Sugar-Sweetened Beverages RFP Attachment A
RECOMMENDED PROPOSALS
Agency Name Funding Area Project Title Program Description Recommended Funding
Amount
East Oakland
Youth
Development
Center
Healthy Neighborhoods
Health and
Wellness Program
Implementing services
designed to increase
access to healthy food
and active living.
$100,000
Mercy
Retirement
and Care
Center
Healthy Neighborhoods
Mercy Brown Bag
Program
Coordinates the
distribution of fresh
produce and other
nutritious foods to low-
income older adults
$135,000
Native
American
Health Center
Prevention and
Mitigation
Healthy Oakland
Families
Providing nutrition and
wellness education
opportunities,
screenings, referrals, and
outreach to pregnant
mothers and children
$95,000
Lifelong
Medical Care
Prevention and
Mitigation
LifeLong Oral
Health – East
Oakland
Targeted culturally
relevant, trauma
informed and
linguistically accessible
(English and Spanish)
health education and
resources to decrease
SSB consumption, and
delivery of services to
improve access to dental
care
$105,000
Oakland
Soccer Club
Healthy Neighborhoods
Youth Program Hire coaches for weekly
physical fitness sessions
where children are
taught about nutrition
$50,000
City Slicker
Farms
Healthy Neighborhoods
Backyard Gardens
Programs
Create and support
Backyard and Community
gardens for low-income
Oakland residents
$60,000
Safe Passages Healthy Neighborhoods
The Legacy of Our
Foods Program
Provide access to
culturally relevant
nutritional food and
educational courses, and
events on wellness and
nutrition, and on physical
activity and movement
$105,000
Roots
Community
Health Center
Healthy Neighborhoods
Food Matters:
Building Healthy
Food Systems
Employ strategy to
enhance capacities of
existing organizations
and institutions serving
impacted communities
through increased access
and promoting behavior
change.
$245,000
Bay Area
Community
Resources
Policy and Advocacy
Healthy Options at
Point of Sale
(HOPS)
Engage transitional-aged
youth in a community
action research and
advocacy project to
advocate for a Healthy
Checkout Ordinance,
which would set
minimum nutrition
standards for products
stocked at checkout.
$145,000
YMCA of the
East Bay
Healthy Neighborhoods
YMCA and Healthy
Me
Provide nutrition
education, resources,
support and
empowerment activities
for young children and
families.
$95,000
SOS: Meals on
Wheels
Healthy Neighborhoods
Meals that Heal:
Health
Improvements for
Homebound
Seniors in Oakland
Decrease food insecurity
and isolation among
homebound senior
clients, while increasing
knowledge and
awareness regarding
eating and drinking
habits and choices,
regarding the prevention
and intervention of
Diabetes and other
related health issues
$155,000
Community
Kitchens
Healthy Neighborhoods
Mobile Oasis Extension of existing
food justice and free
meal program through
deployment of a
modified school bus to
act as a mobile oasis in
Oakland food deserts
$145,000
Acta Non
Verba
Healthy Neighborhoods
Youth Urban Farm
Project
Expand existing programs
to increase nutrition
education, access to
fresh fruits and
vegetables, encourage
physical activity, and
access to gardening for
youth and families in the
Elmhurst neighborhood
of East Oakland.
$145,000
Planting
Justice
Healthy Neighborhoods
Combatting Food
Apartheid through
Alternatives to
SSBs
Direct nutritional
support, nutrition
education and culturally
relevant information
about the harmful impact
of SSBs
$95,000
Youth
Employment
Partnership
Healthy Neighborhoods
Peer-to-Peer
Nutrition
Provide high-risk Oakland
youth with enriching
summer and after-school
health, nutrition, and
leadership training,
empowering them
$95,000
become advocates for
healthy Oakland
communities.
Oakland
Lacrosse Club
Healthy Neighborhoods
Healthy Students Alignment with allied
institutions to introduce
more students to the
sport while implementing
initiative to connect
more East Oakland OUSD
students to safe spaces,
opportunities, resources
and support.
$100,000
InAdvance Policy and Advocacy
Sugar Freedom
Project
Resident Organizers will
engage Oakland
residents impacted by
health disparities in
grassroots policy
development, culturally-
rooted health education,
and community building
using outreach methods
such as
door-knocking, store
surveys, store events
followed by deep
engagement in trainings,
workshops, and
convenings.
$170,000
Kids Cooking
for Life
Healthy Neighborhoods
Nutrition &
Cooking to
Enhance Lives of
Oakland Youth
Cooking classes to
promote individual and
family knowledge,
fostering attitude and
behavior change and
advancing nutrition
education, creating
opportunities to offer
healthier alternatives to
sugar-sweetened
beverages
$40,000
Friends of
Peralta
Hacienda
Historical Park
Healthy
Neighborhoods/Policy
and Advocacy
Health and
Nutrition Network
at Peralta
Mobilize teens to
research water issues
and learn about the
benefits of drinking
water, engage children 5-
15 year-round in
gardening, stewardship,
movement and physical
activity, and distribute
free food to Oakland
families six times
monthly.
$145,000
Health
Initiatives for
Youth
Healthy Neighborhoods
FOOD! in Context Create an asset-based,
experiential healthy
eating and food justice
empowerment workshop
series. The 12-session
program works to give
low-income youth of
color greater knowledge
and agency about food
choices.
$95,000
Soccer
without
Borders
Healthy Neighborhoods
Oakland Global
Goal 5 Girls Soccer
League
Promote physical activity
and wellness among
immigrant adolescent
girls
$50,000
Asian Health
Services
Healthy Neighborhoods
Mobile Oral Health
Services
Increase access to
culturally appropriate
screening and
intervention to prevent
dental carries and other
health concerns.
Educational components
to encourage healthy
lifestyle choices and
support diabetes
prevention.
$95,000
TIDES CENTER Healthy Neighborhoods
Youth Action Board Expansion of youth
leadership development
programming - a Youth
Action Board will be
$120,000
trained to educate their
peers on key topics, such
as the predatory nature
of the beverage
industry’s marketing
tactics and the
detrimental impacts of
sugary beverage
consumption. The YAB
will then activate their
peers to support related
campaigns.
Black Cultural
Zone
Community
Development
Corporation
Healthy Neighborhoods
Liberation Park @
Eastmont and On-
The-Road
Community events to
include Healthy Market,
Cooking demonstration,
vouchers, community
meals and community
skate.
$145,000
Public Health
Institute
Center for
Wellness &
Nutrition
Policy and Advocacy Oakland on the
Move: Tackling
Sugary Drinks
Reduce SSB consumption
and improve knowledge
and civic engagement of
youth and adult residents
in the Fruitvale
neighborhood who are of
Latino and Mayan Mam
descent by building a
base of community
health leaders to
advance health practices.
$195,000
Living the
Dream
Healthy Neighborhoods
Healthy Athletic
Nutrition Program
Expand and offer
comprehensive athletic
and mentorship services
including hiring football
coaches and providing
healthy snacks to youth.
$75,000