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1. Experiences and Qualifications The Seeds to Trees Academy apprenticeship program will be operated by the Santa Ana Public Library in partnership with Santa Ana College. The experience and qualifications of both agencies will be described in this section. A. Briefly describe Your organization- Santa Ana Public Library: The Santa Ana Public library (SAPL) is a division of the City of Santa Ana's Parks and Recreation Department (PRCSA). SAPL's purpose is to respond to our community's informational, educational, and personal interest needs using books, materials, technology, and professional expertise. The library is subdivided into 4 primary departments: young adult services, adult services, youth services and technology and support services. B. & C. List the facility address and address of headquarters if different location. Please include major cross streets. Indicate hours of operation for facility. • The Santa Ana Public Library Main Branch located at 26 Civic Center Plaza, at the cross - streets of Civic Center and Ross in Santa Ana will be headquarters for the program. Hours: 10 am-9 pm Monday -Thursday and 10 am— 6 pm Friday and Saturday. Computer labs and classroom space available to students are located in the TeenSpace, the basement of the Main Library, and the Mezzanine. All three areas are wired for data transmission using the City's public access Internet. • The Digital Media lab and Teen Center at Garfield Joint Use Community Center located at 850 Brown St. at the cross -streets of 41h Street and Lacy. Hours: 3:00 p.m. -6:00 p.m. Monday -Friday. Facility is equipped with a digital media production studio and a classroom - structured computer lab utilizing state of the art Mac computers. • The TeenSpace at Jerome Recreation Center located at 726 S. Center Street, at the cross - streets of Center and McFadden. Hours: 3:00 pm — 8:00 pm Monday -Thursday and 3:00 pm - 6:00 pm Friday. • Roosevelt E-library: Scheduled to be completed February 2018 D. Briefly indicate what makes your facility youth friendly and suitable for the proposed program. All three locations offer young adults a designated, specially designed space for them to train, learn, work, relax, do homework and meet friends, and are ADA compliant. E. Provide brief information on the following elements: 1. Average annual operating budget and sources of revenue — The Library's allocation of City General Fund monies for 2014-15 was $3,194,170. Other sources of revenue include a CDBG block grant of $250,000 to support Homework Help Centers. We anticipate an equivalent CDBG grant for the 2015-2016 fiscal year and were recently awarded a $495,000 IMLS grant for history related programing. 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. Please refer to attachment W-2 for brief biographies of all TeenSpace staff who will participate in the Seeds to Trees Academy Program. EXHIBIT A