News Release
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Tuesday, Oct. 26, 2004 |
HHS Press Office
(202) 690-6343 |
HHS Awards $1.6 Million to Support Community Programs That Help Children Exposed to Domestic Violence
HHS Secretary Tommy G. Thompson announced the 22 grant awards across the country to support Safe and Bright Futures for Children, which builds on the President's domestic violence prevention program. The Safe and Bright Futures for Children initiative provides communities with an opportunity to diminish the damaging effects of domestic violence on children and adolescents and to stop the cycles of abuse and intentional injury.
"Every child deserves safety and happiness in the home," Secretary Thompson said. "The Safe and Bright Futures for Children initiative provides the tools and resources to diminish the effects of violence these children suffer."
The award supports the first of two phases of the program. Phase one which will be conducted over the next two year consists of two years strategic planning. The majority of grantees were funded $75,000 for the first year. It is anticipated and intended that proceeds from the "Stop Family Violence" semi postal stamp, released in 2003, will be used for this initiative in fiscal years 2006-2009.
In order to produce the coordinated system and service enhancement design, grantees will be required to accomplish tasks based on strategic planning that targets specific child/adolescent service outcomes which are community specific and appropriate for the population to be served.
This initiative managed by the Office of Disease Prevention and Health Promotion will encourage communities to plan, develop, implement, and sustain a coordinated system of prevention, intervention, treatment, and follow-through services for children who have witnessed or been exposed to domestic violence and their families.
The list of grantees follows:
Safe and Bright Futures for Children
Grantees - FY 2004
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Applicant
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City, State
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Yr. 01 Awarded Funds
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Advocates Against Family Violence, Inc.
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Caldwell, ID
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$ 75,000
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Amherst H. Wilder Foundation
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St. Paul, MN
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$ 75,000
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Bexar County District Attorney=s Office
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San Antonio, TX
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$ 69,600
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Boston Medical Center Corp.
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Boston, MA
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$ 75,000
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Contra Costa County
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Martinez, CA
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$ 75,000
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Coos County Family Health Services
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Berlin, NH
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$ 75,000
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County of San Diego
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San Diego, CA
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$ 75,000
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Hannahville Indian County
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Wilson, MI
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$ 45,000
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Hillcrest Children=s Center
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Washington, DC
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$75,000
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House of Ruth Maryland
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Baltimore, MD
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$ 75,000
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Institute for Safe Families
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Philadelphia, PA
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$ 75,000
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Palmetto CASA
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Lancaster, SC
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$ 59,000
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Pima Prevention Partnership
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Tucson, AZ
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$ 75,000
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The Friendship Center of Helena
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Helena, MT
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$ 62,200
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Ocean Park Community Center (Sojourn Services for Battered Women and Their Children)
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Santa Monica, CA
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$ 75,000
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Rhode Island Coalition Against Domestic Violence
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Providence, RI
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$ 75,000
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Seattle and King County Public Health
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Seattle, WA
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$ 75,000
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Southern Indian Health Council, Inc.
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Alpine, CA
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$ 75,000
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Superior Court of CA -County of Orange
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Santa Ana, CA
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$ 75,000
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Tohono O=odham Nation
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Sells, AZ
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$ 75,000
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United Services, Inc.
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Dayville, CT
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$ 75,000
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Univ. of Tennessee Health Science Center
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Memphis, TN
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$ 75,000
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Last Revised: October 28, 2004
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