SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/ROP (3) - 2010

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PROPOSAL NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY For the 2010/11 program period, the Career Development/ROP Department of the Santa Ana Unified School District is proposing to continue the successful Success Bound! program serving thirty 35 in-school ,youth. Of the 35 youth, three will be foster youth and seven will have a " n disability. The target population are "average" students with identified barriers who have not fully participated in other categorical/special programs; in other words, students who may have "fallen through the cracks" of regular public school programs. After the past nine years, the core competencies are still in place. Our program works because we target at risk students that are . vulnerable of not completing High School without additional support. Pursuant to the WIA and i Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board requirements set forth in the RFP for this application, Success Bound! participants will meet age, City of Santa Ana residency current low-income , eligibility, Selective Service and "right-to-work" standards plus also be identified as having one or more of the following barriers to employment: • Their basic literacy skills (reading and/or math) are at the eight-grade level or below as measured on the TABE or an equivalent standardized test; • They are considered as homeless, have runaway from home or are a foster child as evidenced by either school or social service records; • They are a pregnant or parenting teen as evidenced by school records and/or are an emancipated youth as identified by court records; • They have a record as a gang member, an offender or have a court/agency referral mandating school attendance as evidenced by county records; • They have never held a job and therefore lack a significant work history as evidenced by their WIA Program pre-application; • They have been identified a Limited English Proficient as evidenced by school records; • Their core GPA is less than 1.5 as evidenced by school records; • They have been suspended or expelled as evidenced by school records; and/or, • They are designated as a "special needs" youth with disability as evidenced by their school records (e.g., enrolled in special education with a valid IEP, designated as limited English proficient, etc.). The chart on the next page summarizes how the proposed WIA funds requested in this RFP will be used to serve the 30 Success Bound! participants. The separate rows for the ten WIA program elements indicate which primary activities will be delivered and funded by the lead agency (Santa rn Ana USD) and/or one of its collaborators. The last column is a very brief description of the primary activities and the kinds of documentation that will be utilized for documentation. This summary is based on the proposed activities described in the Program Workplan (Attachment B). The planned outcomes of the Success Bound! program are: ? high school graduation-students leave with a high school diploma & college= enrollment; ? a valid career preparation experience that will equip participants with hard & soft skills needed to be gainfully employed, an Employment Portfolio leading to employment down the road; and, EXHIBIT A