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College Skills: Interns will attend workshops on college searches, college applications, scholarships <br />and financial aid as part of their on-the-job training. Interns will also be taken on fieldtrips to local colleges, <br />like Santa Ana College, Cal State Fullerton, Chapman University and the Art Institute in Santa Ana. <br />Career Skills and Job Search Training: Interns will attend career skills workshops on resume and <br />cover letter creation, interviewing techniques and "Dressing for Success" as part of their on-the—job training. <br />Interns will also attend workshops on job searches, submit applications, and post their resumes on <br />careeerbuilder.com when they are nearing the completion of their program (attachment #14). <br />Follow-up Services: Program staff will maintain monthly contact with the graduates for 12 months <br />after graduates exit the program. Staff will provide 12 months of follow-up, education and job -retention <br />support to graduates, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring when necessary. Transition assistance into <br />Santa Ana and Orange Coast College will also be provided to youth who decide to pursue higher education. <br />Support Services: Interns will be provided with transportation between training sites in library vans <br />driven by qualified drivers, and will be provided with similar transportation between work sites during the work <br />experience phase of the program. Four times per month, a trained Masters in Social Work intern will be present <br />in the library to talk with interns about personal and learning issues. In addition to counseling interns, she will <br />assist staff in referring interns and their families to needed social service providers. <br />There is an anticipated growth rate of 8-24% in jobs that require web and video production skills and <br />media savvy public relations skills. This is a high growth field, and interns will be encouraged to further their <br />education to take advantage of this market need. As the youth complete this program they will be taught <br />industry techniques that freelancers use to procure work in a highly competitive environment. Each one of the <br />students that completes the program will have established a digital portfolio containing samples of the media <br />that they created during the duration of the internship. Ultimately, positive career prospects will help to provide <br />these students with the ability to continue down the path of self sufficiency. <br />C. Priority Services <br />Targeted Youth Groups: <br />The "Seeds to Trees" program plans to recruit at least 3 youth (15%) from either probation and/or foster youth <br />backgrounds. <br />Probation Youth: <br />The "Seeds to Trees Academy" program plans to recruit youth who are on probation through our partnership <br />with the Orange County Probation Department. We have had tremendous success with probation youth <br />community service volunteers. Forty to fifty probation youth volunteer at the library annually, and ten to fifteen <br />of those remain as volunteers after their service hours are completed. We currently run a program specifically <br />aimed at probation youth that includes workshops on adolescent behavior and attitudes and how they resonate in <br />a student's life, as well as classes in needed academic subjects (attachment #15). <br />Foster Youth: <br />We currently have a waiting list of foster youth referrals from a senior social worker for the Orange County <br />Social Services Children and Family Services. We will be recruiting new participants from this referral list, as <br />well as be accepting new referrals from the Orange County Social Services Children and Family Services <br />Department. The library has a long and successful association with the Orange County Foster Youth <br />Collaborative and the Eliminating Racial Disparity & Disproportionality Advisory Group. Project Director has <br />been attending meetings for both these groups since 2009. Additionally, since several project employees are <br />former emancipated foster youth, we will have staff on hand uniquely qualified to assist foster youth interns. <br />Youth with Disabilities: Youth with physical disabilities will be welcome in the program, as will youth with <br />mild learning disorders. Youth with severe cognitive disabilities will find the educational components of the <br />Exhibit A <br />