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<br />Description of Outcome Tracking System: <br /> <br />Please describe your organization's outcome tracking system that will enable you to fulfill the outcome selected above. <br />Currently, the Teen Challenge After-School Learning Center utilizes STAR Math and Reading evalution software to monitor student <br />progress (pre/post) in these key academic areas during their participation in the After-School Learning Center. The After-School <br />Learning Center program components are also integrated, when possible, with the local school's curriculum, instruction, and learning <br />support activities. The Orange County Teen Challenge TC Kids program maintains contacts with school and community officials to <br />facilitate school participation and coordinate individual student benchmarks, promotes recreational activities through the liaisons that <br />have already been established, and initiates new contacts to increase student participation in these and other community programs. <br />Participants of the After-School Learning program in Santa Ana are often times referred to the program by the Pupil Support Services <br />of the Santa Ana Unified School District. Many times students are asked to bring in their report cards to identify areas of needed <br />academic remediation or to demonstrate areas of academic improvement. <br /> <br />Additionally, there are several other measures Orange County Teen Challenge employs to determine the program's success: <br />(1) Self-assessment (quantitative) evaluations by both parents and staff (facilitators and leadership) as wells as qualitative interviews at <br />three month intervals to determine progress, needs, and service gaps; and (2) An assessment of the program's effectiveness indicated <br />by strength of community support, quality of collaborative partnerships, and confidence of conununity and government social services <br />to offer referrals and form collaborations. These measures in addition to the data collected with STAR math and reading software will <br />be reported to the City of Santa Ana on a quarterly basis as requested. Additional questions or additional information regarding <br />evaluation methodology can be directed to Christina Ryder, Grants Coordinator, Teen Challenge of Southern California. <br /> <br />Exhibit A-I <br />Page 3 of 4 <br />