Summary of Programs

Breastfeeding Initiative (San Joaquin County Public Health Services (PHS) )

420 S. Wilson Way
Stockton, CA 95205
Mary Woelfel
(209) 468-3267

This project provides coordination between six local hospitals in San Joaquin County to select and implement the California Department of Public Health Breastfeeding Model Hospital Policy. The project also facilitates a monthly consortium for breastfeeding task force; and members from participating hospitals and follow-up private consultation with an expert on hospital breastfeeding policy for at least two hospitals.

Building Literacy Together (Tracy Unified School District)

1875 W. Lowell Avenue
Tracy, CA 95376
Brandi Harrold
(209) 836-5236

This project provides free preschool services to 72 students residing in the attendance areas of North, Jacobson, McKinley, South/ West Park and Central Elementary schools, as well as the previous Delta Island attendance area; health insurance and developmental screenings to 72 preschool children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program to 72 preschool families; one, two-week Kindergarten Bridge program including health insurance and development screenings to 82 children and bus transportation from the Holt and Delta Island attendance areas. Family services include two Family Support Specialists for preschool family support, Parenting for Academic Success parent education and advocacy curriculum to 15 parents; a Parent Advisory Committee; and 20 parent workshops and family learning events annually, on various topics of school readiness.

Child Wellness Pilot Program (Family Resource and Referral Center)

509 W. Weber Ave., Ste. 101
Stockton, CA 95203
Oletha Murry
(209) 461-2930

This project provides for training the Go, Glow, Grow curriculum and Eat & Play Together curriculum and serves 100 child care providers and 175 children, in partnership with the University of California Cooperative Extension. Staff will provide in-home instruction to providers and conduct group lessons at the Teen Impact Center. Group lessons include education, and physical activity and food preparation demonstrations. Second year activities will include the provision of parent/provider bi-monthly meetings that will encourage participants to continue with healthy changes learned through participation in curriculum. These group meetings will also provide an opportunity for building capacity for grassroots, media advocacy and policymaker education.

Child Wellness Program (Family Resource and Referral Center)

509 W. Weber Avenue, Suite 101
Stockton, CA 95203
Oletha Murry
(209) 461-2930

This project provides comprehensive health insurance and developmental screenings and referrals to 140 families residing in the attendance areas of the following Tracy Unified School District schools: Central, George Kelly, Gladys Poet-Christian, Louis A. Bohn, McKinley, Melville S. Jacobson, North, and South/West Park Elementary; and Stockton Unified School District schools: Hazelton, Bush, Grant, and Parks. Second priority enrollment is given to families living outside of designated areas with incomes at or below the 300 percent Federal Poverty Level. Two Health Educators administer one of three health education curricula to 140 families: Go Glow and Grow (recommended for two to three-year-old children/ six lessons); Happy Healthy Me (recommended for four-year-old children/ nine lessons); or Eating Smart Being Active (recommended for prenatal through one-year-old children/ eight lessons); and eight parent group meetings with a focus on child wellness, including quarterly health messages.

Child Wellness Program (Lao Family Community Empowerment, Inc.)

1808 Country Club Boulevard
Stockton, CA 95204
Sallee Her
(209) 466-0721

This project provides comprehensive health insurance screenings for 185 families and developmental screenings and referrals to 210 families residing in the attendance areas of the following elementary schools: Lodi Unified School District: Ansel, Clairmont, Davis, Parklane, Sutherland and Westwood; Stockton USD: Adams, Hamilton, August, Cleveland, Grunsky, Harrison, Hoover, Marshall, Kennedy, Madison, Oakwood, Hong Kingston, Pulliam, Roosevelt, Tyler, Peyton, and Henry. Three Health Educators administer one of three health education curricula to 210 families: Go Glow and Grow (recommended for two to three-year-old children/ six lessons); Happy Healthy Me (recommended for four-year-old children/ nine lessons); or Eating Smart Being Active (recommended for prenatal through one-year-old children/ eight lessons) for 210 families; and 12 parent group meetings with a focus on child wellness, including quarterly health messages.

Family Resource Centers (West Lane Oaks Family Resource Center)

7908 North West Lane Suite 101
Stockton, CA 95210
Samra Asghar
(209) 644-8600

This project provides 900 families annually with health insurance screenings and resource and referral services at four Family Resource Center sites in Stockton and Lodi; Service Integration Services for 70 families to achieve self-sufficiency goals; developmental screenings for 50 children; and 16 family workshops and social learning activities at the four centers.

