1. Carol White Physical Education Grant - Approximately $500,000 to upgrade our physical education curriculum and equipment at all of the Berrien County Schools.
2. STOP (Sober Truth on Preventing Underage Drinking Act) SAMSHA- $50,000 to add new environmental impacts programming and components to our Drug Free Communities Coalition initiative that brings $100,000 drug/alcohol prevention resources to Berrien County.
3. Grants to Reduce Alcohol Abuse SAMSHA - Approximately $350,000 per year for Turner and Berrien to implement alcohol prevention curriculum and programming in each community and school system.
4. AT&T Aspire Grant - $400,000 per year for technology upgrades and project based learning curriculum training for Berrien Academy PLC faculty.
5. Community Development Block Grant (CDBG) - $500,000 to build a new Boys & Girls Clulbs in Berrien County.
6. Gear Up Grant - $600,000 to provide secondary education focus for parents and students beginning is 6th and 7th grades during 2008-2009 school year. This a six year grant between Turner and Berrien County.
7. Staples Grant - $5,000 for support of our Parents As Teachers program that helps keep our Teen moms in school and developmentally up-to-date with their children.
8. 21st Century Community Learning Centers Grant - $1-million in after school program resources. This was the grant the we should have been awarded last year for $1.2-million. We are having to resubmit our application this year and compete with everyone that was awarded last year and those whom apply this year.
Grants Awarded in 2008
1. March of Dimes Grant - $45,000 for expansion of Parents As Teachers Program that helps keep our Teen moms in school and developmentally up-to-date with their children.
2. Cancer Coalition Grant - $5,000 for local Berrien County Health Care Advocates to provide pre and post treatment support for Cancer patients.
Thanks for your support! --
Matt Jansen Executive Director Berrien County Collaborative, Inc.
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