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide health promotion programs and an osteoporosis education campaign for Chinese American women. ASIAN LAW CAUCUS, INC. San Francisco, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of workplace health and safety education, public policy advocacy and legal services to low-wage immigrant workers and their families. ASIAN PACIFIC AMERICAN LEGAL CENTER OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA/CALIFORNIA IMMIGRANT WELFARE COLLABORATIVE Los Angeles, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support of the California Immigrant Welfare Collaborative to preserve and expand health and human service programs that serve immigrants in California. Sacramento, CA $150,000 over three years To support the Policy Leadership Program on School Health, a statewide youth advocacy effort to increase support for, and access to, school health services. CALIFORNIA CENTER FOR PUBLIC HEALTH ADVOCACY Davis, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to strengthen capacity to advocate for improved access to chronic disease prevention and treatment programs in low-income communities, and to build organizational infrastructure. CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY, OFFICE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH HAZARD ASSESSMENT Sacramento, CA $145,000 over two years To support the Border Environmental Health Program to provide environmental health training to health providers and community leaders along the border with Baja California. CALIFORNIA FOOD POLICY ADVOCATES, INC. San Francisco, CA $135,000 over two years For core operating support to continue to advocate and strengthen state and local policies that increase access to the Food Stamp Program by Californians. CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE FOR MENTAL HEALTH Sacramento, CA $25,000 over nine months To support the 12th Annual Cultural Competence and Mental Health Summit held in Anaheim in October 2004. BARRIO STATION CALIFORNIA NETWORK OF MENTAL HEALTH CLIENTS San Diego, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to enhance organizational capacity to strengthen violence prevention programs for at-risk Latino and African-American youth in San Diego. Sacramento, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing training and technical assistance to empower mental health consumer leaders throughout the state of California. LINDA BILLEY-SEVEDGE CALIFORNIA PRIMARY CARE ASSOCIATION/ORAL HEALTH ACCESS INITIATIVE Santa Maria, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions. Sacramento, CA $100,000 over two years For support to advocate for policies that improve access to oral health services for low-income Californians. THE CALIFORNIA WORKS FOUNDATION CENTER FOR HEALTH CARE RIGHTS Oakland, CA $135,000 over two years To support a statewide health care education, training and alliance-building program to increase workers’ access to affordable and high-quality health care and to garner public support for policies that improve health for low-wage workers. Los Angeles, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue health education, counseling and legal service programs for Medicare beneficiaries and policy advocacy activities in Los Angeles County. CALIFORNIA YOUTH CONNECTIONS San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to educate and inform the public and policymakers about strategies for improving mental health and transition services for foster youth. CALIFORNIANS FOR JUSTICE EDUCATION FUND Oakland, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to continue the Student Health and Wellness campaign to hold school districts accountable for facility cleanliness standards and to strengthen infrastructure. THE CAMBODIAN FAMILY Santa Ana, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide an after-school youth program for at-risk Cambodian and Latino youth in Santa Ana as a violence prevention strategy. ZELENNE CÁRDENAS Covina, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community. CENTER FOR COMMUNITY ACTION AND ENVIRONMENTAL JUSTICE/WESTSIDE RESIDENTS FOR CLEAN AIR NOW San Bernardino, CA $100,000 over three years For core operating support for Westside Residents for Clean Air Now, to continue environmental health education and advocacy to improve air quality and eliminate environmental hazards in western San Bernardino. CENTER FOR COMMUNITY CHANGE/ CALIFORNIA PARTNERSHIP San Francisco, CA $145,000 over three years For core operating support for the California Partnership to continue and expand advocacy efforts to improve health policies that affect low-wage workers. COMMUNITY BRIDGES/WATSONVILLE LAW CENTER Watsonville, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support for the Agricultural Workers’ Health Access Project, which seeks to decrease farmworker injury and illness and to increase access to health care. CENTRAL VALLEY HEALTH NETWORK, INC. Sacramento, CA $300,000 over three years For core operating support to strengthen the network’s infrastructure and sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services by member clinics. CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES/ CHILDRENS HOSPITAL OF LOS ANGELES, DIVISION OF ADOLESCENT MEDICINE Los Angeles, CA $225,000 over three years To implement a mental health internship program targeting homeless, runaway, immigrant and other underserved youth in Los Angeles. COMMUNITY HEALTH ALLIANCE OF PASADENA Pasadena, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services to the uninsured and low-income residents of the greater San Gabriel Valley. COMMUNITY HEALTH CLINIC OLE Napa, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services to uninsured and low-income residents of Napa County. THE CHRYSALIS CENTER Santa Monica, CA $150,000 over three years To support the Workplace Health and Safety Program. CITY OF SACRAMENTO