ORANGE COUNTY CHILDREN'S THERAPEUTIC ARTS CENTER - 2017

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2017-18 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center Youth Employment Program - WIOA Proposal 3. Past experience with WIOA programs or other youth programs - OCCTAC has been serving Santa Ana youth since the year 2000. For the past 17 years, OCCTAC has provided a wide variety of programs to the community, and served students of all ages, including young children and older youth (with and without disabilities). OCCTAC has operated WIA/W10A programs for almost 10 years, since the year 2005! Every year our program grows and demonstrates success with our WIOA participants. We are very proud and excited to see the successes and great outcomes of our WIOA youth, year after year. 4. What kind of impact has your organization made on the youth community - OCCTAC has had a tremendous impact on the Santa Ana youth community! We are very proud of our accomplishments throughout the years, and especially our success stories with our "WIOA Youth"! As stated before, OCCTAC is committed to empowering youth with disabilities, foster youth and high school drop-out students, so they can reach their fullest potential in life. Through our innovative approach, which combines the arts, education, health and technology programs, participants are motivated, engaged and involved in a variety of programs at OCCTAC. In 2015-16 our WIOA participants attained employment/entered education at a rate of 70%, attained a credential at a rate of 100%, and attained Literacy and Numeracy gains a rate of 100%1 These outcomes demonstrate the commitment and dedication of our wonderful WIOA program staff. 2. Proposed Program: A. Provide an overview of the program's main objectives. - The WIOA program is an extension of our current educational services provided to older youth (with and without disabilities); it empowers and educates youth, and provides life -changing opportunities. OCCTAC has been working with WIOA participants since 2005. The WIOA program at OCCTAC will provide all 14 WIOA elements, including: educational services, job training, paid work experience, adult mentoring, literacy & math tutoring, career & educational counseling, alternative secondary school services, occupational skills training and education, supportive services, certificate programs, leadership opportunities, comprehensive counseling, financial literacy, entrepreneurial skills training, labor market information, activities to help youth prepare for post -secondary education and follow-up services. The basic program will take place primarily at our community-based center in Santa Ana. Participants will engage in a variety of educational and job training activities, including classroom and workshop instruction. Participants will be required to meet individually with key staff, participate in daily and weekly educational trainings, and weekly workshops. Also, WIOA participants will also engage in weekly "hands-on" work experience and job training opportunities at our agency and other offsite job trainings in the community. Please see below Table 1 for an overview of the program timeline for the entire year. 0:iuNre1