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Pion strategies and business engagement. The Orange County's AEBG consortia also work with CBOs to help provide services to and ,integrating individuals with barriers to employment Into region sector pathways. Coordination with community based organizations include, but are not limited to: OC Read to promote awareness of regional education and training opportunities and recruit students ready to move from one -on -one reading and literacy tutoring into more advanced ESL and Basic Skills classes; Youth Employment Service (Y.E.S.) piloted Employment Skills Training class, a Personal Finance and Money Management class, and mock interviews for Foster Youth and EOPS community college students; partnership with the OCDB and Garden Grove One -Stop Center's Older Adult Work Experience program to pilot a School of Continuing Education (SCE) computer course specifically for older adults trying to enter or re -enter the workforce; Project SEARCH internship program at CHOC Children's hospital (adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and/or other intellectual disabilities (IL) are participating in a one -year internship program which is geared toward employment in a full -time hospital setting); Project SEARCH community -based partners include CHOC Children's Hospital, Regional Center of Orange County, Integrated Resources Institute, The Gillman Foundation - Family Autism Network, and UC Irvine. Declaration: Community based organizations serve as champions of the region that can implement and leverage all the resources that are regionally organized In order to be most responsive to targeted populations. Reg to n a I G o a 110 bj e ctive: Strategic regional alignment and coordinated local service delivery, responsive to CBOs Strategy: Coordination of programs /services with CBOs who serve targeted special populations, Integrating service delivery, braiding resources, and integration of services at the local levels to meet client needs. State Plan Alignment: Strategic regional alignment that brings about system change through alignment, coordination, and integration of programs, services and partners. State law and the State Plan both make clear that sector initiatives and career pathways programs should focus efforts on moving people into jobs that provide economic security. The State Board acknowledges that some individuals being served by the workforce system will require multiple interventions over an extended period of time to help move them into a job that provides economic security. However, the expectation is that a focus on quality jobs should not serve as a deterrent to the provision of services to those with barriers to employment. The OC Region will work with partners to identify support services provided by partners that help engage and retain individuals in relevant programs. Local Boards will support all staff working in AJCC to learn the various services provided so that they can make appropriate referrals for individuals. To the extent allowed under WIOA, the local boards will coordinate support services and develop earn - while - you -learn opportunities and incentives that help retain individuals and progress them along a career path leading to livable wage jobs. Declaration: Programs and support services must enable clients to engage in progressive skills development through education and training programs, using multiple entry and exit points, so that each level of skills development corresponds with labor market gains for those being trained or educated. Pathways must be Flexibly designed and include, where necessary, remedial programming, and English as a Second Language training, so as to allow those with basic skills deficiencies the ability to participate. Regional Goal /Objective: Improve access and quality of program and services; leverage and braid partner services, programs, and resources to activate a regional infrastructure that will engage and retain participants through career pathways. Strategy: Identify and develop training and education best practices that combine earn and learn applied learning opportunities with material compensation while facilitating basic skills and technical skills. State Plan Alignment: To build a system through alignment and coordination of partners that is responsive to those most in need, to improve access and quality of services /programs and create viable connections to regional sector career pathways. Page 29 19 D -44