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Orange County Conservation Corps and Youthbuild Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Request for Proposal The Youth Service Provider Network PY 2005/2006 out -of -school youth who are primarily high school dropouts, youth who are or have been homeless and/or runaways, are court involved, in foster care, and/or have incarcerated parents. 73 OCCC corpsmembers completed an anonymous survey in May 2005 which provided the following information: • Average age of those completing the survey was 20.7 years • 77% had not completed high school at the time of the survey • 51 % live in Santa Ana • 30% are parents • 12% are or have been in foster care • 52% are or have been gang affiliated • 61 % are or have been court involved • 54% have been incarcerated • 63% are or have been on probation/parole Indicate how many participants to be served. For PY 2005-06, the OCCC will serve 23 Santa Ana WIA eligible youth as follows: • 7 youth currently being served will be carried in from PY 2004-05, • 4 youth will be enrolled during the first three months of PY 2005-06 using the "bridge funding" for July — September 2005, and • 12 youth will be enrolled during the 9 month contract period for this RFP, October 1, 2005 to June 30, 2006. Describe your recruitment plan. The OCCC recruitment nlan is as follows: Month Jul- Sep 05 Oct -Dee 05 Jan -Mar 06 Apr -Jun 06 Totals Bridge funds New Funds Enrollments 4 8 4 0 16 Carry -in 7 0 0 0 7 Total Served 23 The Santa Ana Youth Council Program Year 2005-06 is being funded under two contracts; bride funding for the first quarter of the program year and new funding for the remaining nine months of the program year. The following recruitment plan is for the Program Year 2005-06. Under the bridge funding provided for the first quarter of the program year, the OCCC will recruit 4 new enrollments. The OCCC plans to recruit and enroll 8 of the 12 remaining youth before the end of the second quarter of the program year (within the first three months of new grant funds). Therefore 75% of total new enrollments (12 of 16) for PY 2005-06 will be enrolled before the end of the second quarter. The remaining 4 youth will be enrolled before the end of the third quarter of the program year (within six months of the new grant cycle). Under this plan the OCCC will have recruited and be serving 82% (19 of 23) of the total youth to be served for the program year by the end of the second quarter, allowing sufficient time for youth to be served during the program year. Page 3 of 22