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RESOLUTION NO. 96- 069
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF SANTA ANA AUTHORIZING THE CITY
MANAGER TO EXECUTE A GRANT AWARD
AGREEMENT FOR THE SANTA ANA COMMUNITY
ACTION NETWORK PROGRAM
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana desires to undertake a
certain project designated the Santa Ana Community Action Network Program, to be
funded in part from funds made available through the Title 5 Community
Delinquency Prevention Program administered by the Office of Criminal Justice
Planning (hereafter referred to as OCJP);
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA
that the City Manager of the City of Santa Ana is authorized on its behalf to
submit the attached proposal to OCJP and is authorized to sign and approve on
behalf of the City Council of the City of Santa Ana the attached Grant Award
Agreement, including any extensions or amendments thereof.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the applicant agrees to provide all matching
funds required for said project (including any amendment thereof) under the
Program and the funding terms and conditions of OCJP and that the cash match will
be appropriated as required.
IT IS AGREED that any liability arising out of the performance of the Grant
Award Agreement, including civil court actions for damages, shall be the
responsibility of the grant recipient and the authorizing agency. The State of
California and OCJp disclaim responsibility for and such liability.
BE TIT FURTHER RESOLVED that grant funds received hereunder shall not be use to
supplant expenditures controlled by this body.
ADOPTED this 1st
ATTEST:
~ca~r~eo~' t~Ycouncl1 ~/ -
day of July , 1996.
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Pulido Aye
Richardson Aye
Espinoza Aye
Lutz Aye
McGuigan Aye
Mills Aye
Moreno Aye
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Richard E. Lay
Acting city Attorney
CERTII*ICATE OF ORIGINALITY & PUBLICATION
State of California
County of Orange
I, JANICE C. GUY, Clerk of the Council, do hereby certify the attached Resolution
~ --- ~ ~ ~ to be the original resolution adopted by the City Council of the
City of Santa Ana on 7 -/- f¢
Date:
Clerk of the Council
~//// City of Santa Ana ~
TITLE V DELINQUENCY PREVENTION PROGRAM
Grant Reapplication Forms
Checklist & Required Sequence
5
6
7
8
This checklist is provided to assist the applicant in ensuring that a complete application is
submitted to OCJP.
ITEM INCLUDED
N/A
Is the Grant Award Face Sheet completed, signed by
an authorized official, and included?
YES ~ NO []
Is the Resolution from the Governing Body included? YES ~]
If NO, the cover letter must indicate submission date.
NO []
Is the Certification of Assurance of Compliance
(OCJP 656) included?
YES [] NO []
a. If federally funded, is an updated EEO Plan included? YES ~ NO [~
b. If federally funded, is the Standard Form LLL YES ~] NO
"Disclosure of Lobbing Activities" included? .
I~ctu~e~t i~ Cex~c~'¢_~-~ ~6' ~a~me c4: Q~Tl¢oJ~c~ ~'e~r~n~·
Is the Assurance of Compliance with JJDP Act Mandates YES ~ NO []
included?
Is the Project Service Area Information form
included?
YES ~ NO []
If NO, update the information and attach
If YES, include the form from the previous year
Is the Project Contact Information form included?
YES ~ NO []
Is the Project Summary the same as the previous year?
If NO, update the information and attach.
If YES, include the form from the previous year.
YES ~ NO []
Are the revised objectives/activities included?
YEs NO []
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9. Is the organizational chart the same as the previous year? YES ~ NO [~
If NO, update the information and attach.
10. Is the Project Budget (OCJP A303a-A303c) included?
YEs NO
11. Is the Other Funding Sources form (OCJP 653) included? YES ~ NO []
12. Are all required items included in the Grant Application YES [] NO []
Appendix? 14/~
13. Are the updat%d Operational Agreements included? YES ~TJ NO ~
14. Can the grant begin implementation without an advance YES [] NO ~
of funds? If NO, include the Certification for Advance
of Grant Funds form (OCJP 202) and an OCJP Form 201.
15. Are other documents required to support the proposed YES [TJ NO ~]
budget included? lq/h
16.
Is a Request to Submit Quarterly Reports of Expenditures
and Request for Funds (CBOs only) needed? /~t/k
YEs [] NO U]
If NO to any of the above, the applicant must substantiate why the documents are not included.
The applicant is responsible for the submission of all the required documents or continuation
funding may be jeopardize.
Operational agreements have been developed to allow participating
agencies to further develop their programs in coordination with
program staff. However, not all operational agreements have been
.signed due to the unavailability of the lead agency Executive
Director and other organization's directors for signatures.
Copies of operational agreements that have partial signatures are
included. Upon securing all signatures, original operational
agreements will be provided. All signed operational agreements
will be submited to OCJP with the Resolution no later than July
8, 1996.
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244 OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING OCJP A301
GRANT AWARD FACE SHEET
The Office of Criminal Justice Planning, hereafter designated OCJP, hereby makes a grant award of funds to the following
Administrative Agency (1) CITY OF SANTA ANA
hereafter designated Grantee, in the amount and for the purpose and duration set forth in this grant award.
(2) Implementing Agency Name Recreation & Coat. unity Services
Contact Jenny Rios Address P.O. BOX 19~8t ~anta Ana~ CA 92702
Telephone ( 714 ) 571-4228
(3) Project Title (~o characte,~ maximum) (6) Award No.
Santa Ana Community Action Network
(4) Project D~ector (Name. ~tle. Addre~, Telephone~
(~ur [in~a mazdmum}
Allen E. Doby, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, CA 92702
(714) 571-4202
(5) F~ancial Officer (Name, ~de, Address, Telephane~
(~ur lines maximum)
Rod R. Coloma, Executive Director
P.O. Box 1988
Santa Aaa, CA 92?02
(714) 64?-5420
(7) Grant Period
Jul? 15, ]qq6 -,Tuna 30, 1997
(8) Federal Amount
.$?53,000
(9) State Amount
(10) Cash Match
$50,600
(11) In-Kind 1Hatch
(12) Total Project Cost $303~600
This grant award consists of this title page, th;'application for the grant which is attached and made a part hereof, and the
Assurance of Compliance forms which were previously submitted. The grant recipient signifies acceptance el'this grant award
and agrees to administer the grant project in accordance with the statute(s), the Program Guidelines, this Apphcation for
Continuation Funding and the OCJP Grantee Handbook.
FOR OCJP USE ONLY (13) Official Authorized to Sign for
Applicant/Grant recipient
Item:
Chapter:
PCA No.:
Components No.:
Project No.:
Amount:
Split' Fund:
Split Encumber:
Year:
Match Requirement:
Fund:
Program:
Region:
Fed. Cat. #:
Name: Allen E. Doby
Title: Executive Director
Address: P.O. Box 1988
T h Santa Ana, CA 92702
e ep one: (714) 571-4202
Date: 6-26-96
I hereby certify upon my own personal knowledge that
budgeted fu~,ds are available for the period and
purposes of this expenditure stated above.
Fiscal Officer, OCJP Date
Executive Director, 0CJI7 Date
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MAYOR
MAYOR PRO TEM
Robert L. Richardson
'~UNCILMEMB[RS
fony [spinoza
Thomas [. Lutz
Palricia A. McGuigan
Lisa Mills
Ted R Moceno
CITY OF SANTA ANA
20 CIVIC CENTER PLAZA · PO. BOX ]988
SANTA ANA, CALIFORNIA 92702
CITY MANAGER
David N. R~am
CITY ATTORNEY
Edward I. Cooper
CLERK OF THE COUNCIL
· lanice C. Guy
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June 26, 1996
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
Office of the Director
1130 K Street, Suite 300
Sacramento, CA 95814
To Whom It May Concern:
The request for the Resolution has been submitted to the City
Council. Attached you will find a copy of this request. The
signed resolution will be submitted to OCJP by July 8, 1996.
Should you have
(714)571-4262.
//Virgi~a A~ame-Corredor
Santa Ana ~ommunity Action Network
City of Santa Ana,
Recreation & Community Services Agency
any questions, please contact me at
Coordinator
MEMORANDUM
From:
Subject:
Richard Lay
Allen E. Doby
Date:
REQUEST FOR RESOLUTION
June 7, 1996
Please prepare a resolution for the July 1, 1996 council meeting,
to authorize the City to enter into a Grant Award Agreement with
the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP). The title of the
grant project is the Santa Ana Community Action Network program.
The administrator authorized to submit the application will be
myself.
Attached are instructions from OCJP detailing the required
elements of the resolution. Should you have any questions,
please contact chris Laugenour at x4218.
cc: Chris Laugenour
Virginia Adame-Corredor/
CS 8(1~
CERTIFICATION OF ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE
Note: There are different requirements for state and federal funds. (Those
affecting only federally funded projects are identified.)
I, Allen E. Doby , hereby certify that:
Iofficial authorized to sign grant award; sanle person as line 13 on Grant Award Face Sheet~
GRANTEE:
The City of Santa Ana
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY: Recreation & Community Services
PROJECT TITLE:
Santa Ana Community Action Network
will adhere to ail of the grant award agreement requirements (state and/or federal) as
directed by the Office of Criminal Justice Planning including, but not limited to, the
following areas:
II.
III.
V.
VI.
Equal Employment Opportunity
Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1990
California Envirohmental Quality Act (CEQA)
Lobbying
Debarment, Suspension, and Other Responsibility Matters
Other OCJP Certifications as Applicable
I. EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY (EEO)
A. General EEO Rules and Regulations (State and Federal)
The applicant selected for funding ackno~vledges awareness of and the
responsibility to comply with the following Equal Employment Opportunity
requirements by si~fing the Grant Award Face Sheet (OCJP A301),
including this Certification of Assurance of Compliance, and submitting the
application to the Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP).
California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA) and
Implementing Regulations, California Administrative Code, Title 2,
Division 4, Fair Employment and Housing Commission.
Califoruia Government Code Article 9.5, Sections 11135-11139.5 and
Implementing Regulations, California Administrative Code, Title 22,
Sectious 98000-98413.
3. Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
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Title V, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (29 USCS
Section 974) and Federal Department Regulations on its
implementation; Government Code Section 4450, et. seq..
Subtitle A, Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), 42
USC Sections 12131-12134 and U.S. Department of Justice
implementing regulations, 28 CFR, Part 35.
U.S. Department of Justice Regulations, 28 CFR, Part 42, Equal
Employment Opportunity, Policies and Procedures -- applies to
federally funded grants only.
Federal and state agencies have the legal right to seek enforcement of the
above items of this assurance of compliance.
All appropriate documentation must be maintained on file by the project
and available for OCJP or public scrutiny upon request. Violation of these
provisions may result in withholding of grant funds by OCJP.
The following apply to federally funded grants only:
Note: Effective Fiscal Year, 1992-93, the Federal criteria and
requirements al{ply to the "implementing agency" responsible for
the day-to-day operation of the project (e.g., Probation Department,
District Attorney, Sheriff).
Criteria for Federal EEO ProgTam Requirements for Grants in the
Amount of $25,000-$499,999. (Does not apply to community-based
organizations).
Federal re.rations require qualified recipient agencies of federal
financial assistance to prepare an Equal Employment Opportunity
Program (EEOP) upon meeting all of the following criteria:
a. Grantee has 50 or more employees.
Grantee has received a total of $25,000 or more in grants or
subgrants since 1968.
Grantee has a service population of 3% minority
representation (if less than 3% minority population the EEOP
must be prepared to focus on women).
The EEOP must be developed for the implementing agency responsible for
the day-to-day operations of the program.
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2. Assurance of EEOP for Federal Grants of $25,000-$499,999
This implementing agency has formulated, or will formulate,
implement and maintain an EEOP within 60 calendar days of the
date the Grant Award Face Sheet (OCJP A301) is si~ned by the
Executive Director of OCJP. I also certify that the EEOP is/will be
on file in the following Affirmative Action (A.A.) Office:
A.A.Officer: Geracdo Mouet
Title:
OUtreach Proqram Coordinator
20 Civic CenterPlaza (M24)
Santa Ana, CA 92702
(714) 647-5308
Address:
Phone:
The EEOP is available for review or audit by officials of OCJP or the
Federal Government, as required by relevant laws and regulations.
Additionally, I agree to submit a copy of said EEOP to OCJP (Attention:
EEO Compliance Officer) within 60 calendar days of the Executive
Director's signature on the OCJP A301.
3. Federal Grants of $500,000 and Above
All applicants for federal grant funds of $500,000 or more will submit
a copy of their EEOP (developed for the implementing agency), or
federal letter of compliance, to OCJP with the second stage
application forms.
4. EEOP Updates for Continuing Federal Grants
Projects ~vho have previously received a total of $25,000 or more in
federal grants, or a single award in the amount of $500,000 or more,
and have an approved EEOP on file with OCJP, are required to
submit an annual update of their EEOP if funds are continued. The
timeframe for EEOP updates are the same as identified in Section B,
2 and 3 above.
The following apply to al_~l OCJP grantees:
In addition to this Certification, all OCJP grantees must have a
current EEO Policy Statement, established by their agency, posted in
a prominent place accessible to employees and applicants; and
The poster entitled "Harassment or Discrimination in
Employment is Prohibited by Law" also must be posted in a
conspicuous location accessible to employees and applicants. This
poster may be obtained from the local office of the Department of
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II.
Fair Employment and Housing .
CAIJFORNIA DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT OF 1990 AND FEDERAL
DRUG-FREE WORKPLACE ACT OF 1988 REQUIREMENTS
The above-named organization(s) will comply with the California Drug-Free
Workplace Act of 1990 of California Government Code Section 8355, et. seq., and
the Federal Drug-Free Workplace Act of 1988, and implemented as 28 CFR, Part
67, Subpart F, for grantees, as defined in 28 CFR, Part 67, Sections 67.615 and
67.620 by:
Publishing a statement notifying employees that unlawful manufacture,
distribution, dispensation, possession, or use of a controlled substance is
prohibited and specifying actions to be taken against employees for
violations, as required in Government Code Section 8355(a).
