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<br />Project Title: Orange County Vulnerable Populations Telephone Notification System
<br />Overall Project Budget: $51,450
<br />Amount Requested: $41,450
<br />Geographic area impacted by Phis project (list specific county/counties): Orange County
<br />Is this a new project far your organization?
<br />® Yes ^ No
<br />If No, how long has the project been in existence?
<br />Indicate the target age group for this project: check all that apply
<br />® Infants, Toddlers and Pre-School-Aged Children (ages 0-5)
<br />® Children (ages 6-13)
<br />® Adolescents (ages 14-18)
<br />® Adults (ages 19-64)
<br />® Seniors (ages 65+)
<br />^ Not Specified
<br />Provide a brief demographic profile of the population in the geographic area or community your
<br />project will serve including racial/ethnic composition and average hciusehold income (maximum two
<br />paragraphs): The target population of this project are the members of our community with special
<br />needs, and our aging population. The County has 14,398 persons who are aged 5 years or older who
<br />report that they have a disability of some type Of those 14,398 persons, 3,877 persons are 65 years
<br />or older. There are 41.7% of the 65 year and older population group who report that they have a
<br />disability. The project is also targeted to the Non-English speaking community which of the 13,409
<br />residents aged five years or older that speak a language other than English, 5,189 self classify as
<br />speaking English less than "very well."
<br />Although this project is targeted to persons with special needs in the community, the project will serve
<br />all of Orange County which includes a population of approximately 120,000. Orange County has a
<br />varied population base, with the primary population concentraion in the southern portion of the county
<br />which contains a higher socio-economic level, and a more rural base in the northern end that has a
<br />lower socio-economic level. The economic distribution of the 45,916 households county is to the
<br />lower economic levels with 41.6% of households in the county making less than $35,000 per year,
<br />however the mean household income is $62,971. The racial/ethnic compaction of the county is
<br />93,917 selfclassifying as White (alone or in combination), with 24,310 self classifying as a different
<br />race brokend inte the following groups: 16,999 selfclassifying as Black arAfcican-American (alone or
<br />in combination); 1,083 American Indian arAlaskan native (alone or in combination); 5,470 as Asian
<br />(alone or in combination); 81 as Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (alone or in combination);
<br />and 2,866 as Some Other Race (alone or in combination).
<br />Source: US Census Bureau. (accessed 1/30/06)
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