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<br />community events, job fairs, resource fairs and conducting presentations to connect youth with <br />the YSPN programs. <br /> <br />Some of the major events in which the SA WC participates include the Annual Summer Youth <br />Job Fair hosted by Employment Development Department (EDD), the World of Work Career <br />Fair sponsored by the Orange County Department of Education, and the Youth Collaborators <br />Conference supported by the Boys & Girls Club. Utilizing the relationships we have established <br />with the Santa Ana Unified School District and the Orange County Department of Education, the <br />SA we has been able to deepen its outreach effort to a much broader base of youth, parents, and <br />educators in the community. The SA we recognizes the importance of marketing the entire <br />YSPN and its comprehensive programs and services. Every effort is made to ensure that staff <br />markets the network at all job fairs, youth oriented recruitment and outreach events, thus, <br />benefitting all Service Providers. <br /> <br />One of the most recent achievements by the SA WC, in partnership collaboration with the EDD, <br />was the inaugural launching of the Youth Help Desk at the WORK Center in the summer of <br />2007; the objective of the Youth Help Desk is to offer a place for youth to obtain information, <br />services, work readiness assistance and referrals. Staff at the Youth Help Desk has been trained <br />to conduct comprehensive assessments for youth, address workforce needs, provide referrals to <br />YSPN programs, and be an overall resource to the youth that come to the SA We. The Youth <br />Help Desk has been instrumental in bringing to fruition one of the initial goals behind the Daisy <br />Wheel YSPN concept, which was to provide an "All Youth One System" that provides all Santa <br />Ana youth with services regardless of eligibility. <br /> <br />The SA we has been able to leverage resources through the City of Santa Ana's Economic <br />Development Department for marketing materials and to work collaboratively with the Business <br />Outreach Team to promote services offered by the YSPN, Youth Help Desk and SA We. <br /> <br />5 <br /> <br />25G-131 <br />