Establishing a Drug-Free Awareness Program as required by Government
Code Section 8355(b), to inform employees about all of the following:
The dangers of drug abuse in the workplace;
The organization's policy of maintaining a drug-free workplace;
Any available counseling, rehabihtation and employee assistance
progu'ams; and
Penalties that may be imposed upon employees for drug abuse
violations.
Providing as required by Government Code Section 8355(c) that every
employee who works on the proposed grant:
Will receive a copy of the company's drng-free policy statement; and
Will agree to abide by the terms of the company's statement as a
condition of employment on the contract or grant.
Notifying the employee in the statement required that, as a condition of
employment under the grant, the employee will:
1. Abide by the terms of the statement; and
Notify the employer in writing of his or her conviction for a violation
of a criminal drug statute occurring in the workplace no later than
five calendar days after such conviction.
Notifying the agency, in writing, within 10 calendar days after receiving
notice as required above from an employee or other~vise receiving actual
notice of such conviction. Employers of convicted employees must provide
notice, including position, title to: Department of Justice, Office of Justice
Programs, ATTN: Control Desk, 633 Indiana Avenue, N.W., Washington,
DC 20531. Notice shall include the identification number(s) of each
affected grm~t.
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Taking one of the following actions, Within 30 calendar days of receiving
notice, with respect to any employee who is so convicted:
Taking appropriate personnel action against such an employee, up to
and including termination, consistent with the requirements of the
Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended; or
Requiring such employee to participate satisfactorily in a drug abuse
assistance or rehabilitation program approved for such purposes by a
federal, state, or local health, law enforcement, or other appropriate
agency.
Making a good faith effort to continue to maintain a drug-free workplace
through implementation of the above requirements.
IlL CALIFORNIA ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY ACT (CEQA)
The above-named organization(s)finc[ividual(s) will comply with the California
Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) requirements as stated in the Public Resources
Code, Division 13, Section 21000 et. seq. and all other applicable rules and
regulations.
All appropriate documentation ~vill be maintained on file by the project and
available for OCJP or public review upon request.
IV. LOBBYING
As required by Section 1352, Title 31 of the U.S. Code, and implemented as 28
CFR, Part 69, for p.ersons entering into a grant or cooperative agreement over
$100,000, as defined at 28 CFR, Part 69, the applicant certifies that:
No federally appropriated funds have been paid or will be paid, by or on
behalf of the undersig-ned, to any person for influencing or attempting to
influence an officer or employee of any agency, a Member of Con~ess, an
officer or employee of Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in
connection with the making of any federal grant, the entering into of any
cooperative agreement, and the extension, continuation, renewal,
amendment, or modification of any federal grant or cooperative agreement.
If any funds other than federal appropriated funds have been paid or will be
paid to any person for influencing or attempting to influence an officer or
employee of emy agency, a Member of Congress, an officer or employee of
Congress, or an employee of a Member of Congress in connection with this
federal grant or cooperative agreement, the undersigned shall complete and
submit Standard Fot~n - LLL, "Disclosure of Lobbying Activities", in
accordance with its instructions.
The undersigned shall require that the language of this certification be
included in the award documents for all subawards at all tiers [including
subgrants, contracts under grants and cooperative agreements and
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subcontract(s)] and that all subrecipients shall certify and disclose
accordingly.
DEBARMENT, SUSPENSION, AND OTHER RESPONSI]]ILITY MATTERS --
applies to federally funded grants only
As required by Executive Order 12549, Debarment and Suspension, and
implemented at 28 CFR, Part 67, for prospective participants in primary covered
transactions, as defined at 28 CFR, Part 67, Section 67.510, the applicant certifies
that it and its principals:
Are not presently debarred, suspended, proposed for debarment, declared
ineli~ble, sentenced to a denial of federal benefits by a State or Federal
Court, or voluntarily excluded from covered transactions by any federal
department or agency.
Have not, within a three-year period preceding this application, been
convicted of or had a civil jud~,gment rendered against them for commission
of fraud or a criminal offense in connection with obtaining, attempting to
obtain, or performing a public (federal, state, or local) transaction or
contract under a public trans~ction; violation of federal or state antitrust
statutes or commission of embezzlement, theft, forgery, bribery, falsification
or destruction of records, making false statements, or receiving stolen
property. ~
Are not presently indicted for, or otherwise criminally, or civilly, charged by
a governmental entity (federal, state, or local) ~vith commission of m~y of the
offenses enumerated above.
Have not, ~vithin a three-year period preceding this application, had one or
more public transactions (federal, state, or local) terminated for cause or
default.
Where the applicant is unable to certify to any of the statements in this
certification, he or she shall attach an explanation to this application.
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VI. OTHER OCJP CERTIFICATIONS AS APPLICABLE:
Failure to comply with these requirements may result in suspension of
payments under the grant or termination of the grant or both and the grantee
may be ineligible for award of any future grants if the Office of Criminal Justice
Planning (OCJP) determines that any of the following has occurred: (1) the
grantee has made false certification, or (2) violates the certification by failing to
carry out the requirements as noted above.
CERTIFICATION
I, the official named below, am the same individual authorized to sig~ the
Grant Award Agreement [line 13 on Grant Award Face Sheet], and hereby
swear that I am duly authorized legally to bind the contractor or grant
recipient to the above described certification. I am fully aware that this
certification, executed on the date and in the county below, is made under
penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California.
Official's Signature: ~ ~ ~
Official's Typed Name: Allen g. Doby
Official's Title:
Executive Director, Rec.& Comm. Svcs.
Date Executed:
Federal ID Number:
Executed in the County of:
6-26-96
95-6000785
Orange
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OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING
December 13, 1995
Allen E. Doby
Executive Director
City of Santa Aha
Recreation and Community Services
P.O. Box 1988
Santa Aha, California 92702
Dear Mr. Hamlin:
GRANT AWARD NO.: JC94017948
FEDERAL AMOUNT: $253,000
The Office of Criminal Justice Planning (OCJP) has concluded our review of the City
of Santa Ann Recreation and Community Services Equal Employment Opportunity Program
(EEOP). As a result, we found your EEOP to be in compliance with the provisions of 28
CFR, Part 42, Nondiscrimination, Equal Employment Opportunity, Policies and Procedures,
U.S. Department of Justice, and other state and federal regulations as outlined in the OCIP
EEO Program Guidelines.
Your agency's nondiscrimination commitment regarding your personnel policies and
' practices demonstrates that you have addressed all essential elements that establishes the
conditions for an acceptable EEOP.
This finding means that the City of Santa Ana Recreation and Community Services is
in compliance for EEO purposes for Fiscal Year 1995-96 and applies to all grants or grant
applications during this time period. Should funds be continued on this or other grants
beyond this timeframe, your Department must submit an annual update of your EEOP for
each year of continuation. Failure to comply with these requirements may result in the delay
or possible discontinuance of federal grant funds.
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Allen E. Doby
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We encourage you to continue your efforts to ensure equal employment opportunity in
your Department. Should you have any questions or require assistance in the future, please
contact me at (916) 327-3689.
Sincerely,
LINDA L. OROZCO~
EEO Compliance Officer
Jenny Rios, Supv.
Gerardo Mouet, AAO
J J/DP Branch Chief
Grants Conu-ol Unit
ASSURANCE OF COMPLIANCE
WITH
JUVENILE JUSTICE AND DELINQUENCY PREVENTION ACT MANDATES
I hereby certify that I am the authorized signature for the applicant agency and that the applicant
agency is in compliance and agrees to maintain compliance with the following mandates of the
Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act (JJDPA):
1. Section 223(a)(12)(A) - Deinstitutionalization of Status Offenders: provides that
juveniles who are charged with, or who have committed offenses that would not be criminal if
committed by an adult, or offenses which do not constitute 'Aolations of valid court orders, or
alien juveniles in custody, or such nonoffenders as dependent or neglected children, shall not
be placed in secure detention facilities or secure correctional facilities;
2. Section 223(a)(13) - Separation of Juveniles and Incarcerated Adults: provides that
juveniles alleged to be, or found to be delinquent, and youths within the purview of Section
223(a)(12)(A) above, shall not be detained or confined in any institution in which they have
contact with adult persons incarcerated because they have been convicted of a crime, or are
awaiting trial on criminal charges, or with the part-time or full-time security staff(including
management) or direct-care staff of a jail or lockup for adults;
3. Section 223(a)(14) - Removal of Juveniles from Adult Jails and Lockups: provides
that no juvenile shall be detained or confined in any jail or lockup for adults, except that the
Administrator shall, through 1997, promulgate regulations which make exceptions with
regard to the detention of juveniles accused of nonstatus offenses who are awaiting an initial
court appearance pursuant to an enforceable State law requiring such appearances within
twenty-four hours after being taken into custody (excluding weekends and holidays) provided
that such exceptions are limited to areas that are in compliance with Section 223(a)(13)
above, and are outside a Standard Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); and have no existing
acceptable alternative placement available; are located where conditions of distance to be
traveled or the lack of highway, road, or other ground transportation do not allow for court
appearances within 24 heurs, so that a brief (not to exceed 48 hours) delay is excusable; or
are located where conditions of safety exist (such as severely adverse, life-threatening
weather conditions that do not allow for reasonable safe travel), in which case the time for an
appearance may be delayed until 24 hours after the time that such conditions allow for
reasonably safe travel.
I further certify that the applicant agent, agrees to assist the state in achieving and maintaining
compliance with the fourth mandate of the JJDPA, as follows:
Section 223(a)(23) - Disproportionate Minority Confinement (DMC): addresses efforts
to reduce the proportions of juveniles detained or confined in secure detention facilities,
secure correctional facilities, jails, and lookups who are members of minority groups if such
proportion exceeds the proportion such groups represent in the genera] population.
Signe , ~
Signature o£ Individual Authorize~ward AgreementDate
/~1 1 ~n R. Dc',hy
Executive Director
Title of Authorized Signature
City of Sonta Anat Recreation & Community Services
Name of Ap~]icant Agency
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PROJECT SERVICE AREA INFORMATION
157
COUNTY OR COUNTIES SERVED: Enter the name(a) of the county or counties served by the project.
Put an asterisk where the principal office of the project is located.
*Orange
U.S. CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT/S): Enter the number(s) efthe U.S. Congressional District(s) which
the project serves. Put an asterisk for the district where the principal office of the project is ]ocs[ed.
*46
STATE ASSEMBLY DISTRICT(S): Enter the number(s) of the State Assembly Districtls) which the project
serves. Put an asterisk for the district where the principal office ofthe project is located.
*69
STATE SENATE DISTRICT(S): Enter the number(s) of the State Senate District(s) which the project serves.
PUt aa asterisk for the district where the prhacipal office of the project is located.
*32
5. POPULATION OF SERVICE AREA: Enter the total population of [}le service area served by the project.
330,000
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PROJECT CONTACT INFORMATION
Applicant: ci~? nf ~n~a ~n~
Implementing Agency (if applicable): Recreation and Community Services
Pr0jectTitle: Santa Ana Community Action Network
Grant Number (to be added by 0CJP):
Provide the name, title, address and telephone number for the project contact persons named
below. If a section does not apply to your project, enter 'T, UA".
1. The person having day-to-day responsibility for the project:
Name: Virginia Adame-Corredor
Title: SACAN Coordinator
Address: P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, CA 92702
Telephone Number: (714 571-4262
Fax Number: q14 571-4235
2. Provide the name, title, address and telephone number for the person to whom the person
listed in/41 is accountable.
Name: Allen E. Doby
Title: Executive Director
Address: P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, CA 9~702
Te]eph0ne Number: ~14 571-4202
Fax Number: ~lZl 571-4235
The Executive Director of a nonprofit organization or the Chief Executive Officer (e.g., Chief
of Police, Superintendent of Schools) of the implementing agency:
Name: Philip Rebec
Title: Park & Recreation Board Chairperson
Address: 2545 N. Forest
Santa Ana, CA 92706
Telephone Number: (71)4 663-6561 Fax Number: ( )
The Chair of the Governing Body of the implementing agency: (Provide address and
telephone number other than that of the implementing agency.)
Name: Jenny Rios
Title: Senior Recreation Supervisor
Address: P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, cA 92702
Telephone Number: (71~ 571-4228 Fax Number: il4) 571-4235
5. The person responsible for the project from the applicant agency, if different than #1:
Name:
Title:
Address:
Telephone Number: (
Fax Number: ( )
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PROJECT SUMMARY
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4. APPLICANT 5. FUZNqDS REQUESTED:
Name: City of Santa Ana Phone: U14)571-4202
Address: P.O. Box 1988 Fax #: (714 571-4235 $ 253,000 ,,
Santa hna, CA 92702
6. IMPLEMENTING AGENCY
Name: Recreation & Community ~Dne: (714571-4202 Fax #: 7~4 ) 571-4235
Services
Address: P.O. Box 1988
Santa Ana, CA 92702
7. PROGRAM DESCRIPTION
The City of Santa Ana is submitting ;'. reapplication for continuing funding for the Title V Delinquency
Prevention Program. The program is called the Santa Ana Community Action Network (SACAN) and is a
collaborative effort including the City of Santa Aha, Recreation and Community Services Agency, Library, and
Police Department; Project SABADO~: Carver Concerned Parents; Artesia-Pilar Neighborhood Association;
the Santa Aha Unified School District, including Carver Elementary School and Willard Intermediate School;
and the Santa Aha Neighborhood Housing Services. The program is aimed at preventing juvenile delinquency
and includes a variety of educational, recreational and skill development activities as well as parent training and
community mobilization.
