O.C. CONSERVATION CORPS 8 - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

Orange County Conservation Corps and Youthbuild Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Request for Proposal The Youth Service Provider Network PY 2005/2006 and administered by the Nevada County (CA) Superintendent of Schools. OCCC corpsmembers who do not have a high school diploma are enrolled in the OCCC John Muir Charter School to earn credits and complete their high school diploma while working for the OCCC. Those corpsmembers that have their high school diploma at the time of hire or those that earn their high school diploma while working at the OCCC are required to enroll in some form of post -secondary instruction; community college, Regional Occupation Programs (ROP), or local trade schools to continue their education. OCCC support services first assist corpsmembers in overcoming the barriers they have to maintaining their employment and education program with the OCCC and second to ensure they are able to obtain and maintain employment post-OCCC. As an open entrv/exit transitional work and school program, corpsmembers may remain at the OCCC for up to two years to earn... learn... and serve. This gives corpsmembers time to develop the necessary skills to achieve the self esteem necessary to enter the workforce. The OCCC provides an opportunity for corpsmembers to earn a living through paid work experience, learn job skills and further their education, while they serve their communities by completing work projects that benefit our local communities. The OCCC primarily employs and serves the hardest to serve and neediest segment of our youth population, the 16-26 year old high school dropout. The OCCC is not a court mandated program. OCCC corpsmembers come to the OCCC because they need to work and want to earn their high school diploma. OCCC corpsmembers may have been ex - offenders, been affiliated with gangs, on probation or parole, emancipated, pregnant or parenting, or homeless. Almost all are low-income, basic skills deficient, and have multiple barriers to employment and/or furthering their education. As mentioned above the OCCC has incorporated a variety of best practices from various state and national models for youth and workforce development to serve this population. The OCCC's program design provides comprehensive and coordinated youth activities and services in a variety of venues and settings throughout the county. OCCC ensures all 10 WIA Required Program Elements are provided to corpsmembers either by the OCCC or by OCCC's extensive network of community partners who provide services as in -kind support. Which WIA population will the grogram recruit and serve? For PY 2005-06 the OCCC proposes to serve Out -of -School WIA eligible youth who are Santa Ana residents with the legal right to work; are low-income; a school dropout; or, a high school graduate/GED recipient and is basic skills deficient, or is unemployed, or underemployed. While Out -of -School youth may be between the ages of 14-21, the OCCC will recruit and serve those older Out -of -School youth primarily between the ages of 19-21 who will most benefit from the OCCC's program design that combines work and school in a structured, supervised, forty hour work/school week. The OCCC recruits and serves the neediest youth population the Santa Ana Youth Council is committed to serving as identified by the DOUETA New Strategic Vision for the Delivery of Youth Services Under the Workforce Investment Act (RFP page 9); older Page 2 of 22