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EXHIBIT 3 Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Santa Ana Workforce Development Board: Youth Service Provider 12. Supportive Services (1 page max) O. Will your organization provide supportive services to youth such as gas cards, bus pass, childcare assistance, etc.? If so, please describe. All program participants will be eligible to receive Supportive Services throughout their participation in the proposed program, including during follow-up. All Supportive services funding issued to participants will be directly connected to their individual ISP and ICP goals. Funding related to ISP goals may include: driver's education fees, college textbooks, gas cards, arrd�rts-pa3ses: Srrppo-ritv�eTvtc�fafsd�g—to i ee il.`F goals may inc u e: pro essional clothing, uniforms, and trade tools (i.e. work boots for construction) necessary for employment success. All support will be linked to program outcome achievement and filed alongside supporting documentation in the participant's case file. Project Kinship believes is working with the "whole client", meaning unless root needs and causes are addressed, then reaching a target goal may not be sustainable outcome. To work with youth who have experienced trauma in their lives, it takes a specialized form of supportive services to break the cycle of recidivism. Project Kinship focuses its efforts on building strong support groups, providing pathways to education and employment, increasing work readiness, and removing the barriers to long-term success. The proposed program will allow participants to drive their ISP and ICP goals, with the guidance of Workforce Development Prograrn staff. Project Kinship has three levels of intervention: which include universal, individual, and intensive. At the universal level, community and outreach services provide social and emotional support to individuals through education, case management, resource delivery, navigation, and community outreach. These services strengthen the support network within the community_ At the individual level, all Project Kinship programs have components for identifying social and emotional risk factors experienced by participants andfamiliesthat necessitate additional supports for success. These exchanges may include workshops focused on conflict resolution, trust building, accountability, relationship repair, and other social -emotional skill building to increase employability and workplace success. Finally, at the intensive level, Project Kinship uses a multidisciplinaryteam, range of services, and more intensive treatment approach. The Workforce Development Program will utilize all three of the above levels of intensive case management The Workforce Development Program will also provide wrap -around supportive services to remove barriers to participants' success, such as legal clinics, support and recovery groups, and opportunities to perform volunteer work to rneet community service hours. Participants at all stages of program participation, including follow-up, are eligible to participate in and benefit from all of the aforementioned supportive services_ P. Include the Supportive Service Policy as Attachment G. See the Supportive Service Policy for the proposed program in Attachment G. City Council 16 — 239 7/6/2021