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Receive and file Cannabis Public Benefit Fund for Youth Services <br />September 15, 2020 <br />Page 8 <br />10. Funding for Third Parties to Provide Youth Programs and/or Services <br />One-time Cannabis Funding for Fiscal Year 2020-21 will go towards third party programs to <br />provide youth programs and/or services for City of Santa Ana residents. <br />In Progress: <br />• Preparing a competitive grant application process seeking proposals for youth <br />programs and/or services to be offered by third party providers. <br />• Requesting the Youth Commission's input at the September 25, 2020 Youth <br />Commission meeting. <br />Timeline: <br />Accept applications, review, and award October through December 2020. <br />City Manager's Office <br />1. Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Defense Fund <br />Provide $100,000 to the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals Defense Fund. <br />Completed: <br />At the July 7, 2020 meeting, the City Council allocated an additional $100,000 to <br />the Santa Ana Deportation Defense Fund (sometimes referred to as "immigration <br />legal defense fund") to provide legal representation, under the universal <br />representation model, to undocumented immigrants facing removal (or <br />deportation) proceedings. As part of this one-time allocation of $100,000, the City <br />Council directed staff that these funds be made available to provide legal <br />representation to individuals in Santa Ana who are recipients of the Deferred <br />Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program and also facing removal <br />proceedings. The City's legal service provider, Immigrant Defenders Law Center, <br />has been made aware and has ensured City staff that Santa Ana residents who <br />are recipients of DACA are eligible to receive legal representation. <br />In Progress: <br />As part of the agreement between Immigrant Defenders Law Center and the City <br />of Santa Ana, Immigrant Defenders Law Center sends monthly reports to the Vera <br />Institute of Justice, a social justice organization that provided grant funds to the <br />City in 2017 to launch the Santa Ana Deportation Defense Fund under the <br />universal representation model. While these monthly reports contain confidential, <br />attorney -client privileged data, from time to time both Immigrant Defenders Law <br />Center and the Vera Institute of Justice prepare reports for the City with <br />aggregated data. <br />Timeline: <br />The Santa Ana Deportation Defense Fund is an on -going program. <br />19 D-8 <br />