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City of Santa Ana CDBG Scope of Work Program Year 2018-19 (July 1, 2018 - June 30, 2019) Name of Organization Public Law Center Name of Funded Program Consumer & Community Organizations Legal Assistance Project Annual Accomplishment Goal Unduplicated Participants anticipated to be served during the 12 -month contract penod. 43 TOTAL 1 43 Santa Ana Partici ants 1 100%1 1 431 Low Income Participants 1 100% Schedule of Performance (estimated) Quarter 1: JUL 1 - SEP 30 Quarter 2: OCT 1 - DEC 31 Quarter 3: JAN 1 - MAR 31 Quarter 4: APR 1 - JUN 30 Unduplicated Participants 11 11 11 10 43 Program and Funding Description Estimated $ 8,950.00 $ 8,950.00 $ 8,950.00 $ 8,957.00 $ 35,807.00 a. PLC will provide financial literacy training and related legal services to low-income and fixed-income Santa Ana residents to prevent fraud and also help residents deal with unscrupulous actors. PLC will also recruit, train, and support care providers to increase child and dependent care options in Santa Ana, thus expanding the workforce and allowing more residents to contribute to the City's economic development. PLC will expand its financial literacy training and related legal services program to create a Santa Ana specific service. PLC will also recruit care providers by a variety of methods including: - Referrals from community partners (e.g., SBDC, Women Helping Women, Family Resource Centers). PLC has and continues to develop close partnerships with nonprofit organizations and government agencies who work with clients who can benefit from PLC's assistance; - Referrals from prior PLC clients, who already formed successful businesses with PLC's assistance; - Community Outreach. PLC holds regular small business workshop for community members, as well as regular brief advice legal clinics, whereby clients are able to meet one-on-one with a volunteer attorney to discuss legal issues relating to their business; and - Word of mouth. PLC is the only pro bono legal services provider in Orange County that provides free legal assistance specifically for caregivers. b. and c. PLC intends to hold regular caregiver workshops (such as "Legal Aspects of Starting an In -Home Childcare Business in California") for community members. PLC also intends to provide regular brief advice legal clinics aimed specifically for Santa Ana -based care providers. Once clients are identified and determined eligible, PLC will provide direct legal assistance to those clients. The assistance may vary, but will most likely include: assisting with formation of the business entity; guiding the client through the licensing process; preparing contracts and other documents necessary to run a childcare business; and assisting with other matters relating to the legal health of their business. PLC intends to educate and assist clients with legal aspects of forming workers cooperatives to provide care services. PLC will also provide legal assistance for Santa Ana -based nonprofit organizations which seek to establish childcare centers for their clients. Finally, PLC intends to act as a knowledge base and resource for legal issues affecting care providers in OC, particularly in Santa Ana. d. PLC is targeting low-income and fixed-income Santa Ana residents. For financial literacy programming, PLC will emphasize elder and senior residents. For prospective caregiver entrepreneurs, PLC is open to serving a broader population, including those who may not meet our traditional income eligibility guidelines. Many of our clients prefer to receive their services in Spanish and other non-English languages, for which we have bilingual staff and volunteers. EXHIBIT A