WSA_Youth and Family Master Plan Phase I - September 2009

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Program access Program access-whetheror not programs are open to all children and families orwhetherentry is restricted to those meeting certain criteria or paying certain fees- was examined. Overall, 65% of programs for youth and families had some type of restriction on participation. The most common restrictions were by age and by income. Many programs have multiple restrictions or criteria that must be met to gain entry into the program. • 19% age restrictions • 11 % income restrictions • 9% required referral through another service • 7% geographical restrictions • 6% restrictions related to a health diagnosis • 4% school specific • 1 % citizenship restrictions The survey data showed some level of inter-agency collaboration insofar as organizations regularly refer youth to other organization's programs. Fifty percent of organizations had some sort of referral process. These processes varied from between referrals from social service agencies to referrals from school outreach efforts. Over half (65%) of the programs offered to youth in Santa Ana reported being free (n =104). The percentages were similar for athletics and recreational programs as well as for those serving age groups 13-28 years of age. An analysis of the data also demonstrated that the youth-serving organizations received funding from various sources. Funding was categorized into public, private and fee-for-service funding with most organizations (71 %) have one type of funding and only 27% rely on more than one type of income. 74% of organizations reported receiving private funding 38% of organizations reported receiving public funding 13% reported fee-for-service funding Most organizations were funded through private means such as donations, fundraising, and grants. Sixty-three percent of organizations reported that they evaluate their programs. Youth physical activity service provider survey As mentioned above, the list of youth organizations providing physical activity was gleaned from the larger, master list of organizations serving youth in Santa Ana compiled by the SAPD and Ersoylu Consulting. For the analysis of organizations providing physical activity, several organizations self- identified as having "recreation" in the initial phone-survey were not coded as "recreation" and counted in the analysis below. This is because when agencies self-identified as having "recreation", the list included places/programs such as libraries and chess clubs, which we did not consider physical activity. Therefore, the follow-up analysis focused exclusively on organizations that reported "athletic" or for which empirical evidence showed that the organization provided physical activity programming.2~ z1 Some organizations self-identified as providing athletics, but upon follow-up analysis, it was clear that they did not provide regular physical activity opportunitiesto Santa Ana youth and weretherefore removed from analysis. For example, the following organizations self-identified as "athletic" but were removed from the analysis because of their limited scope: The American Lung Association, Orangewood, Mentoring Children of Prisoners and Youth