OCWDB's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Young Adult Program
The OCWDB's Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act (WIOA) Young Adult Program provides high quality services for young adults beginning with career exploration and guidance, continued support for educational attainment, opportunities for skills training in in-demand industries and occupations, and culminating with a good job along a career pathway or enrollment in post-secondary education. Through a network of regional service providers, the OCWDB’s WIOA Young Adult Program focuses on offering eligible participants access to components that will successfully connect them to education and/or in-demand industries occupations:
- Tutoring, study skills training and instruction
- Alternative secondary school services or dropout recovery services
- Paid and unpaid work experiences
- Occupational skill training
- Education offered concurrently with and in the same context as workforce preparation activities and training for a specific occupation
- Leadership development opportunities
- Supportive services
- Adult mentoring
- Follow-up services
- Comprehensive guidance and counseling
- Financial literacy education
- Entrepreneurial skills training
- Services that provide labor market and employment information
- Activities that help prepare for and transition to post-secondary education and training
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ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
Out-of-School Youth
Individual who is:
- Not attending any school (can be attending Adult Education)
- Ages 16-24
- One or more of the following:
- School dropout
- High school graduate and basic skills deficient/English language learner (must be low income)
- Offender
- Homeless, runaway or foster child
- Pregnant or parenting
- Disabled
In-School Young Adult
Individual who is:
- Attending school
- Ages 14-21
- Low income (eligible if receiving free or reduced price school lunch)
- One or more of the following:
- Basic skills deficient/English language learner
- Offender
- Homeless, runaway or foster child
- Pregnant or parenting
- Disabled
YOUNG ADULT SERVICE PROVIDERS
| Employment & Training Services Provided By: |
OC Workforce Solutions
675 Placentia Ave, Suite 300
Brea, CA 92821
(866) 500-6587
Mon-Fri: 9:00AM - 6:00PM
map and driving directions OC Workforce Solutions South County
28202 Cabot Road, Suite 140
Laguna Niguel, CA 92677
Mon-Fri: 9:00AM - 6:00PM
map and driving directions Manchester Office Building
301 The City Drive, 4th Floor.
Orange, CA 92686
Mon-Fri: 8:00AM - 5:00PM
map and driving directions Los Alamitos Joint Forces Training Base
11206 Lexington Drive, Building 244
Los Alamitos, CA 90720
(562) 296-5722
Fri: 8:00AM - 5:00PM*
*closed, 12:00PM - 1:00PM
map and driving directions Youth Leadership Academy
3155 W. Justice Center Way
Orange, CA 92868
(714) 935-7099
Tue, Thu: 1:30PM - 3:00PM
map and driving directions |
For cities of Anaheim and Santa Ana, please contact following centers:
Anaheim Workforce Connection
201 South Anaheim Blvd.
Anaheim, CA 92805
714-765-4350
714-765-4376 TTY
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Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center
801 West Civic Center Drive
Suite 200
Santa Ana, CA 92701
714-565-2600
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AFFORDABLE COLLEGES / ONLINE RESOURCES
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