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The Cambodian Family - Healthy Changes Program (HCP) Rank: 16 Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 5 Objective 6d Score: 79% Funding Request: $ 125,000 The goal of our HCP is to increase access of underserved, low-income, limited -English -proficient residents of Santa Ana to culturally and linguistically appropriate health care/preventive health services and resources through health education, health screenings, health care accessing services, and healthy living activities, thereby reducing health disparities in our Santa Ana community. Participants will have (1) increased health knowledge and awareness, (2) increased preventative health screenings, (3) improved access to culturally and linguistically tailored preventive health and health care services, and (4) increased health -promoting behaviors. The Wooden Floor for Youth Movement - The Wooden Floor Expansion to the Depot at Santiago Rank: 17 Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 2 Objective 2a Score: 79% Funding Request: $ 75,000 The Wooden Floor (TWF) transforms the lives of youth in low-income communities through the power of dance and access to higher education. TWF will expand Year -Round Programs in arts, education, and social services into a new annex in the Depot at Santiago, an affordable housing development. The 3,000 square -foot extension to our current campus as a dance studio, education center, and counseling/family resource center in the Depot at Santiago will serve 100 additional TWF year-round students plus 70 additional resident -families for TWF Family Services beginning in September 2017. Charitable Ventures of Orange County - Madison Park Neighborhood Association Rank: 18 Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 5 Objective 6d Score: 78.5% Funding Request: $ 48,940 Getting Residents Engaged in Exercise & Nutrition (GREEN), is a place -based wellness and learning center, located at Madison Elementary, that provides health, education, community, and leadership opportunities for residents. CEPG will support GREEN activities focused on community health, livability, engagement, and sustainability including: health and wellness workshops and programming; the annual health fair,walk-a-thon, and cultural festival; our ALMA (Aspire, Learn, Mentor, Achieve) Science Academy and supplemental academic programming; and adult education, focused on civic engagement, for parents. Boys & Girls Club of Central Orange Coast (BGCCOC) - College Bound - Santa Ana Rank: 19 Score: 78.4% Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 2 Objective 2a Funding Request: $ 125,000 College Bound provides low-income/at-risk Santa Ana teen students with quality academic instruction, mentoring, and support to help them graduate high school on time, prepare for university, community college, trade, military or technical school, and set career goals for the future. Advisors help youth to: 1) envision college as an attainable goal; 2) create a road map by setting academic/ career goals with a plan for achievement; and 3) develop the needed skills for college and/or a career. 65D-10