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<br />CHCADA has found that these periodic reviews build trust and a cooperative spirit <br />among all personnel and can ensure efficiency and avoid duplicative effort. All <br />evaluative research and input on each client will be kept in their files. <br /> <br />1.3. Program Description <br />The schedule of services that CHCADA will offer to the youth as a part of the <br />Youth Service Provider Network will be designed to synergistically address the <br />interactive needs of the participants. Thus, while each of the WIA elements identified <br />have been included, they have been integrated into a holistic program that can, over a <br />period of six months, address the full range of factors that serve as barriers to low- <br />income, Latino out-of-school youth obtaining and maintaining employment that pays a <br />"living wage." <br />Utilizing best practices from a range of fields, CHCADA has designed a program <br />that is inclusive of services to address risk factors that directly and/or indirectly affect <br />the levels of out-of-school youth. For example, the design of the program includes <br />counseling support in order to strengthen the youth's resilience in key areas. Likewise, <br />because weakened or fragile familial relationships often correspond with dysfunctional <br />behavior, the program also includes training in parenting skills for the youth's parents. <br />Because the level of stress experienced by the youth and subsequently, his/her <br />vulnerability to socially dysfunctional behavior, can be reduced by addressing material <br />needs, case management support and referral services are mandatory under this <br />programmatic design. <br />Given the criticality of investment in human capital in the youth's ability to <br />achieve economic independence, services that strengthen the youth's linkages to WIA <br />training and/or traditional education are required. Given the positive outcomes that <br />have occurred with at-risk youth through the application of one-on-one mentoring, this <br />program design also includes mandatory mentoring as a mechanism for extending the <br />support systems available to the youth. In order to diminish the involvement and/or <br />relnvolvement of youth in the alternative and illegal economic system, the program <br />design also mandates the provision of job preparation, career planning, and job <br />retention skills both directly or through referrals to other providers in the youth network. <br /> <br />CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 <br /> <br />Page 13 <br />