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Director of Finance, Nancy Loughrey (.05 FTE) is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 25 years of experience with small businesses, especially concentrating on nonprofits and computer software companies. She holds a B.S and an M.B.A. in Finance. Past Experience and Impact From 2006 -2012, Taller San Jose received WIA funding and, therefore, understands the challenges associated with helping disconnected young people meet employment and /or post- secondary outcomes. In the past eighteen years, Taller San Jose has helped more than 4,500 young people restructulre their lives, develop marketable skills and find employment. Last year, Taller San Jose made 227 job placements at an average wage of $11.43 per hour and 1 in 4 Taller San Jose youth entered a post- secondary pathway. II. Proposed Program Each year, Taller San Jose serves youth between the ages of 18 and 28 from Central Orange County who are unemployed, low income, basic skills deficient, pregnant or parenting and /or impacted by gangs, violence or criminal activity. Taller San Jose seeks to place these youth on a path to a family- sustaining income. Targeting young adults who are completely disconnected from the workforce and all educational opportunities, Taller San Jose seeks to help them: 1) Improve their preparedness for the workforce; 2) Increase their life stability; and, 3) Increase their economic stability. Operating on the premise that disadvantaged youth don't learn how to work by sitting in a classroom, Taller San Jose is a paid training program that simulates the workplace and consists of four components, delivered over a 28 -month period: • 16 -20 week training academies in Construction, Healthcare Careers and Business Administration: These academies include a mix of hands -on training and classroom learning. Trainees are paid a $100 weekly stipend and instructors model the employer - employee relationship. Basic skills remediation, financial assistance for childcare and transportation and 32 hours of both life skills and job readiness training are all embedded in the curriculum; • 28 months of Case Management, beginning during the training academies and continuing for 24 months after: Each trainee is assigned a Support Services Specialist, who helps the trainee address the social and emotional issues which may prevent them from finding and keeping employment; • 24 months of Employment Placement for youth who have completed the training academies: Taller San Jose's Employment Services Manager strives to link all interns to permanent and temporary (internship) employment within 90 days of training completion; and, EXHIBIT A