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Orange County Conservation Corps <br />Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board - The Youth Service Provider Network <br />Request for Proposal <br />PY 201212013 <br />I. PROPOSAL NARRATIVE <br />A. Executive Summary <br />1. Briefly Describe your organization: The Orange County Conservation Corps is <br />a nonprofit, certified local conservation corps, one of 12 certified local conservation corps in <br />California. As a certified local conservation corps, the Orange County Conservation Corps <br />operates under the California Public Resources Code which mandates several program <br />components, including paid work experience, job training, education, life skills and pre- <br />employment training. The Corps must maintain its certification each year through an annual <br />certification review. <br />The Orange County Conservation Corps primarily enrolls, trains, and employs the hardest -to- <br />reach and neediest segment of our youth population. These are the 18 -25 year old out -of- school <br />youth who are primarily high school dropouts, the youth who are or have been homeless and /or <br />runaways, the youth in foster care, the youth who are court involved, and the youth who have <br />had incarcerated parents. They are the youth that fit the description of "at- greater- risk" as <br />defined by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention. Ten Percent (10 %) of the <br />Santa Ana WIA participants to be served by this project will be from the following categories of <br />1) foster youth or emancipated youth 2) probation youth 3) youth with disabilities. <br />Corps Members may remain at the Orange County Conservation Corps for up to two years to <br />earn ... learn... and serve. This gives Corps Members the time necessary to develop the skills to <br />enter the workforce; and the OCCC program provides an opportunity for Corps Members to earn <br />a living through paid work experience, learn job skills and further their education, while they <br />serve the public by completing work projects. <br />2. Briefly describe how this program fits in with programs currently being offered by your <br />agency:The Orange County Conservation Corps has incorporated a variety of best practices from <br />various state and national models for youth and workforce development to serve this population. <br />The Corps' basic program design has been in place since 1995 and has expanded and enhanced <br />its WIA program services since the inception of WIA funding in 1998. The OCCC's program <br />design provides comprehensive and coordinated activities for at -risk youth to meet and exceed <br />planned expected outcomes in literacy and numeracy gains, attainment of a degree or certificate <br />and placement in employment or post- secondary education. <br />3. Briefly describe the basic program (indicate the number of youth to be served, which <br />WIA population will be served, activities /workshops, work experience, training, <br />educational resources, work readiness, case management strategies): For PY 2012 -13, the <br />Orange County Conservation Corps proposes to serve 300ut- of- SchoolSanta Ana WIA eligible <br />youth with the legal right to work; are low- income; a high school dropout; or, a high school <br />graduate /GED recipient that is basic skills deficient, or is unemployed or underemployed. <br />Exhibit A <br />