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

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instructional time with participants at their school to maintain an ongoing relationship with each student by the staff. The services of the various WIA elements will be offered to participants throughout the yearlong program. Regarding frequency of meetings, participants will meet at a minimum on a bi-monthly basis with program staff at their home school sites but not during the participant's instructional day. The adult mentor component is a collaborative effort with Career Beginnings of Orange County 3: (CBOC) and will meet on a monthly basis usually on the third Wednesday evening of the month throughout the regular school year. Since not all Success Bound! student will participate in this adult mentoring program and since the CBOC program no longer has a yearlong follow-up element, this adult mentor component has not been identified as a formal component of the District's 2010/11 WIA In-School youth application. Individual mentor/mentee meetings will also occur on an individualized basis. For those Success Bound! participants who enroll in an ROP course, their training will last from " 135 to 360 hours depending upon the course in which they are enrolled. 4t After their program exit Success Bound! participants will continue to receive services ranging from annual college loan applications, job referrals, guidance counseling, the required program follow-up surveys, citizenship guidance, etc., to assistance with income tax preparation. The continuing contact with many former Success Bound! participants has been a hallmark of the program since it's inception and the ROP staff implementing this program will continue to emphasize this component of the total program. PROGRAM GOALS/OBJECTIVES and PERFORMANCE LEVELS As stated in the Executive Summary portion, the Success Bound! program has a target of thirty (30) participants attending secondary programs with in the Santa Ana Unified School District who will be high school seniors during the 2010/11 school year. The specific WIA program elements directly supported by the funding requested in this RFP response are: ? educational activities leading to high school graduation, ? paid/unpaid work experiences ? leadership development, ? 12 months + follow-up services, and ? comprehensive guidance & counseling. Participants will have access to four other services through other existing District programs: ? alternative secondary school services, ? occupational skill training, ? supportive services (transportation), and ? adult mentoring Participants would also be able to investigate and access similar services from other providers in the Youth Service Provider Network. M_ Participation in specific provided services will be based on both the assessed needs of potential O participants, their expressed interests and the relationship of these to WIA goals. It is a goal of the program to enroll all 30 participants by the end of October, 2010. Several key elements of the overall Success Bound! program involve early advisement, academic assessment with the TABS (or a similar c-- instrument) and enrollment. Individual participant's previous scholastic history and test scores from F, their SAUSD student records on the SchoolMax system will also govern which academic tutorial O activities they should pursue. This information plus that developed in each participant's ISS folders will guide and inform program staff in the management and monitoring of the services provided to the _ thirty Success Bound! participants. With the bi-weekly meeting schedule that is an integral part of the pp N 12 EXHIBIT A