8. PROBLEM STATEMENT
An assessment of risk indicators reveals that the target area has a low level of educational attainment (66.5%
of those 25 years or older never finished high school); high poverty (27% of residents live below the poverty
level); a high rate of child abuse (58% higher than the national average); and a high level of gang involvement
with many gang members retuming to the community upon completing their sentence for their crimes. The
priority risk factors include Low Neighborhood Attachment and Community Disorganization, Family History
of High Risk Behavior, Family Management Problems and Academic Failure and Lack of Commitment to
School.
9. OBJECTIVES
A toted of 600 youths will be served in a con~bination of activities. 100 intermediate school students will
complete a total of 60 hours of tutoring and complete excursions, wilderness challenges, and other educational
activities; 50 elementary school students will complete wilderness excursions and educational activities; 160
children will complete reading readiness and basic skills activities; 10 community education projects and
special events will be conducted; 100 students will participate in a 26 week track and field program; and 200
students will participate in Sports In The Streets for skill development and tournaments.
OCJP-227 (Rev. 1/1994)
Offics of Criminal Justice Planning 40
'~e' ACTIV][TI~E~ ...... 11. CATEGORY:
program mcluocs ~<camng r:eamness, teaching basic skills in preparation ~] Small
for kindergarten; Tutoring and Transition providing tutoring and homework
assistance, wilderness challenges and orientation for transition to high school; ~J Medium
Community Education and Mobilization providing educational workshops and [~1 Large
special events aimed at promoting safety and leadership development; and [~]
Sm)rts In The Streets to develop competence in sports that will enable youths to 12. PRO GRAM AREA
make a long-term commitment to sports as an altemative to delinquent [~] N/A
behaviors. ~]
13. EVALUATION 14. NXJ1VIBER OF CLIENTS
All activities involve pre and post testing materials and/or surveys that are TO BE SERVED:
appropriate for the specific activity to measure 'knowledge gained and
improvement in attitude. School records are obtained and monitored to 610
document changes in grades, school attendance levels, and behavior problems.
Testing materials are developed at age appropriate levels and include bilingual
and verbal comnonents where necessary.
15. PRO,JECTED BUDGET
Personnel Operating Equipment TOTAL
Services Expenses
Funds Requested ~
$216,514 $36,486 0 $253,000
Other Grant Funds
Other Sources (list in-kind,
fees, etc.) $38,850 $11,750 0 $50,600
General fund (match)
16. NAME OF RESPONSIBLE OFFICIAL
Signature: ,/,./,~2~., C ~j Date: ?~ ."'-Z ~ .'~'
Typed Name: Alien E. Doby ~ Title: Executive Director
OCJP-227 (Rev. 1/1994)
Office of Criminal Justice Planning 41
Santa Ana Community Action Network
PREVENTION POLICY BOARD ROSTER SHEET
JULY 1996 - JUNE 1997
Virginia Avila
President, Flower Street Neighborhood Association
Mary Bryant
Director, Assistance League of Santa Ana
America Bowen
AmeriCorps, Santa Ana 2000 Youth Alternative Committee
Regan Candelario
Community Development Coordinator, Santa Aha Neighborhood Housing Services
Zelenne Cardenas
Director, Project SABADO
Armando Chacon
Student at Santa Aha High School (10th grade), Resident
Socorro Chacon
Parent of Carver Elementary and Santa Ana High School students, Resident
Carver Concemed Parents Representative
Vicky
Chacon
Grandmother of Carver Elementary and Santa Aha High School students, Resident
Carver Concerned Parents Representative
Hector Chavez
Student at California State University Fullerton
Ouu-each Coordinator, Willard Intermediate School
Erick Flores
Outreach Coordinator, Project SABADO
Ruby Gonzalez-Woo
Resident and parent of Carver School students
President, Ar~esia-Pilar Neighborhood Association
Glen Hayes
Acting Executive Director, Santa Ana Neighborhood Housing Services
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PREVENTION POLICY BOARD ROSTER SHEET - PAGE 2
Maria Parada
Student at Willard Intermediate School, Resident
Adriana Rodriguez
Student at Willard Intermediate School, Resident
Robert Hensen
Police Officer, Community Oriented Policing Westend District
John Hibbison
Police Officer, Santa Ana Police Department
Charlette Lewis
Parent of Carver School student, Resident
Dennis McGueeney
Principal, Carver Elementary School
Julie Melcher
Community Oriented Policing Westend District
Maria Mufioz
Parent of Willard Intermediate School student, Resident
Edelia Parado
Parent of Willard Intermediate and Carver Elementary School students, Resident
Member of Carver Concerned Parents
Maggie Owens
Librarian, Santa Aha Public Library
.Glenda Perez
Parent of Willard Intermediate School Student, Resident
Leon Raya
Senior Center Director, Jerome Center
Pearl Raya
Coordinator, Corbin Center
Enrique Ramos
Resident
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PREVENTION POLICY BOARD ROSTER SHEET - PAGE 3
Mafia Reyes
Parent of Willard Intermediate School student, Resident
Beatfiz Rodriguez
Resident
Rob Richards
Director, Santa Ana Public Library
Lucy Santana
Center Director, E1 Salvador Center
Marvin Smulowitz
Vice Principal, Willard Intermediate School
Bill Tegeler
Lieutenant, Santa Ana Police Department
Stella Trujillo
Outreach Worker, Santa Ana Neighborhood Housing Services
Jaime Vega
Resident
Manuel Ysalse
Owner, Manuel's Barber Shop
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TARGET AREA
The target area for the prc~ject has not changed. It is bordered by Civic Center '
Drive/Pacific/Washington on the north; Bristol/
Sixth/Flower on the east; First/Bristol/Walnut on the south; and Raitt on the west. This
boundary is the enrollment area for Carver ElementaD, School plus a narrow strip added to
include the Flower Street Park and the Artesia/Pilar Neighborhood Associations in their
entirety. The target area falls within the Santa Ana Enterprise Zone.
According to the 1990 U.S. Census reports the population of the target area is 12,265
persons, just under 4% of the city as a whole. Hispanics comprise 78% of the residents;
Anglo is 15.5%; the Black and Asian populations are each 3%; and "Other" make up .5% of
the population.
Consistent with Santa Ana's distinction as having the youngest median-aged population of the
one hundred largest cities in the country, 25% of residents in the target area are under the
age of 18.
There are 2,185 housing units. They are a mix of older, single-family homes built 50 to 70
years ago and multi-unit dwellings built primarily in the 1970's; 65.6% of of which are
renter-occupied. The neighborhood includes a dwindling number of long-time residents with
deep roots in the community and an increasing number of transitory tenants. Once a solidly
middle-class neighborhood, the economic status of the area has declined in the past few
decades. To make ends meet, some residents have overcrowded properties, creating an
environment of resentment as private property, the infrastructure and neighborly relations
have all suffered.
An assessment of risk indicators reveals that this is a neighborhood facing many challenges:
66.5 % of those 25 years or older never finished high school.
27 % of residents live below the poverty level -- double the national average.
In a city that has a reported child abuse and neglect rate that is 58% higher than the
national average; 15.7% of cases reported in 1994 were located in the target
neighborhood. This is quadruple the ratio of the target neighborhood population to
the city population. This fact has been confirmed by the problems observed by staff
during the first year and the feedback from school personnel who must deal with this
issue on a regular basis.
Standard test scores at the target schools average in the bottom third of the state.
However, scores continue to rise each year. The 1994 test scores were up 20% over
the 1992 scores.
The target neighborhood is home to the Sixth Street Gang, considered one of the most
dangerous and violent in the county. Last year many of these gang members were
incarcerated due to the efforts of "Operation Roundup", a multi-law enforcement
agency collaboration aimed at ridding the area of gang violence and drag related
crime. During the past several months, some of those gang members have returned to
the community after having served their time for their crimes. They have begun to
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have a negative effect on the residents in terms of creating/'ear and an unwillingness
to report criminal activity.
Neighborhood assets identified in the original grant application include the Carver Elementary
School, Project SABADO, the Assistance League of Santa Aha, Santa Aha Neighborhood
Housing Services, the Southwest Community Center, Flower Street Park and most
importantly, those residents who have made a commitment to participate in the improvement
of their community.
Additional assets identified during the first year of the grant project include the
Assistance League who organized a Concert In The Park series; Starlight Baptist Church and
the Shadow Wood Apartment Complex both of which provided space for the Reading
Readiness Program on a temporary basis; the Villa Center, which is an alcohol rehabilitation
center for women which has agreed to provide a permanent home for the Reading Readiness
Program; and Ameri-Corp which provides tutors for Carver Elementary School, ESL and
citizenship classes. Also, a partnership was developed with the Keep America Beautiful
project with the City of Santa Ana which provided many community service and
beautification projects for residents to participate in.
The main portion of the target area is identified as the Flower Street Park Neighborhood
Association. The target area also includes the Artesia-Pilar Neighborhood Association, which
has created some friction during the first year. The members of the Artesia-Pilar Association
often express their feeling of not wanting to be associated with the Flower Street Park
Neighborhood Association and vice versa. It has been a challenge for staff to facilitate
Prevention Policy Board meetings so that all members see the "big picture" and understand
that each entity can retain its autonomy but also collaborate for common goals.
RISK ASSESSMENT
In a comparison of the target area to county, state and/or national data, Santa Ana rated high
in nine of the nineteen risk factors that predict the likelihood of adolescent problem
behaviors. These same risk factors remain a problem for Santa Aha and especially for the
harget area with very little change observed. The nine risk factors revealed to be high in the
target area include:
COMMUNITY
2.
3.
4.
5.
Availability of Drugs
Availability of Firearms
Transitions and Mobility
Low Neighborhood Attachment and Community Disorganization
Extreme Economic Deprivation
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F_LAMILY
Family History of the Problem Behavior
Lack of Commitment to School
SCHOOl.
Academic Failure
Lack of Commitment to School
The original grant writing team was organized with one representative each from the Santa
Ana Unified School District, Santa Ana Police Department, Recreation and Community
Services Agency, and Community Development Agency. These team members conducted a
wide and lengthy search of data on all indicators or risk. County and school district records
and crime reports and data were reviewed and individual interviews were conducted. The
data was organized in a systematic manner and analyzed in order to identify the areas of risk
at highest priority for the target population.
The following is a summary of the data found through the research for the original grant
application, which has remained fairly consistent. Most of the data collected come from
sources that gather information at long-term intervals, therefore, there is not much change in
the baseline data. There are also areas where staff have confirmed the prevalence of a
particular risk factor based on their observations which are referred to in the narrative.
COMMUNITY
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Availability of Drugs
Liquor Sales Outlets
High
The indicators measuring liquor sales outlets illustrates that this community is at high risk for
the availability of drugs. In Orange County there is an average of one liquor store or
"drinking place" every 12.8 miles. In Santa Ana, the ratio is one every 4.5 miles; almost
'three times the county average. This remains to be true for most of Santa Aha and certainly
in the target area.
In the target area, parents of children attending Carver Elementary School who organized a
parent patrol, continue to walk their children to school primarily because of harassment of
public inebriants. The problems of availability of drugs remain high in the target area due to
many liquor sales outlets being located very near to schools.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Availability of Firearms
Expert Interview
High
Archival data for this risk factor are unavailable. Statistics are not maintained on the number
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of confiscated firearms or the percent of felonies committed with a firearm in Santa Ana. A
state-recognized expert in youthful offenders and gang members, Officer Kevin Ruiz of the
Santa Ana police department gang detail, was interviewed.
Officer Ruiz stated that because Santa Ana has a lot of street drug trafficking and is a
community impacted by poverty, weapons are easy to get, easier here than the rest of the
county. Furthermore, Santa Aha has a recognized gang problem that is the most severe in all
of Orange County. Part of the gang subculture persona is the carrying of a gun. Gang
members get their reputation by using a firearm, especially high powered weapons.
Officer Ruiz agreed with the statement that youth today are not committing more crime than
in the past, but the crime is more deadly due to the proliferation of high capacity weapons.
(Statement made by Sarah Ingersoll, OJJDP Prevention Council, on the panel discussing,
"Resources from the Federal Panners", Weed and Seed Conference, December 13 - 15 1994,
San Antonio Texas.)
As gang members of the Sixth Street gang are released from jail/prison, they are beginning to
return to the neighborhood, causing the fear among residents that the high level of availability
of firearms will again be a problem.
During the first year of the grant project there also was an increase in drive-by shootings near
the Carver Elementary School playground where several project activities are conducted. The
lead agency has worked closely with the Santa Aha Police Department to station officers on-
site on a regular basis during program hours. This has helped to reduce the tension and fear
of the residents and has allowed them to continue to participate. Police officers have also
been stationed at Flower Street Park in response to the fear generated by the release of
incarcerated gang members who have served their time and are now returning to the
neighborhood.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Community Laws/Norms Favorable to Crime and Drugs
Drunken Driving Arrests - per 100,000 population
Juvenile Arrests for Violent Crimes - per 100,000 population
Total Juvenile Arrests for Drug Violations (all drugs)
Dispersion of Juveniles Arrested
Quantity of Drugs Seized - Cocaine
Quantity of Drugs Seized - Marijuana
Moderate
A review of the indicators for this risk factor led to mixed results. The data suggests Santa
Aha is at high risk of greater cocaine seizures per capita than national and seizures of
marijuana going up while the national trend is down. Other indicators (juvenile arrests and
drunk driving arrests) appear to match or fall below the national average.
The data on drug seizures is conflicting, showing a downward trend with a high increase in
1993. This may have been the result of increased efforts by Santa Aha Police Department in
drug raids and sting operations as part of its Weed and Seed Program.
It is feared that this will become a recurring problem due to the release of encarcerated gang
members returning to the community. Although many residents have been educated on
proper reporting procedures and have followed through on reporting crime, the t~nsion level
may become overwhelming. One year may not have been sufficient time to solidify the
strength of the community in this regard. It will be imperative to focus on this problem in
the second year.
