WORKING WARDROBES FOR A NEW START (2)

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DoouSign Envelope ID: E1071 D5D-DF7F-4600-B2B7-67AAA5BCB705 City of Santa Ana Youth Employment Project Funded by CaliforniaVolunteers RFA # CV23.112 Section 2: Program Design The City of Santa Ana will use the CaliforniansForAll Youth Service Corps (CA4ALL) grant to provide services to youth using in-house program staff and partnerships with Community Based Organizations (CBOs), In house program staff will include personnel from the Santa Ana WORK Center and the Santa Ana Public Library (SAPL). The focus areas will be on Food insecurity, education, public service through paid work experience, and career exploration and readiness. As a new focus for this round of funding, the WORK Center in collaboration with the SAPL will provide introductions and exploration of future -edge Artificial Intelligence (AI) and STEM technology tools through a series of workshops and training to expose CA4All Fellows to the various Al and STEM career pathways. The WORK Center has decades of implementing youth programs specifically through a "Daisy Wheel" service delivery model. The underlying philosophy of the Daisy Wheel is an "All Youth One System" concept, where resources are leveraged from a network of Youth Service Providers. The concept allows youth regardless of eligibility to receive services that walk through the door. Youth are provided seamless service and connected to one of the Center's programs and/or to one of the partners of a Youth Service Providers Network (YSPN). As the Navigator to the YSPN, the WORK Center provides the partners with structure and guidance on meeting the grant objectives. The WORK Center also has expertise developing and administering programs like the current CaliforniansForAll funded Santa Ana Youth (SAY) Employment program. For this round of funding, we will work with CBO's like Working Wardrobes, CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County, and Dreams for Schools to provide some of the wraparound services that will include workforce workshops, professional workplace attire for the follows and career exploration in some of the key focus areas mentioned above. The WORK center staff, will provide career counseling, career exploration, case management, supportive services (public transportation, gas cards, clothing, and assistance in locating child care), linkages with alternative career technical/secondary education, and other appropriate referrals. The WORK Center in collaboration with the SAPL will provide introductions and exploration of future -edge AI and STEM technology tools through a series of workshops and training for the CA4AII fellows as part of our education and career exploration focus. The SAPL, operates various successful youth engagement programs including BrainFuse, Robotics programs, and a robust teen center. Their programs provide online training courses along with engaging support to help Youth master academic concepts, The SAPL is finalizing plans to expand these programs to engage more youth through their partnership with CEO Leadership Alliance Orange County, Dreams for Schools and Human Leadership Institute and expose CA4AII fellows to the expanding and relatively new career fields of Al and STEM technology.