Funding Initiatives

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2008-2009 Allocations

First 5 Madera County is committed to investing Proposition 10 revenues into strong partnerships with local agencies able to produce high quality programming that is well integrated into the existing service system and proven to be promising in achieving desired outcomes. To that end, the First 5 Madera County Commission will utilize the following funding strategies for distribution of funds during the 2008-2009 program year:

PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY I: FAMILY RESOURCE CENTER INITIATIVE

• Chowchilla & Mountain Area Family Resource Centers
• FRC Community and Family Friendly Awards

PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY II: FUNDING INITIATIVES

• Preschool Access Initiative
• General Grants/Renewals
• Mini Grants
o One-Time Only Mini Grants
o School Readiness Expansion – Backpack Literacy Projects Mini Grants
o Quality Care Supplies Mini Grants

PROGRAMMATIC STRATEGY III: CAPACITY BUILDING

• Evaluation Program
• Strategic Planning/Needs Assessing/Report Card
• Tobacco Education and Outreach
• Healthcare for All – Tier I: Benefits Outreach and Enrollment
• Professional Training Institute

Funding Initiatives

Funding Initiatives encompass the largest investment of First 5 revenues each year. Local partners are funded to facilitate direct services to children and families that specifically impact established goals. Funded projects are either co-located with, or linked to, the FRC Initiative and complementary to the overall system. Per the adopted 2005-2006 Annual Budget, Funding Initiatives for this program year are as follows:

Preschool Access Initiative $350,000
The Preschool Access Initiative is designed to explore and begin to address the story behind Madera County’s modest preschool enrollment rates (only 32%) and invest local funding into expanding preschool access. (Matching Funds: TBD

Renewals
First Parens Program $ 177,306.000
The Parents Program is a universal home visitation strategy based on the Hawaiian Healthy Start Model that uses public health professionals and paraprofessionals to offer series of home visits and telephone follow-ups to new and expecting parents in Madera County in order to reduce factors negatively influencing Commission's goal for children to be born.

Nurturing Parent Program $46,000.00
The Nurturing Parenting Program is a prevention focused strategy that targets parents with children of typical development and behavior who are interested in gaining general parenting information.

Incredible Years Program $27,250.00
The Incredible Years Program is an early intervention strategy targeting parents/children/families identified as high risk buy may, or may not, have elevated to the point of formal entry into the the child welfare system.

"0-5 in 30 Minutes!"
"0-5 in 30 Minutes!" is a telvised program that serves as a mass parenting workshop, which is aired on a local PBS Channel. The program is a 30 Minutes long in duration. The program's target audiences are parents, grandparents and child care providers. This program focuses on several issues including school readiness, nutrition and fitness and parenting techniques.