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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 • Provide multiple work and educational experiences that will allow corpsmembers to seek a variety of career and educational choices and opportunities post-000C; • Provide paid work experience, trainings, and certificates to develop and/or improve their resumes for future employment; • Develop and maintain a portfolio that highlights their work/school/credential accomplishments to use in seeking employment post-000C; • Corpsmembers will complete high school credits to earn a high school diploma through the OCCC Charter School; • Corpsmembers will improve basic skills and improve at least at least two grade levels on standardized tests (STAR or TABE tests); • Corpsmembers will practice and prepaze to pass the CA High School Exit Exam; • Corpsmembers may earn scholarships for post-secondary instruction; • Corpsmembers will develop leadership skills through various crew based and individual trainings; • Corpsmembers will transition successfully from the OCCC into employment and/orpost-secondary instruction; • Corpsmembers will complete work projects that benefit our local communities and instill a sense of community service and pride in their communities. What is the length of the program? The OCCC is an open entry, open exit program. Therefore youth maybe recruited and enter the program at any time. Youth may exit the program at anytime based on individual needs, accomplishments, and abilities. Youth may work for the OCCC for a maximum of 24 months as long as they receive satisfactory work/school evaluations and are making progress towards completing individual work and education goals. All program components are ongoing and available on a year round basis. Specialized trainings and workshops are offered quarterly. Therefore a youth who stays with the OCCC for six months will be able to participate in the full array of services and programs offered by the OCCC. How often will the WIA participant need to attend the program? (daily/weekly/monthly) WIA participants will attend the program daily, five days a week. All OCCC corpsmembers including WIA participants are scheduled for 40 hours of work/school each week; 32 hours of paid work experience and 8 hours unpaid of education.tclass time. Corpsmembers are scheduled to work 8 hours a day Monday -Thursday. OCCC charter school classes are scheduled daily for one hour after work Monday -Thursday and for four hours on Friday. Week-end and evening activities and events are scheduled as needed and appropriate and include a variety of opportunities to volunteer and/or work in the community. What is the frequency ofstafl'interaction with the participant? Various OCCC staff members meet daily with corpsmembers to deliver OCCC program components. Corpsmembers are assigned to a work crew which is supervised by an Page 8 of 22