Unless otherwise noted, all Health Partnership Grants are in conjunction with Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System and Valley Medical Center Foundation
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Health Partnership Grants, FY 2008-2009
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Healthy Living Grants

The Tech Museum-Project Stay Healthy-$100,000
To create an exhibit area called Project Stay Healthy within the LifeTech Gallery which will deliver health-related messages and promote The Health Trust’s efforts to make Silicon Valley the healthiest region in America. Using technological tools, the exhibit will create opportunities for people of all ages to learn about the beneficial impacts of good nutrition and physical activity and how to modify their behavior to improve their health.
www.thetech.org

Valley Medical Center Foundation/Phase II Childhood Feeding Collaborative-$85K
To implement Phase II of their early-intervention project designed to decrease the risk of overweight and diabetes by “catching“ high-risk, low-income children (age 2 to 5 years) before poor feeding habits become ingrained. The project will target and train physicians and other health providers in Santa Clara County to apply the Feeding Dynamics Model during regular interactions with parents at well-child exams.
www.vmcfoundation.org

 

Healthy Aging Grants

Asian Americans for Community Involvement-Healthy Aging for Asian Americans-$100,000
To provide primary and preventive services to low-income Asian seniors to improve their access to linguistically and culturally competent health care and physical activity opportunities, by increasing annual primary care visits, prescribing exercise/physical activity for pre-diabetic patients and providing access to resources and physical activity programs to diabetic patients to prevent or delay the progression to type II diabetes.
www.AACI.org

Health Research for Action/UC Berkeley-Healthy Steps for Older Adults-$199,921
To lead the adaptation and development of versions of its award-winning physical activity guide in English and Spanish for use in promoting physical activity among adults aged 50 and over and to assist in identifying dissemination strategies. The guide’s content and design are based on best-practices in health communication, health literacy, adult learning, and aging and the featured exercises are evidence-based. The guide addresses the informational needs identified as a priority in “Community for a Lifetime,” Santa Clara County’s ten-year strategic plan on aging.
www.healthresourceforaction.org

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Health Partnership Grants, FY 2007-2008
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Healthy Living Initiative
Hispanic Foundation of Silicon Valley-Obesity Prevention Grantmaking Partnership-$50,000
To support the launch of Healthy Kids, a grantmaking initiative to expand youth fitness opportunities in the Latino community.  A challenge grant in the amount of $25,000 will be used to leverage contributions from Latino individual donors and engage them in a high-visibility campaign to combat obesity in the Latino community.
www.hfsv.org

Taking Control of Your Diabetes-$49,500
To support the 3rd Annual Silicon Valley Conference held September 15, 2007 at the Santa Clara Convention Center.  This intensive one-day conference and health fair provides a wide range of education and tools to help people with diabetes get motivated and become proactive in managing their disease.
www.tcoyd.org

Santa Clara Valley Medical Center Foundation-Early Childhood Feeding Dynamics Project-$110,000
To support an early-intervention pilot project “Salud Para Juventud” designed to “catch“ high-risk, low-income Latino children (ages 2-5) served by the safety net hospital system before poor feeding habits become ingrained.  The project will train pediatric providers to consistently apply the evidence-based Feeding Dynamics Model to their regular interactions with parents during well-child exams.
www.vmcfoundation.org

Team Up For Youth-Project Expansion into Santa Clara County-$100,000 
To expand the program which adapts proven youth development principles to improve the effectiveness of youth physical activity programs to Santa Clara County.  Program staff will work with new and existing physical activity to promote best practices and increase the knowledge and skills of front-line coaches, athletic staff, volunteers, and organizational leaders.
www.teamupforyouth.org

Digital Clubhouse Network in partnership with Healthy Silicon Valley Collaborative-Soda Free Summer Campaign-$65,000
To coordinate the regional Bay Area Soda Free Summer campaign in Santa Clara County targeting low-income children and families.  The campaign will consist of school, child care, and parent interventions, a kick-off event, community outreach and support through local community based organizations, giveaways and incentives, and a closing event in September.
www.digiclub.org

Breathe California-Community Wellness Survey-$35,000
Toconduct a Community Wellness Survey to assess how many organizations have established wellness programs and what successes and/or challenges they have experienced.  The survey is the most comprehensive health-focused survey of local businesses and organizations to date and will serve as a baseline for Healthy Silicon Valley’s workplace wellness strategy.
www.breathecalifornia.org
 
Diabetes Society-Diabetes Coalition of Santa Clara County-$138,195
To provide staffing and infrastructure support to help the Coalition build its capacity for long-term planning, statewide representation, and sustainability.  The proposed project will create strategic partnerships with health and elected officials, community-based organizations, and health organizations to improve education, treatment and management of the disease and promote public awareness and policy advocacy solutions.
www.diabetessociety.org

