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2025-26 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCCTAC) <br /> Youth Employment Program <br /> 4. Assessment (1 page max): <br /> A. Youth Service Providers are required to use the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABS) <br /> assessment tool, but may use other assessment tools upon approval. β€” OCCTAC will <br /> continue to use TABE testing with all our WIOA participants, as in previous years. Also, we <br /> will continue to use the electronic version of the Test for Adult Basic Education (TABS on <br /> ALL youth to assess their literacy and numeracy skills. Youth who score 8.9 and below are <br /> considered "basic skills deficient", and will be enrolled in tutoring at OCCTAC to help <br /> support both their literacy and numeracy skills, in order to help them improve their literacy <br /> and numeracy skills before they complete the program. <br /> B. describe how your program will conduct assessments for youth participants, elaborate <br /> on the type of assessment tools or surveys that will be used. β€”At intake, all participants <br /> will be given a TABE test to determine the participant's Educational functional Level in <br /> Literacy and Numeracy.The TABS test will determine the needs of the participants in both <br /> academic areas.Additionally,they will aid in the facilitation of the weekly tutoring sessions. <br /> All WIOA participants will be assessed after 3 months of tutoring to see their progress in <br /> each academic/subject area. If the youth goes up by 2 grade levels or more,the youth can <br /> take the final Post Test assessment. All participants will continue with the tutoring sessions <br /> if they score under 9.1 level. <br /> C. Describe knowledge of the barriers that youth encounter β€” OCCTAC has served many <br /> youth with different barriers in life throughout our 22 years of community service! The <br /> majority of the barriers include youth with disabilities, youth with basic skills deficient, <br /> English language learners, low-income youth, homeless youth, youth in foster care or <br /> emancipated, pregnant or parenting youth, high school dropouts and other barriers. <br /> OCCTAC is very committed to serving all youth with these barriers and any others. <br /> D. Specify how your organization will address the barriers that youth encounter - OCCTAC <br /> WIOA staff is very dedicated and committed to all the youth that we enroll in our Youth <br /> Employment (WIOA) program at OCCTAC. We have offered this WIOA program for more <br /> than 15 years to the Santa Ana youth! Our staff is comprised of a hardworking group of <br /> individuals that are passionate about making a difference in the community, and are <br /> prepared to address all of the barriers that youth encounter. Our TEAM of dedicated staff <br /> guide and mentor the youth, and assist them during the entire program year. The team is <br /> comprised of a Case manager, a Literacy/Numeracy Tutor, a Career Counselor, a Job <br /> Developer and Work Experience mentors that help youth attain their educational and <br /> career goals. All of the youth are also required to attend monthly job skills/life skills <br /> 6 <br />