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provide this data through the conclusion of each case regardless of whether that conclusion is reached during the contract year. Share additional information as you see fit, including any additional funding available to your organization to support the proposed services. Support for this Program: While ImmDef does not have additional funds to use specifically to supplement representation work in Orange County at this time, ImmDef is committed to utilizing our other resources to support this program. Specifically, ImmDef intends to utilize our two Raids Rapid Response (RRR) Attorneys to respond to issues of increased ICE enforcement targeting Orange County residents as needed. Our RRR Attorneys can also provide support to the OC -based staff attorney to maximize the impact of their direct representation and ensure that we can accept as many cases as possible under the contract, It should be noted that ImmDef estimates that our actual costs for this program will be between $175, 000 to $180,000 (dependent on salaries offered to staff), not $165,000. To keep the program within the $165,000 budget allocated, we have eliminated or reduced costs such as salaries, IT equipment, interpreters for non - Spanish speaking clients, and lowered our G & A rate to 12% from our standard 13%. ImmDef is committed to providing the services for $165,000 by cutting costs where possible (for example, seeking in-kind donations for office and IT equipment) and supplementing from our reserve funds as needed during this pilot year. We hope to use these funds to launch a permanent ImmDef presence in Santa Ana that can be supplemented with funding from the State of California in the future. Staffing Note: Attached you will find the resumes for our executive director, Lindsay Toczylowski, and our directing attorney, Meeth Soni. Both are experienced immigration law attorneys who would be responsible for the overall vision and management of our Orange County initiative. However, we do have other key staff who may be considered for lateral transfers or promotions into managing attorney or staff attorney positions within this initiative should we be granted the contract. You will find bins for these key staff pasted below. Ailin Buigues, Managing Attorney (SBN 291790) Ailin is a founding member and a Managing Attorney of the Children's Representation Project (CRP) at ImmDef, Her practice focuses on detained and released children facing deportation, and her broad knowledge of Special Immigrant Juvenile Status (SIJS) cases and asylum law informs her work as a principal supervisor of the CRP team. Previously, Ailin was staff attorney at Esperanza Immigrant Rights Project, where she represented children and adults seeking humanitarian and survivor -based visas. She also provided "Know Your Rights" presentations to adults and children in immigration detention. She 10 25B-26