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DOL SGA- DFA- PY -10 -13 Orange County Bridge to Engineering <br />Project Abstract <br />i <br />1) Project name: Orange County Bridge to Engineering (OC B2E) j <br />2) Lead applicant: City of Santa Ana; fiscal agent for the Santa Ana Workforce Investment <br />Board. Federal Tax Identification Number: 95- 6000785 Educatioa partners Saddleback (SB) <br />and Santa Ana (SAC) Community Colleges, California State University Fullerton (CSUF), University <br />of California Irvine (UCI); business related porlprofrts OCTANe and Autodesk Manufacturers <br />Users Group of Orange County; workforce parWerSanta Ana WIB; also statewide workforce <br />intermediary Growth Sector. <br />3) City /State: Santa Ana, California, 4) Targeted high - growth occupation: Engineering <br />Related occupations from the H -1B visa lists: <br />SOC Code <br />SOC Occupation Titles <br />17 -2031 <br />Biomedical Engineers <br />154031 <br />Computer Software Engineers, A lications <br />15 -1032 <br />Computer Software Engineers, systems Software <br />15 -1099 <br />Computer Specialists, All Other (includes Software Quality Assurance <br />En ineers and Testers; Computer Systems En •neers /Architects and more <br />17 -2071 <br />Electrical Engineers <br />17 -2051 <br />Civil Engineers <br />17 -2199 <br />Engineers; All Other <br />17 -2061 <br />Computer Hardware Engineers <br />5) Funding level requested: $5,000,000. No rnatch•required. <br />6)'Summary of program activities: The Orange County Bridge to Engineering (OC B2E) <br />project will provide intensive, cohort -based learning communities that will increase the participation <br />of underrepresented minorities -and women in engineering and increase the supply of qualified <br />engineers in Orange County. Our needs analysis shows that most community college students, <br />whether dislocated workers returning to school or. young adults who have been unemployed or <br />underemployed, do not have the math skills to enter an engineering major or any other technical, <br />science or math major, OC B2E is based on a successful cohort and bridge model which is currently <br />i <br />being implemented for dislocated workers in the Bay Area. OC B2E combines O%iopportuajacs <br />Page 1 of 2 i <br />gll _ A ' <br />