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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
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