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Serve the People - Increasing Access to Vision and Eye Care: Mobile Vision Clinic Rank: 6 Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 5 Objective 6c Score: 82.6% Funding Request: $ 100,000 Serve The People -Community Health Center (STP) is expanding a comprehensive vision care program for individuals experiencing homelessness, low-income working -age adults, low-income senior citizens, and school-age children in Santa Ana. Funding will be a catalyst to launch a mobile vision care unit in its first year of operations which will lead to a sustainable program of optometry and ophthalmology for low-income residents throughout Santa Ana. The program will develop 13 new equitable health access points at 4 community/senior centers, 8 schools, and the Courtyard homeless shelter. STP will provide vision exams with corrective lenses at no cost to the patient. Makara Center for the Arts - Lending Library & Arts Center Rank: 7 Strategic Plan Alignment: *Goal 5 Objective 5c Score: 82% Funding Request: $ 38,000 The Makara Lending Library & Arts Center will strengthen the Santa Ana arts infrastructure by providing residents with improved access to arts education and professional development resources. Social and Environmental Entrepreneurs - The Bicycle Tree - Wrench and Ride Rank: 8 Strategic Plan Alignment: Goal 2 Objective 2a Score: 82% Funding Request: $ 11,382 Wrench and Ride is an eight-week youth program in which participants learn about repair, riding bicycles, bicycle safety, and the many benefits of bicycling. Participants receive a used bike, repair and refurbish the bike, learn about bike safety and ride several miles around the city, experiencing safe and practical cycling practices, guided by a certified bike safety instructor. At the end of the program, graduates get to take their bike home, along with a helmet, lock, and lights. The program is offered at no charge to participants, who are typically recruited through partnerships with Santa Ana organizations, including Latino Health Access, Kid Works, and the Santa Ana Unified School District. Centro Cultural de Mexico en el Condado de Orange - Fandangos in the Schools Rank: 9 Strategic Plan Alignment: *Goal 5 Objective 5c Score: 81.8% Funding Request: $ 54,926 Musicians and dancers from EI Centro Cultural de Mexico introduced over 2000 K -8th grade students and their parents to the Fandango musical tradition of southern Veracruz, Mexico at the OC Educationlar Arts Acedemy. A series of workshops culminated in a Fandango organized by students and parents. CEPG funding will build on this pilot project by expanding the program to Santa Ana public schools, especially those in underserved areas by: 1)incorporating Centro's other music, dance, and art instruction, and 2) laying the organizational groundwork to make this program a permanent liaison between the Centro and Santa Ana's school system. Charles W Bowers Museum Corporation - Capacity building support for the Bowers Museum's community focused programming Rank: 10 Strategic Plan Alignment: *Goal 5 Objective 5c Score: 81.4% Funding Request: $ 84,192 Bowers is committed to expanding access to and funding for the arts in Santa Ana. To achieve this, we will expand access to the museum for low-income residents of Santa Ana by reaching students at Title 1 schools through our Museum School Partnership and by expanding our weekly free admission for Santa Ana residents to include special exhibits as well as general museum access. Further, we will create a strategic plan that focuses on sustainable funding and expanded community access. Pg. 2 LI W i