SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY (6) - 2014

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2. Brief description of staff - The library employs 10 full -time librarians, 8 full -time paraprofessionals and 8 full -time clerical personnel. We currently employ 70 part time clerks and tutors in children's, teen and adult programs. Some of our part - timers are paid through the General Fund and others through various grants. 3. Past experience with WIA programs or other youth programs - The trained staff devoted to this project will be the Young Adult principal librarian, the Technology and Support Principal librarian, one Out of School Youth Lead Caseworker, one In- School Youth Lead Caseworker, WIA program clerk, lead out -of School youth Sr. Tutor and lead in- school youth tutor, assistant librarian and youth services technician and library services manager. The young adult principal librarian has been the project director for the past three iterations of the Seeds to Trees WIA program and will nearly half of her work time to guiding and overseeing the program. The technology and support principal librarian will be in charge of CTV -3 programming for the city and will be responsible for effective cooperation with Santa Ana College and its School of Continuing Education, to insure that class schedules and locations, content and student monitoring are implemented and problems solved promptly. She also has had oversight of the work experience of the youth participants focused on CTV3 programming, coordinating filming, editing, and web content design through the efforts of her staff. An Out - Of- School Youth Lead Caseworker, an In- School Youth Lead Caseworker and a WIA program clerk will be recruited and hired for the project. It is anticipated that priority hiring will be given to staff who have already had previous experience working with the Seeds to Trees WIA program at the library. Lead in- School Tutor and lead out -of- school Sr. Tutors will be assigned Seeds to Trees WIA program duties from current pool of staff. Additional staff will have roles as tutor and project mentors. 4. What kind of impact your agency has made on the youth community? - The library has maintained a high number of ongoing apprenticeship programs for teens, including a very intensive Summer Volunteer Institute (SVI) that encourages teens to find self- worth and civic engagement though giving back to their community. Last summer nearly 150 teens donated some 5,000 hours of their time to supporting programs for library patrons of all ages, mentoring over 100 children in our `Buddy" programs, helping limited English speaking adults to master computer technology and improve job skills, volunteering at community events, and becoming involved in the social and educational life of their community. All together, the library conducted nearly 90 programs for teens during the summer at three sites, At present, teens continue to volunteer through the school year in math, reading, fitness and art `Buddy" programs aimed at young children. There are daily activities for teens at both library branches and the Jerome Recreation Center, including the Youth Health Ambassadors, history, civics, green living scholarship, fitness and Teen Library clubs as well as arts, literature, video production and graphic arts workshops and tutoring in math and reading. Half of our part time staff are involved exclusively in assisting with these projects, and are experienced and committed to the growth and development of the young people they work with. The majority of teens hired through our grant programs have begun their contact with the library through the volunteer program. Our volunteers are mentored by staff and older teens and transition age young adults (18 -24), and encouraged to develop personal and academic goals and an understanding of the importance of their work to themselves and others. The library has also been unusually effective in working with probation youth volunteers. Annually, forty to fifty probation youth complete their community service at the library. Ten to fifteen of those continue volunteering at the library when their community service responsibilities are concluded. In all of our youth - centered programs, two guiding principles have been primary: The Circle of Mentoring concept and its successor, the Seeds to Trees concept. The first emphasizes the value to both mentor and mentee of a close and lasting supportive relationship, and the second the value of providing long -term EXHIBIT A