SANTA ANA PUBLIC LIBRARY (3) - 2011

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well as any additional educational tutoring and support service needs that they may have. Tutor Mentors, will provide the necessary resources to meet their mentees needs (Please see attachment #4) for a list of resources). Tutor Mentors will also schedule their mentees tutoring time at this meeting. In addition to mentoring from their assigned Tutor Mentors, interns will also receive mentorship on their particular production projects from project mentors. These Project Mentors will be responsible for helping interns develop and produce content for programming on specific topics. (Please See Attachment #18 for a list of tutor mentors and project mentors). They will also receive mentoring from the Lead Case Manager who will meet with them on a bi-monthly basis to track their progress, and needs. Interns will also receive additional mentoring from their in class vocational training instructors. Life Skills: During the course of their on-the-job work, all interns will be assigned to attend several life skills development workshops, in areas of financial management, healthy living, green living, and independent living domestic skills like cooking, gardening and sewing basics. All these are programs that are a general part of the TeenSpace programming. College Skills: Interns will attend workshops on college searches, college applications, scholarships and financial aid, as part of their on-the-job training. Interns will also be taken on fieldtrips to local colleges, like Santa Ana College, Cal State Fullerton, Chapman University and the Art Institute in Santa Ana. Career Skills and Job Search Training: Interns will attend career skills workshops on resume and cover letter creation, interviewing techniques and "Dressing for Success" as part of their on-the -job training. Interns will also attend workshops on job searches, submit applications, and post their resume's on careeerbuilder.com, when they heading towards the completion of their program. Follow-up Services: Program staff will maintain monthly contact with the graduates for 12 months after graduates exit the program. Staff will provide 12 months of follow-up, education and job-retention support to graduate, as well as ongoing coaching and mentoring when necessary. Transition assistance into Santa Ana and Orange Coast College will also be provided, to youth who decide to pursue higher education. Support Services: Interns will be provided with transportation between training sites in library vans driven by qualified drivers, and will be provided with similar transportation between work sites during the work experience phase of the program. Four times per month, a trained Masters in Social Work intern will be present in the library to talk with interns about personal and learning issues. In addition to counseling interns, she will assist staff in referring interns and their families to needed social service providers. There is an anticipated rate of 8-24% in jobs that require web and video production skills and media savvy public relations skills, hence this is a high growth field, and interns will be encouraged to further their education to take advantage of this market need. As the youth complete this program they will be taught industry techniques that freelancers use to procure work in a highly competitive environment. Each one of the students that completes the program will have established a digital portfolio containing samples of the media that they created during the duration of the internship. Ultimately, positive career prospects will help to provide these students with the ability to continue down the path of self sufficiency. Priority of Services Targeted Youth Groups: The "Seeds to Trees" program plans to recruit at least 2 youth (10%) from either probation, youth in foster care, emancipated youth, or youth with disabilities. Probation Youth: The "Seeds to Trees Academy" program plans to recruit youth who are on probation through our partnership with the Orange County Probation Department. We have had tremendous success with probation youth community service volunteers. Forty to fifty probation youth volunteer at the library annually, and ten to fifteen of those remain as volunteers after their service hours are completed. We are currently piloting a program specifically aimed at probation youth that includes workshops on adolescent behavior and attitudes and how they resonate in a student's life, as well as classes in needed academic subjects. EXHIBIT A