Rock out at The Battle of the Bands from 6 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13,
6-10 p.m. in the San Benito High School Auditorium. Expected performers
include Iron Storm, Enduring the Sun, Noise Complaint, Inevitably Spicy,
Baptised in Blood, Bear and Bull Fights, and BEEFTONE, plus a Special Guest
appearance by Primordially Poised.
Pre-event tickets to the Battle of the Bands are on sale now for $5 at the
Student Payment Center and for $7 at the door.
Community raises awareness of Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders
Residents and community organizations joined the Santa Clara County Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders (FASD) Task Force and government officials in a "walkabout" to raise awareness of FASD in San Jose yesterday.
"Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders are 100 percent preventable," said Supervisor Liz Kniss, chair of the Board of Supervisors' Health and Hospital Committee. "All women need to know that consuming alcoholic beverages while pregnant can have devastating effects on the fetus."
FASD affects an estimated 40,000 infants nationwide annually. Because alcohol is the drug most commonly used by pregnant women, FASD is a securely preventable cause of birth defects and developmental disabilities.
The Santa Clara County Department of Drug and Alcohol Services provides a variety of FASD treatment services. For more information, go to www.sccdads.org.
District Attorney's office addressing rise of violent teen behavior
The Santa Clara County District Attorney's office is sponsoring the training of facilitators who will offer parents prevention and intervention tools to combat violent and destructive teen behaviors. These destructive behaviors, such as truancy, gang involvement, alcohol and drug use, poor academic performance, and violence are on the rise throughout the county.
The effort is a collaboration between the D.A.'s office, law enforcement agencies and school districts countywide, and Mayor's Gang Prevention Task Force, and community based organizations.
One program which has been effective, and in which the county currently participates, is Parent Project, which assists parents of out-of-control teens.
For more information, contact the District Attorney's office at (408) 792-2997.
Supervisors approve funds to help homeless
The Santa Clara County Board of Supervisors this week approved additional funding to assist the county's homeless population, which on some nights numbers close to 10,000.
The county will transfer $1.1 million from its Affordable Housing Fund, into the Cold Weather Shelter Program. The goal of this program is to connect homeless citizens with services that emergency shelters cannot provide, and whose purpose is to help the homeless get back on their feet and stay there.
"The more we can do upfront to assist this population and connect them with services -- ultimately getting them housed -- the quicker they can become stabilized," said supervisor Don Gage. "This program makes fiscal sense at a time our county is strapped for funds. We are using prevention dollars and will save much more in emergency room or jail costs."
Silicon Valley Community Foundation to award $1M for food
Silicon Valley Community Foundation will award $1 million this year to help provide food, shelter and other basic services under new grantmaking strategies announced.
The grants will be the first issued under new strategies for the community foundation's endowment, which will provide $8-$10 million in the coming year to address the most challenging problems in San Mateo and Santa Clara counties.
The community foundation will focus on five key areas: economic security, immigrant integration, education, regional planning and a new community opportunity fund that will give grants to "safety-net" providers and offer seed money for innovative ideas.
"Our region is a place of great wealth and a place of great need," said Emmett D. Carson, Ph.D, CEO and president of the community foundation. "These strategies focus on critical challenges that affect each of us, whether we are newcomers or long-time residents, rich or poor, nonprofit service providers or public corporations."
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