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person will be funded in part by CBOC and the WIA Out -of -School Youth program). These WIA supported staff will be assisted throughout the year by a part-time employee of Career Beginnings of Orange County and by one or more staff from Camp Fire Boys & Girls during the several month period that they are providing their program. Assuming that the participants are divided somewhat equally between the schools, there would be two adults for every 12-18 students during the weekly meetings which usually last 40 minutes. Regarding the adult mentor program, the staff assists at these monthly meetings and the adult mentors normally have no more than two mentees. These meetings usually are two hours in length. Other adult/participant contact will occur as the WIA staff work with individual participants in job placement, payroll, academic advisement and other similar situations. Also, most adult mentors meet with their mentee(s) outside of the regular monthly evening meeting environment. PROGRAM GOALS/OBJECTIVES and PERFORMANCE LEVELS for SUCCESS BOUND! As stated in the Executive Summary portion, the Success Bound! program has a target of seventy (70) participants attending secondary programs with in the Santa Ana Unified School District who will be high school seniors during the 2002/03 school year. The specific WIA program elements directly supported by the funding requested in this RFP response are A) educational activities leading to high school graduation, C) directly linked summer employment opportunities, D) paid/unpaid work experiences, F) leadership development, G) supportive services, H) adult mentoring activities, I) 12 months + follow-up services and J) comprehensive guidance & counseling. Participants will have access to the other two services (B; alternative secondary school services and E; occupational skill training) through other existing District programs. Participants would also be able to investigate and access similar services from other providers in the Youth Service Provider Network. Participation in specific services will be based on both the assessed needs of potential participants and their expressed interests. It is a goal of the program to enroll all 70 participants by the end of June, 2002. Several key elements of the overall Success Bound. program involve early advisement and enrollment. These are summer remedial coursework, summer employment and summer vocational training. Individual participant's previous scholastic history and test scores will govern which academic course they should take. If tutorial remediation is needed, incentives in the form of pay will be offered to encourage participation en lieu of a summer job. Otherwise, participants will be encouraged to enroll in career/work related courses that are relevant for their chosen career pathway during the summer. For example, up to a dozen students from either the Human Service or Health pathways will be trained to staff a physical fitness facility during the 2002/03 school year at Santa Ana High. Experience with both WIA and JTPA programs have demonstrated that the recruitment and enrollment process is almost always more difficult and time consuming than originally anticipated. It is anticipated that the assistance from the W/O/R/K Center's Service Navigation staff will serve to expedite the recruitment and enrollment process for spring 2002. Recruitment is directly tied to the summer work, vocational training and basic skills elements as potential