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What approximate grade levels of <br />children/teens will participate in this pre -K - 2, 3-5, 6-8, 9-12 <br />program?. <br />What is the amount of funding you're <br />requesting to support this program? 25000 <br />(tip to SM,000)': <br />$13,500 : Salaries for paid student interns for Youth Know CS for <br />Civic Engagement Internship Program (6 Interns X $ l (.23 X 200 <br />hours ) <br />$5,300 : Salaries for Staff CT/CS tools Training (20 Staff X $16.23 X <br />16 hours) <br />Please describe what the funds will be $5,000 : Salary for Tutor/Mentors who will serve as lead <br />used for (up to 250 words)': coordinating/advisory staff for Youth Know CS for Civic Engagement <br />Institute, Girls Know CS Institute, Youth Know CS for Community <br />Club for Young Adults and Junior CS Club ($16.23 X 305 staff hours) <br />$1,200 : CS Material and supplies. Preliminary items to purchase <br />include Rasberry Pi and Arduino based materials, and Bloxels kits. <br />Materials and supplies list will be finalized with input from youth <br />program participants and CT/CS trained staff. <br />Cheryl A. Eberly, Principal Librarian Young Adult and Volunteer <br />Services. Flas over 16 years experience coordinatins innovative. <br />Please provide the name,,job title, community responsive , youth driven, award winning volunteer and <br />and list the relevant experience of the mentorship based young adult programming. Successfully <br />person who will be overseeing this implemented over I5 grants amounting to over $2 million for high <br />program. (up to 100 words) `: impact, young adult programming that provided civic engagement. <br />paid work -experience , access to technology. STEM• educational <br />opportunities and mentorship to underepresented youth populations. <br />19BIT124 <br />Our program will focus on increasing diversity in CS field by <br />engaging youth of color, from low income families and girls. Santa <br />Ana's population is 78% Latino and l I% Asian. 71 % speak Spanish <br />and 9.7% speak an Asian language at home. 45% are foreign bom. <br />60% of K-12 students are English language learners, and 91% <br />Does your program focus on <br />students in our school districts qualify for free or reduced meals. The <br />increasing diversity in the computer <br />educational statistics are even more discouraging: Over 42% of adults <br />science field (e.g. girls, youth from <br />have not graduated high school and only 11% of our population have <br />low income families, or youth of <br />a college degree. For our over 100,000 children and young adults of <br />color?) . If yes, please describe which <br />both sexes, the future can seem bleak, opportunities few and limited in <br />underrepresented audience(s) you <br />scope. All of the young people in our programs carry some of the <br />focus on and why. (up to 200 <br />stigmata represesented by these statistics. We serve and employ many <br />words)': <br />youth who face food and housing insecuritites, foster youth, youth on <br />probation, and many who are single parents, and many whose <br />academic success is hampered by language barriers . Our experience <br />has been that girls in our community are not engaged in CS learning. <br />This program will introduce youth to CS careers and empower them <br />to pursue this high demand, lucrative field of work. <br />In your own words, what are barriers <br />In a financially strapped city, funds to implement new programs. <br />19BIT124 <br />