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1 <br />The James Irvine Foundation <br />One Bush Plaza <br />San Francisco, CA. 94104 <br />kpalone@irvine.org <br />Re: Letter of Intent for Grant Funding <br />October 10, 2024 <br />Deborah Sanchez, <br />Economic Development Specialist III <br />City of Santa Ana - Community Development Agency <br />801 W. Civic Center Drive, Suite 200 <br />Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br />Dear Deborah, <br />On behalf of The James Irvine Foundation, I am pleased to inform you of our intent to provide grant <br />funding to the City of Santa Ana WDB in support of the Better Career’s Public Sector Practice <br />Change Grantmaking portfolio. Our foundation is dedicated to creating a California where all low- <br />income workers have the power to advance economically, and we believe that this collaboration <br />will significantly advance our shared goals. <br />We have identified cross-agency collaboration within the public workforce system as a key area <br />where our funding can make a substantial impact. The Santa Ana WDB proposed to develop a <br />learning plan that will support identifying shared goals, better coordination of services and <br />resources between the Santa Ana WDB and the regional Employment Development Department <br />staff, to improve services to vulnerable communities throughout the city of Santa Ana. We are <br />confident that with the support of Santa Ana WDB, we can achieve meaningful progress in the City <br />of Santa Ana and surrounding region. <br />The grant funding, amounting to $300,000., will be allocated to support the Santa Ana WDB’s work <br />to strengthen coordination of workforce services and resources between the two agencies that <br />make up an important portion of the local workforce ecosystem in Santa Ana. We anticipate that <br />this financial support will enable the Santa Ana WDB to increase streamlined workforce services, <br />resources and trainings for workers and jobseekers in industries that are low wage. <br />EXHIBIT 2