Public Health Institute-CA Taskforce on Youth & Workplace Wellness $25,000
To host the California (CA) Fit Business Award program which recognizes the efforts of businesses and organizations throughout the state to improve workplace wellness and combat obesity in working adults. The program also offers tools and resources to help businesses create or improve workplace wellness programs.
www.phi.org

Silicon Valley Leadership Group-Fit4Work/Fit4Life-$25,800
To support a newly launched wellness initiative involving 40 different companies engaged in workplace wellness programs. Participants meet monthly to review best practices, hear from experts in the field, and share challenges and successes.  The initiative will develop a toolkit to assist Silicon Valley companies create or improve their own wellness programs.
www.svlg.net

 

Healthy Aging Initiative

Yu-Ai Kai-Hospital to Home Planning Grant-$75,000
In partnership with the Santa Clara County Minority Senior Providers Consortium and O’Connor Hospital, Yu-Ai Kai will work with consultants to plan, develop, and test a volunteer case management model to facilitate successful hospital-to-home transitions for ethnic older adults.
www.yuaikai.org

 

Healthy Communities Initiative
Family Supportive Housing-Healthy Families-$50,000
To initiate a new Healthy Families program that will link homeless families residing at the San Jose Family Shelter to health resources in the community.
www.familysupportivehousing.org

Community Health Partnership-Latina Cancer Kiosks-$40,000
To deliver targeted bilingual health education on cervical cancer to Latinas and other low-income clients through on-site, interactive, multimedia touch-screen kiosks at selected clinics in Santa Clara County.
www.chpscc.org

South Bay Children’s Medical Center-East Side High School Clinics-$25,000
To provide health screenings, physical exams, gynecological exams, vaccinations/flu shots, and general health and medical treatment to 1,600 students at two on-site clinics respectively located at Independence and Andrew Hill High Schools in East San Jose.
www.sbcmc.com
 
Mission College-LVN to RN Step Up Program-$80,000
Start-up funding for year one of a new LVN to RN program that will provide a career ladder from Certified Nursing Assistant to Registered Nurse in an effort to increase the number of ethnic minority and male nurses in Santa Clara County.
www.missioncollege.org/Depts/health/lvn-rn/

The San Jose Public Library Foundation, in partnership with PlaneTree Health Library-Consumer Health Resource Center-$75,000
To establish a Consumer Health Information Center at the newly expanded Joyce Ellington Branch Library in downtown San Jose offering health information in a variety of languages, along with specially trained volunteers and on-site health education programs.
www.sjplf.org

RotaCare Bay Area, Inc.-RotaCare Clinics-$25,000
To provide free medical care through nine Bay Area clinics serving more than 4,200 low-income and underserved patients annually.  The Clinics will provide free examinations, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, resource referrals, and health education for both acute medical and chronic health conditions.
www.rotacarebayarea.org
 
Stanford Medical Youth Science Program in conjunction with Stanford Hospital and Clinics-Health Disparities Curriculum-$150,000
To develop and pilot a new Health Disparities curriculum with teachers and students at Overfelt High School with the goal of disseminating it to all schools in the East Side Union High School District.
www.smysp.stanford.edu

Children’s Health Council-Learning Differences Initiative in conjunction with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital-$110,000
To ensure that 120 teachers from Campbell Union and Franklin-McKinley School Districts and 100 other teachers complete the Schools AttunedÒ professional training program.  The project trains teachers to recognize, understand, and manage students with learning differences that are at risk of failing or dropping out, but do not qualify for referral to special education.
www.chconline.org

School Health Clinics of Santa Clara County in conjunction with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital-General Operating Support-$560,000
To support the organization’s core mission of keeping kids healthy and in school by providing high quality, primary medical care and preventative health care services to low-income children and adolescents.  In partnership with four county school districts and area free clinics, School Health Clinics ensures that low-income, underserved populations have access to cost-effective, culturally-competent health services in their community.
www.schoolhealthclinics.org

Santa Clara Family Health Foundation-Healthy Kids Program-$500,000
To ensure access to and utilization of health care coverage for uninsured, underserved populations through outreach, enrollment, and retention of 550 eligible children (ages 6-18) in the Healthy Kids program.  Children must live in Santa Clara County, have a family income of less than 300% of the Federal Poverty Level, and be unable to obtain affordable coverage elsewhere.
www.healthykidsfund.org

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Good Samaritan Grants – Fall 2008
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Healthy Living Grants

