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available to assist them with the completion of their degree. Therefore, many students <br />perform poorly and eventually drop out of college. <br />D. Specify how your organization will address the barriers that youth encounter <br />The "Seeds to Trees" program plans to recruit youth with barriers to employment, educational <br />advancement, and a successful future. The Seeds to Trees program will supports students by <br />providing resources, knowledge and /or informational tools to find personal connections for <br />educational and local workforce opportunities. Students will partake in various activities to <br />enhance their educational, employment and life skills. <br />Youth who are TABE tested and determined basic skills deficient will be provided with one -on- <br />one tutoring in order to assist them to improve those skills. All youth participants will be <br />provided with valuable work experience via internship and externship opportunities offered by <br />the Seeds to Trees Institute. Youth participants who are drop -outs or in danger of dropping out <br />will be enrolled in the SAC School of Continuing Education high school diploma or GED <br />completion program and will be provided with one -on -one tutoring to assist them with classes. <br />All youth participants will be provided work training leading to state recognized certificates in <br />computer maintenance and repair or general clerical as well as industry recognized certificates in <br />customer service and digital media disciplines. To address the barriers to post- secondary <br />education, all youth will be enrolled into Santa Ana College, and will be provided specialized <br />college course training leading to college credits upon completion. <br />Given the dramatic 13% decline in the employment prospects of American teens recently <br />reported by the Brookings Institution, it is vital that training programs offer flexible education <br />models that can adapt to changing needs of employers. The Brookings report found that many of <br />teens would face permanent effects of being locked out of the job market. Per the research <br />findings in the report, we believe that our MOOC pilot program cohorts can help to link high <br />school students to post - secondary educational credentials. Furthermore these courses will help to <br />strengthen career and technical education opportunities in industry specific areas. An additional <br />benefit of these courses is that they are highly adaptable to local job market conditions and can <br />be tailored to the regional labor market as the Brookings institution suggests. <br />5. Paid & Unpaid Work Experience <br />A. Describe in detail the paid and unpaid work experience opportunities that will be <br />offered to the youth such as: <br />1. Summer Employment: 7 -10 youth participants of 2015 -2016 Seeds to Trees Academy <br />program will be hired on as library page interns in the summer of 2016. <br />2. Pre - apprenticeship programs; 3. Internships or job - shadowing; 4. On -the -Job training <br />opportunities: The entire format of the "Seeds to Trees" program focuses on work -based <br />learning opportunities via an apprenticeship approach. All 35 WIA eligible youth are hired as <br />apprentice Work Experience employees (WEX) and paid an hourly wage to receive a complete <br />in -class and on- the -job training work experience that they can use to propel them into higher <br />education, employment and/or self - employment as a freelance entrepreneur. As part of their <br />work experience, all apprentices will be provided opportunities to obtain internships onsite <br />working on various digital media productions for CTV3, as well externships at sites that have <br />EXHIBIT A <br />