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ptaol�'.cT <br />MAL <br />Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) <br />Santa Ana Workforce Development Board: Youth Service Provider <br />12. Supportive Services (1 page max) <br />O. Will your organization provide supportive services to youth such as gas cards, bus pass, <br />childcare assistance, etc.? If so, please describe. <br />All program participants will be eligible to receive Supportive Services throughout their <br />participation in the proposed program, including during follow-up. All Supportive services <br />funding issued to participants will be directly connected to their individual ISP and ICP goals. <br />Funding related to ISP goals may include: driver's education fees, college textbooks, gas cards, <br />and bus passes. Supportive Service funding to meet ICP goals may include: professional <br />clothing, uniforms, and trade tools (i.e. work boots for construction) necessary for employment <br />success. All support will be linked to program outcome achievement and filed alongside <br />supporting documentation in the participant's case file. <br />Project Kinship believes is working with the "whole client", meaning unless root needs <br />and causes are addressed, then reaching a target goal may not be sustainable outcome. To <br />work with youth who have experienced trauma in their lives, it takes a specialized form of <br />supportive services to break the cycle of recidivism. Project Kinship focuses its efforts on <br />building strong support groups, providing pathways to education and employment, increasing <br />work readiness, and removing the barriers to long-term success. <br />The proposed program will allow participants to drive their ISP and ICP goals, with the <br />guidance of Workforce Development Program staff. Project Kinship has three levels of <br />intervention, which include universal, individual, and intensive. At the universal level, <br />community and outreach services provide social and emotional support to individuals through <br />education, case management, resource delivery, navigation, and community outreach. These <br />services strengthen the support network within the community. At the individual level, all <br />Project Kinship programs have components for identifying social and emotional risk factors <br />experienced by participants and families that necessitate additional supports for success. These <br />exchanges may include workshops focused on conflict resolution, trust building, accountability, <br />relationship repair, and other social -emotional skill building to increase employability and <br />workplace success. Finally, at the intensive level, Project Kinship uses a multidisciplinary team, <br />range of services, and more intensive treatment approach. The Workforce Development <br />Program will utilize all three of the above levels of intensive case management <br />The Workforce Development Program will also provide wrap -around supportive services <br />to remove barriers to participants' success, such as legal clinics, support and recovery groups, <br />and opportunities to perform volunteer work to meet community service hours. Participants at <br />all stages of program participation, including follow-up, are eligible to participate in and benefit <br />from all of the aforementioned supportive services. <br />P. Include the Supportive Service Policy as Attachment G. <br />See the Supportive Service Policy for the proposed program in Attachment G. <br />