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<br />Orange COLlnTY Conservatwn Corps and )"[wthbuiJd <br />Santa An8 V../orkforce Investment Board <br />Request l(x Proposal <br />The Youth Service Provider Network <br />PI' 200512006 <br />and administered by the Nevada County (CA) Superintendent of Schools OCCC <br />corpsmembers who do not have a high school diploma are enrolled in the OCCC John <br />Muir Charter School to earn credits and complete their high school diploma while <br />working for the OCCc. Those corpsmembers that have their high school diploma at the <br />time of hire or those that earn their high school diploma while working at the OCCC are <br />required to enroll in some form of post-secondary instruction; community college, <br />Regional Occupation Programs (ROP), or local trade schools to continue their education. <br />OCCC support services first assist corpsmembers in overcoming the barriers they have to <br />maintaining their employment and education program with the OCCC and second to <br />ensure they are able to obtain and maintain employment post-OCCc. As an open <br />entry/exit transitional work and school program, corpsmembers may remain at the OCCC <br />for up to two years to earn.. .Iearn... and serve. This gives corpsmembers time to <br />develop the necessary skills to achieve the self esteem necessary to enter the workforce. <br />The OCCC provides an opportunity for corpsmembers to earn a living through paid work <br />experience, learn job skills and further their education, while they serve their <br />communities by comp leting work projects that benefit our local communities. <br /> <br />The OCCC primarily employs and serves the hardest to serve and neediest segment of <br />our youth population, the 16-26 year old high school dropout. The OCCC is not a court <br />mandated program. OCCC corpsmembers come to the OCCC because they need to work <br />and want to earn their high school diploma. OCCC corpsmembers may have been ex- <br />offenders, been affiliated with gangs, on probation or parole, emancipated, pregnant or <br />parenting, or homeless. Almost all are low-income, basic skills deficient, and have <br />multiple barriers to employment and/or furthering their education. <br /> <br />As mentioned above the OCCC has incorporated a variety of best practices from various <br />state and national models for youth and workforce development to serve this population. <br />The OCCC's program design provides comprehensive and coordinated youth activities <br />and services in a variety of venues and settings throughout the county. OCCC ensures all <br />10 WIA Required Program Elements are provided to corpsmembers either by the OCCC <br />or by OCCC's extensive network of community partners who provide services as in-kind <br />support. <br /> <br />Which WIA population will the pror:ram recruit and serve? <br />For PY 2005-06 the OCCC proposes to serve Out-of-School WIA eligible youth who are <br />Santa Ana residents with the legal right to work; are low-income; a school dropout; or, a <br />high school graduate/GED recipient and is basic skills deficient, or is unemployed, or <br />underemployed While Out-of-School youth may be between the ages of 14-21, the <br />OCCC will recruit and serve those older Out-of-School youth primarily between the ages <br />of 19-21 who will most benefit from the OCCC's program design that combines work <br />and school in a structured, supervised, forty hour work/school week. <br /> <br />The OCCC recruits and serves the neediest youth population the Santa Ana Youth <br />Council is committed to serving as identified by the DOUET A New Strategic Vision for <br />the Deliverv of Youth Services Under the Workforce Investment Act (RFP page 9); older <br /> <br />Page 2 of 22 <br />