FIRE DEPARTMENT Sacramento, CA $120,000 over three years To support a program to prevent injuries due to falls among adults 65 and older in Sacramento County. CLAREMONT MCKENNA COLLEGE/BERGER INSTITUTE FOR FAMILY, WORK, AND CHILDREN Claremont, CA $80,000 over two years To investigate the impact of California’s new Paid Family Leave Act, to engage in a media campaign to inform California’s low-wage workers of the availability and benefits of paid family leave, and to provide data to policymakers about health outcomes. COMMUNITY PARTNERS/CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL RIGHTS ALLIANCE El Segundo, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support for the California Environmental Rights Alliance to continue to advocate for policies that improve environmental health and justice. COMMUNITY PARTNERS/WOMEN AND YOUTH SUPPORTING EACH OTHER Los Angeles, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain college-based mentoring and health education after-school programs in nine middle schools in low-income communities in California. COMPASSPOINT NONPROFIT SERVICES San Francisco, CA $110,000 over one year To provide logistics support for TCWF’s annual conference on violence prevention. COALITION FOR COMMUNITY HEALTH CORO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, INC. Los Angeles, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of environmental health education and comprehensive asthma services to low-income families in Los Angeles. Los Angeles, CA $80,000 over two years To support the development and implementation of an after-school leadership development and violence prevention program for high school students in South Los Angeles. COALITION TO ABOLISH SLAVERY AND TRAFFICKING COUNCIL ON FOUNDATIONS, INC. Los Angeles, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of intensive case management services to improve the overall health and well-being of women and girls trafficked for forced labor to Los Angeles. Washington, DC $150,000 over two years To support the Building Strong and Ethical Foundations: Doing It Right project, to develop new guiding principles and governance standards and increase professional development in and for foundations in California. continued on page 12 11 CRYSTAL STAIRS, INC. FEMINIST MAJORITY FOUNDATION Los Angeles, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide outreach and health promotion/ education for underserved older women and kinship caregivers in South Los Angeles. Beverly Hills, CA $170,000 over three years To develop leadership and increase advocacy skills among young women attending community college in California as a health promotion strategy. DONALD P. MCCULLUM YOUTH COURT, INC. FILIPINOS FOR AFFIRMATIVE ACTION, INC. Oakland, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to operate an alternative sentencing program as a violence prevention strategy for first-time youth offenders in Alameda County. Oakland, CA $135,000 over three years To support the Healthcare After Lay-Offs project, which provides health education and health program enrollment services for laid-off airport screeners and their families in Oakland. DOWNTOWN WOMEN’S CENTER FIRST PLACE FUND FOR YOUTH Los Angeles, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to continue to provide health education, health screenings and case management to older, formerly homeless women with mental illness in Los Angeles. Oakland, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to address the mental health and supportive housing needs of youth emancipating from the foster care system. KATHERINE A. FLORES DRIVE BY AGONY Lynwood, CA $90,000 over three years For core operating support to continue educating youth about violence prevention and to support victims of gun violence in Lynwood, Compton, Long Beach, Watts and South Los Angeles. EDGEWOOD CENTER FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES Fresno, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions. FOOTHILL-DE ANZA COMMUNITY COLLEGES FOUNDATION/DE ANZA COLLEGE San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain health programs for older kinship caregivers. Cupertino, CA $100,000 over two years To develop health-related English as a Second Language classes for health care professionals and students in Santa Clara County. EL DORADO WOMENS INFORMATION CENTER FOUNDATION OF SANTA BARBARA REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY, INC. Placerville, CA $90,000 over three years For core operating support to continue the violence prevention program at middle schools throughout El Dorado County. Goleta, CA $175,000 over two years To support the planning and development of a health insurance program for uninsured children in Santa Barbara County. ENVIRONMENT CALIFORNIA RESEARCH & POLICY CENTER, INC. FRESNO CENTER FOR NEW AMERICANS Los Angeles, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to educate the public and policymakers about the health effects of toxics and to advocate for policies that reduce their use. FAMILIES USA FOUNDATION INC. Washington, DC $100,000 over two years To continue to educate California federal and state policymakers, opinion leaders and health advocacy organizations about the impact of proposed Medicaid policies on access to care for low-income Californians. 