25A - AGMT WIOA FORMULA - Laserfiche WebLink

Home Browse Search

EXHIBIT 1 2019.20 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center Youth Employment Program - WIOA Proposal M. Will your organization offer mental health services or referrals to mental health agencies, describe. YES. As stated above, OCCTAC has various community partnerships that can offer mental health services to our youth. Thus, our WIQA staff can make direct referrals to provide free mental health services and onsite counseling on a weekly basis for our WIQA youth. N. Describe how your organization will provide or refer youth to comprehensive guidance and counseling for drug and alcohol, etc. In partnership with the community services program, we are he able to provide youth with a workshop on drugs and alcohol, and also provide them information recourses, and referrals if needed, 10.Worksho s: O. Provide information about the followingworkshops and how or when the workshops will be provided to youth in the program: - All participants will be required to attend Life Skills and Job Skills training that will encompass all of the following components. Youth will be asked to attend mandatory workshops to assist them in their overall achievement In this program, as well astheir personal lives. Workshopswill be weekly. Starting in September 2019 and ending in June 2020. OCCTAC Training Series; • Financial Literacy: This workshop series will allow WIQA participants to understand the importance of budgeting their money and savings. They will gain an insight on how to become finlcally stable now in order to further assist them with their career and educational goals. See attachments section for a sample. • Job Skills: This workshop series will allow youth to learn and create materials needed for employment purposes, with the ultimate goal of when completed, they are able to assemble an employment portfolio that can be presented at anyjob fair, interview, and new potential employer. See attachments section for a sample. • Life Skills; This workshop series will help our youth with day to day life skills information to assist them In making healthy and reasonable choices in their lives. See attachments section for a sample. 1. Financial Literacy/ Budget Management — These are one of the most basic and important workshop series that we offer at QCCTAC for several years! As mentioned above, WIQA participant will learn about financial literacy and budgeting, and these workshops will allow our youth to think not only about the present, but of their future. They will learn the basic of opening a checking and savings account, and how to plan for retirement and future expenses. 2. Entrepreneur Skills Training —This workshop will be the perfect opportunity for innovative young adults in Orange County to learn what it takes to be successful when launching their entrepreneurial ventures. They will learn how to do this via three key strategies: Business plan competition, Networking and collaboration. 3. Labor Market Information —This workshop will provide youth with valuable information for today's labor market, so that you can make an educated decision on which career path is best 16 25A-38