The Junior Children of Pride Program provides youth who reside in low income, high- density complexes with skills and opportunities necessary to succeed in life through good citizenship, education and goal setting. All program delivery locations shall be selected by or with the input of a designated congregation within Santa Ana. The program encourages joint participation with the parents, the youth themselves, and personnel from the Santa Ana Police Department. The program is designed to improve the safety and quality of life in the neighborhood and reinforce the value of civic responsibility. This is accomplished in cooperation with the local residents, youth groups, civic organizations, and the business community.
Meetings are held once a week for 3 months which include:
- Weekly drawings conducted to distribute incentive rewards
- Safety Awareness issues are discussed
- Current issues at the location are addressed
- Officer interaction with Children
- Redeem reward tickets for self selected incentives
- Clean up dates
- Parenting Classes
- Adolescent Classes
- Tutoring
- Parks & Recreation activities
- Bookmobile
- Professional Sporting Events ( baseball, soccer, hockey)
