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3. Po <br />pulation (2 pages max) <br />87% of youth served at OCCC identify as Hispanic or Latin American (93% identify as a minority). <br />85% of youth served qualify for free and reduced lunch, living at or below the Housing and Urban <br />Development (HUD) Federal Poverty Level. Nearly all youth identify as being at risk of becoming <br />homeless and/or experienced homeless. This trend continues to rise, as in 2017-18, 15% of youth <br />entering OCCC programs identified as homeless. Nearly all youth entering programs live with a <br />disability or a significant barrier <br />As part of this program, 23 youth will be enrolled by December 31, 2022. Our program is directed <br />to serve youth ages 18-26. The youth served are primarily high school dropouts ( out-of-school <br />youth), who are or have been homeless and/or runaways, have been in foster care, parenting or <br />pregnant youth, who could have mental or physical challenges, who are court involved, on <br />probation, on informal probation, and who have incarcerated parents. Aside from the WIOA Youth <br />eligibility requirements, youth do not need any additional requirements. Depending on a youth's <br />barrier( s ), OCCC may help our youth obtain high school diploma or a copy of their diploma, a <br />letter from the foster care system, a birth certificate of their child or children, or a letter from one's <br />health provider stating one's health condition. Otherwise, OCCC does not require any additional <br />documents for enrollment aside from the WIOA Youth eligibility requirements. <br />OCCC has successfully recruited youth into the Santa Ana WIOA program for the past 15 years. <br />We recently completed 100% enrollment for the 2021-2022 program. OCCC uses a 15-point <br />approach to recruit youth._OCCC uses several tools spedfo:ally_targetedJo "opportunity" youth,_ <br />with a priority for out of school youth. The 15-point approach is as follows: <br />1.Collaboration with the Santa Ana WORK center, Anaheim Jobs and other Orange County <br />one-stop centers. OCCC posts flyers at these locations, and works directly with Evelyn <br />Lenz to send out the OCCC recruitment flyer throughout her network of organizations. <br />2.OCCC is active at job fairs throughout the year, include job fairs specifically targeted to <br />youth through partnerships with Social Services, OCREP, Orangewood, and work <br />centers. <br />3.Onsite recruitments with our Family Resource Centers. <br />4.Social media: Facebook, Twitter, Instagram recruitment postings and engagement. <br />5.Craigslist and various other career website job postings. <br />6.Collaboration with the Orange County Department of Education, as part of the C areer <br />and College Preparatory Academy, in posting OCCC job recruitments throughout the 22 <br />locations, on the Department of Education website, and at the OCCC high school <br />campus. Department of Education teachers and staff also help OCCC in enrolling <br />students in both educational and workforce training programs. <br />7.Outreach to previous high school dropouts and youth that stopped the enrollment process <br />to re-engage in services and follow-up care. <br />8.Recruitment partnerships throughout our network of various non-profits organizations, <br />and for-profit organizations, as we are always hiring youth. <br />Exhibit 2