On Wednesday, it was announced that L.A. County Supervisor Kathryn Barger approved a grant of $140,000 for the Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club, thanks to the Los Angeles County Community Services Block Grant.

Barger announced her approval of a $140,000 grant Wednesday, attributed to the Los Angeles County Community Services Block Grant, designated to the Santa Clarita Boys & Girls Club and its activities.

“I am thrilled to be able to support Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club with additional funding that will increase and enhance services for deserving children and youth in the community,” said Barger. “I have long advocated for local Boys & Girls Clubs as an invaluable asset to the growth and development of adolescents and any opportunity to help build up their efforts is a win for all of us.”

This grant by Los Angeles County would reportedly allow the Boys & Girls Club to maintain a new five-core program designed for participants.

The new program, according to officials in Barger’s office, consists of the following five core areas: Character and Leadership Development, Education and Career Development, Health and Life Skills, the Arts, and Sports Fitness and Recreation.

These five areas are slated for Monday through Friday after school, as well as on non-school days during vacation weeks at the Club’s Newhall and Canyon Country Club locations, in addition to the summer program for local youth at Val Verde Park.

“We deeply appreciate Supervisor Kathryn Barger’s support,” said Matt Nelson, Chief Executive Officer of Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club. “With these funds, we are enabling children and families in our community to grow stronger and more resilient in the face of adversity. Santa Clarita Valley Boys & Girls Club thanks Supervisor Barger for ensuring youth have great futures to look forward to.”

The new funding approved by Barger will, according to Barger’s office, be “provided through the Los Angeles County Community Services Block Grant CARES (distributed via the Department of Public Social Services), which supports programs in local communities throughout the County.”

These kinds of Community Services Block Grants originated back in 1964 during the launch of the War on Poverty programs.

In March of 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, including $1 billion in supplemental Community Services Block Grant funds, which covers additional funding for agencies who are local recipients of Community Services Block Grants.

For more information on this type of grant and its attributes, click here.

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