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3. Past experience with WIOA programs or other youth programs - The trained staff contributing to this project will be: Young Adult Principal Librarian, Technology and Support Principal Librarian, Lead Case Manager, Out of School Youth Assistant Caseworker, and an In - School Youth Assistant Caseworker, WIOA Program Clerk, lead Out -of -School Youth Sr. Tutor and lead In -School Youth Tutor, Assistant Librarian, Youth Services Technician and Library Operations Manager. The Young Adult Principal Librarian has been the project director for the past 4 iterations of the Seeds to Trees WIA program and will devote approximately half of her work time to guiding and overseeing the program. The Technology and Support Principal Librarian is in charge of CTV-3 programming for the city and has been and will continue to be responsible for effective cooperation with Santa Ana College and its School of Continuing Education to insure that class schedules and locations, content and student monitoring are implemented and problems solved promptly. She also has had and will continue to have oversight of the work experience of the youth participants focused on CTV3 programming, coordinating filming, editing, and web content design through the efforts of her staff. Assistant Librarian Saidy Valdez will serve as Lead Caseworker overseeing the entire program. This will be her second year overseeing the program. An Out -Of -School Youth Assistant Caseworker, an In -School Youth Assistant Caseworker and a WIOA Program Clerk will be recruited and hired for the project. It is anticipated that priority hiring will be given to staff that have previous experience working with the Seeds to Trees WIA program at the library. Lead in -School Tutor and lead out -of -school Sr. Tutors will be drawn from current pool of staff. Additional current staff will have roles as tutors and project mentors. 4. What kind of impact has your organization made on the youth community? The library has maintained a high number of ongoing apprenticeship programs for teens, including a very intensive Summer Volunteer Institute (SVI) that encourages teens to find self- worth and civic engagement though giving back to their community. In 2013-2014 the Young Adult department hosted 825 teen programs in which 3988 teens participated. That same year, the Young Adult department hosted 449 Buddy Programs in which both school -aged children and their teen mentors participated. The buddy programs had a total of 3,294 participants. The library's 350 volunteers completed 8,710 hours of volunteer work, and a majority of the hours were completed through the Young Adult department. At present, teens continue to volunteer through the school year in math, reading, fitness and art "Buddy" programs aimed at young children. There are daily activities for teens at both library branches and the Jerome Recreation Center. Half of our part time staff are involved exclusively in assisting with these projects, and are experienced and committed to the growth and development of the young people they work with. The majority of teens hired through our grant programs have begun their contact with the library through the volunteer program. Our volunteers are mentored by staff and older teens and transition age young adults (18-24), and encouraged to develop personal and academic goals and an understanding of the importance of their work to themselves and others. The library has also been unusually effective in working with probation youth volunteers. Annually, forty to fifty probation youth complete their community service at the library. Ten to fifteen of those continue volunteering at the library when their community service responsibilities are concluded. The TeenSpace program Circle of Mentoring is advised by the Teen Library Club. As a group, these teens have contributed many thousands of hours of community service to the library and to 2