FY 23-24 Program Report

Agency Name: Community Action Board of Santa Cruz County, Inc. Program Name: Santa Cruz County Immigration Project/Thriving Immigrants Initiative Equity Dimension: Immigration Status

Condition: Economic Security & Mobility Tier: Medium Budget: $134,100.00

Annual Goal FY 23-24	Annual Goal FY 23-24
Unduplicated Participants     Total Unduplicated Participants 1015 1057	How Many Activities/Services Will Be Provided?     Immigration Legal Services 745 589 10 citizenship workshops to 270 participants  10 23
Annual Goal FY 23-24 Age     0-5 0% 0% 6-18 2% 4% 19-59 75% 84% 60+ 23% 12% Unknown 0% 0%	Annual Goal FY 23-24 Language     English 23% 27% Spanish 75% 72% Other 2% 0% Unknown 0% 1%
Ethnicity     African American 1% 1% Asian 2% 1% Latino 94% 96% Multi-racial 0% 0% Native American/Alaskan 0% 0% Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0% 1% White 1% 0% Other 2% 1% Unknown 0% 0%	Gender     Female 1% 63% Male 45% 36% Transgender- Female 0.5% 0% Transgender- Male 1% 0% Other 1% 0% Unknown 0% 1% Nonbinary 0% 0%
Location     Capitola 1% 1% Santa Cruz 12% 17% Scotts Valley 1% 1% Watsonville 65% 59% Unincorporated Mid-County (e.g., Live Oak, Soquel, Aptos ) 12% 8% Unincorporated North County (e.g. , Davenport )  1% 0% Unincorporated San Lorenzo Valley (e.g., Ben Lomond ) 0% 0% Unincorporated South County (e.g., Freedom ) 8% 7% Unknown 0% 7% Out of County 0% 0%

Annual Goal FY 23-24   Annual Goal FY 23-24 How Well Did We Provide Service?     How many participants did you survey? 1015 96 80% of program participants report being either “satisfied” or “very satisfied” with program services as measured by a one-question participant survey that will be completed by June 30 of each FY. 80% 95%

Annual Goal FY 23-24   Annual Goal FY 23-24 Is Anyone Better Off?     85% of those applying for DACA or citizenship will report feeling clear and confident about the steps necessary to complete the legal process, as measured by a post-survey that will be completed by June 30th of each FY. 85% 96% The number of people accessing Immigration Legal Services in the City of Santa Cruz in FY2023-2024 will increase 5% over FY2022-2023, as measured by number of cases opened for clients with a Santa Cruz address. 5% 55% 85% of those who apply for DACA protections in FY2022-2023 will have Deferred Action status by the end of FY2023-2024, as measured by a review of case correspondence for all cases filed in Year 1. 85% 94%

Additional CORE Questions  (The maximum length is limited to 1200 characters in the below boxes)
1. Briefly describe any progress and/or successes your CORE program achieved implementing its activities during FY 2023-2024. (Recommended 2-4 sentences)	This year CAB Immigration programs had great success with our citizenship workshops and our services to City of Santa Cruz residents. We held 23 workshops—twice the number proposed. Our outreach team developed a creative Loteria: La Ciudadania game to engage participants. They created a welcoming environment via CAB's principles of equity, dignity, diversity, service, community action, and inclusion. We also increased our services to Santa Cruz residents by 55%, from 87 to 135! In addition, we provided immigration legal services to 1022 other local residents, including 144 naturalization applications and 357 DACA renewals. A full 96% of those receiving our services reported feeling clear and confident about the next steps to take to secure their immigration status, and, based on case review, 94% of those who submitted DACA renewals in Year 1 have received new work permits. The demographic percentages reported above do not fully showcase the diversity of those we served. Though small in number, we also helped residents of Davenport; clients via interpreters in Portuguese, Mandarin, and Mixteco; White, Indigenous, and Native American clients; and transgender/nonbinary individual This field is required
2. (Optional, Success Stories) Please share a short story about the experience of a participant or family that received services funded through this contract during FY 2023-2024. Please state the specific activity that was provided and the impact or positive change that occurred as a result of the service(s) provided. *Please make sure to change any identifying information, such as names.*	A Watsonville resident came into SCCIP seeking to renew her green card. She had no money and seemed desperate about how she would pay the application fee. Our staff let her know that, if she obtained Medi-Cal, she could waive the $465 filing fee. She went to the Medi-Cal office and was approved! She returned a few weeks later to give the staff person a lovely blue flower vase she had made with her own hands, and expressed how patient and understanding she was in just hearing her out, and to thank our staff for her now having medical insurance and being able to renew her lawful permanent resident card.
3. Please describe any challenges your agency experienced in implementing its CORE funded program.	We fell somewhat short of our goal in terms of how many DACA and naturalization applications we expected to file, but we exceeded our goals for outreach workshops and immigration legal services to City of Santa Cruz residents. Therefore we met and surpassed the target number of unduplicated individuals served. We feel this is an example of how CAB programs are constantly in close touch with community need and recalibrate our services accordingly. In the area of naturalization, we are also proud to announce that we received a federal Citizenship Instruction and Naturalization Application Assistance grant and launched a deeper partnership with Watsonville/Aptos/Santa Cruz Adult Education providing cross-referrals and wraparound service. Participants attending the WASCAE citizenship classes report that they feel more confident at their naturalization interview, thoroughly prepared by the class instruction, and buoyed by the camaraderie with their peers. This field is required
4.Have you encountered challenges in collecting CORE program or participant data?	Yes No This field is required
5. If you answered yes, what challenges did you experience? (Recommended 2-4 sentences)	N/A.
6. What technical assistance can HSD or the CORE Institute provide to support your data collection activities?	N/A. This field is required
7. During FY 2023-2024, did your CORE program staff participate in a CORE Institute event (e.g., Coffee Chats or Conversations)?	Yes No This field is required
8. During FY 2023-2024, how did your CORE program engage its staff on issues of equity?	Immigration Project/Thriving Immigrants had 3 staff participate in CAB's annual Equity Academy and Director Kate Hinnenkamp was part of the "Leading Equity Cohort" through the National Community Action Partnership. This field is required
9. In the CORE RFP, your program indicated an equity issue your program would address. How has your program impacted this equity issue in FY 2023-2024?	In addition to ensuring that we generally met or exceeded our service goals to immigrants, DACA renewals provide those eligible with protection from deportation and the legal right to work. The immigration legal services we provided to City of Santa Cruz residents—including legal consultations, Temporary Protective Status applications, and humanitarian and family-based applications for Legal Permanent Residence—give hope and stability to entire families. And finally, the naturalization services we promoted and provided with CORE funds complete the journey, allowing immigrants to become fully engaged US citizens. This field is required