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College/Career Transition Program 9 ACCESS Safe Schools & Suppon Services Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board') outh Council accomplishments and positive experiences. The Transition Specialist is bilingual and bi-cultural. which allows her to fonn a close collaborative relationship with students and their parents. Being bilingual!bicultural allows communication to be mutually initiated. frequent. and leads to a continuum of services over a loner period of time. This reciprocal relationship makes follow-up services more natural and students more easily accessible over the 12 month follow-up period. 7. Describe how you will conduct outreach and recruitment. Include how enrollment goals will be met b1 the second quarter ofth.e contract. The Outreach and recruitment is conducted by the Transition Specialist at three target Santa Ana schools using an existing referral system. The referral system is designed so that all referrals are submitted by ACCESS teachers staff and delivered directly to the Transition Specialist. The Transition Specialist will triage the most immediate need referrals and detennine eligibility to be enrolled in the College/Career Transition Program. This process will continue throughout the grant period. The Transition Specialist will average a pool of 50 referrals a year. with many ACCESS students on a wait list to be seen by a Transition Specialist. Of those referrals. an average of 30 youth will meet WI_A eligibility requirements and will be enrolled in the program. The Transition Specialist will meet frequently with participants to work on their individual service plan and achieve their outlined exit goal. The Transition Specialist will work closely with participants. parents, and teachers to exit 20 youth by June 30.2009 and continue providing follow-up services throughout the grant period. S. Describe collaborations/partnerships that will assist in recruitment. ACCESS Safe Schools agrees with the Santa Ana Youth Council" motto of "_All Youth One SI'SteM _No Wrong Door ". Partners and stake holders will include: ACCESS teachers. ACCESS administration.. Title I tutors. Foster Youth Services. School Social Workers. and parents. Each of these partners will assist in u�A outreach and serves as a source of referrals. Ir addition. the Transition Specialist will collaborate with local colleges. trade. schools. and employers to ensure student success. Each of these partnerships is important. leveraging expertise. and increasing long -tens goal attairunent of NVIA participants. BN incorporating resources that meet all the student's transitional needs. including supportive services and a network of resources. it will increase their chances for success. Also by joining the Santa Ana Youth Council Network. it Neill further increase the number of positive adults and services that the participants are connected to. 9. Describe how adequate staffing will be maintained to ensure success of this program. One full-time Transition Specialist will maintain a caseload of 20-30 students year round. Students on the caseload will be enrolled in N'IA or have exited and be receiving follow-up services. The Transition Specialist will be bilingual/bicultural. which will allow them to adequately serve students and families in the language they are most comfortable with. The Transition Specialist will be highly qualified and experienced inproviding intensive case management services, relationship building with high -risk populations. and successful at incorporating resources to build youth's support networks. The qualities that the Transition Specialist brings to the position will ensure long-term prograrn success. To support the Transition Specialist in her role, a (.10 FTE) Secretary and (.25 FTE) Program Coordinator will be provided as in -kind to this program. The Secretary will assist with the fiscal invoicing procedures and the Program Coordinator will ision, and program sustainability strategies. provide professional development. supery B. 11'Iain Purpose of Program