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 Community Needs Summary

2011 Summary

Annually, staff and a representative from Community Crime Prevention Associates conduct a series of community forums with youth, parents, schools, and community-based organizations to assess the needs of our community. Information from these forums is utilized as a tool in determining future funding awards. Please click on the link to review this year's Community Needs Summary.

Click here for the latest Community Needs Summary report for 2011.

See last year's 2010 Cumminuty Needs Summary by clicking here.

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CHOICE Grant Program

Community Helping Our Indispensable Children Excel

CHOICE Grant Background:

In 2008, the CITY released a triennial Request for Qualifications to establish a list of eligible service providers for 2008-2011.  Only the service providers on the list were eligible for funding for each fiscal year within the triennial qualification term.  Through the needs assessment process conducted during the fall 2010, the CITY determined the need to establish an annual Request for Qualifications.  This needs assessment identified the following Eligible Service Areas for the 2011 Request for Qualifications release:  

 

1.      Personal Transformation Through Cognitive Development & Youth Support Groups

2.      Short Term Curriculum Based Youth Support Groups

3.      Social, Recreational, Cultural, and Community Service Intervention Activities

4.      Gang Mediation/Intervention Response

5.      Outpatient Substance Abuse Services

6.      Services for Adjudicated Youth

7.      Parent and Family Support

8.      Domestic Violence Services to Youth and Children

The Eligible Service Areas represent a commitment to the strategic goals of the Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force. For more information on the Request for Qualifications, please click here.

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Measure O CHOICE Grant Cycle V Funded Agencies
July 1, 2011 - June 30, 2012

Printable versions available in English and Spanish.

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Boys & Girls Club of Central Sonoma County

 

Reentry Club

Boys and Girls CLub will provide daily recreational and pro-social activities at Juvenile Hall.

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California Youth Outreach

 

Gang Mediation & Intervention Services

Provides city-wide outreach to gang-involved youth between the ages of 15-25 to intervene and provide assistance to leave the gang lifestyle and make direct referrals to appropriate services.

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Community Action Partnership

 

Project Safe 

Services in south, southwest and northwest Santa Rosa to provide youth development services, including recreation, leadership, community engagement, academic support, and career activities.

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Community Action Partnership

 

Padres Unidos

Services to parents of youth who have been classified as "out of control" youth by law enforcement or school personnel.

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Double Punches Boxing 

 

Youth Character & Fitness

Outreach to "at-risk" youth to intervene in the cycle of gang recruitment with focused activities and discipline-enchancing fitness development.

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LifeWorks

 

El Puente
(The Bridge)

Offers bilingual school programs, family counseling, and parent education for at-risk and gang-affiliated youth ages 8-19. El Puente helps youth develop self-esteem by teaching personal and interpersonal skills and cultivating their sense of family, school, and community that will help them discover their own value.

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Listening for a Change

 

Neighborhood Listening Project

Students will be taught/coached social competency skills and oral history/active listening techniques in preperation for interviewing successful community members who were troubled teens, as well as peers, and family members.

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Martial Arts Youth Institute 

 

Martial Arts for Youth

Outreach program where youth learn life skills through the martial arts.  They train mind and body together as one to become empowered to make positive choices.  Leadership and job skills are also taught with the teens.

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Roseland Charter School 

 

Roseland University Prep After School Program

An after school program for youth at-risk of school failure, focusing on health promotion services, enrichment and fitness, homework assistance, and tutoring.

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Social Advocates for Youth 

 

Youth Employment Center

Year-round youth employment services to youth who are either active in gangs or at high risk of gang involvement.

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United Against Sexual Assault

 

Youth Empowerment

A compendium of prevention education programs geared towards reducing the vulnerability of youth to sexual, physical, and emotional assault.

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 CHOICE Qualified Agencies

 Evaluation Reports

Final Evaluation Reports for CHOICE Grants Program

Cycle IV
July 1, 2010 - June 30, 2011

Cycle III
July 1, 2009 - June 30, 2010

CYCLE II
July 1, 2008 - June 30, 2009

Cycle I
December 1, 2006 - June 30, 2008