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College/Career Transition Program 17 ACCESS Safe Schook & Suppon Services Santa Ana Nkorki'mce lnve-sunent Board'Youth Council 2. How will participant access site if not within City of Santa Ana boundaries? .Almost all services will be provided in Santa Ana. If a fieldtrip. campus tour. or speaker event is not conveniently located for the student_ the prognam will provide transportation byagencti� van or school bus based on the size of the (_,roup of students. Mane ACCESS students rely on public transportation to get to and from school or work. For this reason. the program will allow students to access support services such as bus passes for their participation in the program. 3. List hours of operation? The prograin will have non-traditional hours of operation that depend on student needs. The Transition Specialist will offer services during morning. afternoon. and evening hours Mondav-Friday in order to acconnnodate students' schedules. 4. Is the facility compliant with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA)? Base your answer on completion of ADAIEEO Survel• (attach F). Describe corrective action plan if necessary. All ACCESS school sites are accessible and compliant with the P_mericans with Disabilitv Act. Other meeting locations such as college campuses and places of employment are also required by lave to be ADA compliant. 5. Discuss host Internet access will be available to program staff. List computer programs applications used bi' agencv staff. The Transition Specialist will have access to a laptop computer because the majority of their work- will be conducted in the field. The laptop will have intemet access. Microsoft Office. and Print Shop programs to enhance their work with students. II. About four Orcanization A. Description of the Proposer 1. Discuss the current number of' ,full tithe and part time personnel employed, average annual operating budget and sources of revenue. The Alternative. Community. and Correctional Education Schools and Sen7ices (ACCESS) is a division of the Orange County Department of Education (OCDE). ACCESS serves near]`,- 5.500 students at 140 school sites throughout the county with annual revenue of $77.4 million in the 2005-06 school year. ACCESS. as a school district. is eleventh largest of 2S districts in Orange County. employing over 730 staff. Students are refered to ACCESS by local districts. juvenile courts, Probation. Social Services, or by parent request. For many students. ACCESS schools are the first instructional setting where they have found success. Success is defined as advancing in their academic skill levels. making up missed credits toward graduation. and either transferring back to their home district or ean>ing a high school diploma from OCDE. In 1999. ACCESS added the Safe Schools and Support Sen7lees Office (Safe Schools) to further meet student needs. Since then. Safe Schools has been awarded numerous state and federal grants from the California Department of Education. Orange County Department of Social Services. Office of Attorney General. and Board of Corrections and has operated independent of the ACCESS general fund for nearly ten years. Safe Schools has 35 full-time and 25 part-time employees. The staff selected to participate in the College -'Career Transition Program have adequate administrative experience in operating grants of this magnitude. 2. How long has your organization been serving Santa Ana youth? In 2004. Safe Schools received a three year grant to implement a CollegeiCareer Transition Program in Santa Ana. The program was successful]} completed in 2007. Even after funding had ended, the College./Career