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7. Describe how training and services result in career paths that lead youth towards self-sufficiency.
<br />Please provide Labor Market Information if training is provided. The Orange County Conservation
<br />Corps will provide the WIA Corpsmembers with hard skills (on the job training, certifications, etc.) and
<br />soft skills (responsibility, discipline, punctuality, uniform standards, etc.) which lead to job retention. The
<br />WIA Corpsmembers will be exposed to presentations, workshops, and fieldtrips to assist them in
<br />developing career paths. The Corps-2-Career Specialist will work individually with the WIA
<br />Corpsmembers to develop personalized goals (post-secondary education, job placement, and career
<br />development) that lead them to self-sufficiency. Specific Labor Markets include Green Building
<br />Operations, Solar Panel Installation, and Water Treatment.
<br />E. Goals / Objectives and Performance Levels
<br />1. How will services proposed aid in meeting the WIA performance goals:
<br />The Orange County Conservation Corps program design teaches youth how to work and go to
<br />school. The Corps follows all applicable labor and charter school laws, regulations, policies and
<br />procedures which California employers and charter schools must follow. The WIA Corpsmembers must
<br />follow and abide by the Corps' policies and procedures for work and school. To work at the Corps the
<br />WIA participants must also have an educational goal and be making satisfactory progress towards that
<br />goal to remain employed. Therefore, the Program Specialist meets with WIA Corpsmembers on a
<br />regular basis to review their progress and develop a dropout prevention plan. By learning
<br />employer expectations and following standard work rules and procedures, WIA Corpsmembers
<br />will be prepared to both enter and maintain employment. If a WIA Corpsmember has chronic
<br />attendance problems and has exhausted all forms of progressive discipline, they will be referred
<br />to partnering agencies that may be more for suitable for their needs.
<br />The following current services will meet the needs of WIA performance standards:
<br />:• 32 hours each week of paid work experience;
<br />:• "Soft" and "hard" occupational skills training (habitat/park/trail restoration, construction,
<br />•:• recycling, facility maintenance, office skills);
<br />:• Tutoring, study skills, instruction leading to a high school diploma and to meet literacy
<br />•: and numeracy gains;
<br />:• Drop-out prevention strategies (for both work and school);
<br />•:• Orange County Conservation Corps staff as adults mentors;
<br />Crew-based and individual leadership development (crew leader training);
<br />Alternative secondary school - OCCC Charter high school that combines work and
<br />school to facilitate completing secondary school;
<br /><• Support services; referrals for legal, medical, substance abuse, health, housing,
<br />:• family/personal guidance and counseling; help with tools, books, clothing, other items
<br />:• needed for interviews, job requirements, advanced training, etc.
<br />•:• Pre-employment, life skills, and transition services;
<br />•:• Minimum of 12-month follow up services to maintain employment or find new/better
<br />:• employment;
<br />:• Access to Orange County Conservation Corps' computer lab, fax, voice mail, and printer
<br />•:• for resumes, applications, financial aid, job search, job retention, on-line services;
<br />:• Introduction to Santa Ana WORK Center and CalJobs to facilitate use of EDD system;
<br />•:• Certificates, Awards, Diplomas, Scholarships, and Licenses earned;
<br />•: Portfolios;
<br />•:• Individual participant interviews, case notes, surveys, and informal evaluations;
<br />•:• Additional trainings and workshops, (i.e. tool safety, CPR/First Aid, forklift certification).
<br />Exhibit A
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