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City Manager Approval
Item to be presented by:
Raquel Garcia
NEW BUSINESS
DATE: December 12, 1995
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT; Parks, Recreation, and Community Services
As part of the Fiscal Year 1995-96 City budget, City Council approved the Community Services
Grant Program for $37,500. The intent of the grant program is to assist non-profit
organizations providing social services in the form of one time start-up projects and program
enhancements, capital expenditures and special supplies.
The City received twenty-seven (27) proposals for a total of $119,387 for grant award
consideration. On November 20, 1995, the Community Services Grant Review Committee,
composed of Jo Anne Darcy, Mayor; Janice Heidt, Council member; Steve Stark, Director,
Administrative Services; Terri Maus, City Budget Officer; and Rick Putnam, Director, Parks,
Recreation and Community Services, met to evaluate and recommend grant awards to
organizations.
The Committee is recommending a total of $25,900 in grant funds to be awarded. The
recommendation is based on the extent organizations met this year's grant criteria directed at
the City's priority focus areas of Youth and Family, Cultural Understanding and the extent to
which proposals demonstrated collaboration with other organizations. Several proposals did not
meet the priority focus areas. To arrive at its recommendation, the committee used a scoring
guide based on the grant criteria. This provided an opportunity for the committee to assign a
score to each organization. Please refer to Attachment A, Organization Recommendation List,
The Committee also recommends setting aside a reserve of $11,600 for any unanticipated future
requests during the fiscal year. Community Services Grant funds have been budgeted in
account number 01-9000-227.
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Agenda Item:."
City Council approve the Committee's, recommended list of organizations and corresponding
grant amounts for the Community Services Grant program for Fiscal Year 1995-96 and direct
staff to execute agreements with organizations for grant funding.
Attachment A, Organization Recommendation List
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Attachment A
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
ORGANIZATION RECOMMENDATION LIST
FISCAL YEAR 1995-96
1. American Red CPR Mannequins/Youth Outreach: To purchase seven $5,000
Cross SCV District adult and seven baby mannequins to increase the
number of CPR/First Aid classes and to schedule
additional classes geared to children and teens of
Santa Clarita.
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Similar request as prior
year.
2. Assistance League I Care About Me: To provide hygiene its
to needy $5,000 $1,000
of Santa Clarita children for reinforcement of the early establishment
of good personal hygiene and to enhance their self-
esteem.
3. Association to Aid Project Impact: The High Costs of Dam i Viol .n e: $5,000
Victims of To provide seminars, a lending library, and
Domestic Violence dissemination of educational material to equip
community leaders in the SCV and promote public
awareness on domestic violence.
$2,500
Committee recommends
funding organization's
publications and audio
visual materials.
4. Bouquet Canyon Bouquet Canyon School Library/Media Research $5,000 -0-
School Center: To purchase two new computers for the Committee encourages
school's library media research center. The grant will organization to become
provide seed money for strengthening the program and participant in Connecting
establishing it as an information center of the school Communities effort.
which serves students, parents, and the general
community.
5. California Institute
Sundial Sculpture Project: To purchase supplies to
$5,000
$5,000
of the Arts
create and install an environmental sculpture which is
part of a 12 week after school program for high school
students and which was designed for Canyon Country
Park.
6. Canyon Theater
Intercultural Downtown Theater Proiect: To fund a s'
$5,000
-0-
Guild
week educational/recreational theatrical summer
Organization request did
program especially targeted for at -risk youth,
not meet collaboration
criteria; request has
limited Youth & Family
outreach.
7. Cedar Creek PTA Grounds Development: To purchase seven picnic $2,600I $2,600
tables for school playground.
8. Child Care The Parent's Shelf: To implement the parent shelf $3,000 $3,000
Resource Center program which will make information on child
development and parenting accessible at businesses
throughout the community which appeal to parents of
young children.
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9. Family Day Care
Training of Trainers. To fund training to licensed child
$ 907
$800
Association of SCV
care providers which will prepare them to train
additional providers.
10. Foundation For
Office Equipmento To purchase a copy machine and
$1,000
-0-
Children's Dental
fax to support the administrative functions of the USC
Organization will receive
Health
Mobile Dental Clinic and Oral Hygiene Education
$5,000 from the City's
classes. These programs serve low income children 7-
Community Development
13 years of age.
Block Grant Program in
95-96.
11. Friends of the
Multiculturalism Awareness- To fund supplies and
$3,000
$1,500
Libraries of SCV
materials for libraries on Multiculturalism at all three
Committee encourages
County Library sites.
organization to be a
participant in Connecting
Communities effort.
