ORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS (2) - 2009

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Orange County Conservation Corps Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board -The Youth Service Provider Network Request for Proposal PY 2009/2010 • Classroom: OCCC charter high school; new Corpsmember orientation, vocational and occupational skills training; life skills, pre-employment skills, etc; • Workshops: specialized trainings (CPR/First Aid, Forklift, Chainsaw certification, etc.); safety demonstrations, leadership development, support services and educational topics (health, substance abuse, financial literacy, etc.). 7. Describe how you will conduct outreach and recruitment Include how 75% of the enrollment goals will be met by the second quarter of the contract. The OCCC recruitment plan is as follows: Month: Jul- Sep 07 Oct-Dec 07 Jan-Mar 08 Apr-Jun 08 Totals Enrollments: 3 3 3 0 12 Carry-in: 3 0 0 0 3 Total Served: 15 The OCCC plans to recruit and enroll 12 WIA eligible participants before the end of the second quarter of the program year. Therefore, 75% of total enrollments (12 of 15) for PY 2009-10 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 80% (12 of 15) 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 2007-08, the OCCC served a total of 283 youth county-wide including 70 Santa Ana youth. 24 of the Santa Ana youth were served using WIA funds (34%). These 70 Santa Ana youth were recruited and served through 4 OCCC funding sources; • Santa Ana WIA; • National Emergency Grant; • Department of Conservation, Division of Recycling; • OCCC contracts for those not meeting eligibility for the above 3 contracts. To meet these contract demands the OCCC employs a variety of recruitment strategies. Corpsmembers were asked to list all the ways they have heard or learned about the OCCC and listed the following; word-of-mouth (64%), Probation/Parole (17%),job fairs/presentations (10%), other (9%). In addition to the normal recruitment strategies of job fairs, partner networks, and presentations to and referrals from local groups and organizations, the OCCC employs "street outreach" to recruit out- of-school youth. Street outreach involves handing out flyers with the OCCCtoll-free telephone number (888.641.2677) and website address (www.hirevouth.org),and interacting with youth where youth "hang out" in Santa Ana such as parks, malls, food courts, week-end community events, and sometimes walking local neighborhoods. Historically the OCCC's most effective recruitment strategy has been referrals from former and current Corpsmembers, their family, and friends. Furthermore, recent advertisements in such periodicals as the PennySaver have resulted in increased interested in the OCCC. 8. Describe collaborations/partnerships that will assistin recruitment The OCCC participates in more than 40 community events each year and attends a variety of ongoing partner meetings with various agencies county-wide such as the O.C. Workforce Investment Board, the Santa Ana WIA Providers Network and the Youth Leadership Academy. Other agencies would include, Page 5 of 21