Administrative Services Division

Network for a Healthy California

SBCSS has received a nutrition education grant with the Network for a Healthy California through the California Department of Public Health. Funding comes from the USDA’s Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP – Formerly Food Stamps, known in California as CalFresh), and targets schools with > 50% Free and Reduced Meal Program participation. The program goals are to increase: (1) daily consumption of fruits and vegetables (2) daily physical activity, and (3) food security, including participation in Federal nutrition assistance programs, especially CalFresh, with the overarching goal of working toward preventing obesity and other diet-related chronic diseases. Administrative Services will administer the grant, which provides training, materials, resources, and technical assistance to enhance nutrition education for students, parents, and staff. This is a three year grant, from October 1, 2010 – September 30, 2013.

KidsNCare

KidsNCare is committed to providing each client with quality services while assisting them in making choices that meet the needs of children and families. They offer resources for parents, child care providers, and the community on behalf of children. Programs include subsidized child care, Resource & Referral, the Child Adult Care Food Program, the Training Program and Child Care Planning Council. For additional information, please contact (800) 722-1091 or visit the web site at (www.KidsNCare.com).

Program Description CWA

Child Welfare and Attendance provides information, training and support to parents and school disticts in the following areas:

Student Enrollment, School Attendance, School Attendance Review Board, Interdistrict Transfers, Interdistrict Transfer Appeals, Student Suspension, Student Expulsion, Expulsion Appeals, Section 504, School Health and Safety, and Student Records/Confidentiality.

HIV/STD Project Center and Teen Pregancy Prevention Program

The HIV/STD Project Center and the Teen Pregnancy Prevention (TPP) programs fulfill a dual role in the reduction of HIV/STD and teen birth rates throughout the county and statewide. The HIV/STD Project Center provides Positive Prevention HIV/AIDS and Positive Prevention PLUS Sexual Health Education curriculum trainings to teachers from school districts throughout San Bernardino County, in compliance with the California Comprehensive Sexual Health Education Act (Education Codes 51930-51939). The Project Center also coordinates a cadre of HIV/TPP trainers statewide who implement Positive Prevention trainings in school districts and county offices of education throughout California. In addition, the San Bernardino County Superintendent of Schools has been awarded a five-year cooperative agreement from the federal Office of Adolescent Health to conduct an evaluation of the Positive Prevention PLUS curriculum, in cooperation with the San Bernardino City Unified School District and California State University San Bernardino.

Regional Safe Schools/Violence Prevention Training and Bullying Prevention Training

SBCSS receives an annual training grant to provide training and technical assistance to schools in the Riverside, Inyo-Mono, and San Bernardino (RIMS) regions. The training helps participants to complete/update their mandated safe school and emergency response plans (California Education Code, Sections 32280 – 32289). In addition, the trainings increase awareness of current issues related to school safety and provide implementation strategies that will positively impact school climate--promoting increased attendance, improved academic achievement with increased family and community involvement.

For additional information, please contact: Ms. Sherra Clay by e-mail or by calling (909) 386-2902