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Independent Living Program (ILP) <br />ILP provides workshops, special events, and support services to foster youth, ages 16 to <br />21, to help them prepare for emancipation. Services may also include one-on-one <br />guidance to youth needing extra support pre- and post-emancipation. <br />• Held 103 ILP workshops and seminars, and 7 special events. <br />• Over 10,300 hours of instruction were provided to over 630 teens. <br />• Provided one-on-one case management support to 166 youth. <br />Mentor Program <br />Our Mentor Program was developed to provide one-on-one adult interaction for the <br />increasing number of foster care youth in Orangewood programs. Mentors support and <br />encourage youth from ages 12-25. <br />• Have 133 mentors matched with youth. In total, mentors invested 66.300 hours <br />with their youth. <br />• Conducted 47 hours of mentor trainings. <br />California Youth Connection (CYC) <br />CYC is a statewide organization led by current and former foster youth ages 14-24 who <br />participate in policy development and legislative change to improve the foster care <br />system. Orangewood funds Orange County's CYC chapter. <br />• The chapter's 30 members held 21 chapter meetings and attended 2 statewide <br />events. <br />Orangewood Children's Home <br />The Foundation provides financial support, activities and mentoring for abused and <br />neglected children placed at Orange County's emergency shelter. <br />• Provided over $86,000 in support and supplies. <br />• Held 22 special events and activities for the children through the PALS auxiliary. <br />Community Programs <br />Community Programs offers an array of services, in partnership with Orange County <br />Social Services Agency, the Children & Families Commission of Orange County, <br />foundations, hospitals & other community-based organizations, for at-risk families and <br />their children to prevent abuse before it starts. <br />• Provided support services to more than 10,800 children and their families at 14 <br />Family Resource Centers through Families and Communities Together (FaCT) <br />funding. <br />• Provided more than 44,500 young children with health assessments and links to <br />health insurance, immunizations and primary care medical providers, through the <br />ProjectConnections.FRC Health Access program. <br />• Provided over 460 clients with 46 quality trainings and over 370 hours of <br />individual and agency client assessment and support through CONNECT, <br />focusing on strengthening organizational practices and individual leadership <br />skills. <br />B. Experience <br />1. Briefly outline all youth programs that your agency has operated during the last 2 years. <br />Include discussion of past performance as related to WIA performance goals. <br />Organizations with no experience in providing WIA services should explain unique <br />OCF/Foster Youth Liaison Project PY 10/11 14 <br />EXHIBIT A