Santa Ana's median age is 26.0, the youngest population of the largest one hundred cities
nationally. With just 12% of the County's population, .juvenile arrests for drug violations in
Santa Ana represent 23.6% of the total county juvenile arrest for such violations.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Media Portrayals of Violence
National Studies
Moderate
A study on the effects of media portrayals of violence on Santa Ana youths is unavailable,
however, our youths are exposed to a high level of violence through nationally syndicated
television programs and other media.
As is well established through numerous studies (Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation 1994,
UCLA's Center for Communication Policy ongoing studies, congressional debate over TV
violence spearheaded by Senator Paul Simon to name a few), children do learn violence from
television, ("How TV violence hits kids", by Jeffrey Mortimer. Education Digest, October,
1994, p16(4).) Also, children who watch too much television are more aggressive and
perform poorly in school. CA TV guide for parents" by Loraine Stern, Women's Day,
February 1, 1994, p14.
Due to congressional interest on the topic of violence in the media, there is some industry-
driven movement to curtail and/or balance violence portrayed in the media. In March of
1995 the cable industry launched an anti-violence campaign, running public service
announcements on many cable stations denouncing violence in society.
RISK FACTOR:
'INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Transitions and Mobility
Rental Residential Properties
High
It is established fact that households in rental housing tend to be more transient and less
attached to their neighborhood than persons who own their homes. The percentage of
households in renter-occupied housing in Santa Ana is above the national average (49.4% vs.
31.8%) and continues to increase (up 2.9% over 1980's figure of 46.5%). In the target
neighborhood the number is even higher; 65.6% of residents live in rental housing.
Santa Ana is considered a port of entry community, the first stop for many new immigrants.
Indeed, over one half of Santa Ana's population is foreign born, being primarily from Latin
American, Asian and Pacific Island countries. Student movement in and out of school also
indicates that the target area is home to a transitory population. Further, a review of utility
connections revealed that there was 20,964 electricity "turn ons" in 1994, suggesting that
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27.9% of the housing stock changed hands in that year.
Although this remains true, there has been a large group of residents who have volunteered
and participated throughout the entire first year. The problems of transiency may be balanced
by those residents who remain in the neighborhood who are very committed to making a
positive impact.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Low Neighborhood Attachment and Community Disorganization
Population Voting in Presidential Election
Homicide Rate
Rental Housing Vacancy Rate
High
An examination of the County Registrar's records revealed that the number of Santa Ana
residents who turned out to vote in 1980 was 4l % below the national average, (34.9% versus
59.2%). Voter turn out decreased an additional 10% in 1992 to just 24.5% in Santa Ana.
The homicide rate in Santa Ana was almost double the national average in 1989, (18.2 versus
9.2 per 100,000 population). Since then, the homicide rate has continued to increase,
peaking at 25.6 per 100,000 population in 1993, dropping to 24.0 in 1994. It is feared that
this rate may continue to increase in the target area due to the release of criminals upon
completion of their prison sentence.
Rental housing vacancies in Santa Ana are below the average for all four regions of the
United States. The percentage of the population that reported voting in Santa Ana is 34.9 as
compared to the U.S. average of 59.2 in 1980. In the target area, the percentage is 24.5 in
1992. This may be a result of the community's inability to vote because of non-citizen
status. Whether the lack of voting is voluntary or out of residents' control the fact that the
target population lacks a vehicle for voicing its opinion.
These factors also remain constant, however, the effects of the committment of those
residents who remain as long-term residents balances the negative effects of these risk factors.
Regardless of their ability to vote, there are many long-term residents who have made a
'positive impact on their community through their volunteer service and by becoming educated
in a way that places them in leadership positions.
RISK FACTOR: Extreme Economic and Social Deprivation
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Persons Living Below Poverty Level
Children Living Below Poverty Level
Families Living Below Poverty Level
School Free and Reduced Lunch Program
Aid to Families with Dependent Children
Food Stamp Recipients
High
In all the indicators for rates of poverty and public assistance, Santa Ana rates high for this
risk factor; 19.9% of Santa Arians versus 13.5% nationally live below the poverty level. The
target area includes even a higher percentage of persons living in poverty, 27%. '
Assistance for those in need is provided however; 87% of the students in the target area
participate in the Free and Reduced Lunch Program.
Additionally, with just 12% of the Orange County population, Santa Ana residents make up
23.8% of county participants in the federal Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC)
program and 20.5% of the county food stamp recipients.
These conditions of poverty are confirmed also by the large numbers of residents who turn
out at Flower Street Park during food distribution days conducted by local charity groups.
Knowledge of the food distribution service has spread quickly through word-of-mouth.
Additionally, the target area qualified for the Summer Free Lunch Program which started on
June 24, 1996 aaer the area met the requirements for certification under poverty guidelines.
FAMILY
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Family History of the Problem Behavior
Adults Completing Fewer Than 12 Years of School
Years of School Completed by Adults
Liver Cirrhosis Deaths
High
This risk factor was rated high for Santa Ana primarily because 59% of those 25 or older
have less than 12 years of schooling; in our target area the number increases to 66.5%. This
factor is prevalent in all areas of Santa Aha, including the target area where there is a high
concentxation of Hispanic residents and seems to coincide with the Limited English
Proficiency and number of foregin born residents.
Liver cirrhosis deaths are close to the national average, however they are increasing in Santa
Ana while nationally and county-wide the number is decreasing.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Family Management Problems
Reported Child Abuse and Neglect Cases
High
The child abuse and neglect cases per 1,000 children in Santa Ana is 58% higher than the
national average, (71 cases versus 45 cases per 1,000 children in 1992). This is an extreme
departure from the national trend and poses a threat to severe long-term problems in family
management that have the potential of being passed on from generation to generation.
This risk factor has become evident through the interactions with parents in the Reading
Readiness Program where parents use inapropriate verbal and physical reactions to their
children's inability to respond correctly to the teacher or to the parents' expectations. This
has been most evident with parents who have a very low educational level and who have not
become highly involved in community projects. The specific incidents include name calling
in Spanish, pinching, grabbing arms and other expressions of frustration. It is evident that
these parents need further education on parenting skills, alternative disciplinary techniques,
and referrals to child abuse prevention resources.
RISK FACTOR:
IN DICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Family Conflict
Divorce
Households with Spouse Absent
Moderate
The divorce rate for Santa Ana is comparable to the national average of 4.8 per 1,000
population. However the divorce rate increases to 5.8 per 1,000 population in our target
area. The percentage of households with a spouse absent is very close to the national average
for hispanic households, (35 versus 30 percent). In the target area the percentage decreases
to 28.6%. (The higher divorce rate versus the lower single parent households percent may be
explained by divorced parents remarrying or co-habitating, therefore not living in a single-
parent household.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Favorable Parental Attitudes and Involvement in the Behavior
Adult Violent Crime Arrests
Adult Property Crime Arrests
Moderate
Santa Ana is well below the average for adult violent crime arrests and comparable for adult
property crime arrests. A look at reported violent crimes, not just those leading to arrests,
reveals a much higher adult crime rate. In two blocks of the target area, over 500 calls for
police service were logged in a ten month period. This high rate of calls was one factor in the
police action dubbed "Operation Round-Up" in 1994.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Early and Persistent Anti-Social Behavior
Suspension and Expulsion Rate
Moderate
Santa Ana's expulsion rate per 1000 students is almost three times the county average, 3.6
for Santa Ana versus 1.3 for Orange County. The suspension rate for the city and the county
is similar, 47 for the City versus 51 for the county per 1000 students.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATORS:
RISK LEVEL:
Academic Failure in Elementary School
CTBS Reading Proficiency
CTBS Language Proficiency
CTBS Math Proficiency
SAT Test Scores
High
A review of CTBS reading, language and math scores in the third and seventh grades
emphasizes the necessity for additional support needed to increase the education and skills
level of students in Santa Ana in general and in our target neighborhood specifically. All
CTBS scores fell below the 51 percentile for the state, with the aggregate score for the 94/95
school year being 35 for our target elementary school and 27 for our target intermediate
school.
More encouraging however, is that the trend in test scores is up for third graders, reading
proficiency at our target school went from the bottom 10% in 92/93 up to 28% in 94/95 and
math scores more than doubled from 21% to 51% over the same period.
Santa Aha has consistently rated below the national average in SAT test scores over the last
nine years. For that time period, California and national scores on the average are more than
100 points higher than Santa Ana's test scores.
The Reading Readiness Program has revealed that many parents in the target are unaware of
how they can help their children learn and to become excited about school, and in fact tend to
have the opposite effect. Parents generally respond to their children in a very negative
manner rather than encouraging and supporting. It is not difficult to see that these children,
as young as three years old, will soon develop a negative attitude toward learning because
learning is correlated to negative, verbally abusive responses from their parents.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Lack of Commitment to School
School Enrollment by Age
High
The most significant indicator for this risk factor is that citywide only 25% of three- and
four-year-olds are enrolled in a preschool program, the number drops to 14% in the target
neighborhood (graph//35). Studies connected with the national Head Start program clearly
correlate academic success in kindergarten through twelfth grade with a positive preschool
experience.
Again, the Reading Readiness confirms this factor. The majority, if not all, of the children
enrolled in this program have never had any contact with pre-school activities either outside
or in the home. Many of the children don't even know their full name, colors, shapes, or
other basic concepts that they should know by the time they start the program. These
children are starting at a significant loss and will be behind their grade level even before they
start school.
This risk factor has also been very evident in the target area at Willard Intermediate School.
The principal at Willard attempted to offer assistance to a large group of parents in response
to their children's low scores on proficiency tests. He offered special tutoring to those
students who were failing. He also asked parents to get involved by working with their
children at home and by attending meetings to learn how they could help their children to
improve. There was an extremely Iow parent turn-out to meetings and an extxeme sense of
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apathy. The second year of the grant project will focus on getting parents more involved in
all academic oriented activities.
Many of the parents have a sense of apathy because they truly believe that higher education
opportunities are not available to their children, so they do not want to set their expectations
too high. The project will address this problem by educating parents of the possibilities of
their children succeeding in school and going on to higher education possibilities and/or the
improved chances at attaining meaningful employment with a high school diploma.
RISK FACTOR:
INDICATOR:
RISK LEVEL:
Alienation and Rebelliousness
Suicide Death Rates
Low
The county coroner's office does not break down suicide death statistics by city. The
countywide average for all ages is very close to the national figure, l 1.6 versus 12.2 per
100,000 population (graph//36).
INDIVIDUAL/PEER
Friends Who Engage in the Problem Behavior
Almost all of the recommended indicators for this risk factor requires surveying students on
the drug use of their friends.
Acquiring permission and subsequently administering a survey of youths in our school district
will require more time than allowed for completing this grant application.
The plan to include a student survey in the first year strategy to collect data for this risk
factor as well as for Favorable Attitudes Toward the Problem Behavior and Early
Initiation of the Problem Behavior has been postponed to the second year due to the late
start of the first year project and other priorities that arose during the first year.
Constitutional Factors: LOW
Constitutional or physical factors that have been linked to problem adolescent behavior
include fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) and head trauma. Other indicators that can lead to
health problems which could have an effect on a child's success in school include low
birthweight and lack of proper immunization against childhood diseases.
According to the county public health department, in 1993 in Orange County 31 babies were
born with drug withdrawal symptoms and three were born with FAS. However, the health
officer stated that this number was an undercount because these conditions are tracked via
information provided by the hospital on the birth certificate application, and in her opinion,
the condition was often not discovered until after the birth report was completed.
The national immunization goal is that by 1996, at least 90% of 2-year-olds will be
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vaccinated for measles, mumps, rubella, polio, diphtheria, tetanus, permssis and influenza.
Additionally that at least 70% of 2-year-olds will be vaccinated with hepatitis B. Currently,
Orange County children are vaccinated at a higher level than Los Angeles County, and the
state average, but still 33% short of the 1996 goal.
The incidence of low infant birthweight is slightly higher in Santa Aha than for Orange
County. In 1992 Santa Ana's rate was 54.8 per 1000 live births; for Orange County it was
52.6 per 1000 live births.
Outcome Indicators:
Significant data under outcome indicators is the teen pregnancy rate; Santa Ana's rate is 2.5
times greater than the County and the national average (for women ages 15 - 17 its 91.4
versus 36.0 per 1,000 population of women and for women ages 18-19, Santa Ana's rate is
230.6 versus 92.9 for the County and 86.4 nationally per 1,000 population of women.)
(graphs//37-39).
PRIORITY RISK FACTORS:
For the initial phase of the project strategy, the risk factors of Low Neighborhood Attachment
and Community Disorganization, Family History of High Risk Behavior, Family
Management Problems and Academic Failure and Lack of Commitment to School were
selected as the priorities. These five risk factors predict all five of the adolescent problem
behaviors (see chart). These were the risk factors that presented high risk for the target area
but that could also be addressed by combining the resources available. These same risk
factors remain as the priority for the second year of the grant project.
ASSESSMENT OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES AND SERVICE GAPS
Prior to the start of the grant prqject, there were several community-based organization that
were conducting activities to meet their own individual goals but were not knowledgeable
about each other. These groups conducted various community educational and awareness
activities in isolation of each other with a lack of communication and support toward each
other's goals and objectives. Often, activities were scheduled at the same time which
presented conflicts and diluted participation.
These organizations regularly sought assistance from the City of Santa Ana Police
Department, Library, Code Enfbrcement, Community Development, and Recreation. Each
of these groups relied on the City of Santa Ana for assistance in conducting activities and use
of facilities, including staff time, materials, supplies, and other resources. Their lack of
coordination resulted in an ineffective use of resources and duplication of service which also
diluted participation. A coordinating factor was a serious gap in these efforts prior to the
initiation of the grant project.
Another example of the lack of coordination was evident by the inability of the Westend
District COP to generate participation from residents in the target area. The COP had been
unsuccessful in gaining acceptance of the program by residents despite various outreach
efforts. The COP also utilized the resources of the Santa Ana Police Department and other
city agencies.
