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Development Center (SBOC) and the Santa Ana District Office of the U.S. Small Business Administration. The SBA District Director is a member of the local boards. The SBDC provides consulting services, seminars, workshops, and conferences for entrepreneurs including, but not limited to: financing, comprehensive business strategic assessment and analysis, start -up assistance, strategic planning, and youth entrepreneurship. The local boards will continue to work with the SBA and other network partners to address the workforce development and related needs of small businesses. In addition, representatives of small businesses will provide critical support to the sector partnerships that will drive service planning for the county's priority industry clusters. 3EIL Adult / Dislocated Worker Employment and Training Activities DECLARATION: The economic recession and following recovery caused the local boards and workforce professionals throughout Califomia and the nation to rethink the AJCC /One -Stop system's "standard operating procedures" for preparing workers for employment and connecting them to jobs. As is often the case, we referred to "play books" from a bygone era and found a number of work -based learning or "earn and learn" models that had fallen out of favor over the years. On- the -job training (OJT), customized training and even work experience were promoted as promising opportunities to connect workers with jobs and encourage businesses to bring on board workers they needed to get their companies back on track to a full pre- recession recovery. DOL has made OJT and customized training options more appealing than ever to companies, especially small businesses, as waivers have been granted that effectively increase the level of financial contribution from the WIOA program. STRATEGY: The local boards' current use of employment and earn - while- you -leam training models that serve as an on -ramp for the regional sector pathways Include the following: • Comprehensive Employment Services: Career counseling and tools forjob search preparation including, but not limited to, a full range of assistance to job seekers under one roof, training referrals, job listings, resume assistance, interview workshops on -site employer recruitments, and labor market information. • Sector Strategy: Career pathway education and training programs align with the skill needs of industries Important to the regional or state economies In which they are located, and reflect the fact that employers in the targeted industry sectors are actively engaged in determining the skill requirements for employment or career progression in high - demand occupations. • Stackable Educational/Training Options: Career pathway programs include the full range of secondary, adult education, and postsecondary education options, including registered apprenticeships; they use a non - duplicative progression of courses clearly articulated from one level of instruction to the next; they provide opportunities to earn postsecondary credits; and they lead to industry- recognized and /or postsecondary credentials. • Accelerated /integrated Education & Training: As appropriate for the individual, Career pathway programs combine occupational skills training with adult education services, give credit for prior learning, and adopt other strategies that accelerate the educational and career advancement of the participant. • On- the -Job. Incumbent and Customized Training: Each of the AJCC /One -Stop career centers offers OJT as a training option for job seekers whose occupational interests and/or learning styles are best suited to work -based learning. One - Stop staff are also actively engaged in promoting the benefits of OJT to businesses, providing them with information on the advantages to companies of training workers to their specific skills needs. OJT and other work -based learning activities are among the principal products that the contractor is attempting to sell to Orange County businesses. Much like OJT, WIOA's incumbent and customized training activity provides a means of instructing workers in the precise requirements of a particular business or a group of employers. While customized training programs often include a component that is purely didactic and does not involve hand -on learning or engagement in productive work, it is generally the case that a portion of such training is work - based, during which time participants are being paid. As part of our overall plan to increase the number of participants who successfully complete training programs in priority industries and demand occupations, over the last several years, the AJCC /One -Stop system has continued to increase the number of "slots" planned for OJT and customized training. The resources for developing effective work -based learning programs tied to sector pathways is stronger than ever. • Hybrid Learning Models: Over the last two decades, community college and private postsecondary education programs have increasingly Incorporated "externship" activities as part of traditional classroom training programs, particularly in fields such as medical assisting and other healthcare support occupations in which some hands -on experience in a virtual prerequisite for employment. Generally, these activities are short in duration, meeting the minimum amount of 1901-79 oC Local Plan