2024 Awardee of the $100,000 Impact Grant
Women’s Recovery Services (WRS) provides residential addiction treatment exclusively for women, focusing on evidence-based services that support recovery. The program addresses issues such as domestic violence, trauma, abuse, and parenting stress. WRS allows mothers with infants and young children to receive treatment while their children are cared for in the on-site Children’s Program or attend local schools. Additionally, prenatal services are available for pregnant women. The staff is specially trained to understand women’s unique challenges in addiction and recovery, ensuring a comprehensive, supportive environment for healing.
2024 Awardees of the $20,000 Merit Grant
The Botanical Bus delivers bilingual, bicultural health services to Latine and Indigenous clients at vineyard worksites and family service centers. Their mobile clinics offer massage, acupuncture, somatic therapy, diabetes prevention, clinical nutrition, and herbalism. Led by Promotora CHWs, their programs include Farmworkers Clinics and Wellness Workshops. Addressing residential segregation as a social determinant of health, these mobile services reach many of Sonoma County’s 29,000 undocumented immigrants who don’t speak English, providing essential care in areas where access is limited.
Face to Face is a nonprofit organization committed to supporting the health and well-being of Sonoma County residents. They offer free, confidential HIV testing, prevention education, harm reduction services, and housing support with a focus on dignity and non-judgmental care. The organization emphasizes prevention through PrEP education and syringe services for those at risk. Using an eco-friendly mobile van, Face to Face reaches underserved populations, working to eliminate stigma and foster a healthier, more informed community.
2023 Awardee of the $100,000 Impact Grant
The Living Room (TLR) is the only nonprofit in Sonoma County that provides housing, food and case management services to homeless women and children exclusively. Learning that the pandemic hit the Latinx community especially hard, The Living Room hired bilingual and highly experienced trauma-informed care providers to meet the growing needs within the Latinx community. The Impact Grant will provide the infrastructure for this specialized workforce by supporting the retention, training, and mentorship of the staff allowing TLR to drive impact more quickly, effectively and permanently.
2023 Awardees of the $20,000 Merit Grant
Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB)
Conservation Corps North Bay (CCNB) is a job training program that helps young adults achieve their career goals. The CCNB mission is to develop youth and conserve natural resources for a resilient, sustainable, and equitable community. Corpsmembers earn a paycheck, work toward their diploma at an on-site charter school, and receive one-on-one coaching, skill development workshops, career exploration, and job placement support. Funding from Impact 100 Redwood Circle will help fund the construction of classrooms in CCNB’s new Santa Rosa facility positioning them to serve more corpsmembers via a central location accessible with public transportation.
Los Cien Sonoma County is a prominent Latino leadership organization in the North Bay. Founded in 2009 by nine local Latinx leaders concerned about the economic and social disparities between Latino and non-Latino communities in Sonoma County, it has grown into a transformative force for community engagement and positive change. With funding from Impact 100 Redwood Circle, Los Cien aims to transform Sonoma County’s leadership landscape, making it more inclusive, equitable, and just.