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GENERAL FUND PARKS, RECREATION & COMMUNITY SERVICESPROGRAM Library Young Adult Services 01111180 Statement of Purpose To provide Santa Ana teens and young adults a safe place to study and gather friends, and with materials, mentoring and training to develop civic engagement and enhance personal development. Young Adult Services serves patrons from high-school age through college age. They are assisted in choosing books, audiovisual and electronic materials, and in the use of library resources and services. This section evaluates library materials for purchase and for removal from the young adult collections in accord with the collection development plan. Young Adult Services develops and implements programs to assist teens and young adults in furthering their education, improving their personal lives and preparing for their future. It manages the Library's volunteer program. It also staffs and maintains the Santa Ana History Room, which collects and makes available to the public materials on Santa Ana history. It staffs the TeenSpace at the Main Library, Newhope branch, Garfield Community Center and the Jerome Recreation Center. Accomplishments in FY 2015-2016 * Managed and implemented the 5th year of the WIOA grant funded "Seeds to Trees Digital Media Technology Academy" that provides paid internship to 22+ by cooperating with other sections and local businesses to train and mentor young adults in digital media. Applied for and received a $500,000 grant to prototype a Memories of Migration Teen Community Historian program. Piloted the first year of the Strategic Plan Youth Civic Engagement Initiative, which has thus far coordinated 40 events/activities for 7483 participants Action Plan for FY 2016-17 * Continue to seek out resources to fund programs that promote youth development, civic engagement and workforce skills development. Continue to provide extensive educational and recreational programs for teens at all 4 sites. Expand the scope of operations of the Santa Ana History Room through grants and integration of youth into this programming. Continue Seeds to Trees model of youth workforce development and expand to other professional areas. Continue to develop Youth Civic Engagement interns. ActualActualEstimatedObjective PERFORMANCE MEASURES FY 13-14FY 14-15FY 15-16FY 16-17 Service Levels Teens Programs/Attendance825/39881668/8,192556/102261146/21065 Field Trips and Events/Attendance (new stat)17/829279/376740/748382/15414 Teen Zone Attendance17,45421,9021355626085 Buddy Programs/Attendance449/3,294696/4885591/26561,217/5471 Volunteer Services system-wide Volunteers/Hours350/8,710332/12870156/4155321/8559 Teen Volunteer Returning (new stat)N/A352552 Santa Ana History Room Usage (new stat)N/A1,2002021 Efficiency Cost per item loaned in Young Adult ServicesN/A N/A N/A N/A Effectiveness Percent of Young Adults holding library cards 33.9%36.0%40.0%43.0% 2-39