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at a City Council meeting on June 20, 2017. Additional monies may become available throughout the fiscal year. With respect to private funding, a coalition of attorneys, community organizations, law school faculty and other supporters have been speaking with potential private funders (including bar associations, foundations and individual donors) and are poised to begin collecting pledges for remaining fands necessary so that the provision of legal representation can begin as soon as possible. The process of incorporating a separate nonprofit organization to accept contributions, called the Orange County Justice Fund ("OC Justice Fund"), has already began. The OC Justice Fund would provide both fundraising support and a vehicle for local community voices to have input into the implementation of a removal defense program to ensure maximum effectiveness through an independent Board of Directors. It is estimated that with a matching grant from Vera, private funds in the amount of $120,000 - $220,000 will be required (for total seed money of $250,000-$350,000). To sustain funding beyond the first year, a combined strategy of continued public funding from the City of Santa Ana (subject to City Council approval), potential funding from other jurisdictions and private funding will be employed. 3) Describe the type of immigration legal services that your jurisdiction will provide. Specify the amount of program resources that will be dedicated to representation in removal defense and whether that representation will be for detained or non -detained individuals. If you plan to serve both detained and non -detained immigrants, provide the anticipated breakdown of representation between the two populations. To the extent that you plan to provide services in addition to removal defense, please specify what amount of program resources will be allocated for these additional services, and what those services will include (e.g., affirmative applications with USCIS, citizenship drives, Know -Your -Rights presentations, etc.). It is anticipated that all (or virtually all) program resources will be dedicated to the representation of immigrants in removal defense, and priority will go to those who are detained. In recognition of the fact that detained immigrants may become eligible for release on bond, a small portion of the services are likely to go to the representation of non -detained clients facing removal after they are released from detention. Effort will be made to place clients who are released from detention with another attorney or provider for continued representation. However, this policy is intended to leave flexibility for the legal service provider to choose to continue providing representation to formerly detained clients on a case-by-case basis if that is determined to be in the best interests of the client. Other institutions and providers in Orange County such as the Public Law Center, Advancing Justice, Rep. Lou Correa's office, World Relief and Orange County Congregation Community Organization have been able to effectively offer citizenship drives, assistance with affirmative applications, and know -your -rights presentations, such that this program would not seek to provide services in these areas. 1 The first year seed money amount may depend on whether physical space and other needs can be secured on an in-kind basis. 20A-4