Students come from a variety of backgrounds, including those working to acquire English language skills, latchkey kids, and honor roll members.
Community outreach includes class visits, a bilingual storytime, and school presentations.
SchooLinks has received financial support from the Ojai Valley Library Foundation, First Interstate Bank of California Foundation, the federal Library Services Technology Act administered by the California State Library, the ARCO Foundation, Wood-Claeyssens Foundation, Wells Fargo Bank, Ojai Rotary West, Ojai Valley Friends of the Library, the Oak View Friends of the Library, and numerous individual contributors. The program is also being supported by the library parcel tax in the city of Ojai and a Community Development Block Grant to Ventura County. The City of Ojai underscored its support of the Homework Center by providing free trolley transportation to and from the library during Homework Center hours for registered Homework Center users. Over the long-term, the Homework Centers hope to link up electronically with local schools, other valley libraries, and eventually individual residences. Other goals include increased Internet training, expanded tutor training, classes on library use for the general public, and the purchase of additional educational software.