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Orange County Conservation Corps <br />Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board <br />Request for Proposal <br />The Youth Service Provider Network <br />PY 2008/2009 <br />The OCCC maintains a computer lab for corpsmember use and training. The computer lab will <br />double in size in 2008 from 15 workstations to 30. <br />The OCCC uses several customized program/grant-specific databases (such as the Virtual One- <br />Stop system), spreadsheets and internally developed forms and custom databases to track a <br />wide variety of program and grant outcomes. Desktop software applications used internally <br />include: <br />• Microsoft Windows XP Professional <br />• Microsoft Office 2007 <br />• Sage MIP 8.1 Fund Accounting <br />• Skills Tutor <br />• TABE Testing <br />ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION <br />Description of the Proposer <br />Current number of full time and part time personnel emp/oyed/average annual operating <br />budget/sources of revenue. <br />The OCCC currently has 35 full-time and 1 part-time staff and needs to employ 100 <br />corpsmembers each day to fulfill current work projects. Several staff will be involved in <br />providing services for this project, some in-kind (Teachers, Transition Specialist, Training <br />Supervisor). Several OCCC staff are former corpsmembers themselves.who .are valuable role <br />models and mentors to corpsmembers. <br />For FY2007-2008, the Board-approved budget is $4,591,324. This is higher than average due to <br />a one-time capital improvement grant for $1.2M awarded this fiscal year. Typically, the OCCC <br />average annual budget is between $3,000,000 and $3,200,000. <br />Sources of revenue include grants (57%) and fee-for-service contracts (37%). The remaining <br />revenue is generated through donations and in-kind contributions. As a portion of total <br />revenue, grants include: <br />• California Department of Conservation Division of Recycling (48%) <br />• Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board (6%) <br />• California Conservation Corps (2%) <br />How long has vour organization been serving Santa Ana youth? <br />The OCCC has been serving Santa Ana youth for the last ten (10) years. <br />What kind of impact has vour services made to the vouch in the community? <br />Page 20 of 24 <br />