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2014-15 Orange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center <br />Youth Workforce Investment Act Proposal <br />tutoring supplies, bus passes, gas cards, and finger printing and TB tests are covered for work related <br />requirements. <br />E. Will your agency provide incentives to youth for accomplishing program benchmarks or <br />personal goals? If so, please describe and include the Incentive Policy as Attachment H. <br />Yes. The incentives set are to assist and aid enrolled youth with their successful completion of <br />OCCTAC's WIA program. The program will provide youth with a stipends after their completion of <br />a set of 20 hours (4 stipends for a total of 80 hours). These stipends will be an accumulation of the <br />youths participation in all activities. These activities may include meeting with case manger, <br />educational councilor, and attending all of their required work base learning hours and training <br />courses. Youth will also be able to accumulate hours for meeting with their Numeracy/Literacy <br />tutors on a weekly basis. Finally youth who have dropped out of high school may have the <br />opportunity to earn gift certificates after returning to some type of high school recovery program <br />and completing 2 required courses. <br />XI. Leverage Funds (not a required element of the program) <br />A. Can your agency leverage funds to offer a civic engagement opportunity to WIA youth and <br />other youth in the community aside from WIA youth participants? Yes. We already do this <br />informally at our agency, especially when we host important events and invite elected officials or <br />important community representatives. OCCTAC is willing to incorporate this civic engagement <br />opportunity for WIA youth. We believe this is a great leadership training opportunity for all Santa <br />Ana youth! <br />B. What type of civic engagement opportunities will your program engage youth in? <br />1, All WIA youth will be asked to participate in the youth council meetings. They will be asked to <br />contribute ideas and information on how to better serve the youth in Santa Ana. <br />2. All WIA youth will be asked to participants in the city council meeting the first Tuesday of every <br />month and will be asked to research what is taking place and what ideas they can contribute for the <br />progress of their communities. <br />3. Youth will also be asked to assist the MECCA program and partnered agencies with the <br />contribution of creating and presenting employment workshops that will also assist adults in moving <br />forward in employment. As well as creating their paths towards a better future. <br />C. How many youth will participate in the civic engagement opportunity? <br />All WIA youth will be asked to contribute towards the assisting of their communities and work <br />placements while they are in the process of finding employment or have entered post -secondary <br />education. <br />D. Can your agency leverage funds to host work readiness type of workshops once per month at <br />local after-school programs in Santa Ana? Maybe. This would require more discussion and <br />coordination with ALL WIA agencies involved, so the responsibility is equally divided between all <br />partner agencies. <br />XII. Common Measures <br />A. Improve Literacy/Numeracy Skills -77.5% <br />OCCTAC has demonstrated commitment in helping WIA youth with and without disabilities improve <br />EXHIBIT A <br />