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