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Upon program completion, all 20 WIA pazticipants will transition to a tluee-month, 32-hour per <br />week paid externship with OCCC and their industry partners to gain on-the job experience. <br />Youth will earn minimum wage during their externship, which will include a znix of job- <br />shadowing and hands-an experience fabricating and s#aging iz}stallation materials. One industry <br />paztner on this project is Sun Energy,' Inc., aMission-Viejo-based company focused on <br />commercial solar energy. During this externship, all WIA-enrolled youth will meet weekly with <br />their respective case managers, either at Taller San Jose or at OCCC. <br />Taller San Jose's program in green construction will also provide support services to help <br />students address many of the factors that prevent them from successfully transitiozaing in#o the <br />workforce. Young people in Santa Ana, who have not completed high school, who have no <br />defined job skills, and who have criminal records face a number of significant obstacles to self- <br />sufficiency. TSJ's Case Managers help shzdents address these barriers to employment through <br />regular mentoring and life skills sessions. Upon arrival in the program, all 10 Taller San Jose- <br />enrolled WIA students will be matched to a case manager who conducts an initial assessment <br />and develops goals with the student to help them show up every day, on time, and to increase <br />their likelihood of remaining enrolled in the progz•am. Case Managers will challenge students to <br />complete the following seven goals: Obtain a high school diploma; Open and use a bank <br />account; Learn basic computer skills; Secure a job with a living wage; Remain crime free and <br />drug free for one year; Register to vote; and, Obtain a valid driver's 1zcense. Casa Managers <br />refer students expeziencing more serious issues to our on-site counselor who is a Licensed <br />Clinical Social Worker or connects them to appropriate community resources. Staff provides <br />monthly childcare vouchers and bus passes to help alleviate students' childcare and <br />transportation needs. <br />Casa Managers also offer a weekly life skills program that focuses on relationship building and <br />healthy relationships and based on FuturoNow's YYithln My Reach(t7 curriculum. Within My <br />Reach is a zelationship skills and decision-making program aimed at helping individuals achieve <br />their goals in relationships, family and marriage. The curriculum is especially tailored for those <br />with economic hardships and focuses on two fundamental premises. The first is that virtually alI <br />people have aspirations for relationships that are happy, healthy, and stable-and that these <br />aspirations are most o$en expressed in terms of a desire for success in marriage. The second <br />premise is that the decisions one makes in romantic relationships will affect the possibility of <br />success in every other aspect of life-especially in child rearing and employment. The program <br />teaches that success in life on virtually every dimension depends on success, or at the very least, <br />the absence of high danger or derailment of personal goals due to problems in personal <br />relationships. <br />Taller San Jose's Employment and Alumni Services provides 24-months of comprehensive <br />follow-up services to graduates including links to employment and ongoing coaching that <br />includes resume building, interviewing skills and confidence building that helps students remain <br />employed and focused on career progression. All follow-up services include intensive support <br />far the first 90 days after placement. As graduates acclimate to the workplace, meetings with <br />staff mentors occur on a bi-weekly or monthly basis. Alumni Incentives ($10 gift cards) are <br />given for proof of employment at 30 and 90 days after placement. The career center is open until <br />?}?M every Wednesday to ensure that alumni have adequate access to this resource.. Taller <br />produces a quarterly alumni and student newsletter, Standing Talley; which has a circulation of <br />roughly 500 individuals. The publication highlights student success stories, inspirational <br />5 <br />EXHIBIT A spontorerl6y~brSittrrtojSt.Jotep/ofor,,,,88 <br />