ORANGE COUNTY BAR FOUNDATION DBA PROJECT YOUTH OCBF

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Exhibit A Staff assist youth and family members to access additional wraparound services through our partner agencies. Youth and family members may also be referred to other Project Youth OCBF programs. Our new pilot program, ICAN! (Independence, Competence, and Aptitudes, Now!), assists at -risk, transition -age youth (ages 17-22) to identify their career interests and complete a vocational training program. The Higher Education Mentoring Program provides low-income, Latino youth with the academic, social and financial support needed to earn their college degree and enter the professional workforce. Project SELF (Summer Employment with Law Firms) offers paid summer internships at local law firms for low-income high school students. Madres Unidas (meaning Mothers United) provides evidence -based health education and risk -reduction services to Latinas. Our Youth Making Proud Choices! program offers evidence -based sexual health education services to youth to prevent pregnancy, HIV, and STIs. Based on our evidence -based SHORTSTOP model, STOP SHORT of Addiction provides an alternative to incarceration and out -patient substance abuse treatment for youth drug offenders or drug users in Orange County. STOP SHORT of Addition is administered by bilingual/bicultural therapists, with assistance from trained legal experts, the sheriff's coroner and local law enforcement narcotics officers. Guest speakers are also provided from the Youth Guidance Center and Volunteers on Parole. Services include: —Clinical Intake Assessment (same as SHORTSTOP) —Substance Abuse Treatment Sessions (three, 3-hour sessions): Sessions focus on providing legal education, healthy communication/coping skills, educational materials and helping youth maintain a drug -free lifestyle. Highlights include a virtual tour of the courtroom and holding cell, panel with incarcerated minors where they discuss how delinquent behavior and drug use led them to criminal activity and incarceration, a presentation from the county coroner illustrating the biological and psychological effects of drug abuse, group therapy, and a panel of recovered teens that discuss making the choice to stay drug -free. —Mandatory Assignments (same as SHORTSTOP- plus attending two AA or NA meetings) — Exit Plan and Case Management/Referral Services (same as SHORTSTOP) Duration— Project Youth OCBF requests a grant period of two years. SHORTSTOP and STOP SHORT of Addiction are both ongoing programs, with new sessions starting every month. Services are offered in both English and Spanish in a culturally -appropriate manner. Deliverables for the 12-month Grant Period —Objective 1: 60 youth and 80 parents participating in SHORTSTOP will each receive 6 hours of intensive legal education services. Outcome: 75% of the youth and parents participating in SHORTSTOP will report increased legal education knowledge, as reported at program exit. Objective 2: 60 participating SHORTSTOP youth will each receive 6 hours of diversion services. Outcome: 85% of participating youth that complete SHORTSTOP will be diverted from the juvenile justice system. Objective 3: 70 youth and 90 parents participating in STOP SHORT of Addiction will each receive 9 hours of intensive legal education services. Outcome: 75% of the youth and participating in STOP SHORT of Addiction will report increased legal education knowledge, as reported at program exit.