$200K in grant funding available for children, their caregivers
FAIRFIELD First 5 Solano has released a request for applications for annual grants with up to $20,000 per grant available to address the needs of children ages 0-5, their parents/caregivers and/or providers of services in Solano County.
The First 5 Solano Commission will consider grant requests that fill community gaps, pilot new or innovative ideas and/or address time-sensitive community needs. The funding is also intended to help support the startup of projects and programs that can become sustained in the community.
All projects proposed for the Annual Grants Fund must support First 5 Solano’s mission to promote, support and improve the lives of young children, their families and their communities.
Yocha Dehe adds $750K to support Solano health programs
This takes the contribution to the county by the tribe to $3.75 million over four years.
“All of these are related to the tribe itself,” Supervisor Erin Hannigan said, noting the health and social service needs of Native Americans in the communities.
Supervisor Erin Hannigan
Supervisor Jim Spering
“This money is going directly to help people,” Spering said.
The latest funding, which is for the 2021 calendar year, dedicates $200,000 to help families with basic needs and services and $300,000 to pay for half the operational costs at the First 5 Center in Vallejo.
It will support, with $200,000, the Mobile Food Pharmacy and Food Rx program, which provides nutrition needs through the Solano clinics, and $30,000 to VibeSolano, which will use the money for its early learning center and its senior fall prevention program.