ORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN'S THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER 1

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OC Children's Therapeutic Arts Center 2013-14 Program Narrative Therapeutic Arts This program serves children and youth with disabilities of all ages and Monday — Friday Program special needs, including: learning disability, health impairments, physical 3:30 pm — 8:30 pm disability, developmental disabilities and others. Saturdays 9:00 am — 5:00 pro Learning Academy This program provides homework support and tutoring to students (ages Monday — Friday & Tutoring Program 3 — 13 yrs) in Language Arts (reading and writing), math, and other 4:00 — 6:00 pm academic subjects. Saturdays 9:00 am — 5:00 pm OCCTAC This program provides outreach, prevention, referrals and engagement Various days/times Family Wellness with individuals at -risk of mental health problems. Other support throughout the week Program services include parenting, counseling, and support groups. C. What type of services or support will be made available to youth facing challenging life obstacles? WIA participants receive a wide variety of support services at OCCTAC. These include individual mentoring, individual counseling, support groups, life skills and leadership training, academic support, tuition support for certificate/vocational programs, books for related course work, work related supplies, portfolios, tutoring supplies, bus passes, gas cards, and finger printing and TB tests are covered for work related requirements. IX. Employment A. What type of services/resources will be provided to help youth attain employment? What is the program plan to ensure that you attain employment? OCCTAC program services support the High Growth Training Initiative as identified by the United States Department of Labor. Within the 14-high growth industries identified, our participants will obtain job training related to the Information and Technology, the Health related Industries, and the fields of Education and the Arts. The participants will receive several services/resources to help with the attainment of employment. To begin, all youth will be placed to work at OCCTAC, or one of our partner agencies, and will have the opportunity to engage upon a field of interest (customer service, education, music technology, and the arts). These placements will help youth gain skills crucial to any work environment. To monitor progress, participants will be evaluated monthly by their work experience supervisor and areas of strengths and weaknesses will be addressed. This information will allow the youth and case manager to establish areas that need improvement and therefore guide job skills training sessions. With this said, participants will be meeting with the case manager at least once a month for training and employment guidance. During these one-on-one meetings, the youth will be working on professional resumes, cover letters, job search, and job applications. Moreover, they will have the opportunity to prepare forjob interviews and conduct cold calls to employers within the community. By the 3rd QT of the program year, the Case Manager and youth will be meeting more frequently to ensure that job applications are submitted on a regular basis and that youth are following through with scheduled interviews. These meetings will give youth an opportunity to enhance those employment skills they continue to struggle with while allowing the Case Manager to monitor progress of employment goals. B. What employers do you have partnerships with that will hire youth? OCCTAC has partnerships with various businesses in Santa Ana, as well as non-profit organizations that are always looking to hire youth. Another important partnership is MECCA. MECCA (Multi -Ethnic Collaborative of Community Agencies) is a consortium of non-profit social service agencies and health centers. OCCTAC has been part of this new and exciting coalition for the past two years! OCCTAC provides WIA participants internship opportunities with MECCA and this gives WIA youth the opportunity to be hired by MECCA. This coalition has several important County of Orange Health Care Agency contracts to provide health care education, outreach and engagement to the various ethnic communities all over Orange County. OCCTAC is lucky to be part of this coalition and bring work experience and job opportunities to WIA youth. C. What employers do you have partnerships with that will provide work experience? In addition to MECCA, OCCTAC has recently joined forces with the Coalition of Orange County Health Center's. This Coalition is the leading agency representing safety net community clinics in Orange County. Together with EXHIBIT A 11