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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 05051987 - S.12 qjw- W OARD OF SUPERVISORS 5 pv FROM: Supervisor Sunne Wright McPeak Contra Introduced April 28 , 1987 for Action on C�sta DATE*. May 5 , 1987couqy SUBJECT: Release of County Match for Hands Across America Grant SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION RECOMMENDATION Request County Administrator' s Office and Prevention Office in Health Services Department to work with the Contra Costa Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Program to define . the exact budget for the $25, 000 Hands Across America grant and determine the amount of appropriate match from Contra Costa County up to $12, 200 as approved by the Board of Supervisors. Further, request the Clerk of the Board to prepare "Certificates of Appreciation" for the parties who made possible the Hands Across Contra Costa contribution to Hands Across America and the grant from Hands Across America to the Contra Costa Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Program. These certificates along with the matching contribution from Contra Costa County should be presented at the Board of Supervisors June 2, 1987 meeting. Those who should be recognized include: For Leadership and Dedicated Service in Hands Across Contra Costa: Barbara Price, Antioch City Council Diane Shinnerer, San Ramon City Council Jill Kohler, Community Food Coalition Julie Hernandez, Volunteer Extraordinaire For Major Corporate Sponsorship of Hands Across Contra Costa: Shapell Industries of Northern California, Dan Hancock Blackhawk Corporation, Dan Van Voorhis Sunset Development/Bishop Ranch, Alex Mehran CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE: RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE APPROVE OTHER SIGNATUREIS1: 7 ACTION OF BOARD ON May 5 , 198./ -- APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED x OTHER x Certificates to be presented at the May 26 Board meeting. VOTE OF SUPERVISORS I* HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY-OF AN ACTION TAKEN .AYES* NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN, cc: County Administrator ATTESTED May 5, 19$7 PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF SU :R'415101RS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR / /�_���- M382/7--63 BY °ETM q41 ,W- 5, r2- Release , rZRelease of County Match for Hands Across America Grant May 5, 1987 Page 2 For Major Media Sponsorship of Hands Across Contra Costa: Lesher Communications, Inc. , Margaret Lesher The Tribune, Lyn Gehlken Channel 42, Ronn Haus Martinez News Gazette, Robert Osmond & Harriet Burt Lafayette Sun, Jane Putnam Chabin Communications, Jim Chabin KWUN Radio, Joe Buerry Jeff Perry, Key Promoter Mike Marchi, Video Producer For Development of Grant Application to Hands Across America and Dedicated Service to the Needs of the Homeless: Contra Costa County Prevention Office Barbara Cross, Hands Across America Advisory Board Task Force on the Homeless, Mary Lou Laubscher Contra Costa Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, Marianne Avery Office on Homelessness, Carol Severin BACKGROUND Hands Across America has granted $25, 000 to Contra Costa County through the Contra Costa Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Program. The Board of Supervisors in February approved a challenge grant application to Hands Across America whereby the county would match upto $12, 200, depending on the structure of the Hands Across America grant and the amount of money raised in the private sector. It is necessary for the principal parties who developed the grant to determine with participation from the County Administrator' s Office exactly how the grant will be allocated and the appropriate match from the Board of Supervisors. Also, it is important to recognize the work all the people who over the last 18 months have provided the foundation for a response to the homeless in Contra Costa County. Hence, the proposal for recognition on June 2, 1987 .