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WarriorServe. This holistic service model provides the veteran with an advocate or peer navigator who assist the veteran in creating an individual, comprehensive and solution -focused plan. -October of 2015-Present TCVS was selected as one of seven high -performing nonprofit veteran service organizations to be awarded the Veterans Initiative Grant (OCVI) through the Orange County Community Foundation. The OCVI's key goal is to improve critical and fundamental services so thatveterans: knowwhere to go in Orange County to get the services they need, develop trusting relationships with community providers, connecting early and proactively to services they and their families need, and obtain employment in career -oriented opportunities and positions. -July 2017-Present TCVS was awarded the 2017 FY grant for VEAP. Focused on serving disabled veterans we are currently on track to meet/exceed required goals. Section VII—Budget Summary Plan and Narrative VI1.1. a) Budget-Summary-Plan------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please review attached Budget Summary Plan (SFP Form L) VI1.1. b Cost Effectiveness r------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Item A, Section 1. Staff salaries $195,852.84. This expense equates to salaries for two full-time Employment Specialists and one full-time VEAP Supervisor for the grant period. 100% of these costs will be charged to the project. These positions are the critical piece to building productive relationships with community employers and getting veterans employed. Employment Specialist responsibilities include but are not limited to; participation at various chamber of commerce meetings, attending community events, researching sector specific job markets, making appointments and/or calls to potential partner employers, interviewing, assessing and advocating for project participants. Employment Specialist will be responsible for assisting veterans through the hiring process and with becoming adjusted to their environments and assignments. The pay rate for these positions is roughly equivalent to the starting pay of a job development position at GIOC for a person who is either entry level or with some experience and is comparable with similar positions at partner agencies. Line Item A, Section 2. Staff salaries. Cash. $71,053.00. This expense equates to about $51,999.96 leveraged cost to support the Staff Salaries in Line Item A, Section 1 and the rest for clerical help for the grant period. These are in -kind expenses and 0% of the cost shall be absorbed by the project. The Employment Specialist is a necessary part of this endeavor as this position is responsible overall for disabled veterans in the community who are unemployed, underemployed or otherwise in need of services and to connect them to the services that will be provided as well as leveraging in place resources of GIOC for the overall wellbeing and employment of veterans with disabilities. The pav rate for this position is roughly equivalent to the starting pav of an 2807/099999-2489 11276904 2 z10131/19 -38-