Community Foundation Awards Grants

Ventura County Community Foundation announced the recipients of its annual “Women’s Legacy Fund.” Ten nonprofit programs around the county received more than $35,000 in grant money during an awards ceremony at Cal State Channel Islands.

The fund was established in 1995 to create a permanent source of support for the special needs of women and girls in Ventura County. The 2000 grants program focused on family violence, child abuse, anger, language skills, parenting skills and self-esteem. This year’s awards budget was funded in part by a grant from the James Irvine Foundation.

The recipients:

* Boys & Girls Club programs in Ventura, Simi Valley, Santa Clara Valley and Oxnard-Port Hueneme each received $4,000 to support their SMART Girls program, which aims to develop “healthy attitudes and lifestyles.”

* Blanchard Community Library, $1,200, for the Parenting Program for Parents of Adolescents, designed to improve literacy, positive role-modeling and more.

* Kids and Families Together, $2,000, for an adoption and education support group to strengthen adoptive families.

* Many Mansions, $6,000, for a matching grant for Stoll House, which offers housing and betterment programs for homeless women and other underprivileged women and their children.

* Ojai Valley Youth Foundation, $4,000, for its Teen Mentoring Program to conduct mother-and-daughter meetings and other mentoring sessions.

* Tres Condados Girls Scout Council, $2,000, for its Teen Talk Outreach Program to help at-risk Latinas grow to be successful leaders in their communities.

* United Parents, $4,000, to expand its Nonviolent Crisis Intervention Training to teach parents proper verbal and nonverbal reactions during times of conflict.

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Awards and Honors is compiled by Rodney Bosch. Please address items to Awards and Honors, Los Angeles Times, 93 S. Chestnut St., Ventura 93001. Items can also be faxed to The Times at 653-7576 or 653-7548.