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Authorize the County's contribution of $2,500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 3 to benefit Child Haven Inc. ($1,250) and Faith In Action ($1,250)
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DEPARTMENTAL RECOMMENDATION:
Supervisor Jim Spering requests that the Board authorize the County's contribution of $2,500 from the General Fund contribution allocated to District 3 to benefit Child Haven Inc. ($1,250) and Faith In Action ($1,250).
SUMMARY/DISCUSSION:
Justification:
During the 2018/19 Budget Hearings, the Board appropriated $5,000 to allow District 3 to support community service programs. District 3 recommends the distribution of the remaining funding as follows:
Child Haven - ($1,250)
Child Haven, Inc, a non-profit 501(c)3 corporation, began providing services more than 30 years ago in Solano County. While the delivery of services changed slightly over the years, the mission has not. Child Haven programs provide intensive therapeutic mental health and developmental services for children and their families with the belief that early intervention, education, and targeted professional services help children heal and families grow.
Children served at Child Haven often suffer from severe neglect, have experienced the trauma of physical or sexual abuse and have been exposed to violence. More than 450 children, ages birth to 18, receive services at Child Haven each year.
Funds will be used for direct services to support Child Haven's Child Abuse Treatment program.
Faith In Action ($1,250)
Faith in Action: Interfaith Volunteer Caregivers of Solano County promotes the independence, ends the isolation, and sustains the dignity of homebound frail elders, seniors with cancer and other chronic illnesses, seniors with disabilities, the medically uninsured, and their family caregivers throughout Solano County. The organization provides non-acute, non-medical support ser...
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