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Not all First 5 grants are helping poor kids Carrie
Sturrock, Chronicle
Staff Writer Saturday, April 19, 2008 Scores of savvy San Francisco parents have tapped a pot of taxpayer dollars for everything from children's ice skating lessons and Monterey Bay Aquarium field trips to supplies for Halloween parties and chartered buses to the Jelly Belly factory in Fairfield. Whether rich or poor, applicants can get up to $11,000 over three years for all kinds of activities from First 5 San Francisco, a local agency charged with distributing Proposition 10 tobacco tax revenue to promote early childhood development. Last year, about $564 million in Prop. 10 revenue was distributed by the state and its 58 county First 5 commissions, which have wide discretion over how the money is used. San Francisco's commission receives about $9 million annually and uses $200,000 each year to fund its unique Parent Action Grants program, which began in 2001. The goal of Parent Action Grants, say First 5 San Francisco administrators, is to build "parent leadership" and teach them how to advocate for their children. |
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