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Proposed Work Plan The goal of the Santa Ana Youth Service Provider program is to deliver a Workforce Innovation & Opportunity Act (WIDA) youth program for Santa Ana youth between the ages of 16-24 that are out-of- school with a focus on providing paid work experience and/or WIDA defined credentials. In addition to our roles and responsibilities as a member of the Santa Ana Youth Service Provider Network, our plan provides full wrap-around support, including basic needs, housing support, mentoring, and work experience or occupational training, for 20 qualified youth over the contract period, July 1, 2025 through June 30, 2026. The SUFK OC Work Plan will meet and exceed the stated requirements and performance outcomes in the SA VSP Scope of Work below: 1) Participate actively in the Santa Ana Youth Council and Youth Service Provider Network. 2) Attend monthly Youth Service Provider Network meetings. 3) Deliver two or more of the 14 WIDA program elements. 4) Create and sustain partnerships with businesses, parents and other resources to serve youth. 5) Design programs to meet or exceed WIDA Performance Indicators (refer to page 26 for Performance Indicators). 6) Recruit and refer potential WIDA participants to the Service Navigator for eligibility determination. 7) Enroll 100% enrollment by second quarter (December 31, 2025). 8) Register youth participants into CalJOBS. 9) Document on CalJOBs (www.caljobs.ca.gov) at least one or more substantial service activity (refer Workforce Services Directives WSD 20-10 and WSD 19-06) each month for each enrolled youth. 10) Conduct an objective assessment of the academic levels, skill levels, and service needs of the participant. 11) Maintain files that clearly document WIDA eligibility, assessments, needs and services provided to participant and performance outcome verification. 12) Provide 12-month follow-up services for "exited" (youth no longer enrolled in program) participants. 13) Develop systems to invoice for services on a monthly basis. 14) Make available satisfaction surveys to all participants. 15) Be prepared to be monitored for WIDA compliance by Federal, State, SAW DB and/or Service Navigator. Approach Our approach applies the SUFK OC standard operating procedures for Community Outreach, Street Outreach and the "Journey to Self-Sufficiency" (JTS) youth mentoring program. For over 20 years, SUFK QC has operated these programs to reach homeless and at-risk youth. During that time, thousands of OC youth have engaged in the SUFK OC mentoring programs and successfully moved from crisis to self-sufficiency. We offer two primary mentoring programs. The goal of "Journey to Self-Sufficiency" (JTS), program is for each youth to move from surviving to thriving. The program typically takes 6 months to complete. At that point, the youth is self-sufficient and permanently housed. Success is measured by the youth remaining self-sufficient and stably housed at 1 year. In 2024, we experienced a 97% success rate with 343 youth enrolled. JTS is a five-stage, goal-based, process that includes activities, workshops, training, work experience and occupational training that build job skills and life skills leading to long-term independence. Youth receive support from their SUFK OC mentor and case manager throughout the duration of the program. Youth under 16 and youth that can be reconnected to secondary education, align with the SUFK QC "Roadmap to Success" (RMTS) youth mentoring program. RMTS focuses on homelessness prevention among students through education stabilization, tutoring, and study skills training, plus life skills and job 14 EXHIBIT 3 City Council 10 – 337 7/1/2025