12. Habitat for
A Home for TbankqL-ivinm To help build a house
$5,000
-0-
Humanity of San
devastated by the 1994 earthquake for a resident who
Request does not meet
Fernando Valley
has no financial means to repair it.
priority focus areas.
13. I-ADARP Inter-
Community Outreach: To provide substance abuse
$5,000
-0-
Agency Drug Abuse
services to parents, teens, and low income families
Unclear grant request
Recovery Program
including education, prevention, treatment and
objectives.
urinalysis testing.
14. L.A. County Public
Project Keys to Family Learnin : To enhance the SCV
$5,000
-0-
Library Foundation
Literacy Services program designed to promote
Duplicative of other
reading in families and expand family literacy services
programs addressing
through a series of special workshops.
similar need.
15. National Council
Youth Empowerment Day: The Grant would fund T-
$3,000
-0-
on Alcoholism and
shirts for 500 youth attending a rally on youth
Committee would like to
Drug Dependence
empowerment.
be able to use grant funds
more cost effectively.
16. Samuel Dixon
Teen Tnitiative: To begin the teen initiative program.
$5,000
-0-
Family Health
The project will provide health education, counseling,
Organization will receive
Center
and health screening to teens so they can make
$5,000 from City's
informed decisions. The grant will fund training,
Community Development
pharmaceuticals, brochures, and contracted medical
Block Grant Program in
providers.
95-96.
17. Santa Clarita Boys
TEEN Supreme Center- To establish a center at the
$5,000
$4,000
and Girls Club
club with expanded hours and programs for 13-18 year
olds. The center would be supervised by a full-time
staff who will address and coordinate the particular
needs of local youth.
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18. Santa Clarita
Cr .a ing a Safe Healing Environment: To purchase
$5,000
$3,000
Child & Family
furnishings especially designed to create a comforting
Development
and therapeutic environment in an effort to expand
Center
services to 100 English/Spanish speaking families who
will receive skills to cope effectively with stressors
associated with major disasters.
19. Santa Clarita
Santa Clarita Career Awareness Development System:
$5,000
-0-
Inter-Library
To purchase and upgrade computer system for public
Committee encourages
Network
to have access to information about career
organization to become a
(SCILNET)
development and job search,
participant in Connecting
Communities effort.
20. SCV Food Pantry Project for Preparedn -q- To buy two power
generators so that freezers will remain working
power failures resulting from major disasters.
21. SCV Council PTA Ground to Air Triaee: To provide ground -to -air visual
indicators for all the SCV schools.
$10,000
$4,600
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Request does not meet
priority focus areas.
Committee encourages
organization to seek
funding from S.C. Edison
& other utility companies,
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Committee encourages
organization to work with
City's Emergency
Preparedness efforts.
Request does not meet
priority focus areas.
22. SCV Safe Rides Increasing Advertising and Education: To purchase $5,000 $2,500
new equipment upgrades, copier, key chains, printed Committee recommends
brochures, display boards. These supplies will help to fiords for promotion &
increase awareness and service provided by a SCV marketing components of
Safe Rides, request but not
equipment.
23. SCV Children and I CHARD Resource Center: To establish a resource $5,000 -0-
Adults with center, lending library, a speakers bureau and provide Request does not meet
Attention Deficit education manuals to teachers at SCV schools. The priority focus areas.
Disorders grant will pay for computer, software, copier,
publications, and facility insurance.
24. Saugus Optimist Learning Overcomes Violence Evennvhere (L.O.V.E.)• $5,000 -0-
Club To fund a three-part program consisting of a literacy Duplicates other efforts in
program for teens and adults, a parenting program the area. Committee
geared to incarcerated teens, and a self-esteem encourages organization
program to prevent gang violence and increase to seek other funding
acceptance of differences of others. resources.
25. Symphony of the
Canyon
Acoustical Shell Purchase: To purchase an acoustical
shell to support an extended program of concerts and
public performances.
$5,280
-0-
Request does not meet
priority focus areas.
26. Vietnam Veterans
Home Delivery Meals: To feed a senior for one year:
$1,000
-0-
of America
Lost. Patrol: To provide scholarship assistance to
Does not meet priority
children of Veterans.
focus areas. Limited
outreach.
27. William S. Hart
Auditorium Sound and Lighting System: To purchase
$5,000
-0-
High School
a sound and lighting system and technical booth for
City is providing
Foundation
school auditorium which is used by student body, as
assistance through its
well as many local organizations and residents. This
efforts to attain federal
auditorium was damaged by the earthquake and
funding for facility
through this effort would be repaired beyond its
repairs.
original condition.
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Committee Recommendations Total:
Available Reserve Funds:
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$25,900
$11,600