These community resource groups include:
FLOWER STREET PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: This neighborhood
association was developed in November, 1994 with the purpose of organizing the
residents of the Flower Street Park neighborhood as part of the final phases of
Operation Round-Up. Residents attended meetings where they identified problems in
their neighborhood, such as the lack of jobs for youths, vacant and abandoned
properties, continued safety in the park and neighborhood, recreation and other
positive alternative activities, and child care.
ARTESIA-PILAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: This neighborhood
association is served by E1 Salvador Park which has had a long history of gang
involvement and drug trafficking much like Flower Street Park. The Association has
been involved in a continuous effort to overcome the negative perception of the park
and surrounding neighborhood. The problems identified by this association were very
similar to the Flower Street Park Neighborhood Association, and both organizations
expressed the desire for a safer community.
PROJECT SABADO: This community-based organization uses an environmental
prevention approach to reduce and/or prevent alcohol and other drug problems in the
City of Santa Aha. Project SABADO (Santa Aha Broad-based Alcohol and Drug
Organization) promotes healthy community environments through family involvement
and educational and mobilization activities in 'neighborhoods, shopping places,
schools, workplaces, and church groups. It works with all parts of the community to
improve the day to day life of residents.
CARVER CONCERNED PARENTS: A group of parents who were tired of the
harrassment and verbal and physical abuse by public inebriates against children
travelling to and from Carver Elementary School formed "Padres al Cuidado de Ninos
Carver" or "Carver Concerned Parents". Their goal was to reduce the problems
associated with high alcohol consumption and to make their community safe for their
children. This parent group began networking with law enforcement and other City
agencies as well as with private businesses and community based organizations in the
immediate area. Children are now being safely escorted to and from school and the
parents of Carver School are becoming educated and building alliances in order to
fully take back their neighborhood.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING/WESTEND: Various policing districts
within the City of Santa Aha have organized COP programs which involve
Neighborhood Watch activities. These activities include educational and awareness
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workshops on home and neighborhood safety and focus on interfacing with the Santa
Ana Police Department, earthquake preparedness, and safety awareness.
SANTA ANA NEIGHBORHOOD HOUSING SERVICES: The Santa Aha
Neighborhood Housing Services (SANHS) has been involved in providing assistance
to residents in the target area for several years. The SANHS provides loans for
housing rehabilitation and organizes community clean-up projects. The agency
responds to requests from the community, including requests from senior citizens who
are unable to maintain their yards. It has a Youth Committee of 13 to 17 year olds
who assist with implementation of the agency's clean-up activities.
This group provides a much needed service to the community, however, participation
in it projects and educational activities has been minimal. The Youth Committee
includes about six youths who meet on a regular basis. They have been unsuccessful
in obtaining increased participation from parents and youths in the area due to their
inability to conduct outreach.
These groups have begun to develop a greater sense of collaboration. The groups, including
Project SABADO, have continued to express their desire to maintain their own identity and to
get credit for their own efforts. It has been a challenge to educate these groups on the
benefits of collaborative efforts and that they may maintain their autonomy while at the same
time becoming united on common goals. Through the efforts of project staff, Project
SABADO has taken a more active role to endorse and promote the efforts of the grant project
and to get the groups more involved in joint activities under the grant project.
Also, the SANHS has shown an increase in participation as a result of the coordinated efforts
of the project members. At its last meeting, twenty-three residents participated in the
planning of adopting E1 Salvador Center and Park and on a beautification project for the
park. This is up from the average of six residents who participated in meetings and activities
prior to the grant prqject.
During the first year of the grant project, several very successful joint projects were
completed. These included the Posadas, a six day Christmas program; about five
neighborhood clean-ups; the Concerts in the Park series; the Community Oriented Policing
training for Neighborhood Watch; the Volunteer Connection Day project; and the Carver
Concerned Parents Mothers' Day program. All of these projects included participation and
assistance from all collaborative members in the planning, implementation, and supervision.
ASSISTANCE LEAGUE CHILD CARE CENTER
The Assistance League has a child care center located within the target area that offers a
variety of activities for pre-schoolers and Kindergarten students aimed at developing
interpersonal relationships. The center is open from 6:00 am to 6:30 pm, and attendance
averages 80 children per day. Fees are on a sliding scale and range from $60 per week to
$95 per week, with a limited number of scholarships.
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The fees present a major obstacle to parents in the target area due to the high level of
economic deprivation. Also lacking are,program,s that target the academic preparedness of
pre-school children. This results not only in the program being inaccesible to residents in the
target area but also in the inability to effectuate positive attachments to school and learning.
It was hoped that the Assistance League would be able to offer more scholarships to residents
of the target area, however, due to the limited resources of the day care center, this was not
possible. The Assistance League has, however, participated in other ways that have made
significant contributions to the community.
The Assistance League organized a Concerts in the Park series in conjunction Orange County
Musician's Association, Western Medical Center, and the U.S. Recording Music Performance
Trust Fund. A total of three concerts were conducted with the purpose of exposing residents
to new and varied types of music.
The Assistance League also solicited and secured funding from one of their sponsors for
playground equipment/supplies ($1,500) and identified other sponsors for project special
events which covered the cost of supplies, food, and door prizes.
CITY OF SANTA ANA RECREATION AND COMMUNITY SERVICES AGENCY
The City of Santa Ana Recreation and Community Services Agency, Youth Guidance
Division, provides a variety of recreational and educational programs that stimulate mental,
social, and physical development in a safe and protective environment.
The agency includes four full-size recreation centers, two mini recreation centers, twenty
seven playground sites, and six intermediate school recreation sites, all of which offer daily
programs, excursions, and special events. Daily programs include before and after school
supervised recreation, youth sports leagues, a mobile recreation unit, teen clubs, arts and
crafts, and homework assistance.
The highlight of the Agency is its prevention programs, Project PRIDE and Safe Haven. The
purpose of these programs is to diminish the gang recruitment base and prevent substance
abuse among youths and thek families by increasing and retaining youth and family
participation in city educational and recreational activities, providing resources for support
and opportunities to experience success, and teaching the skills needed to remain gang free,
drug free, and in school. The programs also are aimed at recreating family unity through
leisure.
The prevention programs available to the target area through the lead agency included the
gang prevention curriculum offered at Carver Elementary School, the PRIDE Teen Club
offered at Willard Intermediate School, and the Mobile Recreation Unit, a van equipped with
recreation equipment stationed at the park three days per week after school. Also, flyers
were distributed to these schools and at Flower Street Park to promote the city's youth sports
and excursion programs. Additionally, El Salvador is the recreation center that serves the
target area and provided an additional site for project activities.
Prior to the grant project, these resources had not been utilized by the target population to
any great extent. The majority of Recreation and Community Services programs had not
been directly promoted in the target area. The project enabled staff to conduct direct
outreach to the residents in the target area and to increase participation in youth sports, youth
excursions, Project PRIDE and Safe Haven activities, and city-wide special events.
CITY OF SANTA ANA POLICE DEPARTMENT/OPERATION ROUND-UP
Prior to the start of the grant project, the Santa Aha Police Department initiated a four-phase
program conducted by a multi-agency law enforcement task force designed to address the
terrorism and acts of violence perpetrated by gang members and to restore order to the
Flower Street Park neighborhood. The activities conducted by the Santa Aha Police
Department in the target area included a high degree of response to calls related to crimes
committed in the area. The efforts of the SAPD were successful in reducing the level of
gang and drug activity in the area, however, it placed police officers in a negative role on a
regular basis because they are constantly addressing problem behaviors.
Before the grant project started, residents in the area did not have the opportunity to see
police officers in a positive manner. Because of the extremely high need for police response
to crime in the area, there was a gap in positive police interaction with the community.
Police officers did not have the resources to devote the extra time needed to participate in
community awareness and education activities.
During the first year of the grant project, police officers became involved in a wide range of
positive neighborhood activities and educational projects. Officers have been stationed at
Carver and Flower Street Park in order to establish a positive presence and to alleviate the
fears of residents due to increased drive-by shootings and the release of gang members who
have served their time.
Also, officers organized several community clean-up days and a community safety day as part
of the grant project in which residents took an active part and were educated on safety
strategies. Officers also identified individual homes in need of cleaning up, and volunteered
side by side with residents on these projects. Additionally, an increased foot patrol was
· established around the community to win the confidence of residents and to allow officers to
meet them personally and to take reports. Officers provided over 300 overtime hours
although they were only budgeted for 70 because of the importance placed on this effort in
view of the recent circumstances.
CITY OF SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY YOUTH PROGRAMS
The purpose of the City of Santa Ana Public is to provide timely materials and quality
programs to meet the educational, recreational, and cultural needs of youths, infancy through
high school. It provides reader advisory services and information for children, young adults,
parents, and teachers; evaluates the purchase of materials for youths; plans, executes and
coordinates programs, including storytimes, exhibits, promotional and community awareness
activities; and conducts school visits and library tours.
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The Youth Programs offered by the Library include reading incentive activities designed to
increase reading achievement, crafts and cultural experiences that reinforce reading skills,
early reading programs for pre-schoolers and their parents, and tutoring, homework
assistance, and study skills development. These programs have been shown to increase the
level of student and parent interaction in reading activities, and high rate of students returning
to use the library at higher levels of competency.
Prior to the grant project, the Library had encountered the same problems as the Recreation
and Community Services Agency programs had; that is the lack of direct outreach to and
participation by residents in the target area. The Main Library is located several blocks
outside the target area boundaries. The other two branch libraries are a greater distance from
the target area and are inaccessible due to the lack of transportation.
During the grant project, the Library stationed its Bookmobile at Flower Street Park.
Although this had been done in the past, there was usually a very Iow turn-out of residents
utilizing the service. After the initiation of the Reading Readiness, the Bookmobile usage
increased significantly, with high and low periods coinciding with project activities.
It has become evident that there is a positive correlation between program participation and a
high level of outreach by project staff. This tends to place an extra burden on staff because
they are required to spend many hours making followmp phone calls and home visits,
however, it is hoped that throughout the next two years, the residents will begin to establish
and exhibit greater self-motivation.
SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT
The Santa Ana Unified School District offers a wide range of programs in addition to its
regular academic program. Among these are drop out prevention programs, peer assistance
leagues, student success teams, tutoring programs, and many others. The program identified
as being relevant to the target area is the Willard Intermediate School tutoring program.
The Willard tutoring program includes computer and non-computer assisted activities that
enable students to complete homework and required special projects. The program is offered
· before and after school and is conducted by regular school teachers who are knowledgeable in
the current academic program. Class texts and materials that relate to specific classroom
assignments are available for use by students. Groups of 30 students are targeted for three
week sessions. Home contacts are made to ensure attendance and to gain parent support.
This program is generally utilized by students who have some degree of success in school
because they are completing regular homework assignments. Prior to the grant project there
was a gap in the services due to the lack of direct outreach to and use of the program by at
risk students, especially those from the target area. Also lacking was a structured program
for addressing the needs of students who are preparing to make the transition to high school.
The grant project enabled students at risk of failing to utilize the tutoring services as well as
to learn what will be expected of them when they transfer on to high. The project also
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enabled them to develop a sense of accomplishment and success by passing classes they may
have otherwise failed.
STRATEGY FOR PRIORITY RISK FACTORS
There are four risk factors to be addressed by the Santa Ana Community Action Network that
fall within three areas. They include:
COMMUNITY
a. Low Neighborhood Attachment
SCHOOL
a. Academic Failure
b. Lack of Commitment to School
FAMILY
a. Family Management Problems
The strategies used to address the risk factors will be aligned with the mission and goals of
the Santa Ana 2000 which is a consortium of the City of Santa Ana, the Santa Ana Unified
School District, the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce of Orange County, the Santa Ana
Chamber of Commerce, the Private Industry Council, and Rancho Santiago College. The
goals of the Santa Ana 2000 are:
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5.
6.
7.
Generate community wide commitment and involvement to create a high quality
educational system.
Link all community agencies and resources so that the needs of children and families
are met in a more effective and holistic way.
Collaborate among agencies so that human, financial, and infrastructure resources are
utilized in a more cost efficient manner.
Build multi-agency coalitions based on equal partnerships.
Enhance Santa Aha residents' level of pride, awareness of attributes, and volunteer
involvement in the community.
Measure progress that documents impact on children and families, agencies, and the
community.
Carry out all activities mindful and respectful of the ethnic and cultural diversity
within the community.
The Santa Ana 2000 Executive Committee is comprised of the six participants. Of particular
importance will be goals four and seven. All efforts of the project will be coordinated among
the participating agencies, organizations, and individuals in order to maximize resources and
support. The coalition will be under the immediate direction of a full-time Program
Coordinator who will report to the Recreation Supervisor for Prevention Programs.
The objectives of the Santa Ana Community Action Network include the following:
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lncrease the level of neighborhood attachment by providing opportunities for families
to make meaningful contributions to thek community and by educating and organizing
the community toward the promotion of healthy lifestyles in alcohol and drug free
environments.
Decrease the risk of academic failure by providing early education opportunities,
homework assistance and tutoring, opportunities to develop personal skills and
competency, and providing opportunities that recognize accomplishments.
Increase commitment to school by providing opportunities to develop bonding with
people who demonstrate healthy beliefs and clear standards, to be recognized by peers
for accomplishments, and high intensity, alternative programs that empower at-risk
youths to master new skills and achieve greater levels of competency.
Decrease family management problems by providing parenting training opportunities,
increasing family esteem and bonding, and by involving parents to a high degree in
the efforts of their children and their neighborhood.
All components will maintain proper documentation to track attendance and performance.
Also, registration forms for all children will be obtained, including parent permission and
commitment to participate in specific programs to be completed by their children. Other
program-wide documentation will include participant evaluations, measurement surveys, and
sign-in sheets, volunteer time sheets, and summaries of activities and meetings.
The Santa Ana Community Action Network will have the benefit of the long-history of
expertise of the Recreation and Community Services Agency in developing, implementing,
and evaluating developmentally appropriate and culturally sensitive recreation, sports, and
prevention programs. Such programs have been offered by the City of Santa Ana since
1947.
