Health & Human Services Grants
In December 2010, the Community Foundation decided to refocus its Health & Human Services grant program to address the increased need for safety-net services in Sonoma County during a time of decreasing resources.
The specific goal of the program is to increase the amount of fresh food available to hungry residents and to make the food more easily accessible though safety-net programs. Rather than use a competitive grant process that selects only a few organizations for grants, the Community Foundation, in partnership with the Redwood Empire Food Bank, is instead making it possible for all of the Food Bank's 150 member agencies to obtain fresh food for distribution at no cost to the member agency. In addition, the Community Foundation will grant funds to the Food Bank to purchase up to 650,000 pounds of fresh food for use by member agencies.
The new program, started at the end of 2010, had a very successful outcome and has been repeated at the end of 2011. It is likely that the fresh food initiative will be repeated again at the end of 2012.
Please contact Robert Judd at 707.303.9615
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