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/ places that are safe and secure for students to use <br />/ increased employment opportunities <br />/ teacher-mentors <br />/ self-esteem and peer pressure strategieslworkshops <br />At the forum, the youth responded to the following question "If feeling safe is a priority to you, what streets <br />or places do you try to avoid in order to be safe?" The responses are in the table below. <br />Table 2. SAUSD student identified areas to avoid <br />Streets Schools Parks <br />Myrtle Near Spurgeon Salvador Park <br />Bishop Intermediate Delhi Park <br />Harbor Near Santa Ana Jerome Center <br />Highland High School <br />Townsend <br />Pacific <br />From the above information, it was clear that both the youth and youth service providers have a sense of <br />what is needed to keep the youth of Santa Ana healthy and engaged. The discrepancy is found when we <br />look at the resources and coordination available in certain communities to support these goals. <br />Data &GIS maps <br />Data from GIS maps and other analysis shed light on three particular components pertinent to the YFMP: <br />crime, children's health and open space and joint use. <br />Crime indicators <br />GIS maps from the SAPD and the Orange County Probation Department were used to paint a picture of <br />where crimes and perpetrators are located in Santa Ana. In particular, it was our belief that a better <br />understanding of where crimes and/or crime perpetrators are located would suggest ideas for possible <br />geographic locations forfurther interventions. <br />The Santa Ana Police Department (SAPD) does nottrackthe number of juvenile offenders annually; nor <br />do they use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) to map the locations where the offenders live.14 <br />Orange County Probation Department provides data on juvenile offenders but also does not use GIS to <br />map the location of the communities in which they live. In 200615, 10% of all juvenile referrals to Orange <br />County Probation were from the SAPD. Of these Santa Ana referrals, 55% (584) were for felonies based <br />on the most serious offense level, and 45% (479} were for misdemeanors. <br />Orange County Probation also shared information regarding youth referrals to Probation. Overall, they <br />reported 1,711 Santa Ana youth were referred to Probation in 2008, at an average age of 16 years old. <br />This is equal to18.2% of all youth referred to OC Probation in 2008. When a youth is referred to <br />Probation, the referral disposition can include up to 5 offenses. For 2008 Santa Ana referrals, there were <br />3,653 offense charges total.16 The most frequent were: <br />1. Vandalism-15% <br />2. Probation violation-10.8% <br />14 Communication with SAPD 11.19.08, 2.11.09 and 3.09.09. <br />15 Data from 2006 Juvenile Court and Probation Statistical System (JCPSS), compiled by Probation Research staff for <br />a Memo to Tom Serafin, SAPD dated 5.09.07. <br />16 Memo from Dr. Shirley Hunt, PhD, Orange County Probation, April 22, 2009. <br /> <br />