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provided basic services to over 8,000 veterans and placed 161 veterans into employment with an average wage of $26.00/hour in 2018.We utilize a comprehensive data base called WarriorServe and which tracks completion of individual career and financial plans as well as training. As charter members of the Orange County Veterans and Military Families Collaborative (OCVMFC) TCVS Director Denton Knapp currently serves as the Vice -Chair (OCVMFC) and Community Veterans Engagement Board (CVEB). He is a National Board Member, US Veterans Business Alliance (USVBA), a Board Member on Association of the United States Army (AUSA), Greater Los Angeles Chapter, and Commander (Brigadier General), Army Component Command; California State Military Reserve. Marine Veteran Jeff Pagano, Manager of the Tierney Center, is the Chair for the Resource Working Group and also sits on the Steering Committee. Jeff is also the VP of the US Veterans Business Alliance. We have a proven record of performance with the America's Warrior Partnership grant, Operation Goodjobs, and we successfully completed our Orange County Community Foundation Veteran's Initiative and were chosen for two additional projects serving veterans through the Orange County Community Foundation. VI.2. Infrastructure/Staffing---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- r ----- Our current veterans program employs 16 full time staff and 1 part time staff. 80% of our current staff is veterans with extensive experience in working with veterans and veteran organizations. To ensure that grant activities are completed within the performance period, a detailed project work plan is developed by the Program Supervisor and are distributed among staff and partners. The current staffing outlined in the budget includes 1 FTE for the Program Supervisor, and 2 FTE's for the Employment Specialists. Additional in -kind staffing for the current project includes business developers who will be connecting with employers. Outreach Specialists will be conducting outreach in the community at the county VSO office as well as the community colleges and veterans functions and events. Our Employment Specialists have a 20 year combined experience in recruiting, human services, mental health, sales and marketing and program management VI.3. Past/Present Performance -November 2013-December2015 Operation GoodJobs subgrant through Goodwill International and Walmart. This pay for performance grant focused on serving 300 veterans by providing Individualized Career and Financial Plans, job placement, job retention, and earned credentials. -May of 2015-Present TCVS was selected fora National Award from America's Warrior Partnership. This four year grant funded the development of a warrior community within Orange County in which the goal is to establish relationships with 80% of the post-9/11 veterans. Success is measured by usage of VA benefits, reduction in veteran homelessness, reduction in unemployment, and enrollment into a national database, 2807/099999 2489 11276904.2 a10/31/19 -3 7 '