96-069 - Grant Award Agreement for the Santa Ana Community Action Network Program

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Documentation will include academic, attendance and behavioral records, goal setting logs, sign-in sheets, participant eyaluations and permission slips. READING READINESS The purpose of the Reading Readiness Program is to provide timely materials and quality programs to meet the educational, recreational, and cultural needs of youths ages three, four and five years of age. The Reading Readiness program includes storytime, basic learning development exercises, and incentive programs. A total of 160 participants will complete a minimum of eight sessions, which include one hour per day, four days per week for 4-6 weeks. A parent involvement component will be incorporated to assist parents to work with their children on reading activities. Documentation will include lesson plans, goal setting logs, attendance sheets, registration forms and progress reports, in addition to program-wide documentation. The program will be conducted in part at the Santa Ana Main Library to give children an opportunity to become familiar with the library and to help them develop an attachment to places of learning. Children will on occasion be taken to the library, however, many of the activities will be conducted at the program's location (TBA). The use of the Library Bookmobile at the Flower Street Park every Saturday will be available for the community and particpants. The program will target those three and four year olds from the target area who will eventually attend Carver Elementary School. Early childhood programs, including reading programs that attempt to bring children at reading level by the third grade have great potential for positive intervention on academic failure (8, 13, 19, 52). The Reading Readiness program will result in greater success early on in school which leads to a higher rate of attendance. The program also will serve to establish early bonding and positive relationships with school personnel and other academic "promoters" such as library tutors and child care workers. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION The Community Education and Mobilization Program will involve careful planning and coordination of activities between the Community Oriented Policing/Westend District, the Santa Aha Neighborhood Housing Services, Project SABADO, Carver Concerned Parents, Artesia-Pilar Neighborhood Association, Flower Street Park Neighborhood Association, and the involvement of the Community Interaction Officers from Santa Ana Police Department. A part-time Senior Program Leader will be responsible for coordinating all interactive activities with the assistance of three additional part-time staff. All staff for this program are from the community itself.