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<br />SUCCESS BOUND! PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <br /> <br />PROGRAM OVERVIEW <br /> <br />The following pages outline brief program descriptions that are focused on those selected elements <br />from the ten required WIA elements directly and/or indirectly serviced by the activities described and <br />requested by this RFP. The actual WIA Workplan follows these as set forth in the Attachment B <br />format as requested in the RFP. Each is directly elated to the basic goals for the Success Bound! <br />participants: high school graduation, enrollment in a higher education program and the acquisition of <br />appropriate employability skills for an entry level (or higher) position which will assist the participant <br />in his or her pursuit of both a career and a post-secondary education. <br /> <br />Outreach / Recruitment / Eligibility Determination <br />As mentioned previously, outreach, recruitment and eligibility determination for the Success Bound! <br />program's target population of 12th graders will be initiated at the end of the spring semester of the <br />2006!07 school year. The program design outlined below then calls for servicing the participants <br />during their senior year. The Success Bound! program will focus on serving participants who have <br />expressed an interest in several career pathways; Business & Marketing, Science & Technology, <br />Health, Human Services and Entertainment, Arts & Communications. The following chart displays <br />examples offactors illustrative ofthe recruitment target population that the WlA staff will use: <br />Resident ofthe City of Santa Ana; <br />Identified by school staff as at risk of dropping out; <br />No work history <br />Past record of under achievement (eighth grade or below academic level); <br />Past record oflow motivation or interest (poor grades); <br />Has identified a career pathway <br />Teen parent, homeless or runaway; <br />Pattern of poor attendance or attendance in alternative programs; <br />poverty level, as indicated by AFDC or free and reduced lunch eligibility; and/or <br />Membership or participation in gang-related activities. <br />Previous summer youth employment program enrollment; <br />Recommendations from high school guidance, career center and/or ROP staff; <br />Self-referral and/or referral by peers; <br />Compliance with WlA eligibility requirements; and/or <br />Recommendations from community service agencies or other members of the Youth <br />Service Provider Network. <br /> <br />With an emphasis of the Success Bound! program on several career pathways-particularly Business & <br />Marketing, Health, Human Services and Entertainment, Arts & Communications, recruitment will <br />focus on the classrooms of the instructors in those pathways at each high school and the ROP Ritchey <br />Center. The availability of the program wi\l also be announced via "Daily Announcements," school <br />newspapers, current WlA participants, etc., at each site. Following the pattern developed over the past <br />several years with lTP A programs, several enrollment events will be planned to take place after the <br />regular school day. <br /> <br />Actual enrollment will be on a "first-come, first-served" basis with respect to when students submit <br />their required documentation. In order to ensure both a representative participant population from <br />acrosS Santa Ana and participation from the various key pathways. applications from some sites and/or <br />pathways may be "held" for a period of time to enable others from under-represented schools andlor <br />pathways to apply. But, this period will not be long as those students who have followed the <br />