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FROM: Mark Finucane, Health Services Director Contra
By: Elizabeth A. Spooner, Contracts Administrato Costa
DATE: June 29, 1989 County
SUBJECT: Approve submission of Funding Application .#29-382 to the U. S.
Department of Health and Human Services - Office of Minority Health
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATIONS) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
I. RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Approve and authorize Larry Cohen, Prevention Program Director, to
execute and submit to the U. S. Department of Health and Human
Services - ,Office of Minority Health, Funding Application #29-382
requesting $200, 000 .of funding for a project entitled "Coalition
Organized for Non-Violent Options for Youth (CONVOY) for a two-year
project from September 1, 1989 through August 31, 1991. This
project will focus on preventing homicide and assault among black
youth in Richmond.
II. FINANCIAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement by the Office of Minority Health will
result in $200, 000 of OMH Minority Community Health Coalition
Demonstration Project funding, with first-year funding of $95, 000
and $105, 000 of federal funding for the second year of the project.
A total of $29, 983 per year of in-kind contributions are to be
provided by community agencies which are part of the grant's
coalition. The County's in-kind contribution of $12 , 000 consists
of existing program staff currently included in the budget.
III. REASONS FOR RECOMMENDATIONS/BACKGROUND:
This program is needed because the homicide and assault rate among
black youth is six to eight times greater than that of the overall
population in Contra Costa County, with the number of black youth
homicides rising consistently in Richmond. Funding Application
#29-382 requests federal funding to implement a CONVOY project in
the City of Richmond.
CONVOY will consist of. community-based agencies, County Health
Services, the Richmond School District, and local government.
CONVOY activities will include: de-escalation/conflict management
training for elementary and junior high youth; parental and care-
giver support; professional training; community-wide education and
events; and development of policy recommendations designed to
institutionalize and redirect more resources into violence
prevention efforts.
In order to meet the deadline for submission, a draft copy of the
application has been forwarded to the U. S. Department of Health
and
VV�� 1 Human Services - office of Minority Health, ,h ubject to
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__ RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDA1 N OF BOAR COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE S :
ACTION OF BOARD ON APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED / OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
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.
JUL 11 1989
cc: fies.tth Services (Contracts) _ ATTESTED
PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
BY ,DEPUTY
M382/7-83