ORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN'S THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER 15 - 2010

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New OCCTAC families - Every year OCCTAC serves new families that learned about our services from other OCCTAC parents. Last year we served close to 1,000 students. Five hundred of these students were served in the Santa Ana Unified School District sites through our Learning Academy Program, and approximately 500 students were served at our Main facility/ Arts Center on Broadway. Every year we enroll new families through "word of mouth"! ❑ Intake / Assessment When appropriate, the OCCTAC Case manager will work closely with the SAUSD Transition Partnership team to identify and determine the individual educational (IEP) and career goals of participants referred to our program The WIA participants will be assessed and/or surveyed in the following areas: a) Basic Skills/Academic levels, b) Employability/job skills, and c) Career Training Skills. Assessments and surveys will takes place prior to the educational training and work experience at OCCTAC. The first assessment to be conducted is the TABE assessment. If the assessment reveals basic skills deficiency, then the student is provided with another short literacy test to measure his/her literacy levels. The literacy assessment will help also determine the placement for those participants interested in being "mentors/tutors", and help guide each WIA participant in their educational/academic goals. ❑ Case Management OCCTAC's philosophy of the program is based on an interdisciplinary/holistic model that calls for a high interaction between the key staff of the program and WIA participants. Each student of the program will be linked with an adult staff mentor (Arts/Technology Instructor), a case manager, a career counselor and a Literacy and Math Instructor. The Case manager will coordinate and support the WIA participants' activities with the other staff members. The Case Manager will meet bi-monthly with each WIA participant to monitor their progress, assist with job skills training (e.g., resume writing, etc.), and help youth with job development. ❑ Program Services (including tutoring services) Program Services/Parent and Employer Involvement: OCCTAC provides a great variety of programs that empower both youth and adults! Our nurturing, community-based center provides a wide range of classes and family involvement activities, such as parenting classes, support groups, family counseling, financial literacy and others. Our interdisciplinary and holistic model provides WIA participants with a wonderful opportunity to involve their parents, siblings and friends. Our Center believes in community involvement, education and leadership. Therefore all of the programs that we serve incorporate youth, and parent involvement and participation. Furthermore, OCCTAC provides support, advocacy and education to our community families through invited guests that provide in-kind services to our Center in the spirit of community leadership! ❑ Placement in Jobs or Continuing Education Youth who successfully complete their training program are recommended and sometimes hired as tutors or teacher assistants to work in our Learning Academy program. In addition, OCCTAC will provide youth job preparation workshops, participation in job fairs, resume preparation, one-on-one job skills training, career coaching and referrals. All WIA participants will be paid for their "hands-on" job training in the placement site of their choice at OCCTAC programs (i.e. Arts Program, Media Lab, Learning Academy, etc.) Please see Table 3. During this period of time, all WIA participants will receive $8.00 per hour and will continue with their tutoring and be encouraged to work up to 10 -hours per week. If needed, the participants will receive other support services available at the Center. 10 EXHIBIT A