ORANGEWOOD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (2) - 2010

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etc.) • Added a 46 inch flat screen television with connection to our computer network, internet, and a DVD player. The TV can be used for instructional purposes or as entertainment for clients and their children. A new couch and chair face the TV. • Increased our storage space for school supplies, baby supplies, food, educational and career resources, work clothes, etc. • There are two large tables available in the ORC for client meetings, doing homework, etc. • There is a telephone, fax machine, copier, and printer available to ORC/FYLP clients • Added a large freezer in our kitchen for frozen goods, which benefit our clients II. About Your Organization A. Description of the Proposer 1. Discuss the current number of full time and part time personnel employed, average annual operating budget and sources of revenue. The Orangewood Children's Foundation (OCF) has a current annual operating budget of over 7.5 million dollars. OCF receives funding from multiple funding sources including government grants, private and corporate donors, joint business ventures, event fundraisers, etc. We currently employ 42 full-time employees and 31 part-time employees including 28 part-time peer mentors. 2. How long has your organization been serving Santa Ana youth? Orangewood Children's Foundation is a private, 501(c)3 nonprofit organization established in 1981 to raise money to build a replacement emergency shelter for Orange County's abused, neglected and abandoned children. The result was the Orangewood Children's Home, which was dedicated in 1985. After completing an expansion to the Home in 1992, the Foundation turned its attention to serving the on-going needs of these children and their families. OCF programs assist foster children and former foster children leaving the dependency system, strengthen at-risk families, and are designed to prevent and break the generational cycle of abuse. Although our services are not exclusive to foster youth residing in Santa Ana, many of our clients reside in Santa Ana. According to the Orange County Social Services Agency, there are 100-150 foster/emancipated youth between the ages of 16 & 21 residing in Santa Ana. These numbers do not include homeless emancipated youth and foster youth that have been returned to their biological parents, but remain under the Juvenile Court supervision. 3. What kind of impact has your services made to the youth in the community? Our Fiscal Year 2008/2009 Outcomes will illustrate the impact of our client services in a one year period: Oram iewood Resource Center (ORC) The ORC is a drop in center providing guidance, assistance and access to resources needed to become independent, particularly in the areas of education, employment, career counseling, housing and healthcare. • Served more than 580 youth seeking assistance in a total of almost 44,800 visits (a 28% increase in visits over the prior year). OCF/Poster Youth Liaison Project PY 10/11 12 EXHIBIT A