The following a list of Human Services Grants that were awarded between
July 1, 2006 to June 30, 2007
Addictions Recovery Center, Medford
Amount: $12,000
Purpose:Toward a new telephone and computer system to better provide drug & alcohol treatment services.
   
Ashland Community Hospital Foundation, Ashland
Amount: $10,000
Purpose:Scholarship assistance for families who need Alzheimer respite care.
   
Ashland Supportive Housing, Ashland
Amount: $3,402
Purpose: To install a patio shade cover at a group home for developmentally disabled adults.
   
Boys & Girls Clubs of the Rogue Valley, Grants Pass
Amount: $20,000
Purpose: In support of an educational summer program for local youth.
   
CARE Foundation, Atlanta
Amount: $3,000
Purpose: Toward eradicating world hunger.
   
CASA of Jackson County, Medford
Amount: $20,000
Purpose: For additional staff to increase court advocacy services to children.
   
Center for Non-Profit Legal Services, Medford
Amount: $5,000
Purpose:In support of a development director position to increase public awareness and diversify funding base.
   
Central Point Parks & Recreation Fnd, Central Point
Amount: $2,500
Purpose:Youth scholarships for a day camp and after school program.
   
Coalition for Kids, Grants Pass
Amount: $14,000
Purpose:For costs associated with operating a multi-use facility providing a variety of services to local families
   
Common Ground Community Mediation Center, Grant Pass
Amount:$10,000
Purpose:To support an executive director during the transition from a County program to a nonprofit organization.
   
Eagle Horse Foundation, Talent
Amount:$6,000
Purpose: To provide horse-related experiences to youth from various at-risk programs.
   
Grants Pass Family YMCA, Grants Pass
Amount: $15,000
Purpose: Toward improvements to the facility.
   
Habitat for Humanity/Rogue Valley, Medford
Amount: $6,500
Purpose: Toward the construction of two homes in Jackson County for low-income families.
   
The Inn Between, Grants Pass
Amount:$10,000
Purpose:To expand the Homeless Youth Advocate position, to serve youth in rural parts of Josephine County.
   
Ja County Community Services Consortium, Medford
Amount: $3,519
Purpose:In support of an educational program to help people develop skills to be successful tenants.
   
Jackson County Health & Human Services, Medford
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: To expand Male Advocates for Responsible Sexuality
(MARS), a sexual education program for males ages 13-25.
   
Lovejoy Hospice, Grants Pass
Amount: $4,000
Purpose: Toward the purchase of 10 laptop computers for use by respite care field staff.
   
Magdalene Home, Medford
Amount: $5,000
Purpose: In support of a Life Skills Trainer to help young pregnant women prepare for the future.
   
Medford School District, Medford
Amount: $10,000
Purpose:In support of Project Dove, an in-school counseling program for at-risk boys and girls in local schools.
   
Mediation Works, Medford
Amount: $10,000
Purpose:To expand a school peer mediation program.
   
Multicultural Association of Southern Oregon, Medford
Amount: $4,500
Purpose:Toward initiating a community radio station.
   
Oregon Donor Program, Portland
Amount: $5,000
Purpose:To initiate an online statewide organ and tissue donor registry program.
   
Phoenix Counseling Center, Phoenix
Amount: $10,000
Purpose: For a program to provide screenings, assessments & counseling to teens enrolled at the Armadillo Technical Institute.
   
Siskiyou Community Health Center, Grants Pass
Amount: $20,000
Purpose: To increase outreach staff to provide more services to low-income rural families.
   
The Union, Grants Pass
Amount: $15,000
Purpose: To provide services at the mental health drop-in center.
   
United Way of Jackson County, Medford
Amount: $30,000
Purpose: In support of administration costs for FY 2006-07.
   
Women's Crisis Support Team, Grants Pass
Amount: $13,850
Purpose: For a pilot program involving men in preventing sexual and domestic violence.
   
Total Disbursments
Amount: $277,271