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