2007-2008 Grant Partners
California Child Care Resource and Referral Network/Statewide
$25,000
To strengthen and support Parent Voices chapters, ensuring that low-income mothers have the information, training, confidence, skill and opportunities to win paid sick days for California’s workers
Labor Project for Working Families/Statewide
$25,000
To lead the Paid Sick Days Coalition to build political will, engage public support and increase media visibility for a legislative campaign to ensure paid sick days for workers and their families across California
Women’s Economic Security Initiative of the Women’s Foundation of California/Statewide
$10,500
To support the Women’s Economic Security Initiative, which advocates for the adoption of a poverty impact statement that will show the likely impact of public policy on women’s economic security
Insight Center for Community Economic Development/San Francisco
$25,000
To support the development and promotion of a gender-focused sector research methodology that promotes full career ladder programs leading to self-sufficient wages for unemployed and underemployed women in California
Legal Aid Society — Employment Law Center/San Francisco
$25,000
To support legal work, legislative analysis and testifying activities in order to pass California Paid Sick Days legislation and ensure proper implementation if passed
Mujeres Unidas y Activas/Contra Costa
$60,000 (over 3 years)
To offer childcare training and job placement to Latina immigrants, continue educating employers, policymakers and workers about household workers’ rights and changes needed in this sector, and to work with allies to build a movement for paid sick leave in California
Nevada County Citizens for Choice/Nevada County
$15,000
For general operating support for outreach, media education and advocacy that promotes reproductive health and justice policies for women and girls
Oasis for Girls/San Francisco
$10,000
To launch a youth-led, year-long leadership institute for girls
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