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City of Santa Ana CDBG Scope of Work Program Year 2020-2021 (July 1, 2020 - June 30, 2021) Name of Organization Community Action Partnership of Orange Count Name of Funded Program Santa Ana Economic Empowerment - YMYG (Your Money Your Goals) Annual Accomplishment Goal UnduDlicated Participants anticir 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 to be served Unduplicated Program and Funding Description contract period. 501 Low Income Participants 100% Estimated Invoicing $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 7,500.00 $ 30,000.00 Economic empowerment services will be provided for low-income adults and youth in and around Santa Ana. Workshops include Your Money Your Goals curriculum which covers banking, development of spending plans and money management by providing tools that develop habits to increase their financial well being. Your Money, Your Goals, helps empower Santa Ana low income individuals and families to reach financial goals and improve family stability. Eligible participants would complete a five/six-week course, that would meet weekly in a classroom setting to increase the knowledge, skills, and resources that would teach such skills and provide tools to apply to budgeting, applying for a home or auto loan, dealing with debt and debt collectors, increasing credit scores, job searching tips, identity theft prevention, and much more. CAP OC would target low-income families, especially those with young children, living in underserved communities, who are at high -risk for homelessness; nearly 99%of all current CAP OC clients are low-income, as defined by Federal Poverty Level guidelines. In 2018, thanks to funding through the Office of Child Abuse Prevention, which linked financial instability with child abuse, the organization launched its Financial Empowerment program as a pilot, which included a variety of workshops such as Financial Empowerment Education for Adults and Youth, covering banking, development of spending plans, understanding and establishing credit, and learning hands-on tools for money management. An additional program, Workforce Readiness for Adults and Youth, focuses on skills necessary to obtain a job, including time management, resume building, interview skills, and effective job searching. The program provides practical strategies and easy to understand ways to save for emergencies and obtain personal financial goals through a five -week curriculum. In 2019, thanks to funding from the City of Santa Ana CDBG, CAP OC was able to expand its services to Santa Ana and host workshops at Southwest Community Center and other locations throughout the city. CAP OC would like to continue this program to help strengthen and empower low-income individuals and familiesto reach financial goals and improve stability. EXHIBIT A