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The details of the revised WIA case management system using the support of the W/O/R/K Center Service Navigation team will be worked on after funding notification. While the supl3ort of the W/O/R/K Center staff will be appreciated, the Santa Ana Unified School District staff in the Career Development/ROP Department's Secondary Enrichment Programs office is very experienced with youth programs and at-risk populations. This is particularly true with respect to dealing with the data collection requirements of youth related programs; both those problems encountered in enrolling potential participants and those unique to reporting program completion data. Staff is well versed in the completion of ongoing Individual Service Strategy documents for each participant, the administration of objective assessments, etc. It is assumed that the~ Program Specialist and/or Community Resource Specialist assigned to the WIA Success Bo~,rFd! program will maintain overall responsibility for the objective assessments and ISS forms. The assessments will be accomplished either at the ROP Ritchey Center or one of the full service Career Centers on the regular high school campuses. Unless there is a change for the 2002/03 program year, ISS folders will be maintained in the Secondary Enrichment Programs office. Any other concerns vis-h-vis the interface of Success Bound! staff with the W/O/R/K Center Service Navigation team will be dealt with when the occasion arises With respect to parent involvement, initial contact with parents is normally made during the enrollment process. Completion of the Work Permits also often requires another parent contact. The WIA Success Bound! Community Resource Specialist will make home telephone and/or home visits during the course of the program year. Normally, the initial reason will be either attendance and/or paid work experience concern but other calls will also focus on missing graduation requirements, college financial assistance documentation, training site issues, etc. Experience with the current year's program has taught the Success Bound! staff that parental support can be key to getting a senior "back-on-track" towards graduation, career and higher education goals. Like the comments pertaining to actual program services, information regarding job placement, continuing education and follow-up activities is explained below in the description of the ten program elements. Again, the primary goals of the program are threefold: ,/ high school graduation (diploma rate); q' enrollment in a higher education program (retention rate); and the ,/ acquisition of appropriate academic and/or employability skills for an entry level or higher position which will assist the participant in his or her pursuit of both a career and a post-secondary education (skill attabm~ent rate). The basic thrust of the academic support system is one of close oversight and the facilitation of each. participant's journey towards achieving the three basic goals for the program as stated above. Based on the objective assessment data used in the eligibility process along with other similar school-based data and information, the Success Bound/ staff will develop individual service strategy plans (ISS) for each participant. These will detail how and which of the project activities will be used to help the individual participants reach their educational, employment and higher educational goals. The exact mix of services each participant receives will be based on his/her ISS and career pathway. However, each will participate with an adult mentor, be exposed to the leadership, drug, alcohol & other health related issues activities, receive additional guidance and counseling support and have access to paid internship and summer work. 12