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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Aa-- Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Adiinistrat Costa
DATE: November 13, 1990 Courcosta.
SUBJECT: Approve submission of Funding Application #28-503 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services for "Middle School Violence
Prevention" Program
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve submission of Funding Application #28-503 to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services in the amount of $249,975
for the period October 1, 1991 through September 30, 1994 for the
"Middle School Violence Prevention" Program in West County.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this application by the U.S.Department of Health and
Human Services will result in $249,975 of foundation funding for
the Department's "Middle School Violence Prevention" Program in
West County. Sources of funding are as follows:
$249,975 U.S. Department of Health and Human services
15,359 County Share (In-Kind)
4, 000 State Department of Mental Health
70, 000 United Way of the Bay Area
15, 000 Community Agencies of the PACT Task Force
10, 000 Richmond Unified School District
$364, 334 Total Program
This request is for the first year of funding for a three year
program from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
From 1987 to 1988 there was a 35% rise in the number of juvenile
arrests for assaults -in Contra Costa County. West County youth
accounted for 85% of the area's juvenile arrests for assault.
Sexual assault is even more concealed, yet the rate of sexual
assault and rape for West County is consistently more than twice
the Central County rate. Fifty percent of sexual assaults reported
to West County Rape Crisis were of children between 6-17 years old.
Richmond Unified School District reports that three times as many
weapons were taken away from elementary school students in the
1988-89 school year than in the previous year.
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CC: Health Services (Contracts) ATTESTED NOV 2 7 1990
Auditor-Controller (Claims) Phil Batchelor, Clerk of the Board of
U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services Supeivino apd GQuntY AdminWat9f
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Board Order
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The County's Health Services Department Prevention Program and
Teenage Program will work in collaboration with the Richmond
Unified School District, the PACT Task Force, the Alternatives to
Violence and Abuse Coalition (AVAC) , Opportunities West and other
community groups. This project will strengthen and expand current
efforts underway in the community involving a number of nonprofit
agencies. The task force approach will minimize duplication of
services.
The goals of the program are to reduce rates of intentional
injuries among adolescents in West Contra Costa; increase aware-
ness, knowledge and participation of community members in violence
prevention efforts; increase capability of human service organiza-
tions to deliver effective violence prevention services and
increase the capabilities and collaborative efforts between State
and local health agencies in addressing intentional injury
prevention issues.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, the application has
been forwarded to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services,
but subject to Board approval. Three certified copies of the Board
Order authorizing submission of the application should be returned
to the Contracts and Grants Unit for submission to the U.S.
Department of Health and Human Services.