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above for Vital Link in short and longterm training formats. Current partnerships <br />include SAUSD, the State Department of Education and Orange County Juvenile <br />Probation Department. <br />Santa Ana Youth Council (SAYC) is a committee under the SA WIB and acts as an <br />advocate for the City's youth to both government and private industry, and provides <br />services and resources to support SAYSPN and the WIB's job training, job placement, <br />and skills enhancement programs. Its activities cut across Santa Ana's diverse economic <br />and racial communities, and its partnerships extend into the school system and business <br />community. <br />• Santa Ana Youth Forum creates an opportunity for 14 -22 year olds in- and out -of- school <br />youth to participate in policy conversations with peers and to hear speakers on such <br />social dysfunctionalities as drugs and alcohol that impact school and job performance, <br />and to develop leadership skills they will need in seeking and advancing in jobs. <br />Other High School and Post - Secondary efforts. The WIB has partnered with employers, <br />educators, and others to help youth understand career pathway options and to <br />encourage youth to focus on attainment of postsecondary degrees and other <br />credentials important to priority industry sector employers in the local /region labor <br />market. It is particularly well positioned to do so, because of the diversity of its make- <br />up, including representation from all educational levels, from K through college; <br />business and union leadership; EDD, WORK Center, and other officials. <br />Through its Youth Council, the Santa Ana WIB leads, monitors, and integrates the youth <br />program agencies and brings business to the table as supporting institutions. <br />It partnered with K -12 education and others on strategies to reduce high school <br />dropout rates and to encourage recovery of disconnect students. It does so through <br />HSIS, providing workshops and workshop support, and offers similar support to the <br />OCJPS. <br />Partners in developing and executing strategies to engage those <br />disconnect /disengaged youth by connecting them with employers and potential <br />employers to explain and develop career pathways. It helped develop the SAYSPN <br />develop its program and routes youth to it as appropriate. The WIB does the same <br />for the others. <br />It encourages youth to focus on attaining credentials and post - secondary degrees in <br />fields identified as priority industry sectors, as well as in the traditional local <br />providers of employment. It partners with STEM program and ROP, the key <br />providers of career pathway support, plus SAYSPN to make the career pathway a <br />practical reality. <br />49 <br />19F -57 <br />