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Community Grants & Links

Following a financial feasibility review each year, Mills-Peninsula determines whether it will be possible to fund community grants. As feasible, the program opens to proposals in November for awards in the following year.

Community Grants
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Community Grants

Check back for the 2012 grant application (Acrobat .pdf, download Acrobat Reader if you don't have it.)

Mills-Peninsula Community Grants Program Facts
The grants program is intended to help San Mateo-based organizations that provide health-related services for residents of our communities in three categories:

Programs for under-served
Programs for residents with special needs
Services or programs that fulfill a need currently not being served

The maximum grant will be $10,000. In order to help as many organizations as possible with a limited pool of funds, programs may apply each year for funding for a maximum of three years.

Grant recipients are required to submit a report about how the money was spent, including outcomes.

Advocates for Accessible Recreation & San Carlos Parks and Recreation
The San Carlos Special Needs Program – offered in partnership through Advocates for Accessible Recreation and the San Carlos Parks and Recreation Department – provides community recreation opportunities for children, teenagers and adults. The program provides enriching experiences that increase social skills and self esteem, and develop independent living skills, as well as age-appropriate social interactions and life skills training to youth with developmental disabilities.

Advocates for Children
Advocates for Children recruits, trains and supports adults who are assigned to the abused and neglected children under the care of the court system of San Mateo County. It is the only program of its kind serving foster children in the county. Special advocates form trusting relationships with the children and represent the children’s’ best interests to judges, social workers, attorneys, teachers and others involved in the children’s lives.

Bay Area Legal Aid
Bay Area Legal Aid provides free civil legal services to low-income Bay Area residents, particularly in the areas of domestic violence, housing and homelessness, economic security and Welfare-to-Work and health care access.

Breast Cancer Connections
Breast Cancer Connections’ Gabriella Patser Program provides young women access to life-saving medical care through an extensive network of referral clinics, surgeons, imaging facilities and other medical providers. The program also provides breast cancer screening and diagnostic services to low-income, uninsured women under the age of 40 who have a significant family or personal history of breast health issues. Breast Cancer Connections has helped more than 2,900 women in San Mateo County and the Bay Area since its founding in 1995.

Burlingame Community for Education Foundation (BCE)
At a time when the State of California no longer funds physical education specialists in elementary schools, BCE provides supplemental funding to the Burlingame School District’s Physical Education Program to help encourage and teach young children to be physically active and adopt healthy habits throughout their lives.

Cabrillo Unified School District, Community Schools Initiative
The Cabrillo Unified School District’s Community Schools Initiative at Cunha Intermediate School serves as a model to ensure the social, emotional and physical health needs of students are identified and sufficiently met, as this is critical to students’ success in school and early adolescent development.

Child Care Coordinating Council
The Child Care Coordinating Council (4Cs) assists parents living and working in San Mateo County with finding and paying for child care and preschool. The organization is a one-stop shop for parents looking for the county’s licensed child care providers and preschool programs.

The Children’s Health Council (CHC)
CHC provides multidisciplinary assessment, treatment and educational services for children and teens with wide-ranging developmental, behavioral, emotional and learning problems that impair their ability to function at home and at school.

Community Gatepath
Community Gatepath is the largest not-for-profit organization in San Mateo County, providing skills, training and support for people with disabilities, including vocational skill development. Gatepath also provides developmental and psychological services to children, including screening, assessment, and individual and group treatment.

Center for Independence of the Disabled (CID) Health Living Program
CID strives to increase the social, educational and economic participation of persons with disabilities in San Mateo County. CID’s Healthy Living Program teaches low-income seniors and disabled individuals about the foods they need to meet their nutritional needs, and how to shop for and cook nutritious meals. The program also teaches gardening skills to help individuals grow their own foods and exercise routines to encourage seniors and people with disabilities to develop habits that will keep them healthy.

Community Learning Center
The Community Learning Center is a program of the South San Francisco Public Library serving youth and adults to help them reach their full potential. The center provides English language classes, computer instruction, homework assistance, native language literacy classes, kindergarten preparation, job training and much more.

Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA)
CORA is the only agency in San Mateo County dedicated to helping victims of domestic violence in the community. The organization provides a 24-hour crisis hotline, an emergency response program, shelter and transitional housing, counseling services, legal services in English and Spanish, and community education.

Coastside Children’s Programs’ (CCP) Healthy Habits Program
CCP’s Healthy Habits Programs strives to positively impact the dietary habits of children and families at risk of nutritionally related diseases of childhood, such as diabetes and obesity. The program provides hands-on education about nutrition and healthy eating to children and the adults in their families in San Mateo County’s coastal communities, including understanding healthy nutrition, choosing a balanced and culturally sensitive diet, shopping frugally for healthy food products, selecting healthy recipes and much more.

Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative
The Daly City Peninsula Partnership Collaborative promotes and facilitates collaborative efforts to ensure all community members have access to the health, education and social services they need to be successful in school and life. The Partnership’s Daly City ACCESS serves the needs of underserved older adults and persons with disabilities in San Mateo County.

Edgewood Center for Children and Families HealthyKin Program
Edgewood provides services to help children and families overcome severe challenges like abuse, neglect, mental illness and crisis. Edgewood’s HealthyKin Program reduces barriers to health and social services, and empowers relative caregivers and parents by providing respectful health care services in a safe, confidential and caring environment.

El Centro de Libertad Youth Intervention Program
El Centro de Libertad’s Youth Intervention Program combines outpatient treatment services for substance abuse with prevention education classes and presentations for adolescents in San Mateo County. The program provides adolescents and their families with a culturally competent and effective alternative to substance abuse. El Centro de Libertad is the only provider of such services on the county’s coast.

Fatherhood Collaborative of San Mateo County
The Fatherhood Collaborative of San Mateo County strives to increase the health and well being of children in the county by increasing the strength and quality of their relationships with their fathers and male caregivers, particularly low-income, underserved fathers. The Fatherhood Collaborative believes that fathers need to be involved in their children’s lives. It encourages male involvement and responsibilities in families, and supports community efforts to raise awareness of the importance of fathers and improve services for fathers.

Mental Health Association (MHA) of San Mateo County
MHA provides shelter, support and socialization opportunities for individuals with mental illness and HIV/AIDS in San Mateo County.

Mid-Peninsula Boys & Girls Club (MPBGC)
MPBGC provides learning and enrichment opportunities to disadvantaged youth in the community, focusing on developing and strengthening the intellectual, emotional and social growth of children.

Mission Hospice of San Mateo County
Mission Hospice provides hospice care to San Mateo County residents, as well as case management and support to individuals who are not eligible or ready for hospice care.

North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center
North Peninsula Neighborhood Services Center offers programs and services to low-income families in need in San Mateo County, including emergency food and shelter, health education and health insurance enrollment, and much more.

Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County
Ombudsman Services of San Mateo County work to protect the health, safety, welfare and rights of residents in long-term care facilities; receive, identify, investigate and resolve complaints on behalf of the residents; provide 24-hour on-call services to residents in crisis; and much more.

Peninsula Clergy Network (PCN)
A network of all clergy in San Mateo and northern Santa Clara counties, the PCN provides the framework for clergy and religious institutions to work with civic leaders to address issues of importance in the community, including disaster preparedness.

Parca
Parca serves people with developmental disabilities in San Mateo County, including those with Down syndrome, cerebral palsy, autism, epilepsy and other neurological disorders. Parca offers residential facilities, and provides independent living skills, training and assisted living services for adults, as well as camps and programs for children, and support services for families.

Peninsula Jewish Community Center (PJCC)
PJCC provides programs and services designed to build and strengthen caring communities, including adult and senior programs such as the Get Up & Go escorted transportation program for older adults; an Early Childhood Center and day camps for children; youth and family programming; and much more.

Puente de la Costa Sur
Puente de la Costa Sur assists underserved residents, particularly Spanish-speaking families, of the mostly undeveloped land along the South Coast of San Mateo County, in accessing health care. Puente de la Costa Sur provides enrollment in health insurance programs, educational health outreach, screening and immunizations, parenting education and support, and much more to the residents of Pescadero, La Honda, Loma Mar and San Gregorio, areas of San Mateo County in which health care services are extremely limited.