Conexions-School Gardens for Santa Clara County-$25k
To assist schools in starting and sustaining school gardens, which studies have shown get children excited about eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Special emphasis will be given to training school garden teams on how to sustain a garden once it is built. The project targets schools in low-income areas in South Santa Clara County, with populations determined to be at higher risk for overweight and diabetes.
www.conexions.org

Via Services-Grow Smart Project-$31,183
To develop and implement a nutrition and physical activity curriculum to be tested with participants living in group homes, and their caregivers. With the curriculum, Via will incorporate best practices for nutrition, menu planning, shopping, food preparation and recreation appropriate for adults (18-60+) with developmental disabilities. Via seeks to affect systemic change by implementing the curriculum as best practices in the County’s 400+ group homes and supported living environments.
www.viaservices.org

 

Healthy Aging Grants

Community Services Agency (CSA)-Hospital to Home Transition Management Project -$25,000
To pilot a Hospital to Home Transition Management Program (H2H) in an effort to reduce the number of re-hospitalizations of seniors with chronic disease, and to enable seniors to live independently in their homes and avoid premature institutionalization. The project addresses THT’s Priority Strategy to promote H2H discharge planning and transition support services addressed by the Healthy Aging Initiative and targets the senior population of Northern Santa Clara County.
www.csacares.org

 

Healthy Communities Grants

People Acting in Community Together (PACT)-Local Solutions to Unnatural Causes to Health Disparities- $40,000
To engage diverse community members to research and create solutions to the problems of health disparities in Santa Clara County and to advocate for change to reduce those disparities. The project will provide participants with training and support to move them from awareness to action in addressing health disparities and equip them to implement health-policy change and advocacy campaigns.
www.pactsj.org

San Jose Fire Department-San Jose Heart Safe City-$25k
To reduce morbidity and mortality due to sudden cardiac arrest (SCA) by increasing public awareness of the health threat posed by heart disease and by improving bystander response in cardiac emergencies. The project seeks to increase SCA survival from 5% to 15%, by promoting early 911 dispatch and CPR, early defibrillation and early advanced cardiac life support. The project will provide CPR and Automated External Defibrillator (AED) training to 20% of the community lay-public, and increase the number AEDs in public areas by 800 per year.
www.sjfd.org

Stanford/Santa Clara Methamphetamine Task Force-$25,000
To continue the Task Force’s campaign to reduce methamphetamine use in Santa Clara County, ultimately reducing the number of new HIV infections and the co-morbidity associated with use in those who are HIV-positive. The project will expand their existing prevention approach to accomplish their goals by targeting the various at-risk populations within Santa Clara County.
www.stopdontstart.org

High School Mini Grants and Awards-$25,000
To provide mini grants and awards for high school health clubs, student wellness champions and healthy school awards.

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 Good Samaritan Grants – Spring 2008
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Healthy Living Initiative

Catholic Charities-El Toro Youth Center-$25,000
To provide culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach, training, and education that promotes healthy nutrition and physical activity for youth and families served by the Center and the surrounding community in Morgan Hill.  Under the guidance of trained peer group leaders, participants will establish walking clubs and engage youth and families in healthier lifestyles through a variety of activities focused on family health and wellness.
www.catholiccharitiesscc.org/services/services_eltoro.htm
 
Community Alliance with Family Farmers-Bringing Farm to School in Santa Clara County-$25,000
To bring this program that provides nutrition education and makes locally grown fresh produce available to school cafeterias to low-income children and families in the Santa Clara Unified School District.  CAFF will provide schools with educational activities, produce for classroom sampling, host a monthly school-site farm stand with kid-friendly cooking demonstrations, and work with food service directors to implement local food purchases that reinforce classroom education.
www.caff.org

Generations Wellness Centers-Saturday Fruit and Veggie Walks-$25,000
In collaboration with the Physical Activity and Nutrition Sector of Healthy Silicon Valley, Generations will conduct 12 monthly Fruit & Veggie Fun Walks to engage participants in healthy activities and create a culture of wellness around the issue of community centers slated for re-use.  The goal is to engage community members in advocacy for policy change to keep the centers open as a focal point for healthy, active living.
www.generations-centers.org
 
Interactive Parenting Media-Childhood Matters and Nuestros Niños Radio Programs-Healthy Living Series-$25,000
To produce four radio shows and six Public Service Announcements in English and Spanish on health topics related to physical activity, healthy eating, oral health, and preventing childhood obesity that will reach more than 7,500 Santa Clara County listeners, as well as thousands more listeners throughout the Bay Area.  IPM will also offer health information through a weekly broadcast calendar of events, a bilingual e-newsletter to more than 3,200 subscribers, and Person on the Street interviews that promote health related events.
www.interactiveparentingmedia.org

