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the youth will, within 24 hours of intake, be enrolled in an appropriately selected <br />educational institution and/or training program and will begin the pursuit of an <br />appropriate career. <br /> <br /> Because the first day on the job or back in school can be a defining moment for <br />the youth, the Counselor will schedule a meeting with the youth immediately after the <br />day has ended. The Counselor, in a one-on-one counseling session, will seek to <br />determine the youth's affective and experiential responses to the very important first <br />day. After the meeting with the youth, the Counselor will also hold an in-home meeting <br />with the youth's family. CHCADA will also, through the youth prevention network, <br />attempt to identify at least two cross-age mentors so that the youth will not feel awkward <br />and/or excluded. <br /> <br /> CHCADA will also, through volunteers, ensure that each youth has a work <br />wardrobe that is clean, neat and current so that they will not be subjected to the ridicule <br />of their peers. CHCADA shall have also held a meeting with each of the youth's <br />employers to encourage them to adopt a welcoming attitude toward all Fuetzas Unidas <br />participants. <br /> <br /> The Counselor will meet with the youth who become employed at least once <br />more during the first week of their release. However, contact will be made by phone on <br />every single day during this period. Contact will also be made with the youth's <br />employers by phone at least weekly during the 120-day program. However, during the <br />first two weeks after the youth's entry into the labor market or school, CHCADA will <br />work diligently to ensure that the participant "catches up" vocationally or academically, <br />does not "fall behind," and has access to support when problems emerge. <br /> <br />9.3. Support and Assist the Youth's Access to Referral Services <br /> Within seven (7) days of contract award, CHCADA's staff will update its database <br />of Network providers who offer youth-specific services in the Santa Ana area. <br />CHCADA's case management referral database will then be used to download youth- <br />based providers by type of services offered and location. As is always true, CHCADA <br />does not add new providers to our referral database without completing not only a <br />review of their written literature, but a site visit as well. Our provider database will allow <br />us to match youth with the health, mental health, literacy, anger management, gang <br /> <br />CHCADA's Response to RFP# PY2002 Page 32 <br /> <br /> <br />