CA HISPANIC COMMISS ALCOHOL 1 -2002

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Figure 1: Goals and Objectives Process Objective 1: Strengthen linkages with the Youth Provider Network by referring the participants to other partners for services; Process Objective 2: Create marketing materials about the program and distribute them in areas that are centers of population for out-of-school Latin# youth; Process Objective 3: Work closely with parents to recruit the unemployed children into the program; Process Objective 4: Refer approximately 90% of unemployed parents of the youth to other training programs; and Process Objective 5: Ensure that approximately 200 youth are recruited in order to retain 60 eligible youth. Outcome Objective 02: Place approximately 80% of youth who complete the program into jobs that pay $8.00 per hour or more. ~- Process Objective 1: Utilize a full-time job development counselor to create a continuous flow of work opportunities 100% of the time; ~- Process Objective 2: Add at least ten employers as secondary partners in this effort; and Y Process Objective 3: Market and educate at least 50 new employers in order to increase their receptivity to hiring young, inexperienced, iow-income youth. Outcome Objective #3: Ensure that at least 80% of youth placed retain their jobs for six months or more. % Process Objective 1: Provide job retention counseling to 100% of the youth placed in jobs; and ~- Process Objective 2: Assist 90% or more of the youth to enroll in educational programs and work- related courses. Outcome Objective #4: Approximately 30% of the youth will experience a wage gain of 60% or more from program beginning to program completion. ~' Process Objective 1: Approximately 30% of the negotiated wages will include performance-related increases; and ~' Process Objective 2: Approximately 90% of the youth will be trained to deliver high performance services so that the probability of wage gain is elevated. Outcome Objective #5: Approximately 70% of youth who did not graduate from high school will be enrolled ~in a GED program. Outcome Objective 06: Approximately 30% of youth with a high school diploma will enroll in a program o~ higher education. As mentioned, approximately 60 youth will be served per year through this program. The specific WIA program elements that La Familia will offer have been summarized in Figure 2 below. Figure 2: WIA Program Elements that La Familia Will Offer · Comprehensive Guidance and Counseling - All participants will complete an intensive assessment of psychological and social functioning. Based upon this assessment, each youth will be provided general counseling, life work counseling, occupational counseling, and, as required, mental health and/or substance abuse counseling. · Adult Mentoring - The risks that characterize the participants in this program will be many. Some of the target group will already be parents. Others may engage in at-risk sexual behaviors while still others may be members of gangs. One strategy that simultaneously reduces risk in multiple areas is mentoring. However, CHCADA will apply a unique small group reentering model that consists of one adult male and one adult female and four out-of-school youth. This extended family model is highly effective with CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 Page 8