Also of benefit to the Santa Ana Community Action Network will be the proven track record
of accomplishments by the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), which has provided
quality education and prevention services to the community with a strong emphasis in
'developmental appropriateness. SAUSD teachers and other personnel will play an active role
by implementing direct services and by serving on the Prevention Policy Board (PPB). They
will assist with assessment of program effectiveness and will make recommendations for
improvements in all areas, including cultural and developmental appropriateness.
The programs to be offered to residents of the target area include:
1. TUTORING AND TRANSITION PROGRAM
The Tutoring and Transition Program is designed to provide services to separate
developmental levels. The program will continue to include an elementary school level and
intermediate school level.
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Research has shown that children who experience a high degree of flux and complexity in the
school setting face the same level of stress related disorders as adults experiencing stressful
life events or life transitions. These stressors have a negative impact on a students' academic
achievement and commitment to school and pose the risk of developing a wide-range of
adolescent problems.
The target population for this program will be students at risk of academic failure and who
show a lack of commitment to school. The students targeted for the elementary school level
Tutoring and Transition Program will be those 5th grade students at Carver Elementary
School who are preparing to make the transition to intermediate school, and who reside
within the target boundaries.
The students targeted for the intermediate school level Tutoring and Transition Program will
be those 8th grade students at Willard Intermediate School, living in the target area and who
will be making the transition to Santa Ana High School.
A. Willard Tutoring Activities: The program will reduce the risk factor of academic
failure of Willard students by providing computer and non-computer assisted tutoring
with an emphasis on homework completion. Instructional Assistants with direct
knowledge of classroom assignments will conduct before and after school tutoring
sessions for students who show a trend toward academic failure based on report cards.
These Instructional Assistants will be available on-campus and will have access to
classroom texts, testing materials, and other teaching aids to assist students.
The objective will be to identify 100 at-risk students to complete the minimum
requirements of 4 hours of tutoring per week (1 hour per day times 4 days), for 15
weeks, either before school or after school, 2 hours of which will be computer-
assisted. These students will also participate in excursions to Santa Ana High School
aimed at clarifying expectations and become familiar with their future new school.
The tutors will assist students to set and reach goals for academic improvement and
will assist the Program Coordinator to develop and implement recognition
opportunities to acknowledge those achievements. The Program Coordinator and the
tutors may also follow-up with phone calls to parents of students who fail to attend
scheduled sessions to ensure a high level of participation which will in turn increase
the students commitment to school.
The documentation for this program will include student academic behavior and
attendance records kept at pre and post intervals to measure changes in academic
achievement and commitment to school. Other documentation will include permission
slips, sign-in sheets, goal-setting logs, and student evaluation forms.
Tutoring has been shown to significantly increase the likelihood of students to
experience success in school and in interpersonal relationships. The extended contact
with education promoters who provide increased support, affiliation and involvement
has been show to increase bonding and recognition.
B. Willard Wilderness Challenges: Tutoring and Transition staff will be conducting
four wilderness challenges. Through physical training and classroom education,
youthful participants build self-esteem, set and reach attainable goals and learn how to
work together as a team.
This program addresses the risk factors of academic failure, lack of commitment to
school, and family management problems. Participants will be given the opportunity
to attend ten workshops focussing on legal rights and responsibilities, gang and drug
avoidance, cultural awareness and pride, survival skills, and physical training. A
strong emphasis is placed on setting and achieving realistic goals which include
planning for the transition to high school.
One hundred students will be provided with the opportunity to attend ten workshops.
Parents will also be provided with at least four workshops. These students will also
be provided with four one day wilderness challenges and one week-end challenge,
including jogging, hiking, camping, rock/mountain climbing, and other challenging
activities.
The program reduces the identified risk factors by providing an incentive to succeed in
school and by training parents to assist their children to set and achieve goals. The
program provides opportunities for positive peer influence, development of
interpersonal skills and personal competence, and for physical adventure. These
opportunities help to develop basic skills and provide an avenue for peer recognition.
A selective number of graduated students will be invited to return the following year
as Junior Team Members. They will assist in tutoring as well as with the wilderness
challenges. The purpose for this is to have the current students participating in the
program exposed to positive peer influences.
Staff for the program will be hired from the community and will be aware of the
problems of adolescents and of how to develop strong, positive relationships. The
program also will utilize volunteers who have expertise in conducting the wilderness
challenges for this age group. These staff and volunteers will be placed in challenging
situations with participants which will encourage strong bonding and affiliation. The
staff and volunteers will also have many opportunities to communicate their healthy
beliefs and clear standards throughout the curriculum and the excursions.
The role of parents will also be critical. Parents will be provided with the opportunity
to attend four workshops on goal setting, importance of higher education and financial
aid, conflict resolution, and legal rights and responsibilities. These workshops will be
geared towards enabling parents to set positive goals and to establish a positive plan
for their future. This increased positive contact with parents will provide the
recognition for students accomplishments as well as the support to make decisions.
Documentation will include goal-setting logs, classroom curriculum, sign-in sheets,
school attendance records, student and parent evaluation forms, and excursion logs.
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C. Carver Tutoring and Wilderness Challenges: This program will be a reduced
version of the Willard program and will include activities that are age appropriate to
elementary school students. The program will target 50 at risk Carver students
preparing to make the transition to Willard. Students will complete two wilderness
challenges plus a I0 week curriculum similar to the Willard curriculum. This
program has the same foundation and is based on the same principles a the Willard
program.
PRIDEGROUNDS
The target population for this program is the elementary school students from Carver
school. The program will be conducted at two sites, Carver school playground, and
Flower Street Park. Currently, Carver school operates a PRIDEGROUND 5 days per
week and Flower Street Park 2 days per week. Activities include a variety of
recreation activities that help develop interpersonal skills and teach participants to
make positive use of their leisure time.
Carver Site:
The program at Carver will be expanded by adding a Track and Field Team that will
help encourage team spirit and attachment to school. The team will target 100 Carver
students. Students will participate a minimum of 3 days per week, 2 hours per day
for 26 weeks. They will receive training in a variety of track and field and cross
country events.
Students will be trained by two teachers from the school with the assistance of
bilingual staff who are hired from the community. They will set goals for
improvement and will be tested during practice sessions and at actual city-wide and
county-wide meets. Students who place in the qualifying levels of various events will
also have an opportunity to participate in State-wide and national meets.
The program will address the risk factors of academic failure and lack of commitment
to school as a result of the positive contacts students will have with teachers and staff.
They will represent their school at meets and work a team to bring recognition to their
school.
Team reward has been shown to be very important in producing a positive effect on
academic achievement, mutual concern, and peer norms supportive of academic
achievement. Students increase the level of bonding with peers involved in positive
pursuits and have an opportunity to display their abilities before the peers to gain
recognition.
The use of staff and volunteers from the community provides and avenue for making
significant contributions to the betterment of the community. These opportunities
increase the level of neighborhood cohesiveness and attachment.
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.
The activities planned for this program include a minimum of 10 community education
projects on topics such as alcohol, tobacco, and other drugs awareness; community
mobilization; leadership; computer skills; healthy lifestyles; choosing leisure time
activities in alcohol and drug free environments; home and neighborhood safety; and
other prevention related issues. Several community-wide special events and projects
will be coordinated in conjunctiion with other organizations and interagencies. These
events and projects will include: Posadas (Christmas carolling), 16 de septiembre,
Volunteer Connection Day, Concerts at the Park, Summer Lunch Program, Family
Unity Day, and a variety of activities that will serve to promote drug and alcohol free
environments.
Multi-component, community-wide programs that involve parents, children, and other
members of the community should be made an integral pan of risk tbcussed
prevention programs in order to buffer the effects of economic deprivation. This
approach is especially important to high density communities that lack natural
surveillance of public places and that have high mobility rates as does the target area.
Few studies of neighborhood disorganization have explicitly examined, but more
research and evaluation of programs that address this problem are needed.
PROJECT PRIDE
The purpose of Project PRIDE is to provide positive alternatives to gangs that increase
self-esteem and family esteem and that teach young people the skills needed to remain
gang free. Project PRIDE is a gang prevention and early intervention program that is
geared toward diminishing the gang recruitment base by increasing and retaining
participation in city recreation programs. The program takes the traditional aspects of
recreation, such as sports, aquatics, games, etc. and enhances them with educational
activities that address current problems and teach skills.
Project PRIDE also involves parents to a high degree. Parents make up the bulk of
the volunteer work force for all PRIDE activities and events. Parents are educated in
a variety of gang related issues and are lxained to participate in decision making,
planning, and implementation of programs.
The Project PRIDE activities that will be added to the Santa Ana Community Action
Network include the parent component that provides education and resources related to
gang prevention; the Family PRIDE Clubs that provides opportunities for
approximately families to participate in organized recreational activities that enhance
family esteem and respect.
Parents who successfully complete the nine week parent education workshops and who
show leadership abilities will be trained to conduct those workshops as volunteers.
This allows the program to reach a greater number of parents and to place parents in a
leadership role. The Parent Support Group will meet once a month to discuss
problems and solutions.
The Project PRIDE Mentor Program will also be made available to focus on the
highest risk program participants who exhibit early warning signs of delinquent
behavior or who have encountered problems with the juvenile.justice system. Mentors
are volunteers from the community who provide the extra guidance and support
needed to get these young people back on track in a positive direction.
SPORTS IN THE STREETS
The Sports In The Streets program will coordinate with the City's Youth Sports
program to increase the level of skill accomplishment and the degree of participation
and attachment to sports by target area youths. The program will include sports skills
clinics to develop physical competence and knowledge of sports rules and techniques;
an educational component that will stress the value of education to the success in
sports; and parent recruitment and training as coaches and support.
A special Rookie Ball program that has been conducted by the Recreation and
Community Services Agency for the past two years in conjunction with the California
Angels will be provided at Flower Street Park as part of this program. This includes
a softball training clinic and organized league games and tournaments. This program
has been successful in the past in increasing personal competence and generating
interest and participation in the sport.
The Sports In The Streets program will enable participants to exhibit competence in
front of their peers and gain recognition for their accomplishments. Participants will
develop not only physical skills but social competence and interpersonal skills as well,
both of which lead to less school misbehavior, increased academic performance, and
prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use ().
Documentation will include achievement logs, goal-setting logs, parent and other
volunteer time cards, lesson plans, participant evaluation forms, and pre and post tests
in addition to the program-wide documentation.
OVERALL PROJECT STRATEGY
The Santa Ana Community Action Network will utilize the expertise and resources of a
variety of well established organizations under the direction and supervision of the Recreation
and Community Services Agency, Youth Guidance Services Division, which has delivered
programs of the highest quality to the residents of Santa Aha since 1947.
The Agency has conducted prevention programs since 1986 with the purpose of diminishing
the gang recruitment base and preventing substance abuse among youths and their families by
increasing and retaining youth and family participants in city educational and recreational
activities, providing resources for support and opportunities to experience success, and
teaching the skills needed to remain gang free, drug free, and in school.
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The implementing agency will have the assistance and support of the Santa Ana Library, the
Santa Police Department, Neighborhood Improvement, and several coalitions that have been
active in the target area surrounding Flower Street Park.
Additional funding for this project will come from the general fund of the Recreation and
Community Services Agency. Total contxibutions will include $50,600 in matching cash
funds from the City of Santa Ana. In addition to the matching funds, the agency's resources
will be directed to the total success of the project. These resources include supervision, grant
management and compliance, coordination with existing services, administrative costs, and
indirect costs.
The project will involve a high degree of coordination between several groups and agencies.
These include:
OPERATION ROUND-UP: A four-phase program conducted by a multi-agency law
enforcement task force designed to address the terrorism and acts of violence
perpetrated by gang members and to restore order to the Flower Street Park
neighborhood.
FLOWER STREET PARK NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: A neighborhood
association with the purpose of organizing the residents of the Flower Street Park
neighborhood as part of the final phases of Operation Round-Up.
PROJECT SABADO: A community-based organization that uses an environmental
prevention approach to reduce and/or prevent alcohol and other drug problems in the
City of Santa Aha.
CARVER CONCERNED PARENTS: A group of parents from Carver Elementary
School who have organized themselves with the goal of reducing the problems
associated with high alcohol consumption and to make their community safe for their
children.
ARTESIA~PILAR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION: A neighborhood association
involved in an effort to organize and educate residents in safety and prevention
measures designed to make their neighborhood stronger.
COMMUNITY ORIENTED POLICING/WESTEND DISTRICT: A Neighborhood
Watch program serving the target area with safety education activities and community
mobilization efforts.
AMERICORPS: A community-based organization that strengthens the
community through increased student academic achievement, adult education
assistance in literacy skills and accomplishment of permanent Citizenship
status.
The efforts of these agencies toward the project will be coordinated by a part-time Senior
Program Leader who will be under the supervision of a full-time Program Coordinator. The
Senior Program Leader will devote 100% of his/her time to coordination efforts toward
community outreach, education, and mobd~zaUon and will be responsible for documenting all
collaborative efforts and accomplishments.
The activities to be conducted have been approved by the majority of the participating
agencies. Operational agreements have been developed to allow participating agencies to
further develop their programs in coordination with program staff. However, not all
operational agreements have been signed. All signed operational agreements will be submited
within 7 days from June 26, 1996.
All program components will be responsible for gathering baseline data and maintaining
records at regularly scheduled intervals in order to measure progress. Baseline information
will include school records, including grades, attendance, and behavioral records, survey
results that indicate levels of risk and perception of attachments and relationships, pre and
post tests to measure changes in knowledge and increased skill competencies, and logs that
will track progress in various program accomplishments and goal completion.
The Recreation and Community Services Agency has had success in developing,
implementing, and evaluating federal grant funded programs and has developed a large
volume of pertinent forms and tracking reports. These will be modified by program staff,
once hired, to meet the specific needs of the each program component.