Family Wellness Program (Council for the Spanish Speaking - El Concilio)

308 N. California Street
Stockton, CA 95202
Linda Mora
(209) 644-2617

This project provides comprehensive health insurance and developmental screenings and referrals to 420 families residing in the attendance areas of the following elementary schools: Lodi Unified School District schools: Creekside, Lawrence, Joe Serna, Jr. Charter, Washington, Needham, and Nichols; Manteca Unified School District schools: August Knodt School, French Camp, Komure, Great Valley, Joseph Widmer, Joshua Cowell, Lathrop, Lincoln, Mossdale, Sequoia, Shasta, Woodward; Stockton Unified School District schools: Dolores Huerta, El Dorado, Elmwood, Fillmore, Washington, King, McKinley, Monroe, Montezuma, Nightingale, Taft, Taylor, Van Buren, Victory, Wilson. Six Health Educators administer one of three health education curricula to 420 families: Go Glow and Grow (recommended for two to three-year-old children/ six lessons); Happy Healthy Me (recommended for four-year old children/ nine lessons); or Eating Smart Being Active (recommended for prenatal through one-year-old children/ eight lessons); and twenty-four parent group meetings with a focus on child wellness, including quarterly health messages.

First 5 Cal-SAFE (Stockton Unified School District)

1144 E. Channel Street
Stockton, CA 95205
Debra Keller
(209) 933-7280

This project provides child care for 12 infants and toddlers of 20 parenting teens at the Stockton Unified School District Franklin Center; eight parent educational workshops on nutrition and physical activity for infants and toddlers; and four parent awareness meetings on such topics as positive parenting and brain development. Services include child care from teacher and teacher assistants, in combination with nurse and social worker services.

First 5 Preschool (Manteca Unified School District)

PO BOX 32
Manteca, CA 95336
Angela Dudley
(209) 858-0848

This project provides, through a collaborative effort with Creative Child Care, Inc., Kids Academy, and Creative Growth Preschool, free preschool services to 244 Sequoia, Lincoln, Great Valley, Komure, Lathrop, Kids Academy, and Creative Growth preschool students; five, two-week Kindergarten Bridge programs (Sequoia, Lincoln, Lathrop, Great Valley, and Komure) to 165 children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program for 244 preschool families; 365 health insurance screenings; 265 developmental screenings; professional development opportunities to at least 24 preschool teachers; preschool articulation meetings; 20 parent workshops; family literacy playgroups to 21 families; English Language Development classes to 60 parents; and case management services to approximately 40 children with special needs.

First Step School Readiness Program (Child Abuse Prevention Council )

540 N. California Street
Stockton, CA 95201
Stephanie McCoy
(209) 644-5322

This project provides free preschool services to 32 El Dorado, Fremont, and Pittman Elementary students and children living in school zones which include Cleveland, Wilson, Huerta, McKinley, Taft, Hazelton, Spanos, King, and Roosevelt, at the Child Abuse Prevention Council (CAPC) First Step Preschool site at Pittman Elementary School; a quality full-day infant/toddler program serving a minimum of eight infants/toddlers ages 0 -2 at the CAPC Sandra Butler Building site; three, one-week Kindergarten Bridge programs (one at each elementary school site) for a total of 90 children; the Raising a Reader, family literacy program for 40 families; 40 health insurance screenings; 36 developmental screenings; quarterly health messages; a Family Support Specialist to collaborate and coordinate with the teaching staff and parents; an Early Education Expert to support and assist teachers to improve their classroom practices; and three Parent Advisory Committee meetings.

Focus on Five (San Joaquin County Office of Education)

2707 Transworld Drive
Stockton, CA 95206
Jamie Baiocchi
(209) 468-9062

This project provides services to 350 children in the 95205 and 95206 communities. The project provides for health insurance screenings for 350 families, six health fairs/events and four annual parent education workshops at five targeted Focus on Five Creative Child Care locations. It also provides for training preschool teachers and curricula for 12 to 14 Creative Child Care Inc. classrooms. In partnership with the University of the Pacific, this project provides for parent education and kinetic curricula activities every other week at five Creative Child Care sites; 20 nutrition based parent education sessions using the Loving Your Family Feeding Their Future nutrition education program and the Rethink Your Drink campaign. The Go, Glow, Grow curriculum within the classroom environments for 350 children will also be provided in the first year. In the second year of the project, a nutrition and fitness program will be implemented across multiple Creative Child Care Inc. locations within San Joaquin County to improve healthy eating habits and physical activity in children. This project will initiate a change to policy and practice to prioritize health related activities within classrooms.

Great Beginnings (United Cerebral Palsy)

333 Benjamin Holt Drive
Stockton, CA 95207
Debbie Link
(209) 751-3013

This project provides comprehensive health insurance screening and assessment for special needs for 70 children, hearing and vision screening for 400 children, and 920 home visits from early interventionists, speech, physical and occupational therapists for children ages 0-5 who are determined to have a developmental delay or disability that does not meet the minimum requirements of mandated services; and training and support services with six workshops to support professionals in providing services to children with special needs.

