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<br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />EXHIBIT A <br /> <br />PROPOSAL NARRATIVE <br />Please answer each question as concisely as possible <br /> <br />About the Program <br /> <br />Executive Summary <br />Which WIA population will the program recruit and serve? <br />The Orange County Conservation Corps (OCCC) proposes three (3) separate and <br />independent occupational skills training components to serve 50 Santa Ana at-risk <br />youth, primarily 16-21 years old. The youth served will meet all eligibility requirements <br />including legal resident status with the right to work in California, will reside in Santa <br />Ana, be low-inco~a~ic-.skms;deficient and unemployed or underemployed. OCCC <br />will~ withCLa~an ,!Qse-(TSJ) and the Santa Ana WORK Center for~, <br />recruitment, eligibility, and placement of eligible youth. OCCC will provide paid work <br />experience for those youth placed in one of the three OCCC Santa Ana occupational <br />skills training programs. Most participants will be _out-of-school youth recruited for <br />employment by the OCCC, TSJ, and other youth provider agencies. Some eligible <br />participants currently employed and in school with the OCCC or TSJ may be included as <br />in-school youth. <br /> <br />Indicate how many participants to be served. <br />OCCC plans to serve 50 at-risk, low-income, Santa Ana WIA-eligible youth. <br /> <br />Santa Ana youth who are not WIA-eligible will be placed on other OCCC work projects <br />supported by non-WIA funds (Department of Conservation and/or fee for service <br />contracts). OCCC currently operates 12 project crews including the current Santa Ana <br />Parks Job Training crews and other environmental project crews. OCCC will serve all <br />Santa Ana youth contingent on the availability of job openings on other OCCC <br />conservation and recycling project crews. <br /> <br />Indicate which of the 10 WIA elements the program will address. <br />OCCC occupational skills training programs will address all 10 WIA elements. OCCC <br />will provide Elements # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5,7, 8, and 9 thorough its ongoing occupational skills <br />training programs and existing OCCC program components, i.e. OCCC Charter School <br />and education component. <br /> <br />Element #6, Leadership Development Opportunities, will be offered through participation <br />in OCCC's Corpsmember Council and/or OCCC Crew Leadership opportunities with <br />appropriate training. <br /> <br />Element #10, Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling, will be coordinated and <br />provided by the OCCC Director of Corpsmember Development, OCCC staff and, as <br />appropriate, by referrals to OCCC's network of organizations and professionals who <br />provide counseling and supportive services for anger management, substance abuse, <br />stress management and other individual issues. <br /> <br />Indicate planned outcomes. <br />In accordance with the Youth Service Provider Network performance accountability <br />goals, we anticipate the following outcomes for the 50 at-risk Santa Ana youth <br />completing OCCC's program: <br /> <br />8 <br />