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165 <br /> <br />have a negative effect on the residents in terms of creating/'ear and an unwillingness <br />to report criminal activity. <br /> <br />Neighborhood assets identified in the original grant application include the Carver Elementary <br />School, Project SABADO, the Assistance League of Santa Aha, Santa Aha Neighborhood <br />Housing Services, the Southwest Community Center, Flower Street Park and most <br />importantly, those residents who have made a commitment to participate in the improvement <br />of their community. <br /> <br />Additional assets identified during the first year of the grant project include the <br />Assistance League who organized a Concert In The Park series; Starlight Baptist Church and <br />the Shadow Wood Apartment Complex both of which provided space for the Reading <br />Readiness Program on a temporary basis; the Villa Center, which is an alcohol rehabilitation <br />center for women which has agreed to provide a permanent home for the Reading Readiness <br />Program; and Ameri-Corp which provides tutors for Carver Elementary School, ESL and <br />citizenship classes. Also, a partnership was developed with the Keep America Beautiful <br />project with the City of Santa Ana which provided many community service and <br />beautification projects for residents to participate in. <br /> <br />The main portion of the target area is identified as the Flower Street Park Neighborhood <br />Association. The target area also includes the Artesia-Pilar Neighborhood Association, which <br />has created some friction during the first year. The members of the Artesia-Pilar Association <br />often express their feeling of not wanting to be associated with the Flower Street Park <br />Neighborhood Association and vice versa. It has been a challenge for staff to facilitate <br />Prevention Policy Board meetings so that all members see the "big picture" and understand <br />that each entity can retain its autonomy but also collaborate for common goals. <br /> <br />RISK ASSESSMENT <br /> <br />In a comparison of the target area to county, state and/or national data, Santa Ana rated high <br />in nine of the nineteen risk factors that predict the likelihood of adolescent problem <br />behaviors. These same risk factors remain a problem for Santa Aha and especially for the <br />harget area with very little change observed. The nine risk factors revealed to be high in the <br />target area include: <br /> <br />COMMUNITY <br /> <br />2. <br />3. <br />4. <br />5. <br /> <br />Availability of Drugs <br />Availability of Firearms <br />Transitions and Mobility <br />Low Neighborhood Attachment and Community Disorganization <br />Extreme Economic Deprivation <br /> <br /> <br />