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ATTACHMENT 1 <br /> YOUTH COMMUNITY PROJECT <br /> PURPOSE/MISSION: <br /> Youth Community Project(YCP)is dedicated to creating a youth-led and run non-profit <br /> (adult-supervised spaces,programs and activities)for high school age youth.The program <br /> includes a safe,relaxed,lively inter-cultural center/cafe that can hold many diverse youth - i <br /> groups at a time.This will be a place where youth can gather for leisure and feel free <br /> to discover and nurture their artistic,advocacy,academic and vocational interests and <br /> passions.We seek programming that can facilitate youth empowerment and promote ‘or--Ai <br /> youth investment in their social health and the health of the community.We work to /0 <br /> encourage multicultural collaboration,strive for solidarity in diversity,and work towards ' ' 1-- 'good self-governance and monitoring—skills desired for future adult citizens. t r <br /> PROGRAM: <br /> •Youth Organizing and Leadership Development(YOLD) <br /> PROPOSED SERVICES: <br /> Youth Development Project will conduct the 2nd annual Youth Organizing and Leadership <br /> Development Camp based on Youth Organizing Institute's Summer Freedom School <br /> model with the Street Scene Teen Center(SSTC)and Beat making Lab(BML).The camp <br /> will educate youth age 14-18 around four subjects--organizing skills,political analysis, <br /> restorative justice and young peoples'movement history.YCP will run the program for two <br /> weeks in July 2017.Volunteers,activists and paid workshop facilitators will be necessary <br /> to make the camp a success.Topics will include school to prison pipeline,sexism and <br /> homophobia,reproductive justice,Native liberation and race in the United States.The <br /> organizing camp goal is that youth leave as organizers,thought leaders and facilitators of <br /> change in their communities.This program targets marginalized youth including African- <br /> Americans,Latino youth and youth from low-income families. <br /> PERFORMANCE MEASURES FY2015-16 F Estimated 17 Projected <br /> -18 <br /> Actual Estimated Projected <br /> System Youth create Recorded <br /> Create youth organizing leaders on social justice created for monthly lessons from <br /> accountability reporting camp <br /> system <br /> Youth will Youth will <br /> 1 trainee on be quizzed, be quizzed, <br /> Develop skills of 15 youth leaders through 12-month follow-up YCP council participate participate <br /> in mock in mock <br /> situations situations <br /> AGENCY BUDGET FY2015-16 FY2016-17 FY2017-18 <br /> Actual Estimated Projected <br /> Total Budget $68,760 $73,136 $81,500 <br /> Agency Request-Orange County Contribution N/A $10,000 $20,00 <br /> County Manager Recommended N/A $4,750 $7,038 <br /> Application Ranking N/A 68 67 <br /> 59 <br />