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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 interview, individual needs and goals, and sample work. Those youth not WIA eligible maybe hired to work on other non-WIA OCCC work projects. How wrll recruiment be coordinated with program activities? As an open entry and open exit program, the OCCC has ongoing recruitment and orientation to coordinate recruitment with program activities. Once a corpsmember has completed the interview process and is accepted for employment, the corpsmember is scheduled for a two week paid orientation by OCCC staff. The OCCC schedules as least one corpsmember orientation a month and may schedule two orientations a month as needed based on the number of corpsmembers needed to be hired that month for the various OCCC work programs. The two week paid orientation prepares corpsmembers for working at the OCCC. Cotpsmembers review the corpsmember handbook which contains all the necessary labor law regulations, policies, and procedures needed to work in Califomia and for the OCCC (i.e. monthly work/school evaluations, call in & leave of absence procedures, corpsmember pay scale and promotions, attendance, grievance procedures, Drug/Alcohol Free Workplace, etc.). Corpsmembers also complete the necessary personnellwork documents and forms not gathered during the interview process. Corpsmembers without a high school diploma complete education files/forms needed to enroll in the OCCC charter school. Staff explain and introduce corpsmembers to the various programs and services available and provided by the OCCC (i.e. food bank, scholarships, support services, additional workshops and trainings available, bonus plan, etc.). WIA and other grant/program specific information and files are completed during orientation. All corpsmembers develop an individual education and service plan (WIA Individual Service Strategy) during orientation. Various trainings are provided during orientation to ensure corpsmembers are prepared to work on OCCC work crews (i.e. CPR/First Aid, safe work practices, proper tool use, and team building activities, etc.). Corpsmembers must pass orientation before being assigned to an OCCC work crew. Those corpsmembers who do not pass maybe scheduled to attend one additional orientation based on individual circumstances for failing orientation. Corpsmembers who fail two orientations will not be considered for hire by the OCCC and will be referred to the Santa Ana WORK Center or other youth serving agencies in the Santa Ana Provider Network for employment opportunities and/or other needed services identified during the OCCC hiring process. During the interview process and orientation, corpsmembers are mentored by staff and provided strategies to successfully complete orientation. Staff also mentor and provide strategies to corpsmembers while at the OCCC to maintain their employment, school attendance, and ensure corpsmembers make progress towards their employment and education goals. How will current cervices meet the needs oche WIA performance.rtandards? As an employer, the OCCC program design teaches youth how to work and go to school. The OCCC follows all applicable labor and charter school laws, regulations, policies and procedures Califomia employers and charter schools must follow. In order to remain employed by the OCCC, corpsmembers must follow and abide by OCCC policies and Page 1 I of 22