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<br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> I <br /> <br /> III. PROGRAM/PROJECT DESCRIPTION-DETAIL <br /> In the space below, describe the program/project. Include information as to how the program/project will benefit <br /> low-income people/households. max. char. 2000 <br /> Project PRIDE provides positive alternatives for youth through recreation/volunteer activities that provide opportunities <br /> for all family members to engage in recreational activities and to make meaningful contributions to their communities. <br /> Family PRIDE Clubs meet regularly at eight sites in Santa Ana, including Santa Ana Senior Center, Roosevelt <br /> Elementary School, Southwest Senior Center, and El Salvador, Salgado, Memorial, Santa Anita, and Logan Recreation <br /> Centers. Family PRIDE Clubs participate in interactive activities and learn the importance of family recreation as a way to <br /> build strong families and prevent problem behaviors. Club members plan and produce a Family Picnic, Family Campout, <br /> Arts & Crafts Competition, and Volunteer Recognition Ceremony. Club members participate and volunteer in city-wide <br /> events, including the Madison Park Walk-A-Thon & Resource Fair, Cesar Chavez Community Fair, Health & Fitness <br /> Fair, Townsend/Raltt Community Resource Fair, and the annual end of summer talent show. Club members engage in <br /> volunteer community service projects. They assist with program fundraisers, with recreation and senior center activities, <br /> and with community clean-up and graffiti removal projects. <br /> The PRIDE Kayaking Program trains/prepares teens to participate in local, county, state, and national tournaments. <br /> Teens receive rigorous training on the water and in the weight roam to develop strength, endurance, and racing skills. <br /> Teen Kayakers represent the City of Santa Ana in local and regional tournaments. The program serves teens who are <br /> selected based on school referrals. <br /> The Gardening Component will teach youths and their families to adopt healthy food habits such as planning, <br /> preparing and sharing meals using food grown in their own gardens. A series of workshops will teach PRIDE families <br /> how to create home-based and/or community gardens in their yard, patio, or balcony and how to use the food produced <br /> in healthy family meals. <br /> IV. STATEMENT OF NEED <br /> In the space below, describe why this program/project is needed. Include information as to any effects if CDBG <br /> funds are not awarded and whether similar programs/projects are available in the community. max. char. 2000) <br /> Santa Ana has the highest poverty rate in Orange County, as well as one of the highest unemployment rates in the State. <br /> Santa Ana's residents are some of the youngest in the country among cities with populations over 100,000, with a median age <br /> of 29.3 years. Approximately 30.7% of Santa Ana's residents are under 18. Santa Ana has one of the highest obesity rates <br /> among California residents with over 70% of adults and 35% of children being overweight or obese malting Santa Ana the <br /> second worst in the State in terms of fitness. The low-income status of Santa Ana residents prevents them from accessing <br /> recreational venues that are generally expensive and clearly, this population needs to increase its level of physical fitness and <br /> healthy habits to combat the high rates of obesity and the problems associated with being overweight. <br /> Santa Ana's youth face many obstacles in addition to low income and health problems such as high density, low academic <br /> achievement, language barriers, and neighborhoods with high rates of gang and drug activity. These risk factors invariably <br /> lead young people in Santa Ana to get involved in gangs and other negative behaviors. Project PRIDE connects youths to their <br /> family through recreation and volunteerism that brings recognition for the entire family and helps families to learn and <br /> practice healthy behaviors, both physically and socially. <br /> There is no other program In Santa Ana that addresses these issues for the entire family. Without Project PRIDE, hundreds <br /> of youths and their families will not have access to recreational activities that create positive bonding within the family and <br /> to their community. They will continue to engage in unhealthy habits and negative behavior that create a burden to the Santa <br /> Ana community. <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> 3 <br /> <br /> 75B-52 <br />