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L. Specify what types of support your organization will offer youth who are facing <br />challenging obstacles such as: family dysfunctions mental health issues low self-esteem <br />probation, gang issues, parenting issues, etc. <br />Dr. Lawrence Singer, who has a Doctorate in Psychology, will be on -staff to provide guidance <br />with life skills workshops, and referrals to counseling services to help youth in successful <br />development (Refer to Attachment W-7). Counselors will compile a resource binder for use in <br />referring youth to (Please refer to attachment W-7 for resumes of both counseling staff <br />members). <br />M. Will your organization offer mental health services or referrals to mental health <br />agencies, describe. <br />Yes, we will offer counseling per previous answer and will provide referral service to local <br />service providers. <br />N. Describe how your organization will provide or refer youth to comprehensive guidance <br />and counseling for drug and alcohol, etc. <br />The program provides referrals for youth to comprehensive guidance and counseling for drug <br />and alcohol. We will get support for these referrals from our counselors on staff and from our <br />health agency partners. Additionally we will be providing "The Truth about Drugs" drug <br />education program workshops in partnership with drugfreeworld.org. These workshops will also <br />serve as a referral point. (Please refer to attachment W8 for a referral list of drug and alcohol <br />counseling providers and for a description of the drigfreeworld.org program.) <br />ID. Workshops <br />O. Provide information about the following workshops and how or when the workshops <br />will be provided to youth in the program: <br />1. Financial Literacy/ Budget Management <br />A Workplace Financial Education Program will be presented by Orange County Credit Union <br />(refer to Letter of intent F3) <br />2. Entrepreneur Skills Training <br />Rancho Santiago Community College District's Youth Entrepreneurship Program (YEP) will <br />provide a 5 week series of two hour workshops that will teach youth the basics of <br />entrepreneurship (refer to Letter of Intent 174) <br />3. Labor Market Information <br />WHW (WomenHelpingWomen/Men2Work) will provide workshops on labor market <br />information, as well as employment readiness (Refer to Letter of Intent 175). Additionally, staff <br />will provide workshops on navigating the 0-Net https:/hvww.onetonline.org/ online tool for <br />career exploration and job analysis. <br />4. Family Planning <br />The Cal State University Fullerton Community Nursing program will provide a series of <br />workshops on pregnancy prevention and sexual health (refer to Letter of Intent F6) <br />5. Worker's Rights/Labor Laws <br />17 <br />