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<br />Orange County Conservation Corps <br />Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board <br />Request for Proposal <br />The Youth Service Provider Network <br />PY 2007/2008 <br /> <br />The OCCC is affiliated with the John Muir Charter School, which is chartered and <br />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. Those <br />corpsmembers that have their high school diploma at the time of hire, or those that earn <br />their high school diploma while working at the OCCC, are required to enroll in some <br />form of post-secondary education; community college, Regional Occupation Programs <br />(ROP), or local trade schools to continue their education. <br /> <br />The OCCC also offers support services to assist corpsmembers in overcoming the <br />barriers they have to maintaining their employment and achieving their educational <br />goals. Support services also ensure that they are able to obtain and maintain <br />employment post-OCCC. The OCCC primarily employs and serves the hardest to <br />serve and neediest segment of our youth population, the 17-26 year old high school <br />dropout. OCCC serves those youth that fit the description of "at-greater-risk" as defined <br />by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. The OCCC is not a court <br />mandated program. OCCC corpsmembers come to the OCCC because they need to <br />work and want to earn their high school diploma. OCCC corpsmembers may have been <br />ex-offenders, been affiliated with gangs, on probation or parole, emancipated, pregnant <br />or 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 />With all the services the OCCC offers, our cost-per-participant is understandably higher <br />than most programs. For the program year 2006-2007, the approved cost-per- <br />participant is $8,637. For this proposal, the cost-per-participant increases to $9,614, an <br />11.3% increase, mostly due to the California-mandated increase in minimum wage (an <br />18.5% increase). <br /> <br />As an open entry/exit transitional work and school program, corpsmembers may remain <br />at the occe for up to two years to earn. ..learn... and serve. This gives <br />corpsmembers time to develop the necessary skills to achieve the self esteem <br />necessary to enter the workforce. The oeee provides an opportunity for <br />corpsmembers to earn a living through paid work experience, learn job skills and further <br />their education, while they serve their communities by completing work projects that <br />benefit our local communities. <br /> <br />Which WIA population will the proqram recruit and serve? <br />For PY 2007-08 the ocee 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 high school dropout; <br />or, a high school graduate/GED recipient that is basic skills deficient, or is unemployed, <br />or underemployed. While Out-of-School youth may be between the ages of 14-21, the <br />oece will recruit and serve younger and older Out-of-School youth primarily between <br />the ages of 17-21. This population will most benefit from the oeee's program design <br />that combines work and school in a structured, supervised, forty two hour work/school <br />week. <br /> <br />Page 2 of 23 <br />