ORANGE COUNTY CONSERVATION CORPS - 2008

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Orange County Conservation Corps Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board Request for Proposal The Youth Service Provider Network PY 2008/2009 The OCCC has over 15 years of experience running the Corps' program which, from the onset, has been designed to incorporate youth. Services have been available and provided to youth since 1993, and as mentioned above, include paid, on-the-job training, education through our on-site charter school, and case management services to address the various and sundry barriers to successful employment and education. The OCCC has a long history of incorporating employers into the Corps' program. Through on- going networking efforts, a dedicated Transition ("Corps-2-Career") Specialist maintains relationships with employers to assist with post-Corps placement of corpsmembers in stable employment. Additionally, the OCCC holds job fairs as needed to place corpsmembers who have completed the program, as well as inspire the corpsmembers still enrolled in the OCCC/John Muir Charter School. Furthermore, local employers and their staff participate on our Board of Directors, providing both feedback from a business perspective, networking opportunities, and valuable contacts with industry. List positions dedicated to this aroposal. The OCCC currently has 36 staff and needs to employ 100 corpsmembers each day to fulfill current work projects. Several staff will be involved in providing services for this project, some in-kind (Teachers, Transition Specialist, Training Supervisor). Several OCCC staff are former corpsmembers themselves who are valuable role models and mentors to corpsmembers. Following are the staff dedicated to this project with primary responsibility for providing services: • Ralph Jimenez, WIA Program Specialist: AS Public Safety & AA Liberal Arts; Certified Firefighter; 4 years with the OCCC. • Mario Miranda, Crew Supervisor; HS Diploma/ROP Certificates, 2 years experience as OCCC Crew Supervisor, former Corpsmember. • George Patino, Project Coordinator: HS Diploma/ROP Certificates, 15 years experience as OCCC Crew Supervisor, former Corpsmember. • Maggie Lopez, Director of Corpsmember Services: BS in Human Sciences; 5 years experience at the OCCC in various case management positions and grant/contract administration. • Max Carter, Executive Director: Bachelor's degree in Biochemistry; 16 years experience in business and management; 3 years' with the OCCC as Executive Director/Board member. Page 22 of 24