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'-' ...., GOALS AND OBJECTIVES IMPLEMENTATION STRATEGY Goal: To empower students to make healthy lifestyle choices by increasing their awareness, knowledge and ability to practice important life skills (such as decision making, goal-setting, identifying values, communicating effectively and others). .Objectives: I. To prQvide the Smart Choices program to 200 at-risk youth from Santa Anll CDBG eligible middle schools. Task/Action * Meet with potential participating sites to discuss program. * Meet with site counselors and teachers to discuss program details and identify youth who will most benefit by participating in the program. * Recruit targeted youth to participate in the program. * Orient the youth and their parents to program structure answer questions, and obtain parent permission. * Obtain and file the registration forms for further use. 2. Provide 16-20 hours of instruction in the Smart Choices program. Task/Action * Tailor the curriculum to best meet recipient criteria * Administer a satisfaction survey to the school staff, at the end of the program. * File the surveys for further use. * Orient program instructors on implementation and maintenance of daily class rosters. * File the class rosters for further use. 3: At the conclusion of the program: . 60 -70% of the participants will be able to demonstrate skill improvement in the areas of personal growth, life management and service learning as a result of this program. . 60 -70% of the participants will be able to demonstrate an improved attitude to their future and prospects as a result of this program. . 60 -70% of the participants will be able to identify healthy behaviors versus risk- taking/unhealthy behaviors and their short- and long-term consequences. Task/Action * All of the above objectives will be fulfilled by establishing a curriculum that includes enrichment components such as personal growth, life management and risk-taking prevention. * Assign qualified staff to implement this program. * Administer pre-test to the students, at the beginning of the program. * Administer post-test to the students at the conclusion of the program. * Administer the satisfaction survey to the school staff. * Record, pool, analyze and present the results of the quantitative and qualitative evaluation data. Pi!I:!f l& [XHIBI"I t"I