SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/ROP (3) - 2010

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demand compliance with ADA/EEO requirements. Most of these requirements also apply to rented and/or leased facilities such as the ROP facility. Local fire code regulations also come into play in this area and the school facilities that Success Bound! participants may encounter are visited for compliance on a regular basis by the Santa Ana FD. The staff at all District sites including the ROP facility have computers and access to the internet. Most PCs in the District are Windows-based but there are also many Mac-based PCs and the WIA- funded staff have access to both. The main software in use for basic functions is Microsoft Office. There are separate data programs for student and financial records in the District (School-Max & Oracle). As a public school district, there is a robust "firewall" that at times interferes with access to some sites on the internet and because of this, WIA staff have needed to use their personal computers or one at the W.O.R.K. Center to use the old VOS system. While this could be annoying, it has not compromised reporting responsibilities. R? As public school facilities, the physical plants are designed to serve youth and as such are uniquely suitable for the pr_posed activities. The idea of "youth friendly" has more to it than the physical plant; the attitude of staff is also of utmost importance. As mentioned previously, one of the concepts that WIA-funded staff work with Success Bound! participants revolves around "soft-skills" and a "customer comes first" attitude. The same holds true for the staff itself as they need to model this type of behavior in order to demonstrate its importance to the students in the program. Feedback from students in prior years has always focused on how helpful and accommodating the staff in the Success Bound! program has been and this will continue in the future. ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSER The Santa Ana Unified School District is a large urban district covering a 24 square mile area serving the county seat of Orange County, California. Composed of over 50 schools/programs and serving a a population of approximately 57,000 students, it is the largest district in the county and the sixth largest in California with a staff of over 5600 and an annual budget of $474.3 million. Approximately 70% of o the revenue to this tax-supported public school system come from the State of California with the remaining divided between local sources (21%) and the Federal government (9%). Santa Ana schools O have been an integral part of the local community for over 120 years. Literally hundreds of thousands of youth have received their basic education from the public schools in Santa Ana. The Regional Occupational Program itself has been in operation for 35+ years. Ever since the California State l? Legislature created it, the ROP has been equipping students with the entry-level skills needed for a N successful transition to the work of work. The education, both academic and career/technical, that Santa Ana students have received over the years has had a lasting impact on both them and their community. With an occupation density of 4.6 per unit, the City of Santa Ana is the most densely populated city with population over 50,000 in the nation, the youngest city in California with a median age of 24 and the youngest median aged city of the 100 largest cities in the United States. During the last complete census period, the census tracts comprising the City's Empowerment Zone areas grew at a rate of 55%; this was in areas with less than 1% of vacant space (recently the growth rate has returned to a single digit rate). Santa Ana is the third highest city in Hispanic population in America and it was also 24 EXHIBIT A