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4. Whether the facility is compliant with the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). (Answer based on completion of ADNEEO Survey - see attachment F. Corrective action plan described ifnecessary.) Our facility is ADA-compliant. Please see ADA/EEO Survey (attaclunent F). 5. Computer programs/applications used by agency staff. Is there internet access? Staff use the full suite of Microsoft Office programs, including Word, Excel, Access, PowerPoint, and Publisher. AIl staff have internet access. 6. What makes our facility youth friendly and suitable for the proposed activities/services. Our current facility is easily accessible to neighborhood residents. During the period of the proposed grant we will move into a new facility that is currently being renovated. It will be easily accessible. It will be within walking distance of most of the Santa Ana residents we now serve. About Our Ore:anization: A. Description of The Cambodian Family The Cambodian Family was established in the early 1980's by Cambodian refugees who had recently arrived in America. They had escaped the "killing fields" of the Khmer Rouge regime in their native country, and had survived for years in refugee camps before resettling in Santa Ana. Most of the early arrivals came to Minnie Street, because rents were low and relatives who had already arrived could help them adjust to their new life in America. In 1982, they pitched in to rent an apartment on Minnie Street where volunteers taught newcomers English and provided social adjustment services to help refugee families recover from the past, learn new skills, and move forward in their lives. In 1983, The Cambodian Family received its first funding, a grant from the Federal Office of Refugee Resettlement to provide employment serVices. The Cambodian Family has provided refugee employment and supportive services ever since, through a series of contracts with the Orange County Social Services Agency During these years, war and social upheaval have brought waves of refugees to Orange County from many parts of the world. The Cambodian Family has emerged as a multi ethnic service agency, helping newcomers learn English, prepare for work, translate documents, find housing, learn to navigate the bus system and the heaIthcare system, enroll children in school and childcare, and take the first steps toward self-sufficiency. While we have long provided services to newly-arrived refugees, we have at the same time built ever stronger ties to our local Minnie Street neighborhood, whose populations are mainly Latino and Cambodian. In 1990, because of an alarming increase in delinquency and gang violence in our neighborhood we received a grant from the U.S. Department of Justice for delinquency prevention, and established a formal Youth Program. We added a healthcare accessing program, funded by the March of Dimes Foundation in 1988, and later by the State of California and the Federal Office of Minority Health. Today, we provide a broad range of programs in 3 general areas: At-Risk Youth, Community Health, and Employment-Related Services. Ongoing activities include a comprehensive after school program for Cambodian and Latino youths, preschool and school readiness activities for 0-5 EXHIBIT A 11