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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />NOVEMBER 2, 2009 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT FOR BIG BROTHERS <br />BIG SISTERS OF ORANGE COUNTY <br />CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />�docation tar <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2nd Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Direct the City Attorney to prepare and authorize the City Manager and the <br />Clerk of the Council to execute an agreement with Big Brothers Big Sisters <br />of Orange County, a non - profit organization, for the development of a <br />school based mentoring program at Carr Intermediate School. The amount is <br />not to exceed $48,000. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City, in collaboration with various governmental, educational, and <br />community based partners, has received California Gang Reduction, <br />Intervention and Prevention (Ca1GRIP) grant funds to be used to reduce gang <br />and youth violence. Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County has partnered <br />with Santa Ana Police Department's Athletic and Activities League to <br />establish a mentoring program at Carr Intermediate School. Currently there <br />is an existing program at Lincoln elementary school and this agreement will <br />allow the mentoring to continue with the identified students through their <br />tenure at Carr Intermediate. <br />The Big Brothers Big Sisters mentoring program pairs a qualified mentor <br />with a student who may be experiencing behavioral, disciplinary, or <br />educational difficulties. The goal of the program is to provide a positive <br />role model for the student and to encourage appropriate behaviors. <br />251 -1 <br />