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EXHIBIT A About the Program Executive Summary Taller San Jose through its vocational training center, Taller San Jose Tech, provides paid hands-on job training to unemployed out-of-school youth (18-28). Taller San Jose Tech will recruit 100 youth over the next year to participate in job training for the building trades. We anticipate that 50% of these youth will be eligible to participate in WIA as older youth ages 18-21. Although Taller San Jose provides programs and services that include all 10 WIA Elements/Services, Taller San Jose Tech will focus its efforts on WIA Elements/Services 3-10 which focus more directly on job-training and employabitity. Youth who participate in job-training at Taller San Jose Tech and need to complete their secondary education will have access to the educational resources available at Taller San Jose. Over the course of the next year, Taller San Jose Tech will achieve the following outcomes: · Recruit 100 young adults from the target group each year - 50% to be WIA participants. ,,7~ ~ · Provide industry specific training for 70 student apprentices -2-0~of whom will be WlA participants. · Facilitate the placement of 65% of trained apprentices into jobs above minimum wage. · 84% of trained apprentices will remain employed for a minimum of 6 months. Successfully achieving these outcomes among a hard-to-serve target population requires a creative approach. Taller San Jose offers that kind of vision. Taller San Jose Tech can prepare unemployed youth with no previous work experience to successfully transition into the workforce. It accomplishes this through a combination of intensive classroom instruction, hands-on job training, and a "real world" work environment. Using a pre- apprenticeship model, students leam while they work. Training focuses on the skills employers require on-the-job. Taller San Jose Tech provides youth the skills needed to work in the construction industry by creating a "real world" work environment. This environment allows them to develop good work habits while providing a structured environment in which to be successful.