CHARITABLE VENTURES OF ORANGE COUNTY DBA PROJECT KINSHIP

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�arauli'A;•P MM"..Workforce Innovation and Opportunities Act (WIOA) Santa Ana Workforce Development Board: Youth Service Provider 9. Mentoring (1 page max) J, Specify how your organization will provide mentoring to youth. Project Kinship specializes in building strong mentoring relationships with participants by utilizing professional mentors, as well as Peer Navigators with "lived experience". Each participant benefits from one-on-one interactions with staff, case team meetings with multiple staff, peer -to -peer groups, and social events such as handball and softball tournaments that build social -emotional skills and positive friendships. Project Kinship also hosts multiple volunteers who work with participants in different capacities including tutoring, legal aid, and facilitating skill building and workplace readiness workshops. K. Specify what types of support your agency will offer youth facing: family dysfunction, mental health issues, homelessness, low self-esteem, gang issues, parenting issues, etc. Project Kinship hosts weekly Restorative Circles to build a sense of community. These circles create a safe space to allow participants, staff, and other stake holders (i.e. family members, administration). These trauma -informed circles allow participants to assess environmental, family, and peer -related challenges that can be addressed and supported by the group. Workforce Development participants are encouraged to participate in the Restorative Circles and even serve as mentors to those who are newer to Project Kinship services. In addition to Restorative Circles, volunteers from the University of California, Irvine and the Law Center work with participants on expungement and reduction cases. Women's Transitional Living Center volunteers provide self-esteem workshops. Project Kinship has three staff certified to lead Parents on a Mission parenting classes for participants and their families. Workforce Development staff serve as court advocates by attending court appointments. Staff also accompany participants to OMV appointments; Social Services, Probation, and Parole case meetings; and provide system navigation for housing, school enrollment, and disability benefits. L. Will your organization offer mental health services or referrals to mental health agencies? Project Kinship does offer onsite mental health services, with a Clinician who has been providing counseling services for Workforce Development Program youth for the past three years. Participants from the proposed program in need of mild to moderate mental health support will be referred to the onsite Clinician. Any participants with chronic and severe mental health needs will be referred to a partner organization that is best suited to meet these needs. M. Describe how your organization will provide or refer youth to comprehensive guidance and/or counseling for drug and alcohol. Project Kinship has an onsite Certified Alcohol and Drug Counselor (CADC) who is able to provide substance use assessments, develop relapse prevention plans, facilitate drug and alcohol counseling, lead Alcohol Anonymous and Narcotics Anonymous groups, and conduct substance abuse prevention courses. Project Kinship Peer Navigators with "lived experience" in recovery also serve as mentors to participants with histories of substance use. Those with mild to moderate substance abuse needs will be referred to the onsite CADC. Those with chronic to severe or detox needs will be linked to residential treatment and/or detox facilities such as Stanton Detox, The Rock Center in the City of Anaheim, or Woodglen in the City of Fullerton.