During July and August, a calendar will be compiled that will include all activities offered
and will become part of the promotional materials for the program. The calendars will be
distributed with flyers and other announcements during September, 1995. Also, promotional
presentations will be scheduled at the target schools to encourage participation.
Throughout the grant year, participant registration will be conducted. Once registered for the
program, children will be allowed to participate. As more students register, the program will
increase its level of activity to accommodate more and more students each week until each
activity is at capacity (wherever applicable).
'The project will conduct program evaluation activities throughout the second year. At the
start of each participants involvement, baseline data will be documented and placed in
individual files. The Community Involvement Survey data will be gathered in July 1996 and
May 1997.
During the second year of the project, the programs will operate on a regular basis as in the
first. The major change during the second year will be the addition of tutoring services for
students who graduate from Willard Intermediate School and go on to Santa Ana High
School. Another significant change will be the opportunity for Willard alumni to return to
Willard to assist in the tutoring program and to act as Junior Leaders in the Wilderness
Challenges. On July and August 1996, the staff will devek)p a separate form of recognition
and documentation for this component.
Please refer to enclosed time line for program implementation (Appendix 1 and 2).
The overall strategy is designed to address the tbllowing risk factors:
COMMUNITY
a. Low Neighborhood Attachment
SCHOOL
a. Academic Failure
b. Lack of Commitment to School
FAMILY
a. Family Management Problems
The objectives of the Santa Ana Community Action Network include the following:
Increase the level of neighborhood attachment by providing opportunities for families
to make meaningful contributions to their community and by educating and organizing
the community toward the promotion of healthy lifestyles in alcohol and drug
environments.
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Decrease the risk of academic failure by providing early education opportunities,
homework assistance and tutoring, opportunities to develop personal skills and
competency, and providing opportunities that recognize accomplishments.
Increase commitment to school by providing opportunities to develop bonding with
people who demonstxate healthy beliefs and clear standards, to be recognized by peers
for accomplishments, and high intensity, alternative programs that empower at-risk
youths to master new skills and achieve greater levels of competency.
Decrease family management problems by providing parenting training opportunities,
increasing family esteem and bonding, and by involving parents to a high degree in
the efforts of their children and their neighborhood.
COMMUNITY MOBILIZATION STRATEGY
Crucial for the success of the prevention strategy is the plan for community mobilization
needed to generate community involvement in and responsibility for the strategy. A task
force of the Prevention Policy Board will be devoted to finalizing and implementing the
community mobilization strategy.
The first goal of the Community Mobilization Strategy will be to maintain a Prevention
Policy Board task force for community mobilization targeting the following objectives to be
carried out within the second year:
To provide training in community mobilization. This objective will be carried out by
Project SABADO and Neighborhood Watch/Community Oriented Policing (SAPD) in
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the second year.
To have the Prevention Policy Board task force f'malize the Community Mobilization
Strategy. This objective will be carried out by the Prevention Policy Board in the
second year.
To maintain a Prevention Policy Board speaker's bureau which will promote our risk-
focused prevention programs to the local organizations. This objective will be carried
out by the Prevention Policy Board throughout the second and third years.
To continue to promote the Prevention Policy Board speakers bureau to all
community, institutional, and business organizations. This objective will be carried
out by the Prevention Policy Board in the second year.
To document all activities and achievements of the Community Mobilization Plan.
This also will be carried out by the Prevention Policy Board each year.
The second goal of the Community Mobilization Strategy is to involve community based
organizafions(CBO's) in delinquency-prevention activities. The objectives for this goal will
be carried out by the Prevention Policy Board during the second year and include:
1. To continue to identify all CBO's working in the target area.
To continue to identify CBOs working in other geographical areas, but addressing
priority risk factors: low neighborhood attachment, lack of commitment to school,
family management problems and academic failure.
Via annual reports, continue to update CBOs on the risk-focused prevention approach.
This will be conducted by the Prevention Policy Board in the second and third year.
The third goal of the Community Mobilization Strategy is to involve the business community
in prevention activities. The objectives include:
'1.
To continue to identify all businesses involved in the target schools through the
SAUSD's "School/Business Partnership Programn which will be carried out by the
Prevention Policy Board in the second year.
Educate the business partners on the risk focussed prevention approach of the target
area. Maintain members of business community on the PPB which will be carried out
by the Prevention Policy Board in the second year.
Jointly develop further objectives to encourage business participation in delinquency-
prevention activities which will be carried out by the Prevention Policy Board and the
Business Parmers in the second year.
4. Identify other businesses that might get involved in delinquency-prevention activities
which will be carried out by the Prevention Policy Board and the Business Panners in
the second year.
5. Provide speakers to the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce meeting annually to update
business on the three-year strategy which will be carried out by the Prevention Policy
Board in the second year.
The fourth goal is to involve youth and their parents in prevention activities. This goal will
include the following objectives which will be conducted by the Prevention Policy Board in
the second and third year:
l. Conduct "knock and talks" door to door to recruit parent and youth participation in
program activities.
2. Train newly recruited parents and youth to become community facilitators.
The final goal is to communicate successes of risk-focused prevention which will be
conducted by the Prevention Policy Board, the Santa Aha 2000 Executive Committee and
Youth Alternatives Committee, and the Recreation and Community Services Agency.
1. Develop PSAs to run on local cable channel (during the second and third years).
2. Write articles for the Chamber of Commerce Newsletter, the "Eye on Santa Ana"
community newspaper and the "Spotlight on CDA" newsletter (at least one article per
year).
3. Through the SA 2000 Youth Alternatives Committee, provide updates to the Executive
Committee (twice a year for all three years).
4. Develop an awareness campaign to recognize achievement of individual and risk-
focused prevention as a whole (during the second year).
5. To continue awareness campaign, conduct a community fair promoting successes
(during the third year).
6. Seek additional resources to continue and expand program (during the third year).
PROJECT BUDGET NARRATIVE
The Santa Aha Community Action Network budget will utilize existing resources to enhance
grant funds. In addition to the matching fund requirements, the Recreation and Community
Services Agency will contribute the necessary resources, supervision, and adminislrative
overhead required to complete the project.
The project budget includes staffing designed to cover all aspects of the program components.
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A full-time Program Coordinator will oversee the entire operation of the project and will
have the supervision and support of a Recreation Supervisor and a Senior Recreation
Supervisor, both with extensive knowledge, expertise, and experience in developing,
implementing, and evaluating grant funded programs.
Changes in staffing patterns during the first grant year were made in response to the level of
participation for each program component and changes made to address problems and other
issues that arose during program implementation. An example of this is the increase in staff
for the Community Educaiton and Mobilization which originally had only one staff person.
Additional staff were needed for this program component because of the high level of follow-
up phone calls needed to get residents to participate.
Additionally, the tutors at Willard Intermediate were hired as part-time employees rather than
contracted out. This decision was made based on the recommendation from the school
personnel who had strong ties with the local community college and who had several
prospective tutors available who would operate more effectively as employees.
Another change during the first year was the inavailability of the Beyond Limits program due
to other comittments that arose for them. Professional speakers were utilized to conduct the
educational workshops for the Tutoring and Transitions program as an alternative. This
change worked out to be an advantage not only because of budget savings but also because
several professionals who have established an excellent record in the community as speakers
were contracted to provide the service.
In addition to the staff, all equipment and supplies have been identified based on the actual
needs from the first year and projections for the second year based on the goals and
anticipated levels of participation. The project has the expertise of the Senior Recreation
Supervisor who has over 20 years of experience in planning budgets for prevention programs.
CITY OF SANTA ANA RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICES
· SANTA ANA COMMUNITY ACTION NETWORK (SACAN)
SACAN Coordinator
I
Jose Ochoa
Witlard Liaison
(Tutor Coordinator)
Mana Rubio
Willard Tutor
Patricia Chavez
Willard Tutor
Saldetor Shanks
Willard Tutor
Jeannie Jurado
Tutoring & Transition
Coordinator
Jose Santana
Data Collection
Coordinator
Carlos Nava
Willard Tutor/
Excurs on Spec a is
IRita Rangel I
Administrative
Assislant
I
Willard Tutor
I
Xochitl Soto
Tutor
Edith Cervantes
Carver Tu~or
I
Graciela Sanchez
Tutor
Jose Furies
Excursion Assistant
'Renee Hernandez
Spor~s In The Streets
Coordinator
Omar Palacios
Assist./Track & Field
I
America Robledo
Assistant
I
Miguel Galaz
Assistant
I
Ben Vargas
Carver Tutor
Claudia Hernandez
Reading Readiness
Coord na or
FACANT
Assistant
I
Norma Rodriguez
Comm Educ &
Mobilization Coord
Jose Rvarado
PRIDEground
Leader
I I
Hector Chavez ] I Martha Ochoa
Corem Outreach Assistant
Specialist
America Veneges
Assislant/Vo unteers
I
Rocio Estrada I
Qerical
·I i'~ BUDGET CATEGORY AND LINE-ITEM DETAIL
I
A. Personal Services - Salaries/Employee Benefits
I(Duplicate fo[m, ifneeded)
SENIOR PROGRAM LEADERS
Grant Funds
6 x 1,000 hours x $9.31 ocr hour = $55,860
1. Community Education & Mobilization Coordinator (1)
2. Sporl~ In The Streets Coordinator(l)
3. Reading Readiness Coordinator(l)
4. Tutoring & Transition Coordinator (1)
5. Data Collection Coordinator (1)
6. Wilderness Excursion Specialist (1)
4 x 180 hours x $9.31 r, er hour = $6.703.20
I. Tutors (30 weeks x 5 hours a week)
{ ~ 150 hours x S9.31 mr hour = $ 1.396.50
1. Tutors Coordinator (30 weeks x 5 hours a week)
Matching Funds
2 x 1.000 x $9.31 ncr hour = $18.620
1. Community Outreach Coordinator (1)
2. Data Collection Coordinator (1)
PROGRAM LEADERS I1
Grant Funds
9 x 1.000 hours x $7.84 r~er hour = $70.560
1. Community Education & Mobilization Assistant (2)
2. Sporls In The Streets Assistant (2)
3. Reading Readiness Assistant (1)
4. Tutoring & Transition Assistant (4)
PROGRAM LEADERS I
Grant Funds
1 x 1.000 hours x $6.31 ~er hour = $6.310
1. Sports In The Streets Assistant (1)
Matching Funds
2 ~ 950 hours x $6.31 ver hour = $11.989
1. Carver PRIDEGROUND (2)
2 x 450 hours x $6.31 ~er hour -- 5.679
1. Flower Street Park Mobile Recreation Unit (2)
TOTAL
COST
$63,960
($18,620)
$70,560
$6,310
($17,668)
OCJP-A303A
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
BUDGET CATEGORY AND LINE-ITEM DETAIL
A. Personal Services - Salaries/Employee Benefits
(Duplicate form, if needed)
A. PERSONAl, SERVICES - CONTINUED
PART-TIME BENEFITS
Grant Funds
$140.830 x 7.06% = $9,943
Matching Funds
$36,288 x 7.06% = $2.562
PROGRAM COORDINATOR
Grant Funds
I FT Coordinator x 12 months x 3,784 = $45,408
FULL-TIME BENEFITS
Grant Funds
FulL-Time Benefits 45,408 x 30% = $13,622
OVERTIME
Grant Funds
Police Officer Activity: 135 hours x $62 per hour
TOTAL
OCJP-A303A
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
Total Cost
Matching Funds
Total Grant Funds
COST
$9,943
($;~,562)
$45,408
$13,622
$8,370
$216,514
<38,850>
$255,364
BUDGET CATEGORY AND LINE-ITEM DETAIL
COST
I~. ~p~erating Expenses
(Duplicate form, if needed)
L
Materials and Surmlies
1. SPORTS IN THE STREETS
Sports Materials and Supplies
Track & Field Uniforms
(shorts, shirts, & caps)-matching funds
Arts & Crafts Supplies, Games
Sports Excursions
Rookie Ball - Matching Funds
Trophies - Matching Funds
100@ $10.00
T-shins - Matching Funds
200 @ $5.00
$665
(1,750)
$1000
$2,000
($4,0O0)
($1,ooo)
($ t ,ooo)
2. COMMUNITY EDUCATION AND MOBILIZATION
Materials and Supplies $616
Entertainment (3 community events) $500
Collaborating Organizations (6x$100 ea.) $600
3. READING READINESS
Material and Supplies
Recognition Ceremonies
(includes food, awards, gifts, pictures)
$1,000
$400
4. TUTORING AND TRANSITION
Cultural Celebrations (7 x $85 each)
Program Materials & Supplies
(Academic enrichment, Refreshments,
Incentives, excursion. & supplies)
Excursions:
Transportation
Parking Fee/Camp Site
Admissions
T-shirts
150 x 4.99=-
logo=
$595
$2,728
$5,455
$455
$1,000
$848
$748
$100
TOTAL
I
OC.}P-A303b
Office of Criminal Justice Planning
$3,665
($7,750)
$1.716
$1,400
$9,626
B. Operating Expenses
(Duplicate forra, if needed)
BUD(3ET CA'I~OOR¥ AND LINE-ITEM DETAIL
B. OPERATING EXPENSE~ - CONTINUED
5. SACAN Recognition
Ceremony
Incentives, Awards
$1,000
$489
II. Travel
OCJP Conference (April) Fees I x $150 = $150
Lodging I x $99 per night x 3 nights = $297
Flight (in Sacramento) I x $300 = $300
Per Diem I x $37 per day x 3 days = $111
CPRS Conference Fees I x 150 = $150
Lodging I x $99 per night x 3 nights = $297
Per Diem 1 x $37 per day x 3 days = $111
Flight I x $300 = $300
OCJP Training (August)
Lodging I x $100 per night x 3 nights = $300
Per Diem 1 x $37 per day x 3 days = $111
Flight I x $200 = $200
Ill. CONSULTANT SERVICES
Track and Field Coaches $2,800
2 x $10 per hour x 140 hours (26 weeks x 4 hours per week.
plus 36 hours for track and field meets
Newsletter Editor/Producer $1.200
I x $12 per hour x 100 hours
Honorairums
Speakers for Workshops $400
Computer Class Instructors $1.600
2 teachers x $800 stipend each (6 weeks)
IV. Audit
V. Office Ex~nses
1. Lease: (Reading Readiness Program Location) $100/month x I $1,200
2. Office Supplies $2.000
3. Telephone/Communications - Matching Funds ($1,000)
4. Duplication: $2,840
Reading Readiness $250
Sports in Ihe Sa'eets $1.150
Community Education and Mobilization $840
Tutoring and Transition $600
5. Program Brochure/Newsletter - Matching Fnnds ($3,000)
6. Staff T-Shirts $424
7. Staff Certification/Training: $640
DMV, Class B License $320
CPR & First-Aid $320
[] The applicant will use file state travel policy
[] The applic,'mt will use a travel policy other than the state's.
