O.C. CONSERVATION CORPS 14 - 2007

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Orange County Conservation Corps Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Request for Proposal The Youth Service Provider Network PY 2007/2008 The OCCC recruits and serves the neediest youth population the Santa Ana Youth Council is committed to serving as identified by the DOUET A New Strateqic Vision for the Delivery of Youth Services Under the Workforce Investment Act (RFP page 9); out- of-school youth who are primarily high school dropouts, youth who are or have been homeless and/or runaways, in foster care, are court involved, migrant youth and had incarcerated parents. In the last survey conducted by the OCCC in April of 2007, 61 corpsmembers provided the following information: . Average age of those completing the survey was 20.2 years . 60% had not completed high school at the time of entry . 36% live in Santa Ana . 29% are parents . 14% are or have been in foster care . 31 % are or have been gang affiliated . 57% are or have been court involved . 60% have been incarcerated . 60% are or have been on probation/parole . 18% were homeless at time of entry . 9% are migrant youth . 22% had incarcerated parents during childhood years (before 18 years old) Indicate how manv participants to be served For PY 2007-08, the OCCC will serve 20 Santa Ana WIA eligible youth as follows: . 5 youth currently being served will be carried in from PY 2006-07, . 15 youth will be enrolled during the 12 month contract period for this RFP, July 1, 2007 to June 30, 2008. Describe how vou will conduct outreach and recruitment. Include how enrollment Qoals will be met bv the second quarter of the contract. The OCCC recruitment plan is as follows: Month Jul- Sep 07 Oct-Dee 07 Enrollments 6 6 Carry-in 5 0 Total Served Jan-Mar 08 Apr-Jun 08 3 0 o 0 Totals 15 5 20 The OCCC plans to recruit and enroll 12 WIA eligible participants before the end of the second quarter of the program year. Therefore 80% of total new enrollments (12 of 15) for PY 2007-08 will be enrolled before the end of the second quarter. The remaining 3 youth will be enrolled before the end of the third quarter of the program year. Under this plan the OCCC will have recruited and served 85% (17 of 20) of the total youth to be served for the program year by the end of the second quarter, allowing sufficient time for youth to be served during the program year. The OCCC serves all youth, not Just WIA-eligible youth. For the FY 2006-07, as of March 31 2007, the OCCC served a total of 239 youth county-wide including 61 Santa Page 3 of 23