Seed Grants

Valley Telehealth Partnership, formerly eHealth Network Project, has launched six satellite health services centers in the San Joaquin Valley, primarily in rural areas. The centers will provide telemedicine services via videoconferencing; telemedicine training for physicians and staff; and educational opportunities for high school and college students

The Maddy Institute, Community Focus, Inc., and Valley Clean Air Now are working to increase air quality awareness among individuals, city governments, school districts, and builders and developers in three rural Valley communities: Arvin, Avenal and Parlier.

Central California Economic Development Corporation will market the San Joaquin Valley as an excellent location for fostering business development and business attraction and retention.

Golden Capital Network and Pacific Community Ventures are developing a multiregional network of business equity financing linked with business assistance services and deal flow generation activities.

This seed grant is to assist in the development of a San Joaquin Valley Clean Energy Organization (SJVCEO) and then launch initiatives through the SJVCEO to assess, develop, organize and initiate clean energy activities in San Joaquin Valley government and agriculture.

Central California Social Welfare Evaluation, Research and Training Center (SWERT) will develop a regional collaborative to build a prevention, response, treatment and long-term recovery model program for the abuse of methamphetamine and other addictive substances.

This seed grant will produce a feasibility analysis to establish Health Enterprise Zones in San Joaquin Valley communities which will provide financial incentives for primary care physicians and dentists to practice in state-designated, underserved, rural and urban areas.

The College Place will target non-traditional college goers in easy-to-access community locations and help them navigate the college application and financial aid, career exploration and the transfer process

The English Language Learner Leadership Academy will provide specialized training and support to education leaders from public schools designated as Program Improvement K-12 schools, especially those whose second language students have difficulty meeting state-mandated standards for economic growth.

Tulare Basin Wildlife Partners will work to create an outreach plan, conservation bank plan and fundraising plan to support environmental needs and land use decisions

This seed grant will establish an organization to hold and manage interests in protected farmland. It also will develop and implement a centralized computer-based GIS program to track maps from multiple jurisdictions across the San Joaquin Valley

This seed grant will study the feasibility of a Metro Rural Loop—a multimodal, multicity, and multicounty, transit-oriented transportation corridor system—in Fresno and Madera counties, which could serve as a model for other subregions in the Valley

Self-Help Enterprises will help the San Joaquin Valley's underserved rural communities obtain clean water by implementing existing action plans, as well as developing new projects.

Multiple partners will develop a draft integrated federal and state regional water program, as well as develop a partnership between California State University, Fresno, and the City of Clovis regional wastewater treatment plant.