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OCAPICA - YSPN <br />FY 2014 -15 <br />Health Care Agency /Mental Health Services Act, Office of Minority Health /US Department of <br />Health and Human Services, Centers for Disease Control), private foundations (College Access <br />Foundation of California, McKay Foundation, Tides Foundation, St. Joseph Health System <br />Foundation, Susan G. Komen for the Cure), corporate giving (Southern California Edison, Wells <br />Fargo, Kaiser Permanente, East West Bank), and individual donors. <br />2. OCAPICA has more than 50 staff members that speak 16 languages. OCAPICA staff is <br />extremely diverse and comprised of many different educational backgrounds. Languages <br />spoken by staff include English, Spanish, Cambodian, Hmong, Thai, Vietnamese, Samoan, <br />Korean, Mandarin, Cantonese, Japanese, Tagalog, and Chamorro. OCAPICA's fiscal staff includes <br />Director of Finance and Administration who has 25 years of experience in non - profit financial <br />management, an Accountant who has 15 years of experience in accounting, and two part time <br />Bookkeepers both with more than 5 years of experience. OCAPICA's leadership team include <br />the Executive Director who has 25 years of experience in nonprofit management, Director of <br />Finance and Administration, Director of Strategic Partnerships, Director of Health Programs, <br />Program Director of Mental Health, Program Director of Prevention and Early Intervention, <br />Program Director of Workforce Development, Youth Programs Director and Program Manager <br />of Health. All have more than 10 years of experience in program and fiscal management. <br />3. Since 2010, OCAPICA has operated a Workforce Investment Act - funded Youth Employment <br />Program administered by the Orange County Workforce Investment Board (OCWIB) for the <br />West region of the County. In addition, OCAPICA has served Santa Ana transitional age youth <br />ages 16 -24 through the OCWIB's CaIGRIP program. Several youth are at risk for dropping out of <br />school, basic skills deficient, foster youth, emancipated, pregnant/ parenting, and /or have a <br />disability. About 60% have housing insecurity issues; 30% have severe mental health needs; <br />and about 20% are ex -gang members, formerly incarcerated, or are on probation. OCAPICA <br />currently implements many youth programs and services. OCAPICA is at two high schools <br />implementing afterschool mentoring, tutoring, and leadership development programs with very <br />low income youth at risk for dropping out of school. 100% of the youth in our afterschool <br />programs have successfully graduated from high school and 85% go onto college. OCAPICA also <br />provides scholarships for college for low income youth; in 2012 we provided $70,000 in <br />scholarship support. OCAPICA also runs the county's Full Service Partnership /Wraparound <br />mental health program for severely emotionally disturbed or mentally ill youth. We work with <br />60 youth in providing comprehensive mental health services including, case management, <br />clinical, counseling, and anything else the youth and their families need. OCAPICA also runs the <br />youth Workforce Investment Act program in the Western region of the county serving more <br />than 200 youth and providing support for jobs, career development, and completion of school, <br />supportive services, and case management. <br />4. Our youth programs impact approximately 4,000 youth in Orange County annually with <br />education, mentoring, tutoring, college preparation, mental health, health care, gang and <br />violence prevention, job and career exploration, and leadership development. Through our <br />programs we have found 85% go onto college, 90% are not re- incarcerated, 90% do not violate <br />probation, 80% obtain stable housing, 80% obtain a permanent job, and 100% receive needed <br />health and mental health services. <br />EXHIBIT A <br />25A -24 <br />