Fresno Barrios Unidos
For General Operating Support
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Amount$200,000
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Program
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Date Awarded7/11/2016
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Term24.0 Months
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Type of SupportGeneral Support/Organization
Strategies
Overview
This grant will support Fresno Barrios Unidos to conduct teen pregnancy prevention activities throughout Fresno, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in California. Fresno Barrios Unidos is tackling this difficult issue through long-term relationships with schools and policymakers in the community. After many years of advocacy, the organization has been selected by the Fresno Unified School District as its official provider of comprehensive sex education, which it provides to several thousand students a year. It also has programs that work in depth with young people who are at particularly high risk for teen pregnancy.
About the Grantee
Grantee Website
www.fresnobarriosunidos.org
Address
4415 E Tulare St, Fresno, CA, 93702, United States
Grants to this Grantee
for general operating support
This grant will support Fresno Barrios Unidos to conduct teen pregnancy prevention activities with youth throughout Fresno, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in California. Fresno Barrios Unidos has long-standing relationships with schools and policymakers in the community, which has led to tangible improvements in access to sex education and youth development opportunities for teens.
for general operating support
This grant will support Fresno Barrios Unidos to conduct teen pregnancy prevention activities throughout Fresno, which has one of the highest teen pregnancy rates in California. Fresno Barrios Unidos is tackling this difficult issue through long-term relationships with schools and policymakers in the community. After many years of advocacy, the organization has been selected by the Fresno Unified School District as its official provider of comprehensive sex education, which it provides to several thousand students a year. It also has programs that work in depth with young people who are at particularly high risk for teen pregnancy.
for strengthening the Board of Directors and conducting an organizational assessment
Fresno Barrios Unidos (FBU) is a small community-based social services agency located in Fresno, California, that receives funding from the Fresno Regional Foundation to provide comprehensive sex education and related teen pregnancy prevention services. This organizational effectiveness grant will support an intensive effort to provide training and support to the organization’s board of directors and conduct an organizational assessment to identify what the organization is doing right and what it needs to improve.
