First5 Yuba

First Five Yuba carries out its plans through partnerships with:

First Five Yuba 09/10 Partner Contact/Information form.

Major Grants

1,2,3,Grow/First Smiles- Integrated, Family Resource Center-based programs for families of children 0-5 years in the Camptonville area. Services are focused through the "1,2,3 Grow" early childhood enrichment and kindergarten readiness program. Contract through June 2012.
First Smiles-has developed a grassroots prevention program designed to address dental decay in young children from a community based approach. This county-wide project provides community trainings and individual implementation program support. Contract through December 2009. For more information please contact:

Birdsong Sundstrom and Stephanie Williams for (1,2,3 Grow) and Wendy Tinnel

for (First Smiles)

Camptonville Community Partnership

P.O. Box 218; Camptonville, CA 95922

(530) 288-9355

birdsong@cville.k12.ca.us and swilliams@cville.k12.ca.us

Baby Buddies Birth Center- Provides equipment and start-up funding for a birth center at Harmony Health. Contract through June 2010.
Baby Buddies Home Visiting Program- focuses on pregnant moms and infants 0-3 years old. We offer case management to include linking clients to a medical home; classes for prenatal and childbirth education; preventive health, dental care and immunizations; breastfeeding support and education; insurance; a free car seat with installation and safety education. Contract through June 2010. For more information please contact:

Rachel Farrell, Executive Director                                                                                      Harmony Health Family Resource Center

1908 N. Beale Road Suite D; Marysville, CA 95901                                                              (530) 742-5049 Fax (530) 743-9823

harmonyhealthfrc@comcast.net and Ejj92@yahoo.com with a cc to farrellrachel@comcast.net

Child Development Behavioral Specialist Services (CDBS) -offers year round services to support healthy social emotional development of young children by providing consultation, intervention and assistance to parents, and providers of typically developing children age 0-5 who display challenging behaviors. The program includes community workshops in English or Spanish. Phone consultations and home based services are also available to parents/caregivers whose children are facing challenges with social/emotional adjustment to school or childcare or displaying other atypical and challenging behaviors. There is no cost to Yuba County families regardless of income, immigration status or health insurance coverage. Se habla español. Contract through June 2011. For more information please contact:

Thelma-Amaya-Andersen MSW, Child Development Behavioral Specialist

Yuba County Office of Education (YCOE)

935 14th Street

Marysville, CA 95901

(530)749-4991 or thelma.amaya-andersen@yubacoe.k12.ca.us

Healthy Babies, Healthy Parents- Playgroups are FREE for all parents and their child age 3 and under in Yuba County. Playgroups are held in family's homes and at community locations. Children play while parents discuss concerns, share ideas, and receive up-to-date information around nutrition and physical fitness. When parents host a playgroup they receive nutrition and physical fitness materials worth $75. Contract through June 2011. For more information please contact:

Staci Howell, Early Care & Education Consultant

2907 Lynnwood Drive; Yuba City, CA 95993

(530) 301-0623 Fax (530) 673-5229

Home Made Sand: 4 cups dried, used, coffee grounds, 2 cups cornmeal, 1 cup flour,

1/2 cup salt.

POW/MIA Spray Park- Will install a spray park playground at POW/MIA Park in the Edgewater subdivision. Contract through December 2009.

Recreational Coordinator Pilot Project- is in the early stages of launching a comprehensive recreational program targeted toward families with children aged 0-3 years. This program, when underway, will be available to all County residents at low to no cost and will offer various program including basic motor skill development and beginning aquatics programs. Below is a list of current programs:

Parent and Me-Spring Training for Parent's & Lil' Sluggers

CLICK HERE to view the Yuba County Recreation Program Guide

Contract through June 2011. For more information please contact:

Ryan McNally

Yuba County Public Works

915 Eight Street Suite 125; Marysville, CA 95901

(530)749-5420 Fax (530) 749-5424 or rmcnally@co.yuba.ca.us

The Fluoridation Project- Olivehurst Public Utility District (OPUD) is to provide fluoridation to the OPUD service area in Yuba County. Contract through March 2010. For more information please contact:

Tim Shaw

Olivehurst Public Utility District

1970 9th Avenue Olivehurst, CA 95961

(530)743-0317 Fax: (530)743-3023 or opudmgr@opud.org

Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health Program (MCAH)- is to develop systems that protect and improve the health of California's women of reproductive age, infants, children, adolescents and their families. The MCAH program in Yuba County offers many informational and safety classes for parents and children in our county. They offer car seat classes, bike helmet workshops, life vest workshops, and diabetes informational classes. This program is funded partially with First Five Yuba funds. Contract through June 2010. For more information please contact:

Val Spooner and Heather Palmer

Yuba County Public Health Division- Health & Human Services Department

5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 749-6774 Fax: (530) 749-6397 or vspooner@co.yuba.ca.us and

hpalmer@co.yuba.ca.us

Miles of Smiles-is a school based oral health education program for Yuba County's school children funded through the Sierra Health foundation Bright SMILES grant and the First Five Yuba Commission. The program emphasizes the prevention of oral disease, increased student awareness and knowledge about their oral health, increased student responsibility for their oral health, and the development of students' lifelong health behaviors. Miles of Smiles recognizes the importance of a mental well-being of individuals. Program components are: Fluoride Supplementation, Plaque Control, and Oral Health Education to children, teachers, and parents. Contract through June 2010. For more information please contact:

