VCCF opdatering #3: Conejo Valley Victims Fund og brande

Kære Ventura County Community Foundation-familie,

First, thank you again for your generous support of the Ventura County Community Foundation. We wanted to share an update on the progress and plans related to the Conejo Valley Victim’s Fund and the Hill Fire/ Woolsey Fire Sudden and Urgent Needs Effort.

Conejo Valley Victims Fund Update

After immediately distributing $310,000 in cash assistance and $500 prepaid Visa cards related to the Borderline shooting, we are moving forward into the final stages of financial support distribution. After arduous due diligence, we have launched an application site for victims and survivors to apply for funding: www.ConejoValleyVictimsFund.org. We are honored to partner with Giv en time who will lead efforts to provide mental health, emotional and case management support to victims during this application process.

100% of the funds raised will continue to be used to assist the families who lost loved ones, the victims who were physically injured, and those present inside the Borderline Bar & Grill that tragic night. The payments from the Conejo Valley Victims Fund are to be apportioned in accordance with the severity of the injury to the victims arising from the disaster in Thousand Oaks, California on November 7, 2018.

Deadline for application submission is February 18, 2019.

Derudover vil VCCF være vært for to offentlige fora for at give bekymrede medlemmer af lokalsamfundet og dem, der er berørt af Borderline-skyderiet, mulighed for at give feedback og stille spørgsmål om udkastet til den endelige protokol, som vil bestemme processen og distributionsprotokollerne for tildeling af økonomisk støtte til kvalificerede ansøgere. This is a draft protocol. The Final Distribution Protocol, which will govern the Conejo Valley Victims Fund at the Ventura County Community Foundation, will be developed by the Special Oversight Committee, incorporating feedback from the Public Forum meetings held on January 3, 2019, and is subject to approval by the Ventura County Community Foundation.

All aspects of this Draft Final Protocol, including without limitation the classifications of claimants, distribution criteria, claims process and timetable, and amounts to be awarded, may be revised and are subject to the full and complete discretion of the Special Oversight Committee and the Fund Administrator, subject only to the approval of the Board of Directors of Ventura County Community Foundation. The Draft Final Protocol document can be found her.

To submit your feedback on the Draft Final Protocol, please submit your comments to [email protected] or attend a public forum held on:

Thursday, January 3, 8:00am – 9:30am OR Thursday, January 3, 6:00pm – 7:30pm.

Both meetings will be held at the Scherr Forum at the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. For more information, please visit www.ConejoValleyVictimsFund.org.

Giv en time will also host three Clinics where eligible claimants can receive direct support in completing their applications and accessing resources to support their recovery. The dates of these clinics are:

Monday, January 14, 2019 from 12:00 noon to 8:00 p.m.
Wednesday, January 16, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 19, 2019 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

If you have questions related to the application process, please contact: (805) 444-7519 or email [email protected] if you are seeking support in filling out your application for funding from the Conejo Valley Victims Fund.

For all other questions, please contact the Ventura County Community Foundation at (805) 988-0196.

Opdatering af Hill Fire/ Woolsey Fire Sudden and Urgent Needs-indsatsen

The Ventura County Community Foundation has granted more than $664,000 since the start of the Hill and Woolsey fires, including:

$150.000 til Pacific Coast and Ventura County Chapter of the American Red Cross (Røde Kors) til et udrykningskøretøj
$115.000 til Røde Kors for Ventura County Recovery Coordination
$146,250 til den Røde Kors til generel driftsstøtte
$1,394 til Ride On Therapeutic Horsemanship til evakueringsudgifter for heste, ekstra personale, brændstof til trailere, rengøring af stalde
$10.000 til Drenge- og pigeklubber i Greater Conejo Valley til udgifter i forbindelse med betjening af børn under skolelukninger, oprydning i klubben og rådgivningstjenester
$30.000 i alt til KCLU offentlig radio (California Lutheran University) med $20.000 til udskiftning af beskadiget hovedsender og støtteudstyr og yderligere $10.000 til matchende midler til kampagnen til udskiftning af udstyr, som de mødte
$5,000 til 805 Hjælp for at støtte deres umiddelbare indsats for at give onlineadgang til vores samfund under brandene
$15.000 til Bekymringer for ældre til dagpleje for voksne, måltider og støtte til vores samfunds seniorer, der blev evakueret og har brug for pleje
$5,350 til Livingston Memorial Besøgssygeplejerskeforening at hjælpe med at dække omkostninger i forbindelse med evakueringer af personer på hospice
$7,000 til Camarillo drenge- og pigeklub at dække omkostninger i forbindelse med akutte behov for børnepasning på grund af skolelukninger
$9,500 til Sydøstlige Ventura YMCA at dække omkostninger i forbindelse med akutte behov for børnepasning på grund af skolelukninger
$1,827 til Mark Watring Stables til evakuering af 43 heste, transport af foder- og vandforsyninger og overarbejde
$25.000 til Samarbejde om økonomisk udvikling til generel driftsstøtte, når de betjener virksomhedsejere, der er påvirket af brandene
$21,500 til Cal State Channel Islands Foundation til at brødføde og huse studerende, der er evakueret af brandene
$500 til Cal Lutheran University's Center for Nonprofit Leadership at sponsorere et gratis webinar med titlen "Fundraising som reaktion på en samfundskrise"
$121,000 for the Sydøstlige Ventura County YMCA for at yde individuel hjælp til familier, der er ramt af brandene.

Please remind all nonprofit organizations responding to the needs from the fires to submit their brief application at www.vccf.org.

Collecting and distributing funds related to tragedies like this is both complex and sensitive and we thank you for your commitment to our community, your patience and support. Together we are #VCStrong.

Den bedste,

Vanessa