WSA_Youth and Family Master Plan Phase I - September 2009

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All of the 33 organizations identified as providing regular physical activity opportunities to youth were contacted via telephone or email and asked to respond to a brief provider survey. Of these organizations, 27 responded. Some of the organizations on the original list did not respond but referred us to other branches for their responses.22 The analysis below is focused on the 25 organizations that reported offering physical activity and recreational programming for youth in Santa Ana. The types of physical activities varied; some organizations concentrated on cultural forms of physical activity and recreation like dance, others focused on specific activities like karate or boxing, while others had more general programs with a physical activity component. Some organizations ran physical activity specific to school sites. 84% of organizations' physical activity programs were offered year round. The other 16% of respondents noted that programming varied throughout the year. Most (64%} organizations' physical activity/recreational programs required sign-up before participation. Only 9 of the 25 organizations said their physical activity programs were drop in. Of the 25 organizations analyzed, most said that physical activity was a substantial part- over 50%- of their total youth programming: • 3 reported that between 15 and 20% of their programming was physical activity • 6 reported between 25 and 45% • 5 reported between 50 and 60% • 7 reported that at least 70% but less than 100% • 4 organizations said that 100% of their programming is physical activity Most organizations (12 of 25) said that their physical activitylrecreational programming was offered to youth between once and twice a week. Twenty-eight percent (7 of 25 organizations} reported they offer physical activitylrecreational programming daily or almost daily. Most physical activity programs ran between 30 minutes to 2 hours in length, with 48% (10 of 21 organizations) responding youth exercised for more than 1 hour per program session. Physical activity programming is offered throughout Santa Ana. Sixty-four percent of the organizations held activities onsite and 36% held activities at off-site locations. Many organizations ran programs at multiple sites. Most of the program sites were in 92701 and 92707. The figure below displays all of the 25 youth-serving organizations that reported a physical activity component and their identified program sites. For example, Think Together offered physical activity as a part of their youth services at several Santa Ana school locations; all of these schools are included in the program distribution by zip code below. Figure 3. Youth physical activity program locations Commission. The goal of this analysis is to understand the types, location and hours of physical activity opportunities that are available daily to most Santa Ana youth. Zi This happened with umbrella organizations like Santa Ana Parks and Recreation who asked us to call each site to discuss the programming offered; the city has five sites (4 of 5 sites responded to the survey). A karate school that was listed twice under different names was only surveyed once. Thus, we collected responses for 27 unique organizations; 2 of which offered programs only during the summer.