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Tree Growth Phase, Level 4- Young Tree's Apprenticeship Phase and Level 5 - Young Trees Transplanted Phase (follow- up and retentions services) Ground Work Level- Intake and Seed Planting: This portion of the program will occur at the start of the grant cycle 7/1/2011. Prior to the start of the program, the library TeenSpace staff will promote the upcoming "Seeds To Trees" program during its Summer Volunteer Institute program which annually recruits over 120 summer volunteers, many of which are WIA eligible and it's Probation Youth Community Service program which has an average annual participation of 40- 50 youth on probation. In addition to recruiting from its pool of WIA eligible summer volunteers, staff will also make presentations at Orange County FYO (Foster Youth Outcomes) meetings, CASA (Court Appointed Social Advocates) meetings and at local Santa Ana High Schools, to recruit candidates for this program. We will begin accepting notices of interest into the "Seeds To Trees" Digital Media Academy in May and will begin distributing and accepting applications including gathering all documents required by the Service Navigator to determine youth WIA eligibility. Once youth eligibility is confirmed, youth will be hired as Work Experience employees (WEX). It is anticipated that all this will occur in the month of September, 2011. Ground work phase will culminate in a "Seed Planting" Orientation, where all Student Interns and their parents/guardians (under 18 required parental attendance) will be given an overview of the entire program. The ambitious goal at this point to have already recruited and enrolled at least 15 (75%) of total 20 youth participants planned in the program. During this phase, all student interns will also take a TABE assessment test to determine their basic skill level. Level 1- Seed Phase (WEX)-4 Weeks X 8hrs/wk (4 hrs training: 4 hrs work exp) Anticipated Start Date / Duration and Recruitment Goal: 9/23/2011-10/29/2011 (16 Student Interns (80%) In-Class Vocational Training: Four weeks of introductory course material for 20 students, providing 10 two-hour sessions conducted biweekly, covering the following six subjects: Video Production, Script-writing, Web Design, Graphic Design, Digital Music Production and Marketing. Sessions will include both in-class work and field trips. Classes will take place twice a week and last two hours each. On- The- Job Work Experience : During the first five weeks, participants will work with different project mentors on a rotating basis, and will learn about the various topics that they will need to assist in producing television and web content for. Also at this time they will be focusing particular on assisting project mentors working with the Youth Health Ambassador volunteer program who have already been producing Health related CTV3 programming, like "Small Steps/Pasos Pequenos" Towards Healthy Living" mini-documentaries, TeenSpace Cooks cooking show, Fitness Buddy workout and nutrition program. Student interns will also be assigned to assist in the various "Buddy" mentoring programs, such as Reading Buddy, Math Buddy, Art Buddy, Fitness Buddy, Healthy Buddy, Science and Garden Buddy. Interns will work a rotating schedule so that they will be able to have experience assisting in all the "Buddy" programs. Students will also begin meeting with their assigned Tutor Mentor and begin meeting them in a weekly 30 minute face to face sessions. Interns will also attend Teen Healthy Living workshop. Services Provided and Interventions: Tutoring assistance, enrollment in library's GED completion program, transportation from the Santa Ana Public Library to classes held at the Digital Media Center, Jerome TeenSpace or Santiago Canyon College site as well as transportation to all the vocational training related fieldtrips. Tutor Mentors will also provide referral services as needed to additional help if needed. Please refer to attachment #4 for a list of referral agencies. A licensed MSW intern will be onsite at the library 4 times a month to provide counseling services to interns. Interns who are basic skills deficient and/or having difficulty understanding coursework will be scheduled to receive intensive one-on-one tutoring to help them become more proficient. Level 2 - Sprout Phase (Part 1-WEX)- 5 Weeks X 8hrs/wk (4hrs training: 4hrs work exp) - Sprout Phase (Part 2- Library Page Intern)- 9 Weeks X 9hrs/wk ( 4hrs training: 5hrs work exp) Start Date and Duration and Recruitment Goal: 10/30/2011-1/28/2011 (20 Student Interns (100%) In-Class Vocational Training: Four months of subject-specific classes conducted biweekly for two hours per class. Classes will include Graphic Arts, Web Design, Script Writing, and Video Production. Each class will consist of 4 modules of one-month each, with 15 students rotating through each class at one-month intervals. There will also be a four- month Digital Music Production class provided for a selected group of 5 students not included in the four conventionally structured courses. On- The- Job Work Experience: For the initial 5 weeks (Part 1) of this sprout phase, participants will still be WEX employees, after the 5 weeks, participants will enter into Part 2 of the Sprout phase, and will be hired a Laura Bush grant Library Page Intern's and placed on the Department of Parks and Recreation/Library Services Payroll. At this point, will be assigned to specific project mentors in charge of specific topics (Please refer to attachment #18 for EXHIBIT A