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requires the volunteer to have fingerprints and TB testing. A physical is not necessary for any part-time volunteer. The cost per mentor is currently $45. Fingerprinting will be done at orientation meetings or the first training meeting in a group setting. Orientation sessions will be scheduled to acquaint the potential mentors with the project. Orientation is not training. These sessions identify the who, what, where, why and how about the mentoring project. General information is given about the students, their school environment, the project and how it works, the duration of the volunteer commitment, etc. Training for mentors begins shortly after orientation. All mentors must attend a minimum of three hours of training before being matched with a student. The session identifies the need of the program, clearly defines who the students are, defines the goals of the mentor project, identifies the needs of the students and their stage in development, discusses problems that teenagers encounter including peer pressure, substance abuse, child abuse and family violence, and drugs. In addition, the training provides practical advice for the mentors - how to contact the students, their project coordinator, teacher or job developer. The training sessions include a manual that covers the necessary information to make the mentoring experience successful. The Career Beginnings evening begins with a hosted dinner (sponsors are regularly solicited) once a month at a school site, postsecondary campus or business which gives the participants and mentors an opportunity to come directly from school or the workplace without worrying about dinner. It is a great time for the mentor and mentee to socialize and relax. Individual contact and recognition with the mentors is important just to say thank you for volunteering. An end-of- the-year celebration will recognize the accomplishments of the mentees and mentors, Career Beginnings of Orange County, works with the school district to provide recognition of the mentors in the form of certificates, plaques, etc. and recognizes the students for their completion of the program. Scholarships are solicited from the community to be presented to the students. The evening is often the highlight of the year. The CBOC Board of Directors plans to award 20 $250 scholarships to students in their program (including Success Bound! participants). ELEMENT #9: An efficient and effective delivery system for twelve n,onths of follow-up services. Note: the folbvdng ac6vitles are also ap~li~l~ to prior WIA tnu'tieJpants from the 2001/02 program. Evaluation and its required data gathering activities will take place throughout the project year on an ongoing basis. As with the 2001/02 Sttccess Bound! program, the process for the 12- month follow-up services wiII be finalized during the initial few months of the project. These will focus on accumulating data to assess "continuous improvement" to the Success Bound! program offerings. The recruited and enrolled 11~h grade participants will be in the program until their graduation for high school 15 months later. Just prior to their graduation (or exiting from the school system), they will be part of a larger data collection base that has been conducted by California State University, Fullerton under the auspices of the UROG "Choosing Success" grant. Data from this database plus individualized quarterly follow-up contacts will become an integral part of the proposed follow-up services activities. The Success Bound! staff will continue to monitor school and work attendance with students afte,' they exit the program upon their graduation on a monthly basis at a minimum. Both the staff of the District and one of the collaborative partners, Career Beginnings of Orange County, have had extensive experience in annual follow-up reports. The specific design of the documents used for this process will be based on that experience and any requirements of the W/O/R/K Center or WIB staff. Summative evaluation of the project will be assessed by completion, postsecondary commitment and graduation rates and at the end of the school year. The major collection timeline for follow-up data will be in the late fall after high school graduation. This will be done to verify the former Sttccess Bound! participant's postsecondary placement (higher education, military, part-time or full-time work). 18