12 Fresno, CA $150,000 over three years To develop a mental health advocacy and counseling program for incoming Hmong refugees in Fresno. FRESNO METROPOLITAN MINISTRY Fresno, CA $135,000 over three years To educate community members on air pollution and its health effects and to organize advocacy efforts that address environmental health issues in Fresno. GAY AND LESBIAN COMMUNITY SERVICES CENTER OF ORANGE COUNTY Garden Grove, CA $120,000 over two years For support to conduct a needs assessment and develop a resource guide to foster healthy aging among gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender seniors. PATRICIA GIGGANS Los Angeles, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in her community. GIRLS AFTER SCHOOL ACADEMY San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue an after-school program for girls in the Sunnydale public housing development in San Francisco as a violence prevention strategy. GOLDEN GATE UNIVERSITY/ENVIRONMENTAL LAW AND JUSTICE CLINIC San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support for the Environmental Law and Justice Clinic to sustain the provision of technical and legal support of organizations that seek to eliminate toxic pollutants in minority communities in the Bay Area as a disease prevention strategy. GOLDEN VALLEY HEALTH CENTER Merced, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of preventive and primary care, counseling services, as well as dental services to the working poor in Merced and Stanislaus Counties. PRISCILLA GONZALEZ Fair Oaks, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 Champions of Health Professions Diversity Award to recognize and acknowledge individuals who have made substantial contributions to the diversity of California’s health professions. GROUP HEALTH COOPERATIVE OF PUGET SOUND Seattle, WA $635,000 over two years To evaluate the sustainability of three TCWF-funded initiatives (the Health Improvement Initiative, the Work and Health Initiative, and the Children and Youth Community Health Initiative) three years after TCWF funding for them ended. HEALTHY OAKLAND INSTITUTE ON AGING KINGSBURG HOSPITAL FOUNDATION Oakland, CA $100,000 over three years To provide health information, prevention, screening and case management services for the African-American community in Oakland. San Francisco, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain a comprehensive elder abuse prevention program in San Francisco. HISPANAS ORGANIZED FOR POLITICAL EQUALITY - CALIFORNIA INTERAMERICAN COLLEGE Kingsburg, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the Rural Health Clinic to provide primary and preventive health services to the uninsured and lowincome residents of Kingsburg and the surrounding rural communities in the San Joaquin Valley. Los Angeles, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to continue to train California Latina leaders and mobilize members to advocate for programs and policies that increase access to quality health care. HUCKLEBERRY YOUTH PROGRAMS, INC. San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing counseling services to homeless and runaway youth in San Francisco. National City, CA $130,000 over three years To develop a Bachelor of Science in Nursing program for bilingual students and nurses trained outside the United States. INTERFAITH COALITION FOR IMMIGRANT RIGHTS San Francisco, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to strengthen the capacity of religious and immigrant communities to advocate for state and local policies that protect and increase access to health care for immigrants. I.E. COMMUNICATIONS, LLC San Francisco, CA $101,000 over nine months To produce a statewide videoconference to inform policymakers and opinion leaders about the state of youth violence and the need for public investment in youth violence prevention programs. IDYLLWILD HELP CENTER Idyllwild, CA $100,000 over three years For core operating support for the health care assistance program to provide vouchers for health care services for low-income individuals residing in mountain communities in Riverside County. ISLA VISTA YOUTH PROJECT, INC. Goleta, CA $90,000 over three years To continue providing bilingual counseling and case management in Isla Vista, Goleta and Santa Barbara. JOHN MUIR-MT. DIABLO COMMUNITY HEALTH FUND Walnut Creek, CA $175,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the healthy aging initiative to expand the role of nonprofit agencies to meet the needs of older adults in Contra Costa County. JUMA VENTURES IMPERIAL COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION/MIGRANT EDUCATION PROGRAM El Centro, CA $140,000 over two years For core operating support for the Migrant Education Program, which provides dental services to migrant farmworkers and their families in the southeastern desert region of the state. INDIAN DISPUTE RESOLUTION SERVICES, INC. Sacramento, CA $100,000 over two years To support the creation of an advocacy association to ensure that counties in Northern California are in compliance with federal legislation affecting Native American youth in foster care. INLAND COUNTIES HEALTH SYSTEMS AGENCY Riverside, CA $210,000 over three years To expand Por La Vida, a lay health worker program that educates Latinas in the San Bernardino County community of Adelanto about cardiovascular disease and breast and cervical cancer. San Francisco, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of health education to youth workers in San Francisco. JUSTICE NOW Oakland, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to improve the health and wellness of women prisoners in California by expanding their access to health information and treatment. KALUSUGAN COMMUNITY SERVICES National City, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of preventive health services to the Filipino community in National City. KERN COUNTY COMMUNITY FOUNDATION Bakersfield, CA $150,000 over three years To support a regranting project providing funding to promote the health of low-income and underserved residents of rural Kern County. KOREAN IMMIGRANT WORKERS ADVOCATES OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA Los Angeles, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of health services for Korean immigrant workers in Los Angeles. LABOR’S COMMUNITY SERVICE AGENCY San Diego, CA $200,000 over three years To support the Healthy LINK program, which prepares San Diego’s underemployed multiethnic citizens to meet rapidly changing