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School District, implementing another cohort of our Teen Ambassadors Program to continue to provide education and resources on teen dating violence and empowering teens to become advocates among their peers and community. To our knowledge, there are no other domestic violence agencies providing educational programming on teen dating and relationship violence in Santa Ana schools. d) Proposal shall include details of collaborations with local organizations Our affiliation with Family Resource Centers in Orange County allows us to have a consistent presence in high -risk communities, fostering trust with community members, and local organizations, connecting us with disadvantaged children and youth. Human Options provides services at eight Family Resource Centers in the County, including Minnie Street Family Resource Center and Corbin Family Resource Center, both located in the City of Santa Ana. This validates our ability to collaborate with other partners to meet the needs of families in different communities. Human Options has had a presence in the City of Santa Ana over 18 years as the lead agency of the Minnie Street Family Resource Center, which includes a collaboration among local community organizations to work together in providing comprehensive services for children and families. Human Options demonstrates stability in collaborating with its partners and embraces the impact of collaborative work by offering an array of services that are driven by community needs. Our long-standing partnerships and our multi -service approach will strengthen families and promote services that focus on the protective factors to decrease and prevent child abuse, domestic violence, and community violence. To better engage youth and outreach for the Teen Ambassador program, Human Options will collaborate with existing partners, establish new relationships to enhanced program provision, and engage youth. e) Proposal shall include details of innovation in programiservice delivery Human Options is well known throughout Orange County and the first provider to offer prevention education programs in schools. What makes our program unique is our focus is not solely serving victims of domestic violence, but preventing domestic violence and educating and empowering disadvantaged youth and at -risk populations to prevent and provide early intervention of teen relationship violence through educational opportunities that promote leadership and character development. Human Options has been working fervently to meet the dynamic and changing needs of our youth because of the COVID-19 crisis. We have increased our education and outreach efforts through virtual platforms and social media aware that youth may not be able to access our services. By increasing our social media presence and use of virtual platforms, we hope to be able to educate and reach the youth in the Santa Ana community on domestic and teen