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<br />by the Santa Ana Unified School District (SAUSD), and the World of Work Career Fair <br />sponsored by the Orange County Department of Education. Utilizing the relationships we have <br />established with the SAUSD, EDD, and the Orange County Department of Education, the <br />SA WC has been able to deepen its outreach effort to a much broader base of youth, parents, and <br />educators in the community. The SA WC 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 />The SA WC, in partnership with the EDD, launched the Youth Help Desk at the WORK Center <br />in the summer of 2007; the objective of the Youth Help Desk is to offer a place for youth to <br />obtain information, services, work readiness assistance and referrals. Staff has been trained to <br />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 WC. 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 WC 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 WC. In <br />addition, this summer the SA WC SAY Employment Program will offer work experience to <br />youth that must be WIA eligible which in turn will offer a pool of eligible individuals for the <br />YSPN to enrollment from. <br /> <br />TRAINING & TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE <br /> <br />For more than 10 years, the SA WC staff has successfully administered and implemented many <br />federally and state funded employment and training programs. As an on-going effort, the SA WC <br />has made it a priority to keep staff updated and trained on all State and Federal workforce <br />legislation pertinent to various targeted programs. Over the years, staff has acquired and kept <br /> <br />5 <br />