Jan Bonner

Yuba County Public Health Division-Health & Human Services Department

5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 100 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 749-6810 Fax: (530-749-6397 or jbonner@co.yuba.ca.us

Matching State and Local Grants

AmeriCorps-is responsible for recruiting, enrolling, training, and supervising four AmeriCorps members. The AmeriCorps members will assist local families with applying for health insurance, accessing routine, preventive medical and dental screenings, accessing a medial home, and applying for oral health intervention. They will also educate caregivers on parenting skills, child development and adult-child interactions, increase children's development skills, recruit community volunteers to assist with community/cultural events, coordinate with school readiness staff and members. For more information please contact:

Roy Martin, Executive Director

GraceSource, Inc.

P.O. Box 119

Olivehurst, CA 95961

530-740-7766

gracesource@comcast.net or abcfamilyresourcecenters@comcast.net

Healthy Kids, Healthy Future-is a new, low cost, comprehensive health insurance program for children 0-5 who do not qualify for Medi-Cal or Healthy Families and are not covered by insurance through a family member's employer, regardless of immigration status. For more information please contact:

Karen Ewing/Claudia Contreras

First Five Yuba

1114 Yuba Street, Suite 121 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 749-4877 kewing@co.yuba.ca.us or ccontreras@co.yuba.ca.us

KIT for New Parents-Each kit is FREE and contains advice for new parents book & DVD, what to do when your child gets sick, a parents guide to resources, baby's first book, health insurance information, poison control, and guide to preventing activities.

Claudia Contreras

First Five Yuba

1114 Yuba Street, Suite 121 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 749-4877 or ccontreras@co.yuba.ca.us

School Readiness-All children 0-5 years of age in the Ella, Cedar Land and Linda school neighborhoods are eligible for free school readiness services including ◦KinderCamp, a summer kindergarten enrichment program ◦School-based Outreach to Families, including home visiting with an emphasis on family literacy ◦On-site Health Services and ◦ Classroom-based Speech and Language Development Services. For more information please contact:

Karen Ewing/Kathy Woods

School Readiness Coordinator

1114 Yuba Street, Suite 121 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 749-4961 or kewing@co.yuba.ca.us

Grantees with Annual Reporting

E-Center/Head Start- E-Center received funding in collaboration with several entities to build a child care facility in Marysville to provide services to children 0-5 years of age. For more information please contact:

Lisa Maytorena

E-Center/Head Start Program

1128 Yuba Street Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 741-2995 Fax (530) 741-8469 or lmaytorena@ecenter.org

Riverside Restoration-Riverside Restoration received funding to build renal housing for low-income families who have at least one child 0-5 years of age who shall reside in a rental housing unit on the property. For more information please contact:

Michael and Mary Hunt

Riverside Restoration

P.O. Box 511 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 742-4673 or roadtorest@att.net

Yuba County Children's Mobile Dental Van-The Tooth Mobile provides comprehensive dentistry to children 0-5 and their families at school sites in Yuba County. For more information please contact:

Toni Marquez

Marysville Joint Unified School District

1919 B Street Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 741-2729 Fax (530) 749-7850 or tmarquez@mjusd.k12.ca.us

Dental Coordinator Cell:(530) 788-3578

Mini-Grants

Contracts through June 2010

April-Month of the Child Activities-Recognition of children through community engagement in various activities including "Bubbles, Bubbles, Everywhere," and participation in numerous activities planned for children and families as part of April's Month of the Child. For more information please contact:

Colleen Dugan

Twin Cities Association for the Education of Young Children

1104 E Street

Marysville, CA 95901

530-749-4040 or JC_dugan@comcast.net

Civic Engagement Mileage Stipend-Mileage-mini-grant allowing CCP's continued civic engagement and foothill grassroots input with decision makers at the county and regional level to the benefit of age 0-5 children and their parents. For more information please contact:

Stephanie Williams

Camptonville Community Partnership

P.O. Box 218

Camptonville, CA 95922

530-288-9355 or cathy@cville.k12.ca.us

Diaper Bags with First Five Parent Kit-California Work Opportunity and Responsibility of Kids (CalWORKs) Intake staff located at the One Stop Employment Center would distribute pre-packaged cloth tote bags filled with diapers, baby wipes, electrical safety plug covers, and child development and parent educational brochures, which will be given along with the First 5 Parent Kits to Cal WORKs parents who apply for and meet the "Immediate Need" criteria. For more information please contact:

Pamela Morasch

Yuba County H&HSD Employment Services/CalWORKs Division

1114 Yuba Street

Marysville, CA 95901

530-749-4921 or pmorasch@co.yuba.ca.us

Early Literacy BrownsValley Prechoolers-To expand current preschool literacy program for kindergarten readiness. For more information please contact:

