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Exhibit A- Scope of Work City of Santa Ana JP2017-Y2526 City of Santa Ana Youth Employment Program Funded by California Volunteers RFA#CV25-YSC04 Point of Sandy Barba, Workforce Specialist IV Contact: City of Santa Ana Community Development Agency sbarba@santa-ana.org (714) 565-2611 Section 1: Program Goal The City of Santa Ana seeks to expand youth employment opportunities and strengthen long-term career pathways for local youth by participating in the California Volunteers Youth Service Corps. Through this program, the City of Santa Ana will provide increased youth access to meaningful paid work experience, build a pipeline into public sector and community-serving careers, and enhance municipal capacity to address critical local needs in public service, education, and food insecurity. Santa Ana faces ongoing barriers that hinder young people from entering the workforce, such as limited entry-level opportunities, lack of work experience, and economic and social challenges that mostly impact low-income and historically underrepresented youth. This program aims to reduce these obstacles by providing structured work experience combined with mentoring, career exploration, and comprehensive support. Participation in this program directly supports several of the City's strategic goals: (1) preparing youth for educational and career success, (2) expanding public service workforce pipelines, (3) strengthening community well-being by addressing food insecurity, and (4) enhancing quality of life through increased economic opportunity. The program also reinforces the City's mission to deliver efficient public services in partnership with the community by cultivating a skilled, diverse, and service-oriented local workforce. With the support of this grant, the City will offer youth hands-on work experience across municipal departments and nonprofit agencies, complemented by skill-building workshops and individualized career guidance. These opportunities will increase youth employment readiness, expand interest in public service career pathways, and help address the City's operational needs in high-demand areas. The City's goal is to create a sustainable model that both improves youth outcomes and strengthens municipal capacity to serve residents. Section 2: Program Design The City of Santa Ana will implement the program in-house through the Santa Ana WORK Center, which has decades of experience operating high-quality youth workforce programs with seamless access to services for youth, connecting them with relevant programs and partners within the Youth Service Providers Network (YSPN). The WORK Center Serves as the central navigator for these partnerships, ensuring alignment with grant objectives and best practices in youth workforce development. The City has demonstrated capacity in administering and implementing two prior 1