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<br />City of Santa Ana Civic Engagement Youth Workforce Development Project <br />Funded by CaliforniaVolunteers <br /> <br />Section 1: Program Goal <br /> <br />1. What does your city hope to gain from this program/are there strategic goals this <br />program can help your city meet? <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana through its Workforce Development Board (SAWDB) intends <br />to provide meaningful work experience to local youth, particularly those who are <br />historically part of underrepresented groups and have difficulty finding employment <br />due to the pandemic. The focus will be on low-income youth, justice involved youth <br />and other marginalized groups. Strategically, the City will strengthen existing <br />partnerships and establish new ones with agencies and organizations committed to <br />increasing youth employment, providing career guidance and fostering that same <br />commitment in the youth they serve. Youth, will be provided with meaningful work <br />experience coupled with intensive career exploration. Lastly, the project aims to <br />address issues of food insecurity by collaborating with food recovery organizations <br />and services to help feed those in need. The lead for this project is the SAWDB, the <br />designated administrator and operator of workforce development programming for the <br />City of Santa Ana and recipient of federal Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act <br />(WIOA) and other workforce development funding. <br /> <br />Section 2: Program Design <br />1. Which focus area(s) will youth be working on (food insecurity, climate change, etc.)? <br />If other focus areas are addressed, please describe. <br /> <br />Youth will be working directly on projects and assignments addressing food <br />insecurity, the impacts of climate change, and post-pandemic recovery. <br /> <br />2. Do you plan to sub-grant with CBOs? If so, please name each organization and any <br />prior experience they have running similar programs or the process by which you will <br />select CBO partners. <br /> <br />The City of Santa Ana will provide services to youth using both in-house program <br />staff and partnerships with Community Based Organizations (CBOs). In house <br />program staff will include personnel from both the Santa Ana WORK Center and the <br />Santa Ana Public Library. <br /> <br />The WORK Center has decades of implementing youth programs specifically through <br />a “Daisy Wheel” service delivery model. The underlying philosophy of the Daisy Wheel <br />is an “All Youth One System” concept, where resources are leveraged from a network <br />of Youth Service Providers. The concept allowed youth regardless of eligibility to <br />receive services from the various partners of a Youth Service Providers Network <br />(YSPN). <br />Exhibit A Scope of Work <br />JP1012 <br />City of Santa AnaEXHIBIT 1