Green Means Go! (Lao Family Community Empowerment, Inc.)

8338 West Lane
Stockton, CA 95210
Sallee Her
(209) 466-0721

This project provides services to 200 families with cultural and linguistically appropriate services targeted to the Southeast Asian community. The project provides for health insurance screenings for 200 families; participation in five health fairs/community outreach events; development of culturally and linguistically appropriate outreach material, 48 workshops/playgroups utilizing the Eating Smart Being Active curriculum, and development of 12 new healthy and culturally appropriate recipes. Systems changes efforts will include implementing healthy food guidelines for participating food vendors at the annual Hmong New Year Festival, and educating food vendors on preparing and providing healthy food alternatives.

Health Access (Lincoln Unified School District)

2010 W. Swain Road
Stockton, CA 95207
Jaime Funke
(209) 953-8094

This project provides comprehensive health insurance and developmental screenings and referrals to 64 families residing within the Tully C. Knowles, John R Williams, Colonial Heights, and Don Riggio school boundary areas and Village Oaks and Manchester communities. A Health Educator administers one of three health education curricula: Go Glow and Grow (recommended for two to three-year-old children/six lessons); Happy Healthy Me (recommended for four-year-old children/ nine lessons; or Eating Smart Being Active (recommended for prenatal through one-year-old children/ eight lessons) for 64 families. Four quarterly parent group meetings with a focus on child wellness, including quarterly health messages, will also be provided. Playgroups designed to educate families on methods to engage parents in their child’s physical development will be provided to 20 children and their families/child care providers. The family literacy program, Raising a Reader, will be provided to 40 families.

Healthy Connections Resource Center (Sutter Tracy Community Hospital)

35 E. 10th Street, Suite A
Tracy , CA 95376
Tammy Schaff
(209) 833-2418

This project provides 550 families annually with health insurance screenings and resource and referral services at a health resource center; developmental screenings for 20 children; ongoing playgroups for 20 families; and Service Integration Services for 20 families to achieve self-sufficiency goals.

HUGS (Lodi Unified School District)

701 N. Calaveras Street
Stockton, CA 95209
Laura Lucchesi
(209) 331-8198

This project provides free preschool services to 141 Beckman, Creekside, Heritage, Oakwood, Parklane and Washington Elementary students with health screenings; ten one-week Kindergaten Bridge programs to 200 children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program for 395 preschool families; 680 health insurance screenings; 127 developmental screenings; a music, movement and literacy playgroup to 85 families; and 12 Parent Advisory Committee meetings.

JumpStart to Health (Charterhouse Center for Families)

5713 N. Pershing Avenue, Suite A-2
Stockton, CA 95207
Mickey Kamienski
(209) 476-1106

This project provides comprehensive health insurance and developmental screenings and referrals to 70 families residing in the attendance areas of the following Lodi and Stockton Unified School District schools: Beckman, Heritage, Wagner-Holt, Nichols, Fremont and Pittman. One Health Educator administers one of three health education curricula to 70 families: Go Glow and Grow (recommended for two to three-year-old children/ six lessons); Happy Healthy Me (recommended for four-year-old children/ nine lessons; or Eating Smart Being Active (recommended for prenatal through one-year-old children/ eight lessons) and quarterly First 5 health messages; and four parent group meetings with a focus on child wellness.

Lincoln Preschool Initiative (Lincoln Unified School District)

2010 W. Swain Road
Stockton, CA 95207
Rena Damele
(209) 953-8094

This project provides free preschool services to 160 John R. Williams, Tully C. Knowles, Lincoln Elementary, Village Oaks, and Colonial Heights students; eight, one-week Kindergarten Bridge programs at Brookside, Claudia Landeen, Colonial Heights, Don Riggio, John R. Williams, Lincoln Elementary, Mable Barron, and Tully C. Knowles to 160 children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program for 160 preschool families; 160 health insurance screenings; health and developmental screenings for 160 children; professional development opportunities to preschool teachers; preschool articulation meetings; on-site parent resource centers; five parent workshops; 20 English Language Learner classes; and case conferencing services.

Mothers Empowered To Raise Healthy Children (San Joaquin County Public Health Services)

1601 E. Hazelton Avenue
Stockton, CA 95205
Esther Postiglione
(209) 468-3411

This project provides 108 parent workshops at Lodi Memorial Hospital, French Camp and California Street Clinic in Stockton for 100 post-natal mothers; peer education on maintaining a healthy lifestyle after pregnancy; and medical/nursing consultation for women in a quarterly series of six sessions at each of the three sites.

Prenatal and Child Health Safety (Dorothy L. Jones Community and Health Center)

2044 Fair Street
Stockton, CA 95206

(209) 444-5555

This project provides San Joaquin County Public Health nurse case management to 40 families; a Community Partnership for Families community health outreach worker to facilitate health insurance enrollment for pregnant women, stationed at the Dorothy L. Jones Family Resource Center.

