April 2007
Thursday, April 5th, 2007
County of San Mateo Office of Education Secures $1.22 Million for Preschool Expansion. Drawing together providers from throughout San Mateo, the County of San Mateo Office of Education successfully developed, submitted, and won one of the largest grants for preschool expansion awarded in California according to results posted April 4 by the California Department of Education. Working together, the County Office of Education, First 5 San Mateo, and preschool providers are working effectively to expand high-quality preschool opportunities. The Glen Price Group was proud to have played a role in the development and submission of this latest successful grant application.
UN-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) and the Department of Marine Affairs and Fisheries of Indonesia (DKP) hold Kickoff Workshop. FAO and DKP launched their innovative project in sustainable development of fisheries and aquaculture in Banda Aceh, Indonesia on the 20-22 of March, 2007. More than 100 representatives of community-based organizations, non-governmental organizations, government and international agencies attended this event. The American Red Cross is providing funding for this project, which was developed with technical assistance from the World Wildlife Fund. The Glen Price Group was honored to assist with the design and facilitation of this participatory, multi-stakeholder workshop under contract to the UN-FAO. Click here for a photo gallery of the participants in action!
Santa Clara County wins $20.7 million grant to provide health insurance to the working poor. Thanks to a recent grant from the Health Care Coverage Initiative, the Santa Clara Valley Health and Hospital System will receive $20,700,000 over three years in federal funding administered by the California Department of Health Services. The grant enables the provision of health care coverage to 10,000 employed, uninsured adults residing in Santa Clara County. GPG was pleased to collaborate with the Pacific Health Consulting Group in preparing this application. Please see the article in the San Jose Mercury News and the announcement from the office of the Governor.
The Glen Price Group has been working with Widenmann Elementary School in the Vallejo City Unified School District for some time in conjunction with the Bay Area Partnership. In March 2007, we learned that the school had been awarded a highly competitive Healthy Start grant from the state of California Department of Education. The application, developed by the Glen Price Group in conjunction with the school’s many partners, was one of only 16 awarded in the state! Go Widenmann. GPG looks forward to continuing to work with you as the Healthy Start Collaborative continues to tackle critical issues facing the school’s community.