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2025-26 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) Youth Employment Program 25-2011.00 Preschool Teachers, except special education. H.Include Letters of Intent from training agencies as Attachment G. Please see letters of Support/Intent from Rancho Santiago Community College, Health Clinics and the City of Santa Ana, Downtown Businesses. In addition to our state certificate programs offered at OCCTAC in partnership with the Santa Ana College, OCCTAC is currently collaborating and with other community partners to incorporate 2 Health Certificate Programs to train our WIOA youth. 1) Mental Health Paraprofessional Certificate: In partnership with the County of Orange, Health Care Agency, OCCTAC staff is trained and certified to offer a "Mental Health Paraprofessional" Certificate. This training is currently being offered to Religious Leaders in the community all over Orange County, and funded by the County of Orange, Health Care Agency. We are researching the possibility of offering this certificate program to our WIOA youth, if they are interested in working in this field. 2) Medical Technology Certificate: In partnership with the California School of Health Sciences, OCCTAC is currently in discussions with the owners (past board members) to train our youth in short-term Medical Technology certificates. Our youth will also attain work experience, internships and jobs at the Health Clinics that have partnered with OCCTAC. 8.Tutoring (1 page max}: Note: Youth Service Providers are required to use the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABE) on ALL youth to assess their literacy and numeracy skills. Youth who score 8.9 and below are considered "basic skills deficient" and should receive tutoring or remedial training to improve their literacy/numeracy skills. OCCTAC currently uses and will continue to use TABE test and TABE testing materials with our WIOA participants to improve their literacy and numeracy skills. We will also use the electronic version, as required. I.Describe in detail the tutoring resources that will be provided to youth. OCCTAC has demonstrated commitment in helping WIOA youth with and without disabilities improve their literacy and numeracy skills as evidenced every year with our participants! Every year at least 80% of all participants increase their literacy/numeracy skills! In summary, our WIOA Literacy and Numeracy tutors meet with each participant at least once a week upon the completion of the initial TABE assessment. Our agency's goal is that each youth increases by at least two Educational Functional Levels at time of post-test. OCCTAC tutors provide individualized tutoring sessions every week throughout the year to ensure that our youth will be able to increase both their literacy and numeracy skills to be successful in life. In the past, OCCTAC has been very successful in the attainment of these goals, and thus it will continue to assist all participants with and without disabilities achieve higher educational and aca demic goals to be successful in their educational and career goals. 16 EXHIBIT 1 City Council 10 – 39 7/1/2025