Suzanne Morris

9497 Peoria Road

BrownsValley, CA 95918

530-639-2669 or Brownsvalleychildcare@gmail.com

Exploring Outdoor Environment-To purchase safe, appropriate Bye, Bye Buggies for children. For more information please contact:

Carmen Tozcano

2245 Roberta Avenue

Marysville, CA 95901

530-742-7672 or lorenatozcano@univision.com

First Five Read and Learn-To provide books at well baby checks for parents to read to their children. For more information please contact:

Tom Walther

Peach Tree Healthcare

5730 Packard Avenue, Suite 600

Marysville, CA 95901

530-741-6245x107 or twalther@ptclinic.org

"Fit for Life"-Will increase nutrition education and physical fitness awareness to reduce obesity in families of children 0-5 years old.

Healthy Bodies Make Happy Bodies - will also improve children's learning opportunities for physical, dental, and nutritional health. Facilitate access for families to obtain health and dental screenings and care. For more information please contact:

Karen L. Stanis-"Fit for Life"

530-741-6966 or kstanis@yccd.edu

Rhonda Shearer-Healthy Bodies Make Happy Bodies

530-634-7738 or rshearer@yccd.edu

2088 N. Beale Road

Marysville, CA 95901

McGruff Crime Prevention Community Education-Will seek to obtain one McGruff the Crime Dog costume and child identification/ crime prevention materials and conduct educational prevention services in the preschool programs within Yuba County. For more information please contact:

Jason Roper

Yuba County Probation-Victim Witness

4240 Dan Avenue

Olivehurst, CA 95961

530-741-6275 or jroper@co.yuba.ca.us

Spanish and Bilingual Materials for Children-will improve and increase the availability of Spanish and Bilingual Books, DVD’s and CD’s for children under five. For more information please contact:
Kathleen Stewart Yuba County Library 303 Second Street Marysville, CA 95901 (530) 749-7380 or kstewart@co.yuba.ca.us

Special Needs Interpreting Support-will support Spanish speaking families in the FRC with interpreting and translation assistance at home visits, meetings, etc.

Special Needs Family Support 0-5-will support families with special needs children 0-5 by providing gas cards to assist families with travel to medical appointments and hospitals out of the area. For more information please contact:

Alicia Hrico

Y.C.O.E. Family Resource Center

1104 E Street

Marysville, CA 95901

530-749-4049 or alicia.hrico@yubacoe.k12.ca.us

Spring Fling Fair-will provide a Health and Safety fair for the community which showcases local organization and opportunities for Yuba County children and families. For more information please contact:

Rachel Farrell

Harmony Health Family Resource Center

908 N. Beale Road Suite D

Marysville, CA 95901

530-742-5049 or harmonyhealthfrc@comcast.net

Training for Early Care & Education Providers-Will provide two trainings for the early care & education workforce to build knowledge and skills associated with working with infants & toddlers, children with special needs and/or creating an outdoor classroom.
Teen Parent & Child Brochure- will develop, print and distribute a brochure detailing programs and services available for pregnant and parenting teens and their children in the Yuba Sutter area. For more information please contact:

Jorgine Rogers

Child Care Planning Council of Yuba & Sutter Counties

1104 E Street

Marysville, CA 95901

530-749-4040 or jorgine.rogers@yubacoe.k12.ca.us

"Tobacco Free at FRHG" -All Fremont-Rideout facilities will be smoke free/tobacco free starting November 1, 2009. This project focuses on public awareness and education regarding the policy, smoking cessation classes and other educational programs of supporting agencies. For more information please contact:

Tony Gambino

Fremont-Rideout Health Group

726 4th Street

Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 941-9809 Fax (530) 751-4226 or tgambino@frhg.org

Wheatland/Beale Community Fair-Will provide Wheatland and Beal AFB families, with children 0-5, with and informative and entertaining Community Fair. The 2010 Community Fair, with First 5 funding, will expand our current fair to provide families with children 0-5 the opportunity to access county health agencies, improve family functioning by providing access to adult education and literacy programs and to improve parent/child participation in all areas by providing 0-5 age children with interactive entertainment and activities. For more information please contact:

Cory O'Neal

Wheatland School District

100 Wheatland School District

Wheatland, CA 95692

530-633-4061 or cconeal@wheatland.k12.ca.us

Marysville Farmer's Market Children's Area- will provide a children's area targeted for children 0-5 years of age at the Friday Night Farmer's Market held in Downtown Marysville each week. For more information please contact:

Tom King and Randy Fletcher

Marysville Business Improvement District

P.O. Box 2049 Marysville, CA 95901

(530) 742-6336 or tome@tjnorths.com and fginsfletcher@pacbell.net

Plumas lake Farmer's Market-Start up funds for required permits, insurance coverage, advertising and outreach for Yuba-Sutter Certified Farmers Market in the Plumas Lake area. For more information please contact:

Dan and Candy Silva

Yuba-Sutter Certified Farmer's Market

200 Wilkie Avenue-Route 3 Yuba City, CA 95991

(530) 671-2003 or ibejammin@sbcglobal.net