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State Council on Developmental Disabilities Form 2 Project Profde, Summary & Narrative Community Program Development Grant FY 2005-06 Exhibit A - Attachment 1 Program Description Page 3 of 17 Agreement # C280501 0 1. Project prorde Contracting Entity: Ci of Redwood Ci Parks Recreation & Communi Title of Proposal: Communitv Inclusion Initiative Briefty describe type of program and services that will be provided: Our goal is to make aU of our recreation programs fully inclusive to people with disabilities.W e want to aggressively market to those with disabilities to let them know that we support their personal endeavors and welcome them in our community. In short, we wish to establish a Community Inclusion Initiative. We will do this by first hosting a Community Inclusion partnership Consortium that will open an imperative line of communication between various agencies along the peninsula. This consortium will take part in an intensive training program that will assist various agencies, including Redwood City, on the critical steps to executing inclusion. Redwood City will then hire a Program Coordinator whose main purpose will be to recruit and train volunteer mentors who will escort participants with disabilities to and ftom recreation programs, provide any assistance participants may need in the classes of their choice, and coordinate with the Community Inclusion partnership Consortium by executing monthly phone conference meetings, bi-monthly in-person meetings and overseeing the publication of a specialized Recreation Guide with the sole purpose of marketing aU various programs along the peninsula to people with disabilities. Total number of individuals with developmental disabilities and their families that will be served by this proposal: 4500 Consumen Unspecified Family Memben Describe briefty population that will be served in this proposal: The population to be served will be children, teenagers, adults and seniors with disabilities throughout San Mateo County. As of2003, San Mateo County had a population of700,OQO people, with 108,000 of those people, ages 5+, reportedly having a disability (US Census Bureau). This number continues to grow rapidly in our county. Golden Gate Regional Center of San Mateo County has recorded 2532 clients in their agency that could directly benefit ftom an inclusion program. This grant would serve people with a variety of special needs, specifically those with developmental disabilities. List all previous SCDD Grants Awarded by a) Fiscal Year(s), b) Grant Amount(s), and c) Title oCProject(S), and current status ofprogramlgrant: N/A