CALIFORNIA HISPANIC COMMISION ON ALCOCHOL & DRUG ABUSE 5 - 2006

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per hour by their completion of the nine-month program, with a twelve-month follow-up. HDwever, the adult mentoring component will last for one year. The ratio of adult interaction to WIA participants for the structured workshops will be one (1) adult tD every 15 youth. The mentoring program will have a ratio of two adults to four youth. The WIA participant will have adult interaction with La Familia's staff as required on a case-by-case basis up to six times per week. Interaction with mentors will occur at least twice per month. I.e. GOALS/OBJECTIVES AND PERFORMANCE LE\lE LS Number of Youth Served and WIA Program Elements - Figure 1 below provides expanded performance goals for this program. It also includes process objectives for each of the identified outcomes. Fioure 1: Goals and Obiectives THE FOLLOWING EMPLOYMENT -RELATED GOALS AND OBJECTIVES WILL BE ACHIEVED: Overall Goal: To retain 45 or more low-income, out-Df school, older youth (19 to 21) through the entire training program and place at least 99 percent of these youth in jobs that pay a minimum of $800 per hour and/or are In a fulltlme postsecondary education program. Outcome Objective #1: To recruit, assess, and place 45 unemployed youth over the period of one year. > Process Oblective #1: Strengthen linkages with the Youth Provider Network by referring the participants to other partners for services; > Process Oblective #2: Create marketing materials about the program and distribute them in areas that are centers of population for out-of-school youth; , , Process Obiective #3 Work closely with parents to recruit their unemployed children into the I program; > Process Obiective #4: Refer approximately 90% of unemployed parents of the youth to other training programs and > Process Obiective #5 Ensure that approximately 200 youth including foster care youth, emancipated vouth, vouth offenders, etc., are recruited in order to retain 45 elioible vouth Outcome Objective #2: Place approximately 70% of youth who complete the program into jobs that pay a minimum of $8.00 per hour. > Process Obiective #1: Utilize a full-time Job development counselor to create a continuous flow of work opportunities 100% of the time, > Process Obiective #2: Continue our relationship with employers as secondary partners in this effort; > Process Obiective #3: Market and educate at least 50 new employers in order to increase their receptivity to hiring young, inexperienced, low-income youth; and > Process Obiective #4 Organize and host a Job Fair during which prospective employers agree to hire orooram oraduates. Outcome Objective #3: Ensure that at ieast 80% of the youth placed retain their jobs for six months or more. > Process Obiective #1. Provide job retention counseling to 100% of the youth placed in jobs; and > Process Obiective #2 Assist 90% or more of the youth to enroll in educational programs and work- related courses. Outcome Objective #4: Approximately 30% of the youth will experience a wage gain of 60% or more from oroaram beainnina to arogram completion. > Process Obiective #1: Approximately 30% of the neQotiated waa-es will include oertormance-related 11