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EXHIBIT A <br />draw upon our deep roots in the communities that we serve to provide culturally competent legal <br />services. <br />Anticipated outcomes and Impact of Services: ImmDef expects our high -quality representation to have a <br />profound effect on the clients we serve. In our other representation programs, ImmDef attorneys <br />routinely utilize new, creative options to defend our clients from deportation and we have high rates of <br />success. Even in cases where we are unable to secure immigration relief for community members, our <br />attorneys play an important role by showing our clients and their families that they are not alone through <br />this process. <br />The impact of this project will be most concretely evident in the number of clients served through the <br />program, and the impact of representation on the outcome of those clients' cases. We will be able to <br />measure this impact by the sheer numbers of clients receiving representation, but also by comparing the <br />outcomes of cases of those clients who receive representation with the outcomes of unrepresented <br />detainees. This data will be readily available through our internal case management software and <br />government -maintained immigration court data. <br />Another important indicator of the project's impact will be the number of Santa Ana residents who receive <br />an intake screening even if ultimately, they are unable to receive representation through the project due <br />to financial or residency factors. The screening in and of itself is an important benefit to a potential client <br />as we will be able to use it to orient the detainee to the immigration removal process and offer them <br />options outside of our services such as referrals to reputable private attorneys. <br />In addition to the sheer number of clients served under the project and the outcome of the cases, it will <br />be important to measure the qualitative impact of these services on our clients, their families, and our <br />communities. We will measure this impact through follow-up surveys of clients, asking about the effect <br />the representation services had on their ability to return to their communities. Through a post -services <br />survey or questionnaire, we will best be able to identify clients who are successfully reintegrating into our <br />communities and highlight this for local media and Santa Ana elected officials. This will ultimately enable <br />us to build support for continuing funding for removal defense in Orange County. ImmDef would also be <br />interested in facilitating meetings between clients whose cases are successfully completed and the Santa <br />Ana City Councilmember whose ward they live in so that we may directly show elected officials the impact <br />of the program on their constituents. <br />4) What is your staffing plan for your program? Please describe the positions you plan to fill and the <br />responsibilities each will have in the program. Please attach the CVs and bar numbers of the attorneys <br />who will lead the contracted work, and document American Immigration Lawyers Association (AILA) <br />membership or other evidence of immigration law experience. <br />ImmDef will continue to keep our Santa Ana -focused team on staff with this funding. Directing Attorney <br />Lisa Okamoto will supervise all cases and staff. Staff includes Case Management Associate Madeline <br />McCormick, Paralegal Sarah Poblano, Staff Attorney Sandra Patlan, Managing Attorney Iliana Gomez. <br />ImmDef will utilize the supervision model that we have time -tested and used in our other representation <br />programs to ensure proper oversight of staff working under this funding. Our managing attorney will be <br />directly supervised by our directing attorneys, all of whom have extensive experience in removal defense <br />and in the management and scaling up of high -volume removal defense programs. Our staff attorneys will <br />