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Pursuant to the WIA and Santa Ana Workforce Investment Board requirements set forth in the RFP for this application, the 30 potential Success Bound! participants will meet age City of Santa Ana residency, current low-income eligibility, Selective Service and "right-to-work" standards plus also be identified as having one or more of the following barriers to employment: • Their basic literacy skills (reading and/or math) are at the eight -grade level or below as measured on the TABE or an equivalent standardized test; • They are considered as homeless, have runaway from home or are a foster child as evidenced by either school or social service records; • They are a pregnant or parenting teen as evidenced by school records and/or are an emancipated youth as identified by court records; • They have a record as a gang member, an offender or have a court/agency referral mandating school attendance as evidenced by county records; • They have never held a job and therefore lack a significant work history as evidenced by their WIA Program pre -application; • They have been identified a Limited English Proficient as evidenced by school records; • Their core GPA is less than 1.5 as evidenced by school records; • They have been suspended or expelled as evidenced by school records; and/or, • They are designated as a "special needs" youth with disability as evidenced by their school records (e.g., enrolled in special education with a valid IEP, designated as limited English proficient, etc.). The above summary concludes the Executive Summary portion of this application by the Career Development/ROP Department of the Santa Ana Unified School District to implement the Success Bound! Program during the 2008/09 school year. MAIN PURPOSE OF THE SUCCESS BDUND! PROGRAM As the local public school agency for well over 100 years, the Santa Ana Unified School District's mission has been to prepare Santa Ana's youth for successful adult lives. As the world becomes more complex and ever higher demands for knowledge and skills are placed on high school graduates, this task becomes evermore problematic