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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 The OCCC serves all youth not just WIA eligible youth. For the FY 2004-05 just completed, the OCCC served a total of 389 youth county -wide including 134 Santa Ana youth. Less than 35% of the Santa Ana youth were served using WIA funds. These Santa Ana youth were recruited and served through 4 OCCC funding sources; • Santa Ana WIA, • Federal Empowerment Zone (FEZ), • OCCC/HUD Youthbuild, and • OCCC contracts for those not meeting eligibility for the above 3 contracts. To meet these contract demands the OCCC employs a variety of recruitment strategies. On the May 2005 survey referenced above, corpsmembers were asked to list all the ways they have heard or learned about the OCCC and listed the following; friends (36), counselors (3), Probation (16), walk-ins (4), job fairs (4), flyers (7), family (9), recruited (2), and other (3). In addition to the normal recruitment strategies of job fairs, partner networks, and presentations to and referrals from local groups and organizations, the OCCC employs "street outreach" to recruit out -of -school youth. Street outreach involves handing out flyers and interacting with youth where youth "hang out" in Santa Ana such as parks, malls, food courts, week -end community events, and sometimes walking local neighborhoods. Historically the OCCC's most effective recruitment strategy has been referrals from former and current corpsmembers, their family, and friends. Two full-time OCCC staff will be responsible for recruiting Santa Ana youth. The OCCC Corpsmember Recruiter is responsible for recruiting for all OCCC programs and will allocate a portion of his time to recruiting Santa Ana youth. The OCCC Program Specialist (case manager) assigned to the Santa Ana WIA contract will be responsible for ensuring enrollment goals are met and will also allocate a portion of his time to recruitment. Selected Santa Ana corpsmembers will be trained to accompany staff and provide "peer recruitment" to assist staff with street outreach and help organize and manage OCCC booths at the various Santa Ana job fairs and community events. Other OCCC staff may also provide recruitment through ongoing collaborations and networking with other agencies county -wide. The OCCC participates in more than 20 community events each year and attends a variety of ongoing partner meetings with various agencies county -wide. Therefore any staff member attending a meeting with other agencies or provider networks (i.e. Corrections, Probation, Social Services Agency) in other parts of the county will be recruiting for all OCCC programs including Santa Ana WIA. It is not uncommon to get a referral from someone who attended an event or meeting outside of Santa Ana but passes the information on to family/friends/co-workers that live in Santa Ana. Indicate which of the 10 WIA elements the program will address. The OCCC program design provides 9 of the10 WIA elements: • Tutoring, study skills training, and instruction leading to completion of secondary school, including drop -out strategies; • Alternative secondary school services; Page 4 of 22