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<br />troupe), (3) career planning (guest speakers from various occupations, goal setting, college
<br />and career counseling, job placement), and (4) health (education on nutrition and physical
<br />fitness). We supplement these four areas with parental education and involvement.
<br />Currently about 70 youths, K-lth grades, participate 12-15 hours per week, year-round, in
<br />our after-school and weekend activities. Youths from the 5th through 8th grades are matched
<br />up with volunteer mentors, in a program we provide in partnership with the SAUSD.
<br />Our Youth Program is through a variety of public and private funding. Over the past
<br />two years, our principal funding sources have been the U.S. Department of Education (a 3-
<br />year grant for $550,000 - 3-year grant), the California Wellness Foundation ($150,000 - 3-
<br />year grant), U.S. Agency for Children and Families ($150,000 - 3-year grant subcontracted
<br />through Orange County On Track), the Sisters ofSt. Joseph ($25,000 - 2 grants), the Santa
<br />Ana Community Development Agency ($18,000), Pacific Life Foundation ($7,500), Wells
<br />Fargo Bank ($7,500), Union Bank of California ($5,000), and smaller private donations.
<br />Our overall Youth Program budget for the last fiscal year was $356,000; for the current
<br />fiscal year, the budget is $368,000. (Not included in these figures is funding for our
<br />Preschool programs, supported primarily through the Orange County Commission for
<br />Children and Families, the Merage foundation, JP Morgan Foundation, and the Weingart
<br />Foundation, for a total of $195,000 in the last fiscal year).
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<br />2. The kind of experience we have in incorporating parents, youth and employers into our
<br />program.
<br />We have extensive experience incorporating parents, youth and employers into our
<br />programs. Over the past 10 years we have worked with hundreds of Orange County
<br />employers in finding jobs for our refugee and immigrant clients, youths as well as adults.
<br />Since 1999, we have foundjobs for over 4,000 clients. As part of the Federal Empowerment
<br />Zone's Daisy Wheel Network, from 2003 until 2009, we provided employment and other
<br />services to over 600 Empowerment Zone residents in Santa Ana and placed 189 injobs.
<br />Our after school Youth Program has a parent component that includes monthly parent
<br />meetings at our center to inform parents about school policies and educational opportunities
<br />for their children.
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<br />3. How staff will receive training and ongoing staff development to increase staff capacity and
<br />expertise in the field of youth development and employment.
<br />In the field of youth development, our staff have benefited from staff development
<br />training in the "40 Developmental Assets," sponsored by United Way of Orange County.
<br />Our Youth Program staff continue to use the "40 Developmental Assets" framework in
<br />designing Youth Program activities. Our Youth Program staff have also benefited from
<br />trainings through the Institute for Gang Prevention and Intervention, held locally at
<br />Coastline Community College. Our Employment staff receive trainings in strategies for
<br />hard to serve refugees and immigrants, sponsored by the State of California, Refugee
<br />Programs Bureau.
<br />In addition, our agency staff as a whole benefit from a variety of training opportunities
<br />throughout the year. Trainings are offered by our partner Orange County On Track, through
<br />support from the ACF Compassion Capital Fund, that focus on staff development and
<br />capacity building for our agency as a whole. Trainings are held by HIAS (Hebrew
<br />International Assistance Service) that focus on evaluation techniques and cross-cultural
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