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RIGHT START.t PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PROGRAM OVERVIEW The following pages outline brief program descriptions are based on the five selected WIA elements addressed by this RFP. The actual WlA Workplan follows these as set forth in the Attachment B format as requested in the RFP. Each is directly elated to the basic goal for the Right Start! participants: the acquisition of appropriate 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. As mentioned previously, outreach, recruitment and eligibility determination for Right Start! program's target population of out-of-school youth participating in ROP programs will be initiated at the end of the spring semester of the 2001/02 school year. The program design outlined below then calls for servicing the participants with a program that also includes summer 2002. The Right Start! program will focus on serving participants who have expressed an interest in several career pathways; Business & Marketing, Science & Technology and/or Health, Human Services. The following chart displays examples of factors illustrative of the recruitment target population that the WIA staff will use: Resident of the City of Santa Aha; · Identified by school staff as at risk of dropping out; · No work history · Resident of an SDA high crime area; Past record of under achievement (eighth grade or below academic level); Past record of low motivation or interest (poor grades); · Has identified a career pathway · Teen parent, homeless or runaway; Pattern of poor attendance or attendance in alternative programs; · Poverty level, as indicated by AFDC or free and reduced lunch eligibility; and/or Potential membership or participation in gang-related activities. · Previous summer youth employment program enrollment; · Recommendations from high school guidance, career center and/or ROP staff; · Self-referral and/or referral by peers; Compliance with WIA eligibility requirements; and/or Recommendations from community service agencies or other members of the Youth Service Provider Network. Experience with prior JTPA programs has taught that the recruimqent and enrollment process is almost always more difficult and time consuming than originally anticipated. That is why this portion of the program design element of this proposal begins with this component. All the best intentions for delivering a high quality program can not be fulfilled if there are no participants! Staff from the Santa Aha Unified School District will work collaboratively with the WIA/Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center personnel on the Service Navigation team to facilitate and expedite the selection, recruitment, and enrollment procedures. Actual enrollment will be on a "first-come, first-served" basis with respect to when students submit their required documentation. ROP teachers and other staff working with the Right Start! program will work with their colleagues to assist with the collection of enrollment documentation data which will then be given to the WIA staff at ROP so that the Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center personnel on the Service Navigation team will have only one contact. The chart below summarizes many of the outreach recruitment and eligibility determination activities along with a tentative timeline for the enrolhnent of the I0 proposed participants. In actuality, 9