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mandate to identify and implement strategies designed to increase civic participation among youth in Santa Ana. In 2015 & 2016 the YCE interns will organize a 6 week long Surmner Youth Leadership Institute (refer to attachment W -10 for a tentative proposal for this program). This program will begin with a Summer Youth Volunteer Fair. The event will assemble fifteen or more local organizations at an outdoor venue where they will have the opportunity to meet and recruit youth in Santa Ana to become civically engaged via surmner volunteer opportunities (refer to attachment W -11 for a proposal of this fair). This is an opportunity for youth to build their resumes, learn about the breadth of volunteer opportunities available in their community, and develop civic awareness and leadership skills. In addition, the Civic Engagement Interns will have the opportunity to participate in the Teen Library Club volunteer program, and join in the many community and library volunteer service projects the Club undertakes, including the Santiago Creek Clean-ups, OC Marathon Clean -ups, Heritage House Gala Fundraisers, Autism Walk, Library Halloween Haunted House, Santa's Corner, and Library Book Sales. Opportunities added to the program this year include the organization and promotion of photo scamiing events to preserve and share local history. Additionally, all student interns will spend a portion of their on- the -job work time assisting TeenSpace staff in one of our "Buddy" programs. As part of the "Buddy" program, student interns will learn to mentor and serve as role models to younger children (4 -11) in a variety of ongoing "Buddy" programs such as "Reading Buddy ", "Math Buddy ", "Art Buddy ", "Sports Buddy ", "Healthy Buddy ", "Garden Buddy ", "Acting Buddy" and "Science Buddy ". Access California Services (Letter of Intent F9) and Latin Leaders (Letter of Intent F11) will provide several leadership workshops to youth interns as well. B. Indicate the number of youth that will participate in the civic engagement or leadership development opportunity. The Summer Youth Leadership Institute program will target Santa Ana youth between the ages of 14 and 24 years. Youth will be recruited through a combination of planned entertainment, free food and beverages, and partnerships with the represented agencies. Given previous experience working with organizing community fairs, our department estimates that we will have roughly 200 youth in attendance at the fair. The YCE will organize a curriculum for up to 80 youth to participate in the 6 week leadership program following the volunteer fair. These youth will be drawn from interns from other WIOA programs as well as from the general young adult (14 -24) population of Santa Ana. These 80 youth will be given an overview of the basics of civic participation including but not limited to lessons on the organizational structure of the City of Santa Ana, the various locally elected positions, and differences between City, SAUSD, and County government. The participants will then be divided into smaller cohorts to work on specialized civic projects of their own choosing. All 35 WIOA youth will be part of these civic engagement projects. The attendance at the individual events ranges from 5 -60 people depending on the size of the event. Most of the sessions will take place in groups of less than 20. C. Special consideration for organizations that can leverage funds to provide services to non -WIOA youth participants. EXHIBIT A