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C. Priority of Services <br />1. Demonstrate how the program will include targeted youth groups: <br />a) Foster and/or Emancipated youth — OCCTAC already has a wonderful partnership with Orangewood <br />Foundation. We will continue to co -enroll and provide services to foster and emancipated youth. Furthermore, <br />OCCTAC also started a formal partnership with Orangewood homes and our staff provides weekly services to <br />youth at their facility. This partnership provides us with the advantage of recruiting new participants for our WIA <br />program. <br />b) Youth with Disabilities — This is a top priority for OCCTAC provided that our mission is to target youth with <br />disabilities! As mentioned previously, OCCTAC has been partnering with the Santa Ana Unified School District, <br />Transition Partnership Project (TPP) to serve youth with disabilities exiting high school. (See letter of support). <br />In partnership with the SAUSD TPP, we meet regularly to discuss potential candidates for the program after they <br />have exited high school, but lack the necessary skills to successfully transition in the labor force and need further <br />education and training. Many of the participants referred are moderate to high functioning youth with disabilities, <br />including: learning disabilities, autism, health impairments and others. <br />c) Youth on Probation — OCCTAC will make it a priority this year to collaborate more with Taller San Jose, OC <br />Conservation and other partners in the community that serve youth on probation and provide the much needed <br />services to this population. <br />2. Demonstrate how the program will include targeted projects: <br />a) Job training programs that will prepare youth for green -collar careers — OCCTAC has a collaborative <br />relationship with three community agencies that can provide WIA youth with job training programs that will <br />prepare youth for green -collar careers, if participants choose this field of interest. These agencies are: Vital Link, <br />Heritage Museum and the Grain Project. Vital Link has a curriculum for green technology training, and Heritage <br />Museum and the Grain Project are in the process of developing a health/nutrition/agricultural curriculum for <br />young adults. This past year we have had conversations with all three community organizations. <br />b) Projects that attract and prepare youth for STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) <br />careers — OCCTAC programs and services support the High Growth Training Initiative as identified by the <br />United States Department of Labor. Within the 14 -high growth industries identified, our participants will obtain <br />training related to the hnformation and Technology, the Financial Services Industries and the fields of Education <br />and the Arts. As the participants master their basic skills and commit to taking on new challenges, they will <br />emerge from the program better prepared to accomplish both short and long -tern employment goals. With the <br />emphasis on STEM, the WIA participants will spend more time in the area of math. This particular objective is in <br />alignment with the STEM initiative as well as the on-going development and implementation of workforce <br />solutions that have been identified. OCCTAC is utilizing curricula to build core competencies to train workers; <br />identify and disseminate career and skill information and increase the integration of community and technical <br />college activities with industry and the public workforce system. <br />c) Projects that offer work experience (youth compensation suggested via stipends or hourly pay) — As <br />mentioned in previous sections, All WIA participants receive paid compensation via stipends during the first <br />month, and then an hourly pay for their work experience! Regardless of the area or career of their choice all WIA <br />participants receive compensation when they enroll in our programs. <br />D. Program Design (Flow) <br />1. Describe how the participant flow will occur. Include the following categories: <br />❑ Outreach / Recruitment / Eligibility Determination <br />As stated previously, OCCTAC has entered into a strong partnership with the Santa Ana Unified School District, <br />Transition Partnership Project (TPP) to serve youth with disahilities exiting high school. (See letter of support). <br />In partnership with the SAUSD TPP, we will ensure that our enrollment goals will be met, approximately by the <br />second quarter of the contract, (if not before), and that our participants will be successful in reaching their goals. <br />Exhibit A <br />