Fostering
Safer Homes & Neighborhoods
Amount Awarded for 2005 - 2006: $251,650 |
Program
Goals |
Funded
Programs |
| Focus on Youth:
Increase the capacity of the Atlantic County community to provide
a positive, constructive environment for Atlantic County youth
to live, attend school and be active members of the community. |
Summer Camp
(The Arc of Atlantic County) $5,000
Community-Based Mentoring
(Big Brothers Big Sisters of Atlantic and Cape May Counties)
$21,000
School-Based Mentoring (Big Brothers Big Sisters
of Atlantic and Cape May Cos.) $7,500
Boys and Girls Clubs of Atlantic City
(Boys & Girls Clubs of Atlantic City) $64,000
Atlantic County Scoutreach (Boy Scouts of America,
Jersey Shore Council) $29,750
Atlantic County Volunteer Advocacy
(Court Appointed Special Advocates) $17,000
Outreach Services
(Girl Scouts of the South Jersey Pines) $25,500
Summer Mini-Camp
(Mizpah Inland Human Services) $23,000
Community Programs
(The Salvation Army) $10,000
|
| Focus on Collaboration
& Access: Promote collaboration between health and
human service providers, neighborhoods and other community entities;
fostering increased communication in order to improve access to
services, provide community education about available programs
and services and to assist in solving community problems. |
Transportation Program
(Career Opportunity Development, Inc) $37,000
Gatekeeper Program
(Contact Cape-Atlantic) $4,200
|
| Focus on Violence and Crime Prevention:
Increase the community’s capacity to address violence and
crime through utilization of existing services, increased prevention
activities and greater collaboration of community entities. |
Peer Mediation Program
(Community Mediation Services ) $3,200
Child Abuse/Conflict Resolution-TANF Training Program
(Disabilities Resource Center) $1,500 |
| Focus on Affordable
Housing: Intensify advocacy efforts focusing on the community’s
need for available and safe, affordable housing and transitional
housing programs. |
Housing Coordinator
(The Arc of Atlantic County) $3,000 |
