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Sub-Contracting: <br />Taller San Jose is not an island. Located in the geographic center of Santa Ana, the <br />program interacts with numerous educational and social service organizations to <br />accomplish its goals. Taller San Jose views its role as a strong advocate for the unseen <br />and underse~ved out-of-school youth in Santa Ana. The program acts as a powerful <br />broker in the community - recruiting students who are least likely to return to education <br />or training and providing a support system for these young people, mentoring them into <br />productive adulthood. <br /> <br />Taller San Jose addresses the needs of out-of-school youth (18-28) with the collaboration <br />of the following partners: <br /> <br />Orange County Conservation Corps has worked with Taller San Jose on numerous <br />community committees and referred clients to services offered by the other on an <br />informal basis. We believe that a more formalized partnership makes sense for numerous <br />reasons, the foremost being our strong commitment to providing quality job-training, <br />work experience and educational services to at-risk youth. A Memorandum of <br />Understanding formalized the commitment of both organizations to work together to: <br /> · Facilitate the development of a comprehensive youth services delivery system in <br /> the County to meet the needs of youth; <br /> · Create and sustain a partnership that will increase the capacities of our <br /> organizations to serve youth; <br /> · Advocate for youth; and, <br /> · Create and sustain partnerships with other private and public agencies to leverage. <br /> available resources to serve youth. <br /> Matching Funds: $268,000 <br /> · Santa Ana College provides instructors in GED test preparation, High School <br /> Diploma and Computer Technology offered at the Taller San Jose campus site. <br /> Counselors meet with clients on an on-going basis related to programs and <br /> matriculation in community college programs. <br /> Cost: In-Kind <br /> · The Orange County Probation Department provides a staff liaison to TSJ Tech. <br /> This individual advocates for alternative sentencing, identifies and refers <br /> appropriate participants and coordinates supervision of individuals on probation. <br /> Cost: In-Kind <br /> · La Familia Drug and Alcohol Prevention Center: serves as a referral site for <br /> students dealing with issues related to substance abuse including individual, group <br /> and family therapy. <br /> Cost: In-Kind <br /> <br /> <br />