health care workforce needs. LARKIN STREET YOUTH SERVICES San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain and expand the Assertive Community Treatment initiative to provide mental health services to homeless and runaway youth in San Francisco. LEGAL AID SOCIETY-EMPLOYMENT LAW CENTER San Francisco, CA $100,000 over two years To support the Paid Family Leave Outreach Collaborative to educate working Californians and service providers on the new paid family leave benefits as a health promotion strategy. LEGAL COMMUNITY AGAINST VIOLENCE San Francisco, CA $90,000 over two years For core operating support to continue legal policy research and analysis, educational outreach and advocacy efforts to prevent gun violence in California. LEGAL SERVICES OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Sacramento, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain legal assistance on health-related matters for underserved seniors statewide. LOS ANGELES MISSION, INC./LOS ANGELES MISSION CLINIC Los Angeles, CA $200,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of health care services to underserved homeless individuals in the Skid Row area of Los Angeles. continued on page 14 13 M F PLACE INC. OMEGA BOYS CLUB OF SAN FRANCISCO PEOPLE REACHING OUT, INC. Hollywood, CA $100,000 over three years For core operating support for Healthy Friends, a health promotion and health care access program for homeless and high-risk youth in Los Angeles. San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide an after-school program that integrates academic enrichment, conflict resolution and mentoring for youth in San Francisco as a violence prevention strategy. Sacramento, CA $150,000 over three years To support the expansion of an after-school peer education violence prevention program for at-risk youth in the Sacramento area. ONE 2 ONE MENTORS PESTICIDE ACTION NETWORK NORTH AMERICA REGIONAL CENTER/CALIFORNIANS FOR PESTICIDE REFORM Victorville, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing educational workshops and mentoring services to at-risk youth in Victorville, Apple Valley, Adelanto and Hesperia as a violence prevention strategy. San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the project, Californians for Pesticide Reform, to educate the public and policymakers on the harmful health effects of pesticides and promote the use of sustainable pest control solutions. ANTHONY ORTIZ PIONEER HOME HEALTH CARE, INC. San Jose, CA $25,000 over one year For the 2004 California Peace Prize, which acknowledges the past violence prevention activities of this individual working to address the root causes of violence in his community. Bishop, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of home health care for older adults living in the underserved communities of the Eastern Sierra in Inyo and Mono Counties. PACIFIC INSTITUTE FOR STUDIES IN DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENT, AND SECURITY PLANNED PARENTHOOD - ORANGE AND SAN BERNARDINO COUNTIES, INC. MATERNAL AND CHILD HEALTH ACCESS Los Angeles, CA $150,000 over two years For core operating support to continue advocacy efforts to preserve and improve state and Los Angeles County health care programs for low-income families, and to strengthen organizational infrastructure. MEDICAL EDUCATION COOPERATION WITH CUBA Atlanta, GA $150,000 over three years To establish the Faculty Community Health Leadership Program in South Los Angeles. MERCED COUNTY OFFICE OF EDUCATION Merced, CA $140,000 over two years To expand the health careers education and internship program at two high schools that serve low-income minority youth in Merced County. MISSION NEIGHBORHOOD HEALTH CENTER San Francisco, CA $200,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide community-based, culturally relevant primary care health services to low-income uninsured and underinsured individuals in San Francisco. MOUNT ZION HEALTH FUND/SAN FRANCISCO HUMAN SERVICES NETWORK San Francisco, CA $65,000 over two years For support to expand efforts to foster effective public policies that preserve and strengthen San Francisco’s community-based health and human services. NATIONAL SENIOR CITIZENS LAW CENTER Los Angeles, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain long-term care advocacy programs. NATURAL RESOURCES DEFENSE COUNCIL, INC. New York, NY $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue research, advocacy and education efforts to improve environmental health in California. 14 Oakland, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to continue efforts to reduce environmental pollution, build local leadership and provide environmental health education in North Richmond and West Oakland. PACIFIC NEWS SERVICE/NEW CALIFORNIA MEDIA San Francisco, CA $100,000 over two years To conduct polls on key health issues facing California’s ethnic communities. PACOIMA BEAUTIFUL Pacoima, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to educate and empower residents to address environmental health hazards in and around Pacoima homes in the Northeast San Fernando Valley. Orange, CA $175,000 over three years For core operating support to strengthen organizational infrastructure within San Bernardino County by developing local relationships with community organizations and donors as a health promotion strategy. PLANNED PARENTHOOD OF SAN DIEGO AND RIVERSIDE COUNTIES San Diego, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue the Promotores Pro Salud program, which provides health education and clinic services to migrant farmworkers and their families in the Coachella Valley. PREVENTION INSTITUTE Oakland, CA $150,000 over two years To support the development of a countywide violence prevention strategy for Alameda County. PASADENA HOSPITAL ASSOCIATION LTD PROTEUS, INC. Pasadena, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain health promotion and case management services for seniors in the San Gabriel Valley area of Los Angeles County. Visalia, CA $150,000 over three years To provide prevention education on pesticide safety and heat stress to farmworkers in the Central Valley. PUBLIC ALLIES, INC. PASADENA-FOOTHILL VALLEY YWCA Pasadena, CA $100,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain an after-school violence prevention program serving at-risk girls in Pasadena and Altadena. Los Angeles, CA $140,000 over three years To provide leadership development activities and internships for program participants in health service projects and organizations. