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EXHIBIT B STATEMENT OF WORK Orange County NEG Technology & Transportation Project Specialized Center Operator: City of Santa Ana ("Contractor" is hereinafter referred to as "Operator") I. General Description The Orange County NEG Project is a partnership between the Anaheim, Orange County, and Santa Ana Workforce Investment Boards established to provide a regional approach to the delivery of core, intensive and training services to workers dislocated from technology and transportation employers throughout Orange County. These services are made available under the Secretary of Labor - Department of Labor (DOL) National Emergency Grants (NEG) Discretionary Funds, pursuant to Section 173 of WIA, as amended. Funds are awarded to provide employment-related services for workers who have been terminated, laid off, long-term unemployed, or received a notice of termination or layoff from an employer in the technology or transportation industry. Dislocated worker services include recruitment, eligibility documentation, client assessment, case management, vocational training, career center support, job search assistance, and job placement. II. EIiQibilitv The Orange County NEG Project is available for those who have been laid off due to a substantial layoff in the technology or transportation industry. A substantial layoff is defined as one which 50 or more employees in a 30-day period regardless of percentage of work have been laid off from the company OR any event that results in the temporary or permanent reduction in the workforce by 20% of employees either by department or total company, but not necessarily resulting in permanent closure. The Orange County Workforce Investment Board (OCWIB) has a list of employers and dates of the layoffs that are classified as an eligible technology or transportation company. As a requirement for funding, only the companies currently on the list are eligible for receipt of the grant. The list maybe expanded as approved by the DOL. Co-enrollments are allowed with the City of Santa Ana's Adult and Dislocated Worker programs provided that it is understood that at the end of the contract, all participants remaining in the program will be retained in the City of Santa Ana's Adult and Dislocated Worker programs.