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Orange Count}• Youth Commission <br />Santa .Ana, California <br />ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSER <br />The Orange County Youth Commission has been in existence since 1997 and has <br />provided after-school programming to Santa Ana youth for 10 years. Our after-school <br />programs have offered a future and a hope for at -risk inner city youth who live in an <br />environment that offer little future or hope. School administrators and teachers have <br />witnessed first- hand how we have taken their at -risk students and redirected them to <br />make positive behavioral and academic choices. School administrators and teachers <br />welcome us on their campus and appreciate the service we have provided for these past <br />10 years. We track our outcomes by way of case records and grades, along with <br />administrator/teacher and parent reports. <br />We have grown from one club serving 60 children to presently operating 17 clubs that <br />serve over 600 children and teens in 2006 — nearly doubling the number of participants <br />from the previous year. <br />We currently have three full-time employees, and five part-time employees. <br />Our 2007 operating budget is 5235,000. <br />Our sources of revenue are corporate gifts, individual support, private foundation support, <br />special events and government (including WIA and Community Development Block <br />Grants). We charge no fees for services or activities. <br />Administrative Staff Qualifications: <br />The Orange County Youth Commission founded in 1997, by Rosemarie '`Rosie" Avila, <br />for the purpose of serving the needs of inner-city at -risk youth. Rosie is a governing <br />board member for the Santa Ana Unified School District 16 yrs and a Trustee of Biola <br />University. She received a Master of Arts Degree from Biola University in the field of <br />Organizational Leadership. She has an Elementary Teaching Credential and is a Certified <br />Stanford Testing Administrator. <br />Ms. Avila is also a founding member of the Orange County Literacy Collaborative, a <br />group formed to find best practices in reading instruction for at -risk, low-income English <br />learners. In 2005-06, the Orange County Youth Commission worked with the Talking <br />Page Literacy Organization and ABC Learn to coordinate a remedial program of 25 hours <br />each to over 100 children, some of which were enrolled in OCYC after-school clubs. <br />16 <br />