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The Santa Ana Workforce Investment Bo:ard/Youlh Council <br />The Youth Service Provider Network IILFP 2005/2006 <br />Orange County Children's TherapeuGfic Arts Center <br />Maim Purnose of Program <br />R'haR is the organization's Mission Statement? _ <br />The grange County Children's Therapeutic Arts Center (OCTA~C) utilizes the arts as a vehicle to hell, <br />and empower at-risk youth and children with special needs from cultwally diverse backgrounds of <br />limited resources. OCCTAC provides youth with access to the aims, literacy and technology training to <br />enhance their self=esteem, accelerate student learning, building leadership skills, and divert youth from <br />negative activity and influences to positive experiences that can bring about positive changes in their <br />Life. 3ttd further their education and training. <br />lndic:ate what~will the program accomplish. <br />OCC'TAC participants will learn artistic, technology, literacy aped mentoring skills that will help them <br />acqunre job skills. Most importantly, this program will empowe-youth by enhancing their self-esteem, <br />teach responsibility, leadership, and accelerate their learning skulls. <br />V1'ha-~ is the length of the program? 1 Year <br />How. often will the WI_A participant need to attend the prog~-am7 (daily/weekly/month)}~) <br />Weeltly: three days per week. <br />V'`'h~: is the frequency of staff interaction with WIA particin:ant:' OCCTAC staff will interact with <br />parriuipants every day/week they attend the program via individival and small group instruction. <br />Goats 1 Obiectives and Performance Levels <br />How many W]A youth will the program serve this year' SC participants <br />\'t hi~ch W'IA program element will you offer'' Ow program will address the following WIA elements <br />stated previously: ] , 3, 4, 6, and 8. (See pages I and 2). <br />Ho« r+~ill service(s) he deemed necessary? All interested youth_ from in-school or out-school settings <br />that are deficient in basic skills, have consistently failed in tradinional learning environments, and/or <br />are interested in the field of arts or technology can qualify for thte program. <br />1}n}s will recruitment be coordinated with program aetiviti:e ': OCCTAC will coordinate efforts <br />~~ itL he SALiSD •altd the County of Orange to recruit and re Per ~notential RRA participants to the Santa <br />Ana +~~/0/R/K Center for eligibility determination. Once stude:nrs have registered with OCCTAC, a <br />pn,~.:=ss of evaluation and student interviews will take place imrmediately to determine the individual <br />pn~_ atnmatic needs of each youth invoh~ed in our programs. <br />ll~,~ will current scr~ices meet the needs of the tiy'IA perfor•nr.:nee standards'? <br />L'peo entering ow program, each youth will be assessed in order- to determine the basic skill goals/ <br />ohje~_~tives for each individual participant. These performance ~~~::als will be monitored continuously to <br />en;u c success. Participants wilt also be trained to be educational mentors and paid a regular stipend to <br />mc^ :ir younger children when they have acquired the educatio:r,al and mentoring skills. <br />\~ ilr the participant receive x certificate of completion or accomplishment for participation'? Yes1 <br />Ham will continuous improvement be conducted? <br />}'art~cipants progress will be monitored on a regular basis via cr. iterion-referenced assessments that <br />meL:ure students academic development of basic skills, and through one-on one structwed mentoring <br />to ensure success. _ <br />