CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY DBA PROJECT KINSHIP

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pROIEC']Tra .nE „„y; Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act{WIOA) Santa Ana Workforce Development Board: Youth Service Provider 3. Population (2 pages max) A. Describe the total number of youth that will be served by this grant. The program will serve four In -school and 16 Out -of -School Youth (20 participants total). B. Describe the age range of the youth that will be served. In -school Youth will be 16-21 years old and Out -of -School Youth will be 16-24 Years old. C. Describe any minimum requirements that youth need to have in order to be enrolled into your program (aside from the WIOA Youth eligibility requirements). Project Kinship will utilize the WIOA Youth eligibility requirements. The only additional Project Kinship requirement is that participants cannot have a history of any sexual offenses. D. Special consideration for organizations that can serve the following youth populations: Project Kinship serves high -risk, hard -to -reach populations with histories of gang - involvement, substance abuse, homelessness, juvenile court involvement, and/or school failure, with the goal of preventing, intervening, and addressing the barriers that lead to these destructive cycles. Through the proposed program, Project Kinship will serve a minimum of 80% of Out -of -School youth; a minimum of 10% of foster/emancipated youth; at least 10% homeless youth; and more than 50% of the youth participants will be on probation or parole. The Santa Ana Police Department reports 3,194 documented gang members in the city, a third of which are in the 18-28-year-old age range, many of which will walk through Project Kinship's program doors. This target population has often experienced the devastating impacts of trauma, violence, family disruption, and high recidivism rates. Such challenges tend to create multiple barriers to workplace and educational success. These challenges also further propel cycles of intergenerational gang membership, incarceration, violence, and abuse. As a result, Project Kinship staff are recruited and trained to specialize in meeting these unique needs. E. Specify how the targeted youth populations (out -of -school, youth with disabilities, foster/emancipated, probation, homeless) will be recruited. Project Kinship staff have years of experience working with the targeted population and high levels of expertise in building relationships with partner agencies to support the needs of participants. This includes works closely with referral agencies such as: District Attorney's Office; Public Defender's Office; local police departments; Juvenile Court; Probation Department; Sheriffs Department; Orange County Department of Education {OCDE); local school districts; and multiple community- and faith -based organizations serving the targeted youth. These existing relationships and prior successes will be leveraged to support the outreach to and enrollment of participants throughout the City of Santa Ana. Project Kinship also works with Health Care Agency Crisis Evaluation and Guidance Unit {CEGU) Clinicians assigned within Juvenile Hall and probation officers assigned to the Probation Department's Great Escape Resource Center to identify transitional -aged youth that would be eligible for program enrollment. In addition to receiving referrals, the above partnerships facilitate warm hand-off linkages for part icipants.as they work toward their Individual Service