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City of Santa Ana CDBG Scope of Work Program Year 2019-20 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020) Name of Organization Delhi Center Name of Funded Program Teens Engaged in Learning and Leadership Annual Accomplishment Goal Unduplicated Participants antic' ated to be served during the 12-month contract period. 110 TOTAL 110 Santa Ana Participants I 110 Low Income Participants 100% Schedule of Performance Unduplicated (estimated) Quarter 1: JUL 1 - SEP 30 Quarter 2: OCT 1 - DEC 31 Quarter 3: JAN 1 - MAR 31 Quarter 4: APR 1 - JUN 30 Program and Funding Description 10 Estimated Invoicing M68461.00 Teens Engaged in Learning and Leadership is a modified version of the current program offered by Delhi Center. It uses training, internships, leadership development, and mentoring to develop resiliency in teens, ages 14 to 19 and enables them to provide gang prevention activities for younger children in their community. The program prepares teens to meet the challenges of adolescence through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences that help them become socially, morally, emotionally, and cognitively competent. Teens develop specific skills needed for effective leadership that they will apply in meaningful prevention services to children in the community. The program begins by helping teens assess the risk factors they face in the areas of school, community, peers, family, and as individuals. Risk factors are conditions in a person's life that have been shown through research to place a person at risk for specific negative behaviors. For example, smoking is a risk factor for lung cancer and similarly, growing up in an area with extensive gang activity is a risk factor for becoming engaged in gang activity. Teens will be trained to understand what the different risk factors mean and how they impact communities and especially young children. Teens will also complete an orientation to understand the program parameters, what will be required of them, and what they can expect in return. Teens will be trained on how risk factors can be combatted by an infusion of protective factors, which are conditions, relationships, and behaviors that may contribute to resilience, resulting in prevention of negative behaviors by exerting a positive influence in direct opposition to the negative effects of risk factors. For example, if a child bonds with a proactive adult (or teen) they will not want to disappoint that person so they will avoid getting involved in negative behaviors. The relationship and social bonding becomes a protective factor. Teens will learn the different types of protective factors and how to create and generate protective factors for children in the community. Parents also will be trained on these strategies through quarterly workshops. Teens will complete a skills assessment to determine their strengths and areas they wish to improve on. They will develop goal plans to help them define the types of activities they are interested in and the types of activities they will be best suited for. Some teens prefer to stay "behind the scenes" while others prefer to be "front and center". These talents and preferences will help determine what role each teen will play in the EXHIBIT A