Prenatal Care Outreach Program (Catholic Charities Diocese of the Stockton)

1106 N. El Dorado St.
Stockton, CA 95202
Glenda Guzman
(209) 444-5900

This project provides case management services for 300 expectant mothers, with referral and follow up for prenatal care. Twenty-one workshops on topics such as nutrition, safety, childhood obesity and outreach activities to targeted populations occur at various parishes and community events.

Rural Home Visitation (Council for the Spanish Speaking - El Concilio)

308 N. California Street
Stockton, CA 95202
Linda Mora
(209) 644-2617

This project provides home visitation services using the Parents As Teachers (PAT) curriculum to 40 families; the Raising a Reader family literacy program to 60 children. Comprehensive health insurance screenings will be provided to 60 families and developmental screenings are provided for 60 families. The project provides 24 parent group meetings and a weekly playgroup for parents and children residing in the school attendance area of Escalon Unified School District: Farmington and Collegeville Elementary schools.

Rural Home Visitation (San Joaquin County Office of Education)

P.O. Box 213030
Stockton, CA 95213
Jamie Baiocchi
(209) 468-9062

This project provides home visitation services using the Parents As Teachers (PAT) curriculum to 100 families; health insurance screenings for 100 families; developmental screenings for 30 children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program to 100 families; 50 parent group meetings in the following school attendance areas: Banta, New Hope, New Jerusalem, Lammersville, Bethany, Wicklund and Oak View Elementary Schools; Bridge Programs for 230 children in the following areas: New Hope, Banta, Oak View, New Jerusalem, Traina, Monticello, and Hawkins; and quarterly health messages.

Rural Home Visiting Program (Charterhouse Center for Families)

5713 N. Pershing Avenue, Suite A-2
Stockton, CA 95207
Mikey Kamienski
(209) 476-1106

This project provides home visitation services using the Parents As Teachers (PAT) curriculum to 100 families and the Raising a Reader family literacy program to 150 families; comprehensive health insurance screenings to 150 families and developmental screenings for 100 families; and 32 parent group meetings and playgroups for families residing in the school attendance areas of Lockeford, Clements, Glenwood and Linden Elementary schools and the West Islands area of San Joaquin County.

Safety Net for Families (Stockton Shelter for the Homeless)

PO Box 4803
Stockton, CA 95204
Linda Haworth
(209) 465-3612

This project provides shelter or motel rooms for 60 families and 12 pregnant women; with service and housing referrals, case management, and follow up.

Stockton Unified School District Preschool (Stockton Unified School District)

1144 E. Channel Street
Stockton, CA 95205
Debra Keller
(209) 933-7280

This project provides free preschool services to 120 students at Fillmore, Hong Kingston, and Henry; three, one-week Kindergaten Bridge programs (one at each elemenatry site) to 72 children; the Raising a Reader family literacy program for 120 preschool families; 120 health insurance screenings; 108 developmental screenings; assessment and intervention services for six children with behavioral concerns; social worker case management for 50 children; nurse services for 120 children; quarterly health messages; 18 parent workshops on various topics of school readiness; professional development opportunities to preschool teachers; preschool articulation meetings; and six Parent Advisory Committee meetings.

Strenthening Families Program (Child Abuse Prevention Council of SJC)

540 N. California St.
Stockton, CA 95202
Stephanie McCoy
(209) 544-5322

This project provides crisis respite care, child care and meals for 100 children for up to 50 families at risk for family violence; case management services for 30 families; developmental screenings for 36 children; health insurance screenings for 50 families; quarterly health message activities; Parent Child Interactive Therapy for up to ten children; and individual therapy for up to 30 adults.

Together We Can - A Vision for Community Wellness (Stockton Unified School District)

701 N. Madison St.
Stockton, CA 95202
Debra Keller
(209) 933-7380

This project provides services to 46 SUSD preschools in the 1 and 4.02 census tracts. The project provides for a Health Coordinator to train 46 preschool teachers on how to teach three lessons in each preschool classroom to SUSD State preschool children using the Go, Glow, Grow curriculum. Teachers will also be trained on how to implement the University of California Extension Eat & Play Parent Workshop curriculum. Parents will be provided with five annual workshops. A nurse will provide Body Mass Index (BMI) screenings for 1,086 preschool children and referral for 25 children to the University of the Pacific Psychology Department for behavioral interventions services to improve physical activity and nutrition practices. This project will coordinate with the Emergency Food Bank Mobile Farmer’s Market to provide two workshops and information on the CalFresh program. This project also provides for 1,086 health insurance screenings and First 5 quarterly health messaging at parent meetings. Parent Wellness teams will lead a parent education effort.