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CalGRIP Funded Projects (Region IV)
This is a list of local anti-gang projects funded by CalGRIP dollars. The applicant agencies listed here were successful in a highly competitive Request-For-Proposal process. CalGRIP allows for local jurisdictions to implement prevention, intervention or suppression activities – or a combination thereof – based on local need. Cities and community-based organizations were eligible to apply. Since the inception of the CalGRIP Initiative, three rounds of grant funding have been awarded (2008-09 - 2009-10 coming soon). Projects are listed alphabetically.
FUNDED 2008-09
Boys & Girls Club of Lake Tahoe
County: El Dorado
Location of Services: South Lake Tahoe
Grant Award: $154,072
Project Summary: Gang Prevention Through Targeted Outreach (GPTTO) is an evidence-based, nationally-recognized Boys & Girls Clubs of America initiative that will serve at least 50 youth, providing them with research-based positive youth development programs, case management services and additional interest-based Club programs. The initiative includes mobilizing community-based partners to examine the gang problem and assist with implementation of this initiative through referrals, service provision and tracking. The goal of this project is to prevent crime, deter gang involvement and help youth become productive and caring adults.
Contact Information: Rowena Shaw, Area Director/Project Director - (530) 542-0838 - rshaw@bgclt.org
City of Modesto
County: Stanislaus
Implementing Agency: Modesto Police Department
Grant Award: $383,423
Project Summary: Project SAFE is a multi-agency collaboration that addresses the gang and youth violence problem in the Stanislaus Enterprise Zone, through a strategy modeled after the Boston Operation Ceasefire project, consisting of suppression, prevention, intervention, education, job training and skills development. The project will target gang members and at-risk youth between the ages of 16 and 24, providing: gang-alternative education and resource information to 500 at-risk youth, gang members and affiliates; gang awareness education to 1,800 people in the target communities; and enrollment in the Work for Success Academy for 100 at-risk youth, gang members and affiliates. Will conduct 23 task force suppression operations throughout the county.
Contact Information: Michael Harden, Interim Chief of Police - (209) 572-9501 - hardenm@modestopd.com
City of Sacramento
County: Sacramento
Implementing Agency: Mayor’s Office of Youth Development
Grant Award: $400,000
Project Summary: The Youth Violence Recidivism Reduction Project will provide case management, social services, and employment opportunities to 50 adjudicated youth in a high-crime target area who are reentering the public school system. The youth will be validated gang members or have gang indicators. Due to their previous criminal records and delinquent behavior, socio-economic factors, neighborhood environments, and family backgrounds, the target youth are at high-risk for participating in gang-related criminal activities and committing gun violence. The proposed project will primarily focus on a combination of recidivism prevention, school reentry and education, job training, and community service, including referrals to employment, substance abuse and mental health services.
Contact Information: Lyn Corbett, Director - (916) 808-8050 - LCorbett@cityofsacramento.org
City of Stockton
County: San Joaquin
Implementing Agency: Stockton Police Department
Grant Award: $400,000
Project Summary: The Strong Neighborhood Initiative and Neighborhood Renaissance Programs will be leveraged with CalGRIP grant funds to support a comprehensive effort of suppression, intervention and prevention activities, modeled after the Boston Operation Ceasefire project. Law enforcement will conduct long-term surveillance and monitoring of Stockton’s most violent gangs, missions/ sweeps targeting violent gang activity, and arrest warrant sweeps. A gang/gun hotline will be operated and informants paid for reporting gang/gun activity leading to the seizure of an estimated 200 guns, along with drugs and other contraband. Police will make referrals to Peacekeeper/Youth Outreach Workers (YOWs) who will follow-up with 100 gang members and their families and other at-risk youth for purposes of providing services from contracted community-based organizations, faith-based organizations, and government service agencies. YOWs will work overtime to conduct critical gang conflict mediation, awareness, and outreach.
Contact Information: Tammie Murrell, Deputy Chief of Police - (209) 937-8325 - Tammie.Murrell@ci.stockton.ca.us
Sacramento Employment and Training Agency
County: Sacramento
Location of Services: City and County of Sacramento
Grant Award: $500,000 (EDD)
Project Summary: The Sacramento Employment and Training Agency will coordinate the Sacramento Works CalGRIP program to serve 100 youth involved in gangs or at-risk of gang involvement. The Sacramento CalGRIP program will partner with the City and County of Sacramento, police, parole and probation departments, community-based organizations and local congregations to address the gang issue in Sacramento County. The program will provide the target youth with employment, academic and social services to direct them towards a positive lifestyle. By developing linkages and having access to resources in the community, the at-risk youth will have increased academic, vocational and employment success.
Contact Information: Robin Purdy - (916) 263-3860
San Joaquin County Office of Education
County: San Joaquin
Implementing Agency: Stockton
Grant Award: $400,000 (EDD)
Project Summary: The San Joaquin County Office of Education YouthBuild San Joaquin is a 12-month program that assists high-risk youth between the ages of 18 and 24 earn a high school diploma/GED and job-related skills in the construction industry. The program will extend its services to 50 youth, who are gang members, gang-involved and at-risk of gang involvement over the course of two years. Partners include San Joaquin County’s Housing Authority, Regional Occupational Program, Probation Department, Substance Abuse Services, Alternative Education Program, plus John Muir Charter School, Stockton Operation Peacekeeper Program and many other local and community-based organizations.
Contact Information: Sheilah Goulart - (209) 468-5911
Stanislaus County Alliance Worknet
County: San Joaquin
Implementing Agency: Modesto
Grant Award: $500,000 (EDD)
Project Summary: The Stanislaus County Alliance Worknet in collaboration with the Ceres Unified School District, Stanislaus County Sheriffs Department, County Probation Department, Stanislaus County Police Activities League and Friends Outside, will implement a county-wide program with the goal of identifying youth who are involved, or are in danger of becoming involved, in gang activity and providing them opportunities to pursue a productive future. This program will provide a direct path from the probation and court systems to an array of services that includes academics, paid work experience, counseling, supportive services and job placement.
Contact Information: Jeffrey Rowe - (209) 558-2150
Yolo Family Resource Center
County: Yolo
Location of Services: Woodland
Grant Award: $160,000
Project Summary: The Yolo Family Resource Center, in partnership with the Yolo County Office of Education and the Yolo County Probation Department, has developed the Midtown Alternative Village School Project. The partners intend to work together toward a mutual goal of providing effective school-based prevention and intervention strategies to reduce gang activities in communities and neighborhoods. The project seeks to create a safe school environment and provide effective programs to decrease violence in schools and the use of alcohol and other drugs, as well as to provide effective mental health treatment and intervention services and connect Midtown students with the larger community of Yolo County.
Contact Information: Carolyn Castillo Pierson, Executive Director - (530) 406-7221 - ccpierson@yolofrc.org
