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Scott Valley
Scott Valley FOCUS Family Resource Center
PO Box 981 (11920 Main Street)
Fort Jones, CA 96032
(530) 468-2450
svfocus@yahoo.com
Kathy Murray - Board Chair
Karen Derry - Executive Director
Scott Valley FOCUS is a grassroots non-profit organization which seeks to improve the
lives of everyone living in Scott Valley and the surrounding areas. Our staff consists
of one Americorp volunteer and a Director who work in coordination with a cadre of volunteers
from the community. Services and programs offered at the Scott Valley FRC include
resource and referral services, Parent Education classes, playgroups, family fun nights,
teen music night and concerts, a computer lab with open access, Healthy Families and EDD
online application assistance, Early Head Start program, Mailbox Buddies, WIC story time
and book giveaway, monthly newsletter, car seat installation and giveaway, bike helmet
giveaway, parent kits, dance and Tai-Chi classes, nutrition education and after school
enrichment. Community building activities include the annual Swap Meet and Carnival,
Fort Jones Friends of the Library, Parent Conference and Elders Conference. The long-term
goal of Scott Valley FOCUS FRC is to provide a continuum of programs
and services for comunity members from birth to 100 years of age.
Current Project Objectives (07-08) - Funded by First 5 Siskiyou for $40,000
- Distribute 12 newsletters per year with information about parenting, child development and child nutrition
- "Mailbox Buddies" mailed to 120 children aged 2 to 5 years
- Story time and book giveaways each month at WIC clinic for children 0-5
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- Nine Family Fun Nights per year at different locations in Quartz Valley, Fort Jones, Etna and Greenview
- Participate in SCNAC nutrition education awareness project
- Participate in Holiday Christmas Parade and distribute free books to kids age 0-12
- Provide Play Group activities in Fort Jones and Etna for children 2-5
- In collaboration with College of the Siskiyous, provide a minimum of eight College Options sessions
- Provide childcare and/or transportation to three parents of 0-5 year olds who are
working toward their HS diploma or taking ESL classes
- Provide two infant massage classes per year
- Provide a minimum of six car seat education and bicycle helmet safety classes per year
- Provide Healthy Families Outreach to preschools and community events - assist families in
completing the Healthy Families Applications
- Resources available in parenting library. Promote the use of the resources through the newsletter
- Plan, coordinate and implement child abuse prevention activities for the month of April
- Deliver New Parent kits to parents and/or caregivers of newborns throughout the Scott Valley
- Educate community about benefits available through FRC
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