Proud Parenting Program
The Department of the Youth Authority anticipates being appropriated $850,000 from the General Fund for qualified agencies to operate a Proud Parenting Program for the fiscal year 2004-2005. The award is subject to the enactment of the Governor's budget and the Proud Parenting Program funds being included in the Youth Authority budget.
The Proud Parenting Program contracts will provide award recipients with funds to implement a parenting program for youth, up to age 25, including teen parents and youth supervised under the jurisdiction of the the CYA. The selected programs will recieve funding for one year, beginning July 1, 2004. Funding will be available pending budget approval, and funding will contingent upon availablility of future state funds.
The Proud Parenting Program is based on the Youth Authority's success with the Young Men as Fathers Program and is rooted in three core principles
- Child maltreatment is closely linked to later delinquency and can be prevented;
- Young parents must be held accountable for their parenting obligations; and
- Being an involved parent is good for self-esteem and can be a motivating factor for a sucessful life.
The PPP Program includes three experimental components, including classroom instruction, family activites, and mentoring. These components are designed to complement each other by strengthening parenting knowledge and skills, providing structured family activites that give participants an opportunity to apply what they have learned, and providing participants with positive adult role models who reinforce what is learned in the classroom and foster healthy youth development through the mentoring process.
On April 1, 2004, the Office of Prevention and Victims Services (OPVS) mailed a Request for Proposal (RFP) to over 1,800 agencies and made it available on-line. Four Bidders Confrences were held throughout the state giving community agencies the opportunity to ask questions about the RFP and program components.
OPVS recieved 53 proposals requesting over 3 million dollars. Each was evaluated on a competitive basis according to the specific requirements listed in the RFP. All qualified proposals were read and scored by a three member team. The scores were ranked numerically to develop a funding list for each area.
| AGENCY | TARGET AREA |
| Sentencing Concepts, Inc. | Anaheim |
| No one applied | Bakersfield |
| Gang Reduction Intervention Team | Fontana |
| Breakout Prison Ministries | Fresno #1 |
| Breakout Prison Ministries | Fresno #2 |
| United Cambodian Community, Inc | Long Beach |
| Stop the Violence Increase the Peace | Los Angeles #1 |
| MELA Counseling Services | Los Angeles #2 |
| Sentencing Concepts, Inc | Merced |
| Sentencing Concepts, Inc | Modesto |
| Gang Reduction Intervention Team | Moreno Valley |
| The Mentor Center | Oakland |
| Gang Reduction Intervention Team | Rialto |
| Greater Sacramento Urban League | Sacramento |
| Gang Reduction Intervention Team | San Bernardino |
| San Diego Youth & Community Services | San Diego |
| Bill Wilson Center | San Jose |
| Sentencing Concepts, Inc | Santa Ana |
| Child Abuse Prevention Council | Stockton |
| No one applied | Visallia |
In addition to the programs described above, the CYA also maintains parenting education classes and activites within its own institutions and parole offices. These programs, similar to locally-run programs provide education and training to enhance the parenting knowledge and skills of youth involved in the juvenile justice system.
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