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Fi ure 9: Detail of Services to be Provided <br />other services as needed; <br />• Within two days of intake, hold an orientation meeting that reiterates areas covered in the <br />group counseling/mini courses with each youth; <br />• Identify paired male/female adult mentors, train mentors, pair them with three to four youth, <br />and hold two half-hour sessions per week per participant beginning within 48 hours of intake; <br />• Provide job-readiness training onsite at La Familia and through referrals to appropriate One- <br />Stops and other Network providers; <br />• Provide job development support directly and through referrals; <br />^ Host collective activities at least three times over the program for youth and families who <br />wish to participate (Job Fairs, Forums, etc.); <br />^ Provide leadership opportunities for youth; <br />^ Provide opportunities and require youth participants to perform community services (graffiti <br />cleanup, etc.); <br />• Meet with families within the home environment as needed over the course of the program <br />to invite parental involvement with the youth; and <br />• Complete other activities as needed to full en a e the youth j <br />In the next section we describe the methodologies that will be applied in <br />the delivery of the full range of services offered. <br />Task 4: Providing Group Workshops/Counseling Services <br />CHCADA currently has tested curriculum and course materials in each of <br />the service areas outlined in the previous section. Additionally, through our <br />extensive experience with low-income, at-risk youth, we have also developed <br />workshop delivery methods that are highly effective with our target market. For <br />example, CHCADA's counselors will follow guidelines such as those listed in <br />Figure 10 below in delivering the group counseling/workshop sessions. <br />Fi ure 10: Leadin Grou Counselin Sessions with At-Risk Youth <br />^ Utilize exercises to allow the youth to feel comfortable in the group; <br />^ Introduce an overall framework of the topic before opening the floor to discussion; <br />• Ask questions during the conceptual overview as part of the engagement process; <br />• Utilize vivid imagery and hard data in order to force the youth to consider the costs of <br />dysfunctional behavior and the importance of labor market participation; <br />^ Do not preach, or pass judgment, etc; <br />• Apply directive counseling; <br />^ Listen to the youth; <br />• Move the discussion along a logical progression in small sequences so that by the end of <br />the counseling sessions, the workshop's objectives can be achieved; and <br />^ Others. <br />zr <br />