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2025-26 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAQ <br />Youth Employment Program <br />TABLE 5: Additional Job Training Proerams for WIOA Youth mentored by NON-WIOA staff <br />PROGRAM <br />DESCRIPTION <br />Days/Times <br />Early Start Program <br />The Early Start program is and early intervention program <br />Mondays & Tuesdays <br />that integrates very young children (6 months to 3 years of <br />8:30 am —11:30 am <br />age) with and without special in a natural community <br />Fridays <br />environment with their parents. It aims at enhancing <br />8:30 am —10:30 am <br />students' cognitive, language, motor and social <br />development. <br />Pre -Kinder Arts <br />The Pre -Kinder Arts program is a bilingual school readiness <br />Wednesdays & <br />Program <br />program that serves children ages 3- 4 years old. The <br />Thursdays <br />parents and children work together in a creative and <br />8:30 am —11:30 am <br />nurturing environment by engaging in music, art, literacy, <br />Fridays <br />and parenting classes to prepare children for school. <br />10:30-12:30 pm <br />After School Arts <br />The ASA for Life program provides artistic training in the <br />Monday — Friday <br />Program <br />fields of Music, Visual Arts, Dance, Musical Theatre, and <br />3:30 pm — 8:00 pm <br />Technology training to at -risk youth, and children with <br />and Saturdays <br />disabilities in the community. <br />9:00 am — 4:00 pm <br />Therapeutic Arts <br />This program serves children and youth with disabilities of <br />Monday— Friday <br />Program <br />all ages and special needs, including: learning disability, <br />3:30 pm — 8:00 pm <br />health impairments, physical disability, developmental <br />Saturdays <br />disabilities and others. <br />9:00 am — 4:00 pm <br />Learning Academy & <br />This program provides homework support and tutoring to <br />Monday — Friday <br />Tutoring Program <br />students (ages 5 —16 yrs.) in Language Arts (reading and <br />4:00— 8:00 pm <br />writing), math, and other academic subjects. <br />Saturdays <br />9:00 am — 5:00 pm <br />OCCTAC <br />This program provides outreach, prevention, referrals and <br />Monday— Friday <br />Family Wellness <br />engagement with individuals at -risk of mental health <br />8:00 am — 8:00 pm <br />Program <br />problems. Other support services include parenting, <br />and weekends <br />counseling, and support groups. <br />Senior. Socialization <br />This program provides early intervention and socialization <br />Monday —Saturdays <br />Program <br />activities to older adults at -risk of mental health problems. <br />8:00am — 4:00pm <br />Services are provided at OCCTAC and various Senior Centers <br />in Santa Ana. <br />B. Special consideration will be given to organizations that can prepare youth for targeted <br />in -demand industries: 1. Manufacturing, 2.Information Technology, 3. Healthcare, 4. <br />Hospitality/entertainment. OCCTAC's Youth employment program prepares youth in 3 of <br />the 4 targeted in -demand industries identified. 1) Healthcare, 2) Technology and 3) <br />Hospitality/Entertainment. In addition, we have an excellent community partner (Rancho <br />Santiago Community College - See letter of commitment), that will hire our Youth <br />Employment Program participants as "Interns" and then as Employees! The Executive <br />Director has been working closely with RSCC district staff to create a "Pathway from Non - <br />Credit to Credit Courses"for our YEP participants so they can get their degrees, State <br />Certificates and also get hired by RSCC to become Instructional Assistants for their Child <br />Development Centers throughout Orange County! We are very excited about this great <br />opportunity for our Santa Ana young adults that are eager to get jobs in the Childcare. <br />�J <br />