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2023-24 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center <br />Youth Employment Program - WIOA Proposal <br />become finically stable now in order to further assist them with their career and <br />educational goals. See attachments section for a sample. <br />• Job Skills: This workshop series will allow youth to learn and create materials needed for <br />employment purposes, with the ultimate goal of when completed, they are able to <br />assemble an employment portfolio that can be presented at any job fair, interview, and <br />new potential employer. See attachments section for a sample. <br />• Life Skills: This workshop series will help our youth with day to day life skills information <br />to assist them in making healthy and reasonable choices in their lives. See attachments <br />section for a sample. <br />1. Financial Literacy/ Budget Management — These are one of the most basic and important <br />workshop series that we offer at OCCTAC for several years! As mentioned above, WIOA <br />participant will learn about financial literacy and budgeting, and these workshops will allow our <br />youth to think not only about the present, but of theirfuture. They will learn the basic of opening <br />a checking and savings account, and how to plan for retirement and future expenses. <br />2. Entrepreneur Skills Training — This workshop will be the perfect opportunity for innovative <br />young adults in Orange County to learn what it takes to be successful when launching their <br />entrepreneurial ventures. They will learn how to do this via three key strategies: Business plan <br />competition, Networking and collaboration. <br />3. Labor Market Information — This workshop will provide youth with valuable information for <br />today's labor market, so that you can make an educated decision on which career path is best <br />suited to their skills and abilities. <br />4. Family Planning — A representative from Planned Parenthood will provide our WIOA youth <br />with information on birth control methods, family planning and free healthcare services. These <br />workshops are intended to help assist youth with their future and current family stabilities. <br />S. Worker's Rights/Labor Laws— Participants will be able to learn and understand their rights as <br />an employee in California from things like mandatory break times and benefits. Participant will <br />also be able to learn and understand how to ask and receive accommodations that must be <br />provided to those who have same type of learning or physical disability. As well as questions that <br />may not be asked in an interview or after becoming an employee. <br />6. Analytical Skills at the Workplace — All WIOA youth will be provided with a task analysis and <br />literacy analysis, skills assessments, job profiling, and pre -employment work skills. Each of these <br />sills can provide a path to improve the participant's ability to perform basic job skills in the field <br />or job they have or may have in the future. <br />7. Health Resources — Participants will be given resources from our community partners, <br />including Planned Parenthood on howto be healthy and safe, and how to obtain medical services. <br />Additionally, our MECCA coalition, Pepperdine University, USC, School of Social Work, and the <br />18 <br />