TOTAL
OCJP-A303b
Office of Cdminal Justice Plamfing
Total Cost
Matching Funds
Total Grant Funds
COST
$1,489
$2,327
$6,000
$1,500
$7,104
($4,000)
$36,486
$11,750
$48,236
C. Equipment
(Duplicate form, if needed)
CATEGORY TOTAL
PROJECT TOTAL
1;~JND DISTRIBUTION
.. Amount of Ftmds
2. Percenlage of Funds
BUDGET CATEGORY AND LINE-ITEM DETAIL
COST
303,600
FEDERAL STATE CASH MATCH IN-KIND MATCH
253,000 0 50,600 0
0 20% 0
OCJP-A303C
Office of Criminal Juslice Planning
Complete the Other Funding Sources form (OCJP 653) to report the total funds available
to support the activities related to accomplishing the goals and objectives of the Grant
Award Affreement. In the Grant Funds column, report the OCJP funds requested by
category; in the Other funds column, report all other funds available to support the
project by category and then calculate the totals by category in the Program Total column.
Total each column down to arrive at the total pro.am funds available.
{) 1 Ill,Jr I;I.!NI)ING SOI.,It(,I,~
BUDGET CATEGORY GRANT FUNDS OTI-I~R FUNDS PROGRAM TOTAL
(Use only the gran*; funds
identified in the
preceding budget pages.)
Personal Services 216,514 38,850 255,364
Operating Expenses 36,486 11,750 48,236
Equipment 0 0 0
TOTAL 253,000 50,600 303,600
0CJP-653
(Rev. 1/94)
THIS FORM DOES NOT BECOME PART OF THE GRANT AWARD.
Office of Criminal Justice Planning 38
OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT
This operational agreement stands as evidence that the City of Santa Ana, Recreation and
Community Services Agency and Willard Intermediate School intend to work together toward
the mutual goal of identifying Willard Intermediate School students who are at high risk of
becoming delinquent and effectively intervening to reduce delinquent behavior.
Both agencies believe that implementation of the Santa Ana Community Action Network
Program proposal, as described herein, will further this goal. To this end, each agency agrees
to participate in the program, if implemented, by coordinating/providing the following services:
The City of Santa Aha will provide the necessary resources to assist the Willard Tutoring
Program.
Willard Intermediate School will serve and provide the necessary support to 100 at risk
students and their parents who participate in the Tutoring Program within a 12 month
period.
Willard Intermediate School will maintain attendance records, progress logs,
academic/behavioral records, and goal documentation on program participants and will
secure the necessary authorization from parents to make the information available for
confidential evaluation purposes.
Willard Intermediate School will recruit instructional aides, provide guidance and
resources, such as a computer lab, books and materials.
Willard Intermediate School will coordinate with the Senior Program Leader monitor
from Carver Elementary School for transitional activities.
A Willard Intermediate School representative will meet with a Santa Ana Community
Action Network Program staff on a regular basis to review progress, to make
recommendations as needed, and to follow-up with any necessary action.
We, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City of Santa Ana and Wiilard
Intermediate Schoo,l, do hereby.approve this document.
Willard Intermediate School City of Santa Ana
Date Date
OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING
OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT
This operational agreement stands as evidence that the City of Santa Ana, Recreation and
Community Services Agency and Carver Elementary School intend to work together toward the
mutual goal of identifying Carver Elementary School students who are at high risk of becoming
delinquent and effectively intervening to reduce delinquent behavior.
Both agencies believe that implementation of the Santa Ana Community Action Network
Program proposal, as described herein, will further this goal. To this end, each agency agrees
to participate in the program, if implemented, by coordinating/providing the following services:
The City of Santa Ana will provide the necessary, resources to assist the Carver Tutoring
Program.
Carver Elementary School will serve and provide the necessary support to 50 at risk
students and their parents who participate in the Tutoring Program within a 12 month
period.
Carver Elementary School will maintain attendance records, progress logs,
academic/behavioral records, and goal documentation on program participants and will
secure the necessary authorization from parents to make the information available for
confidential evaluation purposes.
Carver Elementary School will provide guidance and resources, such as a computer lab,
books and materials.
Carver Elementary School will coordinate with the Senior Program Leader monitor from
Willard Intermediate School for transitional activities.
A Carver Elementary School representative will meet with a Santa Aha Community
Action Network Program staff on a regular basis to review progress, to make
recommendations as needed, and to follow-up with any necessary action.
We, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City of Santa Aha and Carver
Elementary School, do hereby approve this document.
Carver Elementary School City of Santa Ana
Date Date
OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLA~,N~'NING
OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT
This operational agreement stands as evidence that the City of Santa Ana, Recreation and
Community Services Agency and Carver Elementary School intend to work together toward the
mutual goal of identifying Carver Elementary School students who are at high risk of becoming
delinquent and effectively intervening to reduce delinquent behavior.
Both agencies believe that implementation of the Santa Aha Community Action Network
Program proposal, as described herein, will further this goal. To this end, each agency agrees
to participate in the program, if implemented, by coordinating/providing the following services:
The City of Santa Ana will provide the staff and necessary resources to conduct the
program, incloding basic training in physical fitness and track and field training.
Carver Elementary School will identify 75 at risk students within a 12 month period and
refer them and their parents to participate in the Carver Track and Field Program and
will provide the necessary support to ensure that the students and their parents
participate.
Carver Elementary School will assist in the promotion of all programs and activities.
They will also provide recognition opportunities for students.
Carver Elementary School will maintain attendance records on program participants and
academic/behavioral records on program participants and will secure the necessary
authorization from parents to make the information available for confidential evaluation
purposes.
A Carver Elementary School representative will meet with a Santa Ana Community
Action Network Program staff on a regular basis to review progress, to make
recommendations as needed, and to follow-up with any necessary action.
We, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City of Santa Ana and Carver
Elementary School, do hereby approve this document.
Carver Elementary SchoOl City of Santa Ana
Date Date
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OFFICE OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING
OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT
This operational agreement stands as evidence that the City of Santa Aha, Recreation and
Community Services Agency and the Santa Ana Public Library intend to work together toward
the mutual goal of identifying students from the target area who are at high risk of becoming
delinquent and effectively intervening to reduce delinquent behavior.
Both agencies believe that implementation of the Santa Ana Community Action Network
Program proposal, as described herein, will further this goal. To this end, each agency agrees
to participate in the program, if implemented, by coordinating/providing the following services:
The City of Santa Ana will provide the staff and necessary resources to conduct the Santa
Ana Library Preschool/Story Time Program.
The Santa Ana Library Preschool/Story Time Program will serve and provide the
necessary support to 160, 3, 4 and 5 year old at risk students and their parents who
participate in the program within a 12 month period.
A Santa Ana Library Preschool/Story Time Program representative will meet with Santa
Ana Community Action Network Program staff on a regular basis to review progress,
to make recommendations as needed, and to follow-up with any necessary action.
We, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City of Santa Ana and the Santa Ana
Library/d/) h/ea'eby approve this document.
Satfita Aha Pub]lc Library City of Santa Ana
OFFICE OF CRhMINAL JUSTICE PLANNING
OPERATIONAL AGREEMENT
This operational agreement stands as evidence that the City of Santa And, El Salvador Recreation
Center in conjunction with the Santa And Community Action Network intend to work together
toward the mutual goal of serving students from the target area who are at high risk of becoming
delinquent and effectively intervening to reduce delinquent behavior.
Both agencies believe that implementation of the Santa Ana Community Action Network
Program proposal, as described herein, will further this goal. To this end, each agency agrees
to participate in the program, if implemented, by coordinating/providing the following services:
The City of Santa And will provide the necessary resources to assist the SACAN
Program.
El Salvador Recreation Center will direct the funds available for the Rookie Ball
Program, totalling $4,000 as a cash contribution to the Santa And Community Action
Network.
El Salvador Recreation Center will assist in recruiting 200 at risk students from the target
area to complete a 16 week program of skill development clinics, games, and
tournaments in softball at Flower Street Park.
El Salvador Recreation Center will maintain registration and attendance records on
program participants and will secure the necessary authorization from parents to make
the information available for confidential evaluation purposes.
An El Salvador Recreation Center representative will meet with the Santa And
Community Action Network Program staff on a regular basis to review progress, to
make recommendations as needed, and to follow-up with any necessary action.
We, the undersigned, as authorized representatives of the City of Santa And and Beyond Limits,
d.~eby app(~o~e this document.
,./~ Sal~ado{r-4~ecreation Center City of Santa And
Date / Date
'Santa Ana Community Action Network
Community Mobilization Strategy Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Goal #1: To maintain a Prevention Policy Board task force for community mobilization targeting the following objectives
to be carried out within the second year.
Community Mobilization
Training by Project
SABADO & X X
C.O.P./Neighborhoood
Watch.
Finalize Community
Mobilization Strategy by X
the Board of Directors.
Maintain and Promote a
PPB Speakers Bureau. X X X
· Santa Aha Community Action Network
Community Mobilization Strategy Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Goal #2: To involve community based organizations in delinquency-prevention activities.
Continue to identify CBO's
in target area. X X
Identify CBO's in other
geographical areas X X
addressing priority risk
factors.
Update CBO's on the risk-
focussed prevention X X
approach through annual
reports/newsletters.
Involve CBO's in SACAN
program activities. X X X X X X X X X X X X
'Santa Aha Community Action Network
Community Mobilization Strategy Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Goal #3: To involve the business community in prevention activities.
Continue to identify
businesses in target area. X X X
Educate the business
partners on the risk- X X
focussed prevention
approach of target area.
Jointly develop objectives
to encourage business X X X
participation in delinquency
prevention activities.
Provide speakers to the
Hispanic Chamber of X
Commerce meetings to
update on SACAN.
'Santa Ana Community Action Network
Community Mobilization Strategy Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Goal//4: To involve youth and their parents in prevention activities.
Conduct "knock & talks
door to door" to recruit X X X X X
parent & youth
participation.
Train parents & youth to
become community X
facilitators.
Maintain and involve
volunteers in program × X X X X X X X X X X X
activities.
'Santa Ana Community Action Network
Community Mobilization Strategy Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Goat #5: To communicate successes of risk-focused prevention which will be conducted by the Prevention Policy
Board, the Santa Ana 2000 Executive Committee and Youth Alternatives Committee, and the Recreation and
Community Services Agency.
Write article for local
newspapers/newsletters. X X
Updates to Santa Ana
2000 Youth Alternatives X X
Committee.
Develop awareness
campaign of individual and X
risk-focussed prevention.
SACAN Recognition Dinner X
Santa Ana Community Action Network Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Objective #1: Increase the level of neighborhood attachment by providing opportunities for families to , make
meaningful contributions to their community and by educating and organizing the community toward the promotion of
healthy lifestyles in alcohol and drug environments.
Neighborhood Clean-Up Day X X X
PPB Meetings X X X X
PPB Board of Directors Meetings X X X X X X
Community Mobilization X X
Training (10)
Concerts in the Park X
Posadas X
Angel's Rookie Ball Clinic X
Computer Classes X X
Volunteer Connection Day X
Summer Lunch Program X X X
Parent Training X X X
Santa Ana Community Action Network Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Objective #2: Decrease the risk of academic failure by providing early education opportunities, homework assistance
and tutoring, opportunities to develop personal skills and competency, and providing opportunities that recognize
accomplishments.
Tutoring X X X X X X X X X X X X
Reading Readiness Program X X X X X X X X X X X X
Activities
Baseball Clinics X X
Angel Rookie Baseball League X X
Rookie Ball Closing Ceremony X
Volleyball X X
Flag Football Clinics X X
Basketball Clinics X X X
Lacrosse Clinics X X
Soccer Clinics X X
Street Hockey X X
Track & Field Clinic X X X X X X
Track Meets (City Wide) X X X X
SACAN Recognition Ceremony X
Reading Readiness Graduation X X X X X X X X
Santa Ana Community Action Network Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Objective #3: Increase commitment to school by providing opportunities to develop bonding with people who
demonstrate healthy beliefs and clear standards, to be recognized by peers for accomplishments, and high intensity,
alternative programs that empower at-risk youths to master new skills and achieve greater levels of competency.
Wilderness Challenges X X X X X X X X X X X
Big Bear Week-end Campout X
Catalina Island Week-long X
Campout
Excursions X X X × X
Sports Clinics X X X X X X X X X X X X
Educational Workshops for X X X X X X X X X ~X X
Students
Afterschool Tutoring X X X X X X X X X X X X
Santa Ana Community Action Network Timeline
July 1, 1996 through June 30, 1997
Objective #4: Decrease family management problems by providing parenting training opportunities, increasing family
esteem and bonding, and by involving parents to a high degree in the efforts of their children and their neighborhood.
Educational Workshops X X X X X X X X X X
Family Excursions X
Parent Volunteers X X X X X X X X X X X X