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From: Patty Charnas
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To: Leslie Locke
Subject: FW: C&F project funding recommendations 9_4_2020.xlsx
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From: Kate Dean
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 1:52 PM
To: Patty Charnas <PCharnas@co.jefferson.wa.us>; Philip Morley <pmorley@co.jefferson.wa.us>
Subject: RE: C&F project funding recommendations 9_4_2020.xlsx
I should add the projects have been ranked by the group and are listed in order of ranking. I forgot to add #s (just the
digits, not the projects) on 6 & 7 on the previous sheet, so here is a revised version.
Kate Dean
Jefferson County Commissioner, District 1
1820 Jefferson Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360)385-9100
kdean@co.iefferson.wa.us
From: Kate Dean
Sent: Friday, September 4, 2020 1:51 PM
To: Patty Charnas <pcharnas@co.iefferson.wa.us>; Philip Morley <pmorley@co.iefferson.wa.us>
Subject: C&F project funding recommendations 9_4_2020.xlsx
Hi Patty,
The Children & Families Community Group respectfully submits the following 7 projects for consideration for CARES Act
funding. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Kate
Kate Dean
Jefferson County Commissioner, District 1
1820 Jefferson Street
Port Townsend, WA 98368
(360)385-9100
kdean@co.iefferson.wa.us
1
Action
Description
Cost & Timing
SPONSOR
1. Family Resources
Centralized hub for families to access resources. Support community organizations. Advocacy for
Navigator
families. Asset mapping of community, resource scan and mitigate gaps. Convening of partners and
$55,000
collaborators. Development of website for resources, phone number. YMCA
YMCA
The purpose of these funds is to ensure that families have access to safe, affordable child care. Due
to the current hybrid model for providing classroom education, working families are faced with
2. Childcare Support
needing all -day care (versus before- or after -school) that may cost up to triple what they would
Funds
normally pay. These funds will provide child care subsidies for low- to moderate -income families
$31,500
who do not qualify for or who are in the process of qualifying for state assistance through the
Department of Children, Youth, and Families (DCYF); and to supplement state assistance as needed
for families who are already receiving support through DCYF.
YMCA
Providing a room for kids struggling with absenteeism for study, support, FFT. This is a way to reach
kids that "dropped out of sight" when school went virtual. Proctor House would provide a
3. Proctor House Study
structured space for these kids to participate in school activities, planning, tutoring and support.
$9000
Lounge
Ages approx. 13-17. Kids, parents, school staff/ teachers, probation counselors, truancy boards or
Jefferson County
courts can all refer. Schools are supportive and see need, 15-20 kids identified already. Expected
capacity approx 20-25 kids.
Juvenile Services/
Proctor House
To support stress management and emotional resilience training programs for adolescents ages 11
to 19 in the areas of Port Townsend, Chimacum and Quilcene in Jefferson County in 2021.The Benji
Project addresses an unmet need in an innovative way. Using an evidence -based curriculum based
on mindfulness and self -compassion, our programs build skills in stressm management and
emotional resilience for all teens. This provides a protective factor and meets them much earlier on
4. Stress Management &
the risk continuum than other initiatives. Mental health resources for
Emotional Resilience for
adolescents are very limited in the county, and those that exist primarily work with teens whose
Teens
mental health problems are already acute.
$15,500
The Benji Project
Case management for volunteers to support foster familiesAngels' current volunteer load (85) and
children served (33) are at maximum
capacity for existing case -management staffing levels.
• Case -management duties include volunteer recruitment, vetting, training,
and matching, as well as continual education and support.
S. Case Management for
• To meet the challenges presented by COVID-19, our goal is to recruit 80 new
Foster Care Volunteers
volunteers, serving an additional 30 kids in care.
$10,000
Olympic Angels
1. Create new, recurrent sensory stimulation reinforcing the need for ongoing and persistent COVID
prevention in our at risk community.
6. Fall COVID Protection
2. Targeted education and communication of cold weather COVID preventions measures and
PR Campaign
strategies for implementation.
3. Consider new information communication related to the current, predominant transmission
pathways and trending chronic medical conditions resulting from acute COVID infection.
$7,000
DEM/JEffCocares
StoryWalks are an innovative and delightful way for children — and adults! — to enjoy reading and
the outdoors at the same time. Laminated pages from a children's book are attached to signs
7. Jefferson County
installed along an outdoor path. As you stroll down the trail, you are directed to the next page in the
Jefferson County
Library: Storywalk
story.
$5,000
Library
TOTAL REQUESTS
$124,000