ORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS - 2008

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Orange County Conservation Corps Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Request for Proposal The Youth Service Provider Network PY 2008/2009 short term, quick fix to the issues associated with the neediest youth, but a 6-12 month comprehensive program with various components and strategies designed to guide and support youth into being employable, trainable, self-sufficient adults. OCCC support services and paid work experience help corpsmembers stabilize their lives and help them deal with the many issues they face on a daily basis so they can first maintain their employment and education program at the OCCC. Once OCCC corpsmembers become stable and are able to maintain employment and education at the OCCC they can then focus on furthering their education, improving their work skills, and seeking better employment post-corps. With this philosophy, the OCCC program will accomplish the following: • Provide jobs for 22 Santa Ana youth as they are hired by the OCCC to complete OCCC work projects; • Meet/exceed the WIA outcomes for entered employment or education, credential attainment, and skill gains as outlined above in the RFP; • Youth who are unemployed and out of school will become employed by the OCCC and enrolled in the OCCC Charter School to earn their high school diploma; • Provide "soft" and "hard" occupational skills training needed to complete OCCC work projects (i.e. landscaping, construction, recycling); • corpsmembers will learn to apply these "soft" and "hard" skills training to other work and school opportunities post-000C; • Provide multiple work and educational experiences that will allow corpsmembers to seek a variety of career and educational choices and opportunities post-000C; • Provide paid work experience, trainings, and certificates to develop and/or improve their resumes for future employment; • Develop and maintain a portfolio that highlights their work/school/credential accomplishments to use in seeking employment post-000C; • corpsmembers will complete high school credits to earn a high school diploma through the OCCC Charter School; • corpsmembers will improve basic skills and improve at least at least two grade levels on a standardized tests (TARE tests); • corpsmembers will practice and prepare to pass the CA High School Exit Exam; • corpsmembers may earn scholarships for post-secondary instruction; • corpsmembers will develop leadership skills through various crew based and individual trainings; • corpsmembers will transition successfully from the OCCC into employment and/or post-secondary instruction; • corpsmembers will complete work projects that benefit our local communities and instill a sense of community service and pride in their communities. What is the len4th of the program? The OCCC is an open entry, open exit program. Therefore youth maybe recruited and enter the program at any time. Youth may exit the program at anytime based on individual needs, accomplishments, and abilities. Youth may work for the OCCC for a maximum of 24 months as Page 8 of 24