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CENTER FOR CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS Sacramento, CA $1,000,000 over two years and four months To implement a technical support program for TCWF grantees that enhances their organizational development through one-on-one technical assistance, consultant services and conferences. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CENTER FOR CIVIC PARTNERSHIPS Sacramento, CA $120,000 over two years To develop and disseminate a planning brief for policymakers who make decisions and resource allocations that impact the health and quality of life of seniors. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/CENTER FOR COLLABORATIVE PLANNING Sacramento, CA $85,000 over one year To provide logistics support for TCWF’s annual state health advocates retreat. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/REGIONAL ASTHMA MANAGEMENT AND PREVENTION INITIATIVE Oakland, CA $145,000 over three years For core operating support for the Regional Asthma Management and Prevention Initiative to continue to organize and facilitate asthma prevention efforts and serve as a clearinghouse of information for asthma coalitions. PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE/WOMEN’S HEALTH COLLABORATIVE Oakland, CA $70,000 over one year To create a plan for the utilization of emerging technology to strengthen community leaders in women’s health in California. RAND CORPORATION Santa Monica, CA $100,000 over two years To conduct research on mental health service models for youth and disseminate results to service providers, policymakers and other stakeholders. REDWOOD CHILDREN’S SERVICES, INC. Ukiah, CA $25,000 over one year For core operating support to enhance organizational capacity to improve mental health service delivery for foster care youth in Lake and Mendocino Counties. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY/CENTER FOR SOCIAL SERVICES RESEARCH REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY/SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA HEALTH PROFESSIONS PARTNERSHIP INITIATIVE REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, SCHOOL OF MEDICINE Berkeley, CA $150,000 over three years To increase interest in the health professions and the ability to pursue training in health professions schools among high school students in the Bay Area. San Francisco, CA $240,000 over two years For core operating support for the postbaccalaureate program, which assists California students from disadvantaged backgrounds in gaining admittance to medical school. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY, SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH REGIONAL CONGREGATIONS & NEIGHBORHOOD ORGANIZATIONS TRAINING CENTER Berkeley, CA $175,000 over two years To support a program to identify and provide technical assistance to senior volunteers working in healthy aging. Los Angeles, CA $145,000 over two years To develop a framework for a coordinated response to the public health challenges of prisoner re-entry in Los Angeles County. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS/CONSORTIUM OF STUDENT-RUN CLINICS RIVERSIDE COMMUNITY HEALTH FOUNDATION Sacramento, CA $200,000 over three years For core operating support for the Consortium of Student-Run Clinics to continue to provide preventive health services at five clinics in Sacramento. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES/CENTER FOR THE STUDY OF LATINO HEALTH AND CULTURE Los Angeles, CA $200,000 over two years To develop and lead courses about Latino health and the health professions for disadvantaged and underrepresented minority students at five community colleges in California. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO/NEW GENERATION HEALTH CENTER San Francisco, CA $210,000 over three years For core operating support for New Generation Health Center, a reproductive health clinic for high-risk teens and young women in San Francisco. REGENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO/UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, SAN FRANCISCO, SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY San Francisco, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support for the Dental Career Program to provide disadvantaged and minority students in the Bay Area with academic enrichment, career exposure and preparation for dental school. Riverside, CA $175,000 over three years To provide pediatric dental care services for low-income children in Riverside County. SACRAMENTO LOAVES AND FISHES Sacramento, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing treatment and shelter services for chronically homeless and mentally ill women in Sacramento. SAGE PROJECT, INC. San Francisco, CA $200,000 over three years For core operating support to maintain services to girls and women who have been victims of trafficking and sexual exploitation and violence in the Bay Area. SALUD PARA LA GENTE, INC. Watsonville, CA $110,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of primary and preventive health services to the uninsured and low-income residents of the Pajaro Valley in Santa Cruz and North Monterey Counties. SAN FRANCISCO STATE UNIVERSITY FOUNDATION, INC./MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN INSTITUTE San Francisco, CA $210,000 over three years To prepare underrepresented minority nurses in San Francisco for acceptance into doctoral programs in nursing. continued on page 16 Berkeley, CA $40,000 over one year To support the development of a plan for a longitudinal research study following older adolescents to adulthood in California’s publicly funded mental health services. 