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Orange County Conservation Corps and Youthbuild <br />Santa Ana Workforce lnves[men[ Board <br />Request for Proposal <br />The Youth Service Provider Network <br />PY 2005/2006 <br />Completed numerous work projects to improve and restore several Santa Ana <br />parks, portions of Santiago Creek, and the Santa Ana Zoo; <br />Repaired more than 201ow-income homes/apartments in Santa Ana. <br />How do you track,your outcomes? <br />The OCCC uses several program/grant specific databases to track specific program and <br />grant outcomes; job placements, case notes, program services provided, hours worked, <br />and financePoudget information. In addition the OCCC uses spreadsheets and OCCC <br />developed forms to track a variety of other corpsmember outcomes including: number of <br />corpsmembers enrolled, daily work/school attendance, demographic information, number <br />of male/female successful completions, exit information, corpsmember recruitment by <br />individual cities, average length of stay at the OCCC, project reports, corpsmember <br />performance, hours worked, projects completed, 12 month follow up contacts, support <br />services and transition services provided, and other information needed to be reported to <br />fenders, sponsors, stakeholders and the OCCC Board of Directors. Various staff are <br />responsible for tracking outcomes specific to their job assignments. <br />Experience <br />Bnefly outline all vouth programs that amour agency has operated during the last two <br />vears. <br />The OCCC has operated the same basic youth program for the last 11 years based on <br />state and national models for conservation and youth service corps. Over the years the <br />OCCC has developed and improved on this basic model to provide a comprehensive, <br />structured, program that provides a wide array of work experiences and services that <br />meets the needs of local Orange County youth. The OCCC began a construction training <br />program three years ago. This past year the OCCC received aHUD/Youthbuild grant <br />and now operates a Youthbuild program concurrently with its conservation corps <br />program. Youthbuild is a nationally recognized construction training model. Both <br />program models stress the importance of education, occupational skills that lead to <br />employment, leadership development, and post-program follow up. Incorporating the <br />two models offers additional training and employment opportunities for the youth OCCC <br />serves. <br />Which has been most success z~l? <br />It is too early in the implementation of the Youthbuild model to determine which of the <br />two program models is more successful. Both models strive for similar outcomes but <br />place difference emphasis on program components. Youthbuild requires 50% of <br />participants' hours to be in education/vocational training while the conservation corps <br />model does not have a specific requirement for the amount of time spend in education. <br />The OCCC will need more time to determine the positives and negatives of the <br />Youthbuild model before making a determination which model is more successful. <br />What kind ofexperience do you have in incorporating parents into your programs? <br />As mentioned earlier, since most OCCC corpsmembers are adults and many are <br />estranged from their parents for various reasons, the OCCC does not have much <br />Page 19 of 22 <br />