 

Healthy Communities Initiative
Breathe California-Community Action Model for Reducing Asthma Disparities-$25,000
To increase access to prevention, screening, and management of chronic asthma among African-Americans and Latinos in Santa Clara and San Benito counties, the project will provide age- and culturally-appropriate asthma education to children, parents, child care providers, school personnel and South County migrant camp residents to improve their knowledge, self-efficacy, and responses to asthma episodes. It will also conduct environmental assessments to address indoor air quality and reduce hazards in schools, homes, businesses and community facilities.
www.breathecalifornia.org
 
SJB Child Development Centers-Health Services Project-$25,000 
To implement existing bilingual, evidence-based nutrition and physical activity curricula with 1,400 low-income children at 11 sites, provide health education and screening to 600 families, host two on-site community-wide health fairs, refer families to culturally-competent health care services in the community and develop staff wellness policies.
www.sjbcdc.org

Stanford Medical Youth Science Project at Overfelt High School-Opening the Windows to Real World Science and Health Careers-$25,000 
To create, test, and disseminate video interviews with local, ethnically diverse science and health professionals discussing their work in the context of health disparities as a real-world introduction to high school biology classes.  The DVDs will be made available to teachers in 17 biology classes reaching over 500 students at Overfelt High School with the goal of disseminating it to all schools in the East Side Union High School District.
www.smysp.stanford.edu

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Good Samaritan Grants - Fall 2007
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Healthy Living Initiative

Second Harvest Food Bank of Santa Cruz and San Benito Counties in partnership with Community Pantry-Nutrition Education and Food Stamp Outreach Project-$25,000
To hire an Education and Outreach Coordinator at the Community Pantry in Hollister that will provide culturally-appropriate nutrition education to approximately 3,000 low-income clients in San Benito County.  The partnership project will also conduct outreach and advocacy to increase the number of people accessing the underutilized Federal Food Stamp program.
www.thefoodbank.org
 
Sustainable Community Gardens-Full Circle Farm-$25,000
To support a sustainable, educational farm project that will occupy 11 acres of vacant land in Sunnyvale.  In collaboration with Santa Clara Unified School District, the project’s hands-on, farm-based curriculum will engage students in meaningful physical work to grow healthy food, while helping them understand the connection between food choices and long-term health.
www.sustainablecommunitygardens.org
 
Santa Clara Valley Health & Hospital System Department of Public Health-Black Infant Health (BIH) Be Well Project-$25,000
To support continuation of a successful pilot project to help African American women overcome barriers to wellness, beginning with post-natal fitness.  The 12-week program consists of weekly classes that combine nutrition education and exercise using a practical, hands-on approach to teach participants how to eat healthy on a budget, get fit, and manage stress.
www.sccgov.org/portal/site/phd/

 

Healthy Aging Initiative

Peninsula Stroke Association-Inter-Generational Stroke Education Program-$10,000 (including $5,000 in co-funding from Council on Aging Silicon Valley)  
To support the expansion of a program that will educate 1,000 individuals and distribute 7,500 multi-lingual stroke awareness pamphlets and brochures throughout Santa Clara County.  Funding will be used for staffing, program planning and coordination, volunteer training and community outreach activities.
www.psastroke.org

Santa Clara Valley Blind Center-Living with Vision Loss Client Services-$25,000 (including $10,000 in co-funding from Council on Aging Silicon Valley) 
To hire a part-time Rehabilitation Services Instructor to retrain visually impaired seniors to improve their functioning through adaptive skills training, including cooking techniques, walking/stretching/yoga exercise programs, and medicine management in order to increase their independence and reduce institutionalization.
www.visionbeyondsight.org

 

Healthy Communities Initiative
Latinas Contra Cancer-Capacity Building Grant-$25,000
To support a Program Manager position in order to build the organization’s capacity to formalize their training curriculum and recruit/train additional promotores (community health educators) in order to fill a critical gap in the availability of culturally and linguistically appropriate cancer education, awareness, outreach and support services for Latinos in Santa Clara County.
www.latinascontracancer.org

Asian Immigrant Women Advocates-Health Access for All Campaign-$25,000
To provide health access information to 200 women enrolled in workplace and computer literacy classes; train 20 leaders to obtain multilingual translations of program materials for a state insurance program that can benefit high-risk, medically underserved constituents; and engage 75 women in statewide health policy and coalition work to advocate for universal health care coverage.
www.aiwa.org