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Orozco, Norma <br /> From: Marlene Buitron <info@email.actionnetwork.org> <br /> Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2022 5:13 PM <br /> To: eComment <br /> Subject: Item 16: Santa Ana Budget FY 2022-23: Invest in Community Care & Health <br /> Council Member City Council, <br /> To: Mayor Sarmiento and the Santa Ana City Council, <br /> As the Santa Ana City Council prepares to approve the city's 2022-23 FY Budget in the <br /> coming weeks, I urge you to adopt the following priorities within the the city's 2022-23 FY <br /> Budget: <br /> 1. Anticipate the cost of pending Police Oversight legislation, and include space within the <br /> 2022-23 FY Budget to properly fund a robust and effective Police Oversight Board. <br /> 2. Allocate Funding for Grants to Community Based Organizations that provide Mental Health <br /> Services for Trans/Queer and LGBTQ youth, provide re-entry programs and services for <br /> system impacted youth, and/or provide counseling support and preventative services for <br /> youth. Include $150,000 in the 2022-23 FY Budget to implement a Grants for CBOs program. <br /> Prioritize organizations with an annual budget of less than 1 million annually and that are not <br /> currently receiving CDBG funds from the City. Such a program will build the capacity among <br /> smaller organizations and reach youth who are difficult to reach or systems-impacted often <br /> trust these organizations more than some larger service providers. The City needs to fund <br /> CBOs to meet the community's unmet needs such as: mental health service for Trans/Queer <br /> and LGBTQ youth, Re-entry programs and services for system impacted youth, and provide <br /> counseling support and preventative services for youth. <br /> 3. Allocate increased funding for at least 1 additional staff person at the City's WORK Center <br /> and youth jobs within City Government that are accesible to undocumented Youth. <br /> Allocate increased funding for at least 1 additional staff person at the City's WORK Center <br /> that will help create the opportunities listed below. Santa Ana Public Library Job <br /> Opportunities, such as receptionist positions, library aides. Paid Youth City Internships in City <br /> departments, especially with the opportunity to develop STEM skills. Trade and Construction <br /> Jobs for local city projects, in partnership with entities that can provide training and support, <br /> 1 <br />