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Exhibit A PROPOSAL NARRATIVE ABOUT THE PROGRAM EXECUTIVE SUMMARY for SUCCESS BOUND! For the 2008/09 program period, the Career Development/ROP Department of the Santa Ana Unified School District is proposing to continue the successful program that is currently being funded with WIA Youth Funds entitled Success Bound! The program will address 80% of the ten WIA elements with either direct services funded through the WIA Success Bound! program or linkages to other District programs that pertain to a particular element. Participants will also continue to be linked to other WIA providers so that they will have access to other programs in the Youth Service Provider Network. Many Success Bound! participants will also receive adult trentoring services from a collaborating non-profit organization, Career Beginnings of Orange County. However, since those services do not carry over for the 12 months after the participant exits the Success Bound! program, the District is no longer checking the "adult mentor" box on the Program Application form (Attachment A). The Success Bound.! program will again focus on high school seniors from the five comprehensive, one academy and two continuation high schools in the District. The target enrollment will be 30 Younger Youth (16-18) in an In -School Program. This target number of participants reflects the number successfully served for the past few years. The participants will be recruited in the spring, summer and early fall of 2008. Given the experience gained from previous recruitment processes, the employment/internship contacts that have been developed serving current program participants and the assistance available from the Service Navigator staff at the W/O/R/K Center, we believe that we can meet this objective in a timely manner. The basic approach for the Success Bound! program will be one that utilizes regular bi-monthly meetings during non -instructional time with participants to maintain an ongoing relationship with each student by the WIA-funded staff. These meetings will be augmented by monthly adult mentor meetings held outside the regular school day in collaboration with Career Beginnings of Orange County (CBOC), priority access to ROP courses, paid internship/work experience activities during the regular school year and collaborative leadership/guidance activities delivered during the bi-monthly on -campus meetings and monthly CBOC meetings. The planned outcomes of the Success Bound! program is: • high school graduation; • a valid career preparation experience that will equip participants with the hard and soft skills needed to be gainfully employed; and, • the support needed to achieve each participant's higher education and career path goals. TABE results and/or other standardized test scores will be used to document literacy/numeracy goals. Verification of the awarding of the participants' high school diploma and/or ROT Certificates will