Pyramid Alternatives
Pyramid Alternatives provides culturally responsive and evidence-based services and training for addiction, mental health, violence prevention and recovery services in four locations throughout San Mateo County, as well as in schools, senior centers and other venues.

Redwood City Education Foundation
The Redwood City Education Foundation strives to advance and enrich educational opportunities for all students in the Redwood City School District. The foundation raises funds for the programs offered within the school district, including music, outdoor education, art, literacy, science, math, and other academic areas.

San Mateo Dental Society Dental Health Foundation
The Dental Health Foundation is the community outreach arm of the San Mateo County Dental Society (SMCDS), which strives to improve the oral health of the community, particularly among underserved populations such as needy children and seniors.

Rebuilding Together Peninsula (RTP)
RTP repairs homes and community facilities for low-income homeowners, including seniors, persons with disabilities and families, so they can live independently, safely and comfortably.

Shelter Network
Shelter Network provides housing and support services for homeless families and individuals in San Mateo County with the goal of helping them attain self sufficiency and return to their own permanent homes. Shelter Network also provides services to homeless children, including development centers that promote early childhood education and provide special education.

Women’s Recovery Association
The Women’s Recovery Association is one of the oldest residential treatment homes for women with substance abuse in the nation. It provides gender-specific treatment services to women and their families, with an emphasis on low-income individuals, as well as transitional housing and job-readiness training and vocational support.

YMCA Youth Services Bureaus
The YMCA Youth Services Bureaus provides critical mental health and prevention services to underserved Latino and monolingual Spanish-speaking families in San Mateo County.

Youth and Family Enrichment Services (YFES) Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center
YFES Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention Center is the only suicide prevention service in San Mateo County offering hotline and intervention services 24 hours a day, 365 days a year. The program also provides a Web site and teen chat room for young adults, as well as crisis interventions in schools.
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Community Links

Here is a list of organizations offering valuable health information to the San Mateo County community:

African American Community Health Advisory Committee: Identifying health issues affecting the African-American community.
Alzheimer's Association of the Bay Area: The Alzheimer's Association is your source for information, support and assistance on issues related to Alzheimer's disease.
American Cancer Society National and the California Branch of the American Cancer Society: The latest health information into cancer. Information includes current treatment options, research and tips cancer prevention.
The American Heart Association is dedicated to providing you with education and information on fighting heart disease and stroke.
American Lung Association: Your local lung association can help you with classes, support groups, training materials, and publications on smoking, tobacco control, and lung diseases -- for children, teens, and adults.
Arthritis Foundation, Northern California Chapter: Find out the latest news about arthritis, treatments and research, as well as information about the Arthritis Foundation and its programs and activities.
Community Overcoming Relationship Abuse (CORA): The only private nonprofit in San Mateo County providing core services for domestic violence survivors and their loved ones. All services are free and confidential.

Tollfree (800) 300-1080
Teen Hotline 650-259-8136
Chat Room www.teenrelationships.org
www.corasupport.org
Diabetes Association, California: The American Diabetes Association is the nation's leading nonprofit health organization providing diabetes research, information and advocacy.
Get Healthy San Mateo County: Building health communities in San Mateo County. Resources for community, parents, health professionals, educators, preschool/childcare staff and afterschool coordinators. See also Healthy San Mateo
Operation Access: Operation Access is a non-profit organization that provides free outpatient elective surgeries and surgical consultation to uninsured individuals. Its customers are unable to pay for private health insurance and are ineligible for care through publicly sponsored programs.
Peninsula Library System: PLS is a consortium of 32 city, county, and community college libraries in San Mateo County.
San Mateo County Community College District: Serves more than 26,000 students and offers the first two years of instruction in a wide variety of transfer programs as well as more than 90 vocational-technical programs.
Samaritan House: Providing services dedicated to the needs of low-income San Mateo County residents.
San Mateo County Department of Health Services: Protecting public health by providing medical care and protective services for vulnerable people and ensuring emergency medical response to all people in San Mateo County.