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City Manager Approval
Item to be presented b
Adele Macpherson
CONSENT CALENDAR
DATE: October 28, 1997
SUBJECT: COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
DEPARTMENT: Parks, Recreation and Community Services
RECOMMENDED ACTION
City Council approve the Grant Committee's 97-98 Program Funding Recommendation List
and direct staff to execute agreements with organizations for grant funding.
BACKGROUND
As part of the Fiscal Year 1997-98 City budget, Council approved the Community Services Grant
Program for $100,000; $60,000 for Issue Specific Grants (Attachment B) and $40,000 fora
School Safety RFP to be issued in November, 1997. The focus of this year's issue specific grant
program was to assist non-profit organizations provide social/human services to City residents
in the areas of. The Arts, Violence Prevention and Community Wellness (with $20,000 available
for each category). Eligible projects are in the form of one time start-up projects and program
enhancements, capital expenditures and special supplies.
The City received forty-five (45) proposals totaling $196,382 for grant award consideration. On
October 6, 1997, the Community Services Grant Review Committee met to evaluate the
proposals and provide a recommendation on grant awards to City Council.
The Committee is recommending a total of $53,910 in grant funds to be awarded. Please refer
to Attachment A, Program Funding Recommendation List.
FISCAL IMPACT
Funds for this expenditure, in the amount of $53,910, have been budgeted in account # 7413-
8110 for FY 1997-98.
ATTACHMENT
Attachment A, Program Funding Recommendation List
Attachment B, 1997-1998 Program Outline
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Attachment A
Community Services Grant Program
Program Funding Recommendation List
Fiscal Year 1997-98
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1. California
World Music in the Communities l
$4,000
$4,000
Institute of the
Chamber Music Program - Provides a
Arts/SCV Arts
series of five world music concert
Partnership
workshops (at four local high schools
and the Community Center.) Each half-
day workshop will be free of charge to
students and members of the
community. Program anticipates
serving approximately 2,500 residents.
2. Canyon Theatre
Summer Youth Production Workshop -
$5,000
$5,000
Guild
Offers local youth ages 10-17 an
intensive six-week training workshop
covering all aspects of theatre
production. Participants will mount a
full-scale youth production which will be
offered to the public in August of 1998.
3. Santa Clarita.
Entertainment Program - Provides a
$4,600
$4,600
Valley Country
variety of live entertainment for the
Fair
SCV Country Fair. Funds will be used
to cover equipment costs including:
staging, sound system, light boards,
generators and small donations for local
performers.
4. Santa Clarita
Rehearsal /Performance Space for
$5,000
$5,000
Repertory
SCRT- Provides a rehearsal,
Theatre
administrative and performance facility
for the Santa Clarita Repertory Theatre.
The Facility will provide program
opportunities for youth from the
Community Center as well as space for
the Educational Outreach Program
which serves nearly every school in the
Santa Clarita Valley.
5. Santa Clarita
Upgrade Music Library - Provides for
$2,500
$2,500
Valley Concert
the purchase of forty pieces of new
Band
music for the Santa Clarita Valley
Concert Band.
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6. Security
Rape Aggression Defense Project -
$3,000
$3,000
Department/
Provides self defense training program
College of the
for female residents of the Santa Clarita
Canyons
Valley. Program will improve
participant's ability to respond to
incidents of sexual assault.
7. Association to Aid
Emerge from Violence - Provides
$5,000
$5,000
Victims of
education, anger management
Domestic Violence
techniques, and conflict resolution skills
for perpetrators of domestic violence.
Program will be offered in English and
Spanish to approximately seventy-five
male and female perpetrators.
8. Miller, Geidel &
Early Domestic Violence Intervention
$5,000
$5,000
Associates
Through Interactive Parent-Child
Training for At Risk Families -Provides
for the purchase of a two-way mirror
and communication system which
allows therapists to observe parent/
child interaction in a therapeutic
playroom and provides direct feedback
to parents. Program seeks to lower
incidences of child abuse, domestic
violence, juvenile delinquency, gang
affiliations, vandalism , drug use, teen
runaways and teen suicides.
9. Bouquet Canyon
Parents as Partners at Bouquet Canyon
$4,935
$4,935
School
School - Provides parents with hands-on
training on: general parenting skills,
parenting the special needs child,
improving literacy in the home,
strategies to help children be successful
in school, and increasing overall parent
involvement in school.
10. American Heart
HeartPower! - Provides classroom kits
$4,875
$4,875
Association/
that teach kids (preschool through
Santa Clarita
eighth grade) the importance of good
Valley Division
nutrition, physical activity, smoking
avoidance and knowledge of the
cardiovascular system. The programs
goal is to decrease the number of deaths
due to cardiovascular disease and stroke
each year.
11. Child Care Expansion of Resource Library -
Resource Center Provides funding for books, toys and
educational learning materials for the
Toy Lending Library and Resource Van.
These materials are available for
checkout by parents and child care
providers and boosts the quality of care
for children in the Santa Clarita Valley.
$5,000
$5,000 ,
12. Assistance Pencils, Pens & Paper - Provides school $5,000 $5,000
League of Santa supplies to needy children in the Santa
Clarita Clarita Valley. Supplies include:
pencils, pens, erasers, pencil
sharpeners, crayons, scissors, rulers,
binders and glue sticks.
Issue Specific Grant Total
School Safety RFP to be issued 11/97
Amount Remaining as of 10/97
$53,910
$40,000
6,090
Total Budgeted Amount $100,000
Attachment B
CITY OF SANTA CLARITA
COMMUNITY SERVICES GRANT PROGRAM
1997-1998 PROGRAM OUTLINE
I. Issue Specific Grants ($60,000):
- $60,000 is available for Issue Specific Grants
Three Categories ($20,000 for each category)
- Maximum grant award is $5,000 per organization
- Each applicant selects which of the three categories they are applying for:
a) The Arts ($20,000): For funding purposes, The Arts refers to
innovative programs and services designed to expand the
community's exposure to visual and performing arts. Areas to be
addressed include, but are not limited to, theater, dance, music,
media/print and painting/photography.
b) Violence Prevention ($20,000): For funding purposes, Violence
Prevention refers to programs and services contributing to the
reduction and prevention of physically or mentally harmful acts
against one or more persons. Areas to be addressed include, but
are not limited to, domestic violence, family violence, elder abuse
victim assistance and mediation.
C) Community Wellness ($20,000): For funding purposes,
Community Wellness refers to programs and services which
improve the overall health and welfare of citizens in Santa Clarita.
Areas to be addressed include, but are not limited to, neighborhood
development, self-care kids, childcare, parenting, public safety
and health education.
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