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Community Development Agency <br />www.santa-ana.org/cd <br />Item # 16 <br />City of Santa Ana <br />20 Civic Center Plaza, Santa Ana, CA 92701 <br /> Staff Report <br />July 6, 2021 <br />TOPIC: Award Youth Agreements Funded with Federal Workforce Innovation and <br />Opportunity Act Fund to Three Providers. <br />AGENDA TITLE: <br />Award $435,000 of Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act Formula Youth Funds for <br />Program Year 2021-2022 to Three Providers (Non-General Fund) <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />Authorize the City Manager to execute agreements to award $435,000 in Workforce <br />Innovation and Opportunity Act youth program funds to the following recipients for a one- <br />year period beginning July 1, 2021 thru June 30, 2022, subject to non-substantive <br />changes approved by the City Manager and City Attorney: <br />1. Orange County Children’s Therapeutic Arts Center to provide occupational skills <br />training in the areas of office administration, mental health paraprofessional, and <br />childcare worker certification, offer job preparation, paid work experience, tutoring, <br />mentoring, counseling, and supportive services, for 20 youth in the amount of <br />$160,000. <br />2. Orange County Conservation Corps to provide alternative secondary education <br />that leads to a high school diploma, credential training in forklift operator, safe food <br />handling, customer service, computer software, job preparation, paid work <br />experience, post-secondary education resources, and support services for 14 <br />youth in the amount of $115,000. <br />3. Charitable Ventures of Orange County dba Project Kinship to provide training in <br />customer service, forklift operator, guard card, and silk screening, provide job <br />preparation, paid work experience, mentoring, counseling, civic engagement, <br />internships, post-secondary education resources, prepare participants to enter <br />training in the electrical and welding certificate programs, and supportive services <br />for 20 youth in the amount of $160,000.