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to the TGNC community. Through peer counseling and advocacy, we have successfully guided individuals to navigate the existing landscape of opportunities and access to essential services. Through our proposed program ourteam will continue to provide outreach, education and access to institutions of education, employment, and healthcare, among other institutions that often pushes TGNC people to the margins of society, leaving our community vulnerable to entry into the prison industrial complex. Through our peer facilitator's lived experience, we hope to provide TGNC youth safety and culturally competent care. Our aim is to outreach and help to the City's TGNC youth experiencing alarmingly high rates of sexual abuse, harassment, and violence to improve their quality of life with a support system and greater access to resources. Clearly, there is an urgent need in Santa Ana and all of OC to focus on securing and maintaining permanent supportive solutions for young TGNC people, through Transgender-specific, culturally relevant, and linguistically appropriate programs such as the proposed TGNC Youth Support Group. Describe the services that will be provided, identify the target population to receive services, the number of participants to be served and other relevant information: ATL proposes the TGNC Youth Support group to increase the number of TGNC youth in Santa Ana and from other regions of OC, ages 18-28 who obtain education, support and empowerment services through group peer discussions. The TGNC Youth Support group will be facilitated by other members of the TGNC community. In addition to providing strength -based and trauma - informed training and educational sessions, the TGNC Youth Support group will also include a comprehensive set of presentations, workshops and events focused on the specific needs of TGNC young adults through a Trans -lived experience perspective. Our ultimate goal is to secure a positive environment for teens and young adolescents to explore issues of gender identity and empower them to effectively advocate for their best interests. ATL is specifically targeting TGNC youth who live, work, socialize or access services in the city of Santa Ana and other parts of OC. Although the majority of our clientele is Latinx, we also work with TGNC people of all racial/ethnic backgrounds and circumstances and will provide supportive services for any TGNC youth identified individual who wishes to use our services. ATL anticipates to directly serve at least 10 young TGNC Santa Ana residents through this program during the first year. A core component of this project is the provision of client -centered peer group support. Young TGNC individuals will meet one time per week at our drop -in center located at 206 W. Fourth St. Suite 420 in Santa Ana. This group meeting will be coordinated by one of our youth Peer Case Specialists who will identify, prepare and deliver presentations, workshops and events based on topics related to TGNC youth in Santa Ana and other regions of OC. These presentations and workshops or events will aim to prioritize topics that will help young TGNC individuals stabilize their lives and help them access health related services and other social services. Additionally, the support group participants will have the opportunity to engage in conversations designed to bring young TGNC people together who are dealing with similar difficult circumstance or who might be coping with a specific situation; i.e., medical condition or mental health related issue, post incarceration challenges or issues at home or with other members of their family as a result 3