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ATTACHMENT A: PROGRAM SUMMARY <br />`-i Employment <br />EDD Development <br />Department <br />SFate of California <br />Organization Name <br />STATE USE ONLY <br />EXHIBITA <br />Subgrant Number: <br />K9110010 <br />Grant Code: <br />1151 <br />Initial Plan: <br />06/01/2019 <br />Project Modification Date: <br />07/19/2019 <br />Tierney Center for Veterans Services (TCVS) at Goodwill of Orange County (GWI) <br />Section I —Statement of Need <br />1.1. Targeted Region--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- <br />Located in Southern California, Orange County encompasses 948-sq.-miles and has <br />3,010,232 residents. The County has 34 municipalities. According to the 2010 Census, <br />Orange County's population includes 136,611 veterans. Of this figure, 10,519 are post- <br />9/11 service veterans. The California Department of Veterans Affairs (Ca1Vet) reports <br />Orange County has the third largest number of veterans of any California county, and <br />each year approximately 6,500 military veterans will settle in Orange as they transition <br />from the military. Unlike their predecessors, today's service men and women are <br />returning from multiple deployments and with increasing mental health diagnoses and <br />physical disabilities sustained during combat. <br />The Orange County Community Foundation, an important philanthropic change - <br />agent in our community, supported a local study conducted by the University of <br />Southern California's Center for Innovation and Research on Veterans and Military <br />Families found these significant needs and issues among 1,227 veterans living in <br />Orange County (60% pre-9/11 and 36% post-9/11) (Castro et. al., 2015): <br />-- Post-9/11 veterans reported difficulty adjusting to civilian life, with 61 % of veterans <br />who served after 9/11 reporting adjustment challenges compared to 30% of pre-9/11 <br />veterans. <br />-- Nearly 70% of pre-9/11 and 74% of post-9/11 veterans did not have a job when they <br />left the military. <br />-- More than one in three post-9/11 veterans have an annual income below or near the <br />U.S. national household poverty level guidelines for 2014 ($23,850). <br />2807/099999 2489 <br />11276904.2 a10/31/19 -25- <br />