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2015 Orange Coynt_y fhi dr_en's Therapem is ArtsSen__ter <br />Youth Employment Program - WIOA Proposal <br />• Job Skills: This workshop series will allow youth to learn and create materials needed for <br />employment purposes, with the ultimate goal of when completed, they are able to <br />assemble an employment portfolio that can be presented at any job fair, interview, and <br />new potential employer. See attachments section for a sample. <br />• Life Skills: This workshop series will help our youth with day to day life skills information <br />to assist them in making healthy and reasonable choices In their lives. See attachments <br />section for a sample. <br />1. Financial Literacy/ Budget Management — These are one of the most basic and important <br />workshop series that we offer at OCCTAC for several years! As mentioned above, WIOA <br />participant will earn about financial literacy and budgeting, and these workshops will allow our <br />youth to think not only about the present, but of their future. They will learn the basic of <br />opening a checking and savings account, and how to plan for retirement and future expenses. <br />2. Entrepreneur Skills Training — This workshop will be the perfect opportunity for innovative <br />young adults in Orange County to learn what it takes to be successful when launching their <br />entrepreneurial ventures. They will learn how to do this via three key strategies: Business plan <br />competition, Networking and collaboration. <br />3. Labor Market Information — This workshop will provide youth with valuable information for <br />today's labor market, so that you can make an educated decision on which career path is best <br />suited to your skills and abilities. <br />4. Family Planning — Planned Parenthood and Human Options will provide our WIOA youth <br />with information on healthy relationship and birth control. These workshops are intended to <br />help assist youth with their future and current family stabilities. <br />5. Worker's Rights/Labor Laws — Participants will be able to learn and understand their rights <br />as an employee in California from things like mandatory break times and benefits. Participant <br />will also be able to learn and understand how to ask and receive accommodations that must be <br />provided to those who have same type of learning or physical disability. As well as questions <br />that may not be asked in an interview or after becoming an employee. <br />6. Analytical Skills at the Workplace — All WIOA youth will be provided with a task analysis and <br />literacy analysis, skills assessments, job profiling, and pre-employment work skills. Each <br />of these sills can provide a path to improve the participant's ability to perform basic job skills in <br />the field or job they have or may have in the future. <br />7. Health Resources — OCCTAC now offers free monthly Health Screenings the P Saturday of <br />every month! WIOA Participants will be able to participate in these health screenings, as well as <br />other resources from our community partners, including Planned Parenthood on how to be <br />healthy and safe, and how to obtain medical services. Also, we are collaborating with the <br />University of Irvine who will provide additional resources for out participants. Furthermore our <br />MECCA coalition, Pepperdine University, USC, School of Social Work, and the County of Orange, <br />xcn3kra <br />