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EXHIBIT A IMMIGRANT <br />DEFENDERS <br />Law Center <br />Santa Ana Universal Representation Project <br />Y2 — Scope of Work 2018-2019 <br />Proposed Budget: $85,000 <br />Describe the type of immigration legal services that you will be providing through <br />the City of Santa Ana's Universal Representation Fund. <br />ImmDef will continue to provide removal defense legal services exclusively to Santa Ana <br />residents. We will prioritize this funding on cases that originate in detention, either at the <br />Musick or Theo Lacy facilities. Depending on staff capacity, ImmDef may also represent Santa <br />Ana residents who are detained in Adelanto. We will also provide removal defense legal services <br />to non -detained Santa Ana residents in removal proceedings, with the caveat that priority be <br />given to detained Santa Ana residents. We will provide full-scale deportation defense in these <br />cases including bond, initial masters, and subsequent masters, merits (both detained and <br />released). <br />Proposed Program Model: <br />ImmDefs representation model i5 based on a universal model of representation. ImmDef has <br />never denied representation to anyone based on their lack of eligibility for relief, complexity of <br />issues, or for any other reason. The only criteria ImmDef will use to screen clients for this <br />project is an income eligibility requirement of 200% or below of the federal poverty guidelines, <br />and a Santa Ana residency requirement. <br />Estimated Numbers of Clients to be Served: <br />Based on ImmDefs proposed budget, ImmDef anticipates serving an additional 18-21 clients <br />in Santa Ana with these funds. The actual number served will depend on factors beyond our <br />control such as: the number of individuals who have no relief available to them or who seek <br />voluntary departure, the number of individuals whose cases proceed to a trial (merits hearing) <br />while detained versus clients released on bond, and the level of cooperation from EOIR or ICE <br />in assisting with client accessibility and case calendaring. Given our budget of $85,000, the <br />proposed metrics leave us with a case cost of $41250$4722, which is identical to the case cost <br />in Y1. <br />Under the Y1 contract through the City of Santa Ana and the Vera Institute, ImmDef projected <br />that it would represent 35-40 Santa Ana and Orange County residents in removal proceedings. <br />We anticipate by the end of the contract year with the City of Santa Ana ending on October 31, <br />2oi8, that we will have initiated representation with another 3-5 cases, bringing our Y1 total to <br />approximately 20-22 Santa Ana residents represented by this project. Due to staffing changes <br />and hiring, and delays with setting up our physical space in Santa Ana, our Santa Ana OC team <br />was not fully operational until March 2018, approximately four months after the grant period <br />began for Y1 on November 1, 2017. ImmDef plans to incorporate the additional 15-20 cases to <br />our Y2 deliverables, with an expected total by the end of Y2 of 53 Santa Ana and Orange <br />County cases, with a mixture of non -detained and detained cases. <br />Anticipated outcomes and Impact of Services: <br />ImmDef expects our high Ei quality representation to have a profound effect on the clients we <br />serve. As of October 4, 2018, ImmDef represents 17 Santa Ana residents in removal defense <br />proceedings. Three cases have been closed, with one Santa Ana resident obtaining relief from <br />removal. The remaining 14 cases are pending. The project serves a cross-section of Santa Ana's <br />immigrant community, including single mothers, fathers, homeless individuals, youth, the <br />25E-9 <br />