COMMUNITY ACTION PARTNERSHIP OF ORANGE COUNTY (3)

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City of Santa Ana CDBG Scope of Work Program Year 2023-24 (July 1, 2023 - June 30, 2024) Name of Organization Community Action Partnership of Orange County Name of Funded Program Economic Empowerment Annual Accomplishment Goal Unduplicated Participants anticipated to be served during the 12-month contract period. 45 TOTAL I 1 451 Santa Ana Participants 1 100%1 1 451 Low Income Participants 1009/6 Schedule of Performance Unduplicated (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 Program and Funding Description 11 Estimated Invoicing M27090.00 Community Action Partnership of Orange County (CAP OC) humbly requests funds of $54,180 over a two-year period to offer Economic Empowerment workshops targeting low-income adults and youth in and around Santa Ana. Clients will participate in sessions that provide tools that develop habits to increase financial well-being. The pandemic created extreme financial hardships for many individuals and families living in Santa Ana. As our communities recover from the pandemic, and the extreme financial hardships that came from job losses, wage reductions and other difficulties, CAP OC's program will continue to build upon the three years this program has operated in the Santa Ana community and we anticipate that 25%of participants will improve their cash management, 25%will improve their debit/credit management, 25%will improve their savings management, and 10%to 20%will improve their financial stability management. CAP OC utilizes the Consumer Protection Bureau's Your Money, Your Goals (YMYG) curriculum and evaluation measurements. The YMYG curriculum is extensive, and we have chosen cash management, debt and credit, savings management, and insurance (auto, home owner, renter, and life), the final measure of financial stability, as relevant topics within a S-week series format that ensures high attendance and graduation rates. We restricted access to our facilities in March of 2020, and transitioned to virtual service deliveryviaZoom nearly overnight. We launched a Financial Empowerment Facebook community with live sessions that are then posted for viewing anytime. This new format has provided more scheduling options and location and transportation are not as relevant. We are preparing to transition back to an in -person format but will likely continue the virtual sessions. CAP OC would target low-income families, especially those with young children, living in Santa Ana, who are at high -risk for homelessness; including current clients and referrals from other partner organizations such as the Santa Ana Unified School District. One hundred percent of all current CAP OC clients are low-income, as defined by Federal Poverty Level guidelines. CAP OC would like to continue this program to help strengthen and empower low-income individuals and families to reach financial goals and improve stability. EXHIBIT A