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7 (6) Placement - Throughout the time that a participant is in the Youth Employment program, the staff team focuses upon building a career focus. The end result is for the participant to be on track for a living wage career via Job Placement and/or Post -Secondary Education Placement. By the end of the program (between 6 to 12 months active, depending on the participant), OCAPICA will have achieved at least: a 65% placement rate into employment or education, a 61% attainment rate of degree or certificate, and a 40% rate of participants that demonstrate literacy numeracy gains. OCAPICA will serve a total of 15 participants aged 16 through 21 at the time of enrollment: 8 In -School and 7 Out -of -School youth. At least 10% of youth enrolled will be foster youth, youth on probation, and youth with disabilities. B. OCAPICA will employ multiple strategies to recruit participants from a variety of sources. This includes (1) promotion utilizing networks of and recruiting from partner organizations including CAPOC, The Cambodian Family, Latino Health Access, Lives Worth Saving, and Buena Clinton Youth and Family Center; (2) receiving referrals from the OC Probation Department and associated programs such as the Center for Opportunity, Reentry, and Education (CORE), CSP's Youth Offender Wraparound (YOW); (3) receiving referrals from the Social Services Agency and associated programs such as Orangewood Children's Home, Rising Tide Communities (for aged -out young adults), and the Eliminating Racial Disparities and Disproportionality Workgroup; (4) receiving referrals from OCDE ACCESS Safe Schools and other schools, colleges, and education partners; (5) working within OCAPICA to co -enroll youth participants from its Mental Health and Wellness Program (Project FOCUS), Prevention and Early Intervention Program (Wel1NESSessity), and Youth Development/Afterschool Program (OCAPICA Bridges); (6) referrals from peers and familiy members from previous Workforce efforts that OCAPICA has been funded for including the Ca1GRIP program; and (7) outreach through community presentations, postings where youth congregate, and social media postings on Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and the OCAPICA website. OCAPICA will ensure that 75% of youth will be enrolled by December 31, 2013, though there is a goal that 100% of youth will be enrolled by that time allowing staff members to focus the remaining time on attaining successful outcomes. This will be met as a result of working with OCAPICA's community partners and other entities like the Probation Department, OCDE ACCESS Safe Schools, and the Lives Worth Saving Gang Intervention to secure referrals. In addition, staff will conduct weekly outreach to schools, faith -based institutions, and additional non-profit organizations in order to meet that number. C. The program includes opportunities for participants to gain work experience and receive compensation whether through payroll, stipends, and incentives. Upon completion of individual service plan with each participant at the beginning with the case manager, he/she will then proceed in meeting with job developer to complete pre -orientation to set up payroll for job readiness workshops. Job developer will guide participant through completing and filling out necessary documents to work. Participant will then work through job readiness workshops. Participant will meet with job developer and case manager to discuss and evaluate experiences in workshops as well as receive an incentive for completion. Case EXHIBIT A