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2022-23 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center <br />Youth Employment Program -WIOA Proposal <br />3, Population (2 page s max): <br />A.Describe the total number of youth that will be served by this grant. • The WIOA program at <br />OCCTAC will serve a total of 20 WIOA participants. The program will serve 16 out of school <br />youth (ages 16 -24) and 4 in-school youth (ages 16 -21) for a total of 20 youth. <br />B.l)escribe the age range of the youth that will be served -The WIOA program will serve <br />participants as young as 14 and as old as 24 years of age. <br />C.Describe minimum requirements that youth need to have in order to be enrolled into your <br />program. Aside from the basic WIOA requirements of being a Santa Ana Resident (16-24 yrs.), <br />and having a right to work documentation, our participants have to complete the following: <br />1)complete a background check, 2) obtain a negative TB test, and 3) attend a mandatory <br />orientation session before completing the eligibility documentation. <br />D.Special consideration for organizations that can serve the following youth <br />populations: (80% of Out-of-School youth (required); 10% of youth with disabilities; <br />10% of foster/emancipated youth; 10% homeless youth and 10% of youth on <br />probation). See below Table 2 for past Enrollment Numbers and percentages. <br />Table 2-Percenta es of Youth Po ulation served at OCCTAC <br />;i' <br />Out of School Youth 75% 75% 80% 82% <br />Youth with Disabilities 25% 25% 50% 52% <br />Foster Youth 15% 15% 5% 0% <br />High School Dropouts 15% 30% 20% 9% <br />Youth on Probation 5% 0% 0% 0% <br />Homeless Youth 5% 5% 10% 4% <br />As seen on Table 2 above, OCCTAC has exceeded the minimum percentage required by this <br />grant in most youth populations/categories, except for foster youth and youth on probation. <br />Therefore, this year we will expand our network and community partnerships to ensure the <br />minimum of 10% for these target populations, and establish new partnerships. One new <br />potential partner is Project Kinship, who serves youth on probation and is located in the same <br />facility where OCCTAC is located! We have had some preliminary conversations on the <br />possibility of getting referrals from them. Furthermore, OCCTAC's ED has scheduled a meeting <br />in February with key staff at the County of Orange, Social Services to discuss the need for more <br />foster youth referrals to our agency. See letter of support from the County, SS · Attachment C. <br />E.Specify how the targeted youth populations (out-of-school, youth with disabilities, <br />foster/emancipated, probation, homeless) will be recruited. OCCTAC has excellent community <br />partnerships that will help us fulfill our enrollment goals and targeted youth populations. See <br />below a summary of youth populations and partners. <br />3 <br />EXHIBIT 1