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• On- the -job training and Apprenticeship are part of nearly every grant to an <br />employer or agency. In addition, Santa Ana defrays the cost of employees receiving <br />such training, including ETP, by paying for half the wages of the trainee. <br />WEX is the Work Experience Program, sponsored and funded by the Santa Ana Social <br />Services Administration <br />Independent and Braided funding evidence. It should be clear from the examples and <br />the chart on page 15 that Santa Ana has been exceptionally active in seeking grant <br />funding, donations in kind, and business support to supplement its WIB funding, <br />especially recently. Since its inception, the WIB has more than matched WIA funding <br />with outside cash. Each of the specific examples listed has its own funding source. <br />• Santa Ana WORK Center sponsors monthly workshops and outreach, resume <br />building, pre - interview and interview preparation, and computer skills. These <br />workshops act as both advertising and a gateway to the specific services offered. <br />A Planning Guide for Strategy Implementation <br />The following planning guide provides specific plans and ideas for implementing the strategies <br />and projections above. <br />Conduct priority industry sector employer surveys and focus groups to specify employer needs <br />and strengthen employer engagement, identify needed skills needed to complete, and create <br />regional industry roundtables and collaborative networks in the targeted industries. Focus on <br />high wage, high value occupations and offer career pathways and credentialing for them. The <br />Santa Ana WIB uses State and the Orange County Business Council as its source Labor Market <br />Information, in maintaining currency with developments in priority areas. As indicated in <br />Section 1, the Santa Ana WIB makes extensive use of other State and Federal sources of <br />economic and demographic analysis. In order to enhance the capacity to collect workforce <br />intelligence the Santa Ana WIB will develop a sustainable forecasting mechanism to be <br />proactive in determining current and future skill needs of employers and industry annually; as <br />well as identifying occupations and clusters of opportunity through analysis of economic data, <br />trends, and other sources. Annual industry sector analysis will include labor market projections <br />through State and local sources and: <br />• Conduct throughout the year priority industry sector employer surveys to engage <br />businesses and strengthen employer engagement. Employer needs will be identified not <br />only through surveys, but also through focus groups, as well as by active participation in <br />regional industry roundtables and collaborative networks in the targeted industries. <br />Surveys wilt' begin in October 2013. <br />• Studies such as the annual Orange County Business Council's Workforce and Community <br />Indicators reports will be utilized Identify occupations that provide sustainable wages <br />41 <br />