96-069 - Grant Award Agreement for the Santa Ana Community Action Network Program

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Program Leader who will be under the supervision of a full-time Program Coordinator. The Senior Program Leader will devote 100% of his/her time to coordination efforts toward community outreach, education, and mobd~zaUon and will be responsible for documenting all collaborative efforts and accomplishments. The activities to be conducted have been approved by the majority of the participating agencies. Operational agreements have been developed to allow participating agencies to further develop their programs in coordination with program staff. However, not all operational agreements have been signed. All signed operational agreements will be submited within 7 days from June 26, 1996. All program components will be responsible for gathering baseline data and maintaining records at regularly scheduled intervals in order to measure progress. Baseline information will include school records, including grades, attendance, and behavioral records, survey results that indicate levels of risk and perception of attachments and relationships, pre and post tests to measure changes in knowledge and increased skill competencies, and logs that will track progress in various program accomplishments and goal completion. The Recreation and Community Services Agency has had success in developing, implementing, and evaluating federal grant funded programs and has developed a large volume of pertinent forms and tracking reports. These will be modified by program staff, once hired, to meet the specific needs of the each program component. During July and August, a calendar will be compiled that will include all activities offered and will become part of the promotional materials for the program. The calendars will be distributed with flyers and other announcements during September, 1995. Also, promotional presentations will be scheduled at the target schools to encourage participation. Throughout the grant year, participant registration will be conducted. Once registered for the program, children will be allowed to participate. As more students register, the program will increase its level of activity to accommodate more and more students each week until each activity is at capacity (wherever applicable). 'The project will conduct program evaluation activities throughout the second year. At the start of each participants involvement, baseline data will be documented and placed in individual files. The Community Involvement Survey data will be gathered in July 1996 and May 1997. During the second year of the project, the programs will operate on a regular basis as in the first. The major change during the second year will be the addition of tutoring services for students who graduate from Willard Intermediate School and go on to Santa Ana High School. Another significant change will be the opportunity for Willard alumni to return to Willard to assist in the tutoring program and to act as Junior Leaders in the Wilderness Challenges. On July and August 1996, the staff will devek)p a separate form of recognition and documentation for this component.