Disturbing Statistics
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20% of the children and 37% of the adults in West Oakland have asthma. Children in West Oakland are seven times more likely to be hospitalized for asthma than any other children in California. The Oakland-Berkley Asthma Coalition reviewed hospitalization rates for Alameda County in 1999-2001 and found a 28% increase in […]

California Endowment awarded the West Oakland Asthma Coalition and Prescott-Joseph Center a $65,000 grant for 18 months to continue the asthma education program.
Current data from our work in West Oakland schools indicates that the incidence of asthma in school children in West Oakland is 18-20%. The adult incidence is higher, but it is difficult […]

Click here to read our inspiring data summary of Prescott-Joseph’s Asthma Education efforts in 2005
San Francisco Foundation(S.F.F.) Grant site visit
We submitted a Letter of Inquiry(L.O.I.) and got approval to submit a formal application for $20,000. The site visit will be today, April 12, 2006, at 4pm.
Rose Foundation
Prescott-Joseph Center was encouraged to submit a proposal for […]