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DOl_ SGA- DFA- PY -10 -13 Orange County Bridge to Engineering <br />ii Targeted Population <br />Recruitment and selection process for program participants. The OC B2E recruitment <br />process will include a multi- partner outreach campaign that encompasses One -Stop Career Centers, <br />CCs (both our partner colleges and the other colleges within their districts), including their veterans' <br />programs and centers, and EDD Veterans Services. A Student Support Specialist hired for this pro- <br />ject will coordinate outreach and recruitment with partners and the Project Director, make presenta- <br />bons,. and meet one -on -one and in groups with prospective students. <br />While we are not specifically targeting long -term unemployed individuals, 47% of all unem- <br />ployed workers in the state have been unemployed for 27 weeks or more, and over 400,000 Califor- <br />nians have exhausted their 99 weeks of unemployment benefits.' We will target the unemployed, <br />long -term unemployed, and underemployed workers who are committed to a major career shift. We <br />will- also particularly target disadvantaged adults with little significant workplace experience. <br />Criteria used to as and enroll individuals for H -1B level education and training. <br />Participants will need to have at least a high school diploma or GED; test into at least 8"' -9th grade <br />reading and math level, and demonstrate commitment tq the OC B2E cohort model. Recruitment <br />and orientation will stress the year -round commitment to coursework, summer institutes, and a <br />third -year paid practictun (OJT) concurrent with a full academic load: A Steering Committee will <br />advise the CC partners on candidates for inclusion in OC B2E. <br />Role of the employer partner(s) in participant selection. The OC -B2E will prioritize mov- <br />ing students from pre - algebra math skills to completion of UC /CSU transfer requirements in no <br />more than three years. Employer partners will be interviewed regarding skills and attributes that en- <br />able an engineering student to make a successful transition to the workplace. Those employers who <br />sit on the OC B2E steering committee will have direct input into participant selection <br />Diversity: Existing diversity of the workforce, whether the selection process might af- <br />fect program diversity; how the proposal will improve the diversity of the workforce; meth- <br />5 CA EDD LMID, California Labor Market Review, March 2011. <br />Page 5 of 20 <br />20A -56 <br />