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LEGAL AID � SOCIETY OF 0111 0 R A N G. F , C O U N T Y COMMUNITY LEGAL $ERV I C E S OF SOUTHEAST 1.09 ANGELES COUNTY May 15, 2018 Mayor Miguel Pulido Councilor Vicente Sarmiento, Ward 1 Mayor Pro Tem Michele Martinez, Ward 2 Councilor Jose Solorio, Ward 3 City of Santa Ana c/o Office of the Santa Ana City Clerk Councilor David Benavides, Ward 4 Councilor Juan Villegas, Ward 5 Councilor Sal Tinajero, Ward 6 ecomments @santa-ana.org Dear Mayor Pulido and Members of the Santa Ana City Council: On behalf of the board, staff and clients of the Legal Aid Society of Orange County - Community Legal Services, thank you and the City of Santa Ana for your consideration of continued CDBG funding for our Domestic Violence Prevention Program and Clean Slate Clinic. I hope that we will be able to continue these critical partnerships. As you know, domestic violence affects not only the target of the abuse, but everyone in a household. Many of the survivors we see in this program are young women with small children. While escape from their abusers is critical, the road to safety and security does not end with a restraining order. Funding from the City of Santa Ana in 2017-2018 for our Domestic Violence Prevention Project has allowed us to focus on providing "wraparound" legal services to Santa Ana victims and survivors - services that not only can help victims get temporary restraining orders, but can help our clients: • Permanently escape from an abuser through divorce; • gain custody of children, including full custody until an offender completes anger management classes, and can show a court that he/she is no longer a threat to his/her children or the other parent; • obtain immigration remedies available to victims of violence; ■ obtain tax and debt relief that resulted from financial control by the abuser. It's not only an important way to ensure the immediate and near-term safety and security of families, but this program plays a role in disrupting the cycle of homelessness in our Legal Aid Society of Oninge County 12101 North Tustin Avenue, Santa Ana, CA 92705 1714.571.5220 I legal-aid.coln An LSC Funded Organization I All grants and contributions will be expended in accordance with federal Legal Services Corporation Act, (i 42US.C.2996etseq. and Public Lav 104-134. SeeevJsceov foraddidonaloilbrmation. TII'ZSG.��.