Central Oregon
The Sisters Community School is a partnership with the Sisters Parks and Recreation District and the Sisters School District. Improving academic achievement among students in grades K-12, especially students who are at risk of under-performing, will be a main focus for the community school program. A full array of parent education and community programs will be offered to Sisters’ residents in the evening hours. Mental health and basic health services will be added as component programs through partnerships with Deschutes County Mental Health, among others.
Redmond School District’s Vern Patrick Elementary will become a full-service community school for the 2010-2011 school year. It will be the district's fifth community school. Promoting academic achievement among students, fostering parent engagement and providing opportunities for adult continuing education are the primary goals of this community school.
Wheeler County will be launching a countywide community school program in the fall of 2010. Each of the county’s three elementary schools will become a community school. While each community school will reflect the community’s needs and strengths in Fossil, Mitchell and Spray, they will all follow the same vision of nurturing the whole child and building community. 1,500 Wheeler County residents are expected to benefit from this countywide program.
Eastern Oregon
Building Healthy Families in Wallowa County was awarded $40,000 for support of the Youth Enrichment Project providing mentoring programs/projects for youth to strengthen academic support, build positive relationships with adults, and engage in leadership and entrepreneurship curriculum;
Families First in John Day received $40,000; to introduce to the community the 40 Developmental Assets and provide a family enrichment coordinator that will link families, schools, agencies and services to ensure that all families are utilizing available opportunities in Grant County
Hermiston Outdoor School received $17,000; for students to participate at no cost in the outdoor school program and to develop a survey to help inform curriculum development
Kids Club of Harney County was awarded $35,000 for year one of a three-year request to expand mentoring, wellness activities, and academic improvement services to children in need grades 1-6;
Lost & Found Youth Outreach of Umatilla County was awarded $40,000 for their first year of three to provide and enhance after-school, evening and weekend enrichment programs for at-risk youth;
Oregon Writers Project of Eastern Oregon University was awarded $30,000 for a three-year project that partners with Fishtrap and ArtsEast to provide a cohesive infusion of writing-related enrichment events for young people in rural Eastern Oregon;
McNary Heights Elementary After-School Program received $60,499 for support of their after-school program serving an average of 350 students each year.
Community Connection of Northeast Oregon will receive $64,884 to develop the Union County Youth Coalition to provide positive mentoring experiences, leadership development and education for youth ages 5-15 through out of school programs and activities.
Southern Oregon
Citizens for Safe Schools Klamath Falls, $51,815 to support the Kids in the Middle mentoring program
Grants Pass Family YMCA Grants Pass, $50,000 to support the Guiding Lights Mentoring Program, providing school-based and community-based mentoring
Kids Unlimited, Medford, $50,000 to implement Proyecto Educator, a holistic mentoring system for Latino youth at-risk of dropping out of school
Lake County Education Service District, Lakeview, $50,000 to establish a youth mentoring program and to hire a .5 FTE coordinator position in Lake County
Southern Oregon Adolescent Study and Treatment Center, Grants Pass, $43,502 to support the School Community Team Mentorship Project, engaging and training a cohort of volunteers to mentor students in eight schools
Southern Willamette Valley
Boys and Girls Club of Albany will receive $117,500 to provide a dental clinic, promote oral health through education and preventive services, and enroll children in the Oregon Health Plan
Eugene School District 4J will receive funding to provide dental hygiene services to 254 children in the Bethel-Springfield-Eugene area, including restorative clinics offered by dental hygiene students
Mercy Foundation will receive $113, 872 to provide comprehensive oral health education and prevention services to 3,440 underserved and/or at-risk children in Douglas County
Umpqua Community Health Center will receive $88,055 for potential funding to intiateinitiate a school-based preventive oral health program
South Coast
OCF will develop a new South Coast Ready to Smile Fund to pay for dental health prevention, education and treatment services over time in Coos and Curry counties, plus Reedsport of Douglas County. The fund will be a fully expendable endowment with standard annual payout. Up to $450,000 of the RAI fund will be transferred into the new fund. The South Coast RAI committee expects to do considerable fundraising and contribute to the fund so the annual payout will sustain the program over time.