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Recommendation to adopt resolution in support of and authorizing a request for funds from the California Department of Public Health through the submission of an application to the Teen Pregnancy Prevention Community Challenge Grant Program, RFA 11-10018, to provide Community Challenge Grant Services. (Citywide)
DISCUSSION
On September 15, 2010, the California Department of Public Health announced the availability of approximately $18 million per year in grant funds for Community Challenge Grant (CCG) Projects as authorized by California Welfare and Institutions (W&I) Code Sections 14504.1 and 18993-18993.9. Annual funding is provided through the California Department of Social Services. Funding for the CCG Projects will be made available for a maximum of five fiscal years for the period beginning July 1, 2011 and ending June 30, 2016. Grant awards may be funded up to $250,000 per fiscal year, with a range of $150,000 (minimum) to $250,000 (maximum) per grant award based on weighted scores. Eligible applicants include county and/or city governments, local health jurisdictions, public entities, and private non-profit corporations organized for non-sectarian 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 current CCG grant will end on June 30, 2011.
The CCG 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 the key populations identified in the application guidance, including sexually active adolescents, pregnant and parenting teens, parents and families, young adult...
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