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Recommendation to adopt resolution in support of, and authorizing an application to, the California Department of Public Health Office of Family Planning to provide Community Challenge Grant Services. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On October 22, 2009, the California Department of Public Health announced the availability of approximately $18 million per year in grant funds for the Community Challenge Grant (CCG) Projects. Funds will be made available for a maximum of five fiscal years for the period beginning July 1, 2010 and ending June 30, 2015. Grant awards (following a Request for Application (RFA) process) may be funded up to $250,000 per year, with a range of $150,000 (minimum) to $250,000 (maximum) per grant award. Eligible applicants include county and/or city governments, local health jurisdictions, public entities, and private non-profit corporations organized for nonsectarian purposes. The City of Long Beach is a current CCG grant recipient, with funding in the amount of $210,000 per year, reaching thousands of participants through outreach, multi-session workshops, parent education sessions, community events, mentoring, and service learning activities.
The grant is designed to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies and teenage single parents, and to promote responsible parenting and the involvement of the biological father of children born to teen mothers in the economic, social, and emotional support of his children. The City's program will work with they key populations identified in the RFA, including sexually active adolescents, pregnant and parenting teens, parents and families, young adults at risk for unwed motherhood or absentee fatherhood, and personnel who work with youth. The grant application is due to the State by January 7, 2010. Should the City receive the grant, implementation would commence in July 1, 2010 and continue for up to five years.
This item was reviewed by Deputy City Attorney Linda Trang on November 2,2009, and Budget a...
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