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OC Children's Therapeutic Arts Center 2012 -13 proposal Narrative for YSPN Membership <br />2. Indicate average annual operating budget and sources of revenue. The average annual operating budget <br />for the OCCTAC is $800,000. OCCTAC's sources of revenue come from a variety of sources, including: <br />grants, fee for service, private donations, public donations, and fundraising. In addition, OCCTAC has several <br />important contracts with the County of Orange, Social Services and the County of Orange, Health Care Agency. <br />3. How long has your organization been serving Santa Ana youth? OCCTAC has been serving Santa Ana <br />youth since the year 2000. For the past 12 years, OCCTAC programs have served both at -risk youth and youth <br />with disabilities. Our variety of programs integrate youth with and without disabilities in a nurturing, <br />community -based environment that teaches respect, cultural diversity, disability awareness and full inclusion. <br />4. What kind of impact has your services made to the youth in the community? The Center has had a <br />tremendous impact on Santa Ana youth and their families. It is a catalyst for change and provides students and <br />families access to wonderful educational, therapeutic, and job training programs! As stated before, OCCTAC is <br />committed to empowering youth with disabilities and at -risk you to reach their fullest potential in life. Through <br />our innovative approach which combines the arts, education, health and technology programs, participants are <br />motivated, engaged and involved in a variety of programs at OCCTAC. <br />B. Experience <br />1. Briefly outline all youth programs that your agency has operated during the last 2 years. Include <br />discussion of past performance as related to WIA performance goals. During the last couple of years, our <br />WIA participants have attained employment /entered education at a rate of 88 %!; attained certificate /credential <br />at a 69% rate, attained Literacy and Numeracy gains at a rate of 71%. This year with our 3 state certificate <br />programs, we project that WIA participants will have even higher performance goals for certificate/ credential <br />performance rates! Please see tables 3 and 5 for a description of OCCTAC programs. WIA participants that <br />enroll with OCCTAC have a wonderful opportunity to choose from a variety of fields, such as: health, <br />education, arts, technology, and more! Furthermore, as stated previously, our agency also offers 3 state <br />certificate programs in partnership with the Santa Ana College and Pacific Clinics the Executive Administrative <br />Assistant Certificate program, the Mental Health Paraprofessional Certificate program, and the Child Care <br />Worker Certificate program. <br />2. What kind of experience do you have in incorporating parents, youth and employers into your <br />programs? OCCTAC has 12 years of experience incorporating parents and youth into our programs. <br />Parent involvement and participation is a key mission at our Center. Since our inception, OCCTAC has <br />integrated parents into all of our programs, including our early start program, the after - school classes, during <br />parenting classes, support groups, counseling and others. OCCTAC has operated youth programs for the past <br />12 years and WIA programs since the year 2005. <br />3. Describe how staff will receive training and ongoing staff development to increase staff capacity and <br />expertise in the field of youth development and employment. The OCCTAC staff participates in on -going <br />training during the year, including implementing new academic curriculum and materials, documenting student <br />growth, Child Abuse identification and reporting, and other important topics related to youth development and <br />employment. <br />4. List the positions dedicated to this proposal. Include a description of duties and time allocation for <br />each responsibility. <br />Executive Director—Dr. Ana Jimenez -Hami is the Founder and Executive Director of OCCTAC. She earned a <br />doctoral degree in the fields of Educational Psychology and Special Education with an emphasis on the <br />language and literacy development of exceptional children. She is also a part-time faculty at Chapman <br />University in the school of Education. Dr. Jimenez will be responsible for supervising the WIA staff and ensure <br />the success of the program, as well as monitoring the budget and overall program goals. Time allocation for <br />this program is 10% - this is not a WL4 funded position. <br />Exhibit A <br />12 <br />