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will give them a sense of self -empowerment. Within the Career Institute, youth will learn about making informed decisions about their futures by considering their college and career options. We will offer career readiness services by hosting career guest speakers, financial literacy education classes, career research projects, mock interviews, and resume writing workshops that will help them explore, understand and apply academic and career skills to become more independent problem solvers and proactive planners. We will team up with college students to coordinate college fieldtrips and motivate them about the benefits of higher education and widen opportunities for career options. Within the Health Institute, youth will develop a healthy living lifestyle. Youth will have the opportunity to engage in at least 30 minutes of daily exercise during recreation time and attend health and active lifestyle workshops on good nutrition, physical exercise, self -care, preventative health and more. We hold monthly parent meetings and to teach parents on topic such as the school system, higher education, and family functioning, preventative health, technology use, and how to maintain stronger pathways to economic and financial stability. We will refer them to ESL classes, job opportunities at Santa Ana WORK Center, nutrition classes,. community resources, and provide opportunities for them to become actively involved in PAYP activities and encourage them to participate in school functions. Because we understand that communicating and working with parents is vital to their children's success, our staff are highly accessible to parents. We run our monthly parent meetings in multiple languages to caterto the different needs of our clients. Benchmarks • During each year, enroll 24 youth, age 6-18, in our Plan Ahead Youth Program's Academic, Leadership, Career and Health Institutes. • 19 youth (80%) will achieve successful outcomes. Students are successful if they meet 2 or more of our outcome measurements such as increasing their GPA maintaining 3.0 or higher GPA or equivalent Santa Ana Unified School District's specified benchmarks, increasing scores on workshop post-tests, or increasing attendance in career and health activities (physical activity and nutrition). • During each year, we will enroll 9 parents into our Plan Ahead Youth Program. • 7 parents (80%) will achieve successful outcomes. Parents are successful if they attend 1 or more workshops, increase scores on workshop post-tests, attend at least 75% of our monthly parent meetings, or volunteer 3 times per quarter. Performance Measures Staff maintain files for all program participants and this includes demographic information, attendance and participation records, report cards, award certificates, and behavior notes. Success in our youth program is measured quarterly, or every 3 months. Within the Academic Institute staff measure the improvement of school report grades from quarter to quarter by establishing a baseline GPA or other SAUSD specified benchmark from their most recent report cards and track for any improvements on a quarterly basis. Success in the Leadership Institute is measured by youth completing 3 or more hours of community service or by demonstrating improved test scores on pre/posttest surveys on 1 or more leadership workshops; Success in the Career Institute is measured by youth attending 1 or more career guest speaker presentation/workshops or college tour; Success in the Health Institute is measured by youth maintaining a "B" or higher in their Physical Education grade, participating in fitness activities 1 or more hour per week, or demonstrating improved test scores on pre/posttest surveys on 1 more health workshops per quarter. We judge youth as overall successful when they are successful in 2 or more of the 4 institutes per quarter. EXHIBIT A