San Francisco
$10,000 for the East Bay Infant-Parent Bonding Project to teach infant massage techniques to new and expectant foster youth parents. These young mothers reside in transitional housing provided by First Place Fund for Youth, which provides support to youth who are aging out of foster care.

Concord
$10,000 in renewed support to Parent Voices in Contra Costa County, a parent-run, grassroots association that organizes parents to advocate for high quality child care that is affordable and available to all families with young children.

San Leandro
$10,000 for the Preschool Consultation Project, which provides early childhood mental health consultation, teacher training, and parent education at Saint Vincent's Day Home in Oakland.

Berkeley
$5,000 for the Multiethnic Education Program to provide a training series for Contra Costa County early childhood professionals on the topic of serving mixed heritage children and their families.

Castro Valley
$5,000 for the Bullying Prevention and Positive Peer Interaction Skill Building Project for K-3 students at John Muir Elementary School in Berkeley.

Oakland
$10,000 to continue the development of a culturally relevant Spanish-language Arts Curriculum for children in preschool through 3rd grade. This model curriculum will be developed during MOCHA artist residencies at the Bay Area Hispano Institute for Advancement's Centro VIDA Children's Center and Bahia School Age Program in Berkeley.

Oakland
$5,000 for organizational development as OBUGS expands its unique urban garden-based education programs for children, youth, and families in West Oakland.

Oakland
$5,000 for family support services for families of at risk student ages 6-8 years who attend the Preparatory Literary Academy of Cultural Excellence (PLACE) @ Prescott Elementary School in West Oakland.

Oakland
$5,000 for organizational development. TLC provides early childhood mental health services to child care centers in Alameda County, training for early childhood educators, and internships for post-Masters early childhood mental health professionals.

Oakland
$9,450 to United Way of the Bay Area for Alameda County Raising A Reader to bring the Raising A Reader book bag early literacy program to preschool children and their parents at Saint Vincent's Day Home child care program in Oakland.

$10,000 to United Way of the Bay Area: Working for Quality Child Care to expand the participation of East Bay early childhood educators in the California Child Development Corps, which organizes and advocates for better compensation, benefits, job conditions, and professional respect.