15 SANTA ANITA FAMILY YMCA Monrovia, CA $120,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide specialized health and fitness services for low-income older adults living in the San Gabriel Valley. SANTA CRUZ BARRIOS UNIDOS, INC. Santa Cruz, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to continue youth violence prevention programming for Latino youth in Santa Cruz County. SAVE OUR YOUTH Costa Mesa, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to continue providing an after-school program for at-risk Latino youth in Costa Mesa as a violence prevention strategy. SCAN HEALTH PLAN Long Beach, CA $75,000 over one year and six months To support a community-based services intervention for former senior inmates in Los Angeles County as a health promotion strategy. SILICON VALLEY TOXICS COALITION San Jose, CA $135,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of environmental health education and leadership development to low-income Latino residents in San Jose. STANFORD UNIVERSITY/STANFORD UNIVERSITY, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIOLOGY Stanford, CA $156,500 over two years To conduct primary research to identify factors contributing to the disproportionate loss of interest in premedical studies among underrepresented minority students at two California universities. STOCKTON INTERFAITH SPONSORING COMMITTEE, INC. Stockton, CA $100,000 over two years For core operating support to strengthen organizational capacity to mobilize the community to maintain and expand access to health care services for low-income families in Stockton. TIDES CENTER/PEOPLE ORGANIZING TO DEMAND ENVIRONMENTAL AND ECONOMIC RIGHTS San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support for People Organizing to Demand Environmental and Economic Rights to continue to organize and advocate for environmental health and justice in San Francisco’s Mission neighborhood. 16 TIDES CENTER/THE WOMEN’S COMMUNITY CLINIC San Francisco, CA $150,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of free sexual and reproductive health care to uninsured women in San Francisco. TULARE COUNTY HISPANIC COMMISSION ON ALCOHOL & DRUG ABUSE SERVICES, INC. VICTOR VALLEY COLLEGE FOUNDATION Victorville, CA $220,000 over three years To expand the health sciences offerings at Victor Valley College and to increase the recruitment of students of color in San Bernardino County. WALNUT AVENUE WOMEN’S CENTER Visalia, CA $180,000 over three years For core operating support for Angela’s House, a perinatal and postpartum residential substance abuse program for Latinas and their children in Tulare County. Santa Cruz, CA $90,000 over three years To continue the ABC/African-American Health Group of the Central Coast, which provides health education, outreach, and advocacy training to African-American women in Santa Cruz, Monterey, and San Benito Counties. UNCOMMON GOOD WESTERN CENTER ON LAW AND POVERTY Claremont, CA $100,000 over two years To help community clinics in Los Angeles maintain and increase staff diversity by providing educational debt repayment assistance to minority physicians. Los Angeles, CA $60,000 over two years To support the monitoring of Los Angeles County’s mental health compliance in implementing court-ordered foster care system reforms. UNIVERSITY MUSLIM MEDICAL ASSOCIATION INC. WESTSIDE FAMILY HEALTH CENTER Los Angeles, CA $200,000 over three years For core operating support to sustain the provision of health care services to underserved residents in South Los Angeles. UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC/UNIVERSITY OF THE PACIFIC, SCHOOL OF DENTISTRY San Francisco, CA $150,000 over one year and six months To provide preventive oral health care services to reduce dental disease in individuals with disabilities. UNSTRUNG BOW SPIRITUAL RETREAT AND COMPASSIONATE MISSION MINISTRIES Fresno, CA $150,000 over three years To strengthen and expand a faith-based, grassroots organizing project in the Central Valley to improve access to health services for low-income families in Fresno and Tulare Counties. URBAN HABITAT Oakland, CA $100,000 over two years To support a leadership development program that trains community leaders on the core connections between health outcomes and environmental factors. Santa Monica, CA $180,000 over three years For core operating support to continue the Community Health Advocate program, which works to prevent preterm labor among Latina clients in Los Angeles. WINTERS HEALTHCARE FOUNDATION, INC. Winters, CA $140,000 over three years For core operating support to continue to provide direct preventive health services to underserved populations in southwest Yolo County. WOMEN’S CANCER ADVOCACY, RESOURCES AND EDUCATION Santa Cruz, CA $130,000 over three years For core operating support to strengthen internal capacity to provide free services to women living with cancer in Santa Cruz County. THE WOMEN’S FOUNDATION OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco, CA $210,000 over three years To support the Women’s Policy Institute to increase the number of community-based women leaders informing public policy that impacts the health of women and girls in California. WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION URDC HUMAN SERVICES CORPORATION Pasadena, CA $100,000 over two years To provide health services to low-income women and girls in Pasadena, Altadena and the west San Gabriel Valley. $120,000 over two years To support activities of the Global Interpersonal Violence Prevention Alliance including an international conference in California in 2005. Staff Profile Danilo Torres, Executive Assistant anilo Torres is the executive assistant to TCWF’s vice president of programs, Cristina M. Regalado. In this role, his primary responsibilities are maintaining the calendar and scheduling meetings for the program department, making travel arrangements, and compiling data related to the Foundation’s grantmaking. Torres has helped develop a number of new management tools that enable the program department to operate smoothly and coordinate its activities with other TCWF departments. In addition, he serves on the Foundation’s Human Resources Committee, which reviews and makes recommendations for changes in benefits, office policies, performance plan, employee awards and social activities. When the executive assistant position at TCWF became available last year, Torres learned about it from a friend who was familiar with the Foundation’s work. “I looked at the Foundation’s website and was attracted by its socially responsible mission,” Torres said. “At the end of the day, I appreciate knowing that we’re helping people and that we can show a measurable, positive impact. I also appreciate the fact that TCWF acknowledges the importance of self-care.” Torres was raised in Long Beach, south of Los Angeles. He attended UCLA, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in political science and a master’s in urban planning. To complete the degree, he worked on a group project called LAMAP (Los Angeles Manufacturing Action Project) that conducted strategic research in partnership with organized labor on dollars that were spent constructing the Alameda Corridor, a major public works effort designed to ease the movement of cargo from the Port of Los Angeles to inland distribution hubs. D “At the end of the day,I appreciate knowing that we’re helping people and that we can show a measurable,positive impact.I also appreciate the fact that TCWF acknowledges the importance of self-care.” Prior to joining TCWF, he worked for the M. Gordon Publishing Group, a company that specializes in books about financial markets. Torres, an avid softball player, lives with his girlfriend of many years in the San Fernando Valley community of Tujunga. He serves on the board of directors of the UCLA Pilipino Alumni Association and, especially during election seasons, volunteers for a number of political campaigns. Looking ahead 20 years, Torres has his sights set on a political career. “I think serving in an elected office would be a great challenge,” Torres said. “You need listening skills as well as the ability to mediate and weigh different options to make good judgments—all the while under the microscope of public scrutiny.” 17 What’s New Zelenne L. Cárdenas Rev. Anthony Ortiz Patricia Giggans Community Leaders Receive TCWF’s 12th Annual California Peace Prize Zelenne L. Cárdenas of Los Angeles, Patricia Giggans of Los Angeles, and the Rev. Anthony Ortiz of San Jose, received TCWF’s 2004 California Peace Prize at a luncheon in Los Angeles on December 3, 2004. The honorees each received a cash award of $25,000 for their violence prevention work. To learn more about the California Peace Prize honorees, visit www.tcwf.org. Dede Alpert John Burton Bruce McPherson John Vasconcellos Departing Legislators Receive TCWF’s First Public Policy Leadership Awards At an August 3, 2004 awards ceremony in Sacramento, TCWF presented its inaugural Public Policy Leadership Award to four members of the California State Senate who have influenced millions of lives by advancing public policies that promote the health of Californians. The honorees were Sen. Dede Alpert, President Pro Tem John Burton, Sen. Bruce McPherson and Sen. John Vasconcellos. The Public Policy Leadership Award recognizes termed-out legislators who have championed public policies that promote the health of underserved Californians. Additional information about the award and these honorees can be found at www.tcwf.org. TCWF Sabbatical Program Rewards Nonprofit Executives Six California nonprofit health-sector executives were recognized by TCWF’s Sabbatical Program on October 25, 2004. From left to right: Barbara Mitchell of Monterey; Dian Harrision of San Francisco; Jane Garcia of Oakland; Rick Mesa of Desert Hot Springs; Debra Oto-Kent of West Sacramento; and Bernita Walker of Los Angeles. TCWF’s Sabbatical Program was created to improve the long-term effectiveness of health-service nonprofits by providing their executives with the rest they need to continue to pursue their organizations’ missions. The program provides $30,000 grants to organizations to cover their leaders’ salaries and expenses during the sabbaticals, which last a minimum of three months. Additional information about the Sabbatical Program and its recipients is available at www.tcwf.org. 18 What’s New Media Partnerships Build Links Between Journalists and TCWF Grantees In a media partnership with New California Media (NCM), TCWF sponsored a September 24, 2004 workshop titled “How CBOs Get Their Stories Out: Enlisting Ethnic Media’s Advocacy Voice.” Teresa Alvarado of the Fresno Consumer Center, a TCWF grantee, was a panelist. The workshop was part of NCM’s annual EXPO that features exhibit booths and workshops representing print, TV, radio and online ethnic media from the Inland Empire and the Central Valley. At the California Chicano News Media Association’s conference in October 2004, Ed Cueto from TCWF grantee Bienestar Human Services, served on a panel with Los Angeles-area journalists to discuss how to cover sensitive health issues such as HIV/AIDS and teenage pregnancy. The panelists addressed the need for communities of color to be open about these issues and how best to get sources to discuss them. New Book Co-Edited by TCWF VP of Communications Published by the Los Angeles Times, “Frank del Olmo: Commentaries on His Times” commemorates the 33-year career of the newspaper’s late associate editor. Del Olmo, who died unexpectedly in February 2004, was the husband of Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo, TCWF’s vice president of communications. The book presents 90 of his most memorable columns on immigration, autism, education, politics and other key issues. The book can be ordered online at www.latimes.com/FrankdelOlmo. Proceeds will benefit the Frank del Olmo Memorial Scholarship Fund established by the California Chicano News Media Association and the Times. TCWF Board Members Honored Luz A. Vega-Marquis was selected as one of the 100 Most Influential Hispanics in the country by Hispanic Business magazine in October. The magazine acknowledged her foundation portfolio management and grantmaking at the Marguerite Casey Foundation of which she is president and CEO. Barbara C. Staggers, M.D., received the 2004 San Francisco Foundation Award in September 2004. The $10,000 award recognizes an individual who has demonstrated commitment to improving human relations in the Bay Area. The Foundation cited Staggers for her dedication to improving adolescent health care through community- and school-based care and for serving as an outstanding role model for youth pursuing careers in health care. Former Board of Directors member Kenneth Kizer received the Institute of Medicine’s 2004 Gustav O. Lienhard Award for the advancement of personal health services. Kizer was recognized for his dedication and commitment to military personnel, as demonstrated by his transformation of the veterans health care system to a model of patient safety innovation and performance-based quality care. Luz A. Vega-Marquis Barbara C. Staggers, M.D. Kudos Gary L. Yates, TCWF president and CEO, is one of 25 nonprofit and philanthropic leaders appointed to a national panel that will make recommendations to the U.S. Congress to improve the oversight and governance of charitable organizations. The “Panel on the Nonprofit Sector,” created by the Independent Sector, will examine existing mechanisms for selfregulation and oversight and then compile a report. TCWF Communications Officer Julio Marcial has been elected to the steering committee of the Southern California Chapter of Hispanics in Philanthropy. Marcial will chair the group’s communications subcommittee. Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge Leonard Edwards, a 1996 TCWF California Peace Prize honoree, has received the 2004 William H. Rehnquist Award for Judicial Excellence from the National Center for State Courts. The award was presented at continued on page 20 19 NONPROFIT ORG. U.S.POSTAGE P A I D SANTA CLARITA, CA PERMIT NO. 1136 6320 Canoga Avenue, Suite 1700 Woodland Hills, CA 91367 (818) 593-6600 www.tcwf.org ADDRESS SERVICE REQUESTED What’s New continued from page 19 a November ceremony at the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington, D.C. It is given annually to a state court judge who “exemplifies the highest level of judicial excellence, integrity, fairness and professional ethics.” Brian Contreras, a 2001 TCWF California Peace Prize honoree, was recently named a distinguished fellow by California State University, Monterey Bay (CSUMB), for community and public service. The award is the highest nonacademic recognition granted by CSUMB for service to the community and the university. Contreras is the founder and executive director of Second Chance Family & Youth Services. Staff Updates TCWF recognizes Julie Malcolm, senior accounting assistant, for five years of service to the Foundation. TCWF welcomes new staff: Christine Cordero, program assistant; Adriane Gamble, administrative assistant; Abby Harris, office services coordinator; Taryn Lee, human resources manager; Adriana Godoy Leiss, executive assistant; and Randy Marcial, office clerk. THE CALIFORNIA WELLNESS FOUNDATION is an independent, private foundation, created in 1992, whose mission is to improve the health of the people of California by making grants for health promotion, wellness education and disease prevention. The Foundation’s goals are: ■ to address the particular health needs of traditionally underserved populations, including low-income individuals, people of color, youth and residents of rural areas; ■ to support and strengthen nonprofit organizations that seek to improve the health of underserved populations; ■ to recognize and encourage leaders who are working to increase health and wellness within their communities; and ■ to inform the development of public policies that promote wellness and enhance access to preventive health care. For more information or to be added to the mailing list, please call or write the Foundation, or visit our website at www.tcwf.org. BOARD OF DIRECTORS Douglas X. Patiño, Ph.D., Chair Stewart Kwoh, J.D., Vice Chair Gary L. Yates, President and CEO David S. Barlow Ezra C. Davidson, Jr., M.D. Elizabeth M. Gomez Barbara S. Marshall, R.N. Earl G. Mink Peggy Saika Barbara C. Staggers, M.D., M.P.H., F.A.A.P. Luz A. Vega-Marquis Help Us Conserve Paper Would you like to receive Portfolio and other TCWF publications electronically? Sign up for our e-mail alert service. An e-mail message, with a link to the publication on our website, will be delivered directly to you when new issues are published. Help TCWF conserve paper! To sign up, visit our Guestbook at www.tcwf.org. TCWF Portfolio VICE PRESIDENT OF COMMUNICATIONS: Magdalena Beltrán-del Olmo EDITOR: David Littlefield CONTRIBUTING EDITOR: Cecilia Laiché WRITERS: Cathy Curtis (cover story); David Littlefield (pp. 6, 17-20); Charlie Padow (pp. 5,7). DESIGNER: Mark Quon PHOTOGRAPHERS: Robert Pacheco (pp. 1-5, 8-9, 18 top, 19 top); Jean Weisinger (pp. 6-7, 18 bottom). © 2004 The California Wellness Foundation. Contents may not be reproduced without permission. Printed on recycled paper 20