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3. Proposal shall include details of the unmet need <br />To our knowledge, we are the largest organization providing food distributions focused in Santa <br />Ana. We have nevertheless been unable to meet the needs of our community due to our lack of <br />storage and delivery capacity. Through our social media engagement on Facebook, we are <br />constantly receiving messages from communities in need asking us when our next event will be, <br />if we could come to their side of town, if we will have more baby products like diapers and <br />formula, and other requests for aid and support. During our events, to prevent having people <br />wait in our long lines and not receive a groceries box, we often have to cut the lines off because <br />of the demand being greater than the supply. With funding from Revive Santa Ana, we will to be <br />able to meet unmet needs of 20 different neighborhoods in Santa Ana and serve thousands <br />more people who need our services. <br />As an example, the zip code 92707 was one of the hardest hit by the pandemic, with some of <br />the highest rates of covid cases and deaths in all of California. Yet while benefits like stimulus <br />checks and unemployment benefits have now ended, these communities are still trying to <br />recover from the impacts of lost and disabled family members, health care costs, ongoing <br />unemployment, and lost wages. or those who were undocumented, they had to face the <br />economic downturn and health crisis largely without public assistance.. Many went through their <br />savings while others fell into debt. Many residents opted to leave to another state or back to <br />their homelands, contributing to the exodus of children from our schools. Some families lost <br />their head of household, or another family member that contributed to the household costs. <br />These communities need our continued support and we cannot leave them behind. <br />4. Proposal shall include details of collaborations with local organizations <br />In our experience, the problems in our communities are intersectional, meaning that the <br />challenges faced by different racial/ethnic, income, gender or other groups are overlapping and <br />interconnected. In that understanding, we find it essential and imperative that we work with <br />partners and allies in the community to provide services outside of our expertise or focus. <br />- We partner with Latino Health Access to offer their "promotora" services to the <br />community. UABF has worked with them and the OC Health Care Agency to provide <br />free COVID tests and vaccines during our food distributions. <br />- We partner with OCCCO PICO, a faith -based nonprofit that advocates for migrant rights. <br />They bring education on issues affecting our Santa Ana residents as well as <br />opportunities to get immigration help for free or at very low costs. <br />- We partner with OC Trans Latina which represents the Iatinx trangender community in <br />OC that is fighting for their rights to be respected and supported in their efforts to fight <br />against discrimination and violence against themm. <br />UABF also has partnered with the City of Santa Ana, Anaheim, La Habra, Fullerton, Buena <br />Park, Orange, Costa Mesa during the pandemic to provide food, medical supplies, and other <br />services to their respective residents. <br />5. Proposal shall include details of innovation in program/service delivery <br />