Earlimart will host its first Step Up anti-gang summit in February.

The Step Up Earlimart Gang Awareness Event will be held from 4:40 p.m. to 7:15 p.m. on Thursday, February 2 at Earlimart Middle School, 785 E. Center Ave. in Earlimart.

Supervisor Pete Vander Poel, who represents Earlimart and southwest Tulare County, said the free event is designed for community members who are concerned about gang violence, drug activity, and keeping youth involved in positive activities.

Download 2012 Step Up Service Learning Grant Application

The Tulare County Youth Commission is accepting applications for the 2012 Step Up Service Learning Grant Program. The grant program provides $25,000 in grants for public or private high schools in Tulare County.

The Step Up Service-Learning Grant Program funds small-scale, youth-directed projects that focus on reducing adolescent violent crime, aggression, delinquency and/or substance abuse.  All proposals must include service-learning projects.  Only public and private high schools are eligible to apply.

The Service Learning grant program allocates $25,000 for grants to Tulare County High Schools.  There is one grant of $5,000 available in each Supervisorial district.

December 6, 2011

The Tulare County Board of Supervisors today awarded $95,000 in grant funding to 12 non-profit organizations from throughout Tulare County through the Step Up Youth Activities Grant Program.  

The Tulare County Youth Commission presented its funding recommendations to the Board at its regular meeting.  The Tulare County Youth Commission reviewed the submitted grant applications and recommended to the Board of Supervisors which organizations should receive funding and at what level.

“Providing positive experiences for Tulare County’s youth is the goal of all Step Up programs,” said Mike Ennis, Chairman of the Board of Supervisors. “The organizations who are receiving grants will be able to carry out that mission to hundreds, if not thousands, of youth from throughout Tulare County.”

CLICK HERE for a detailed description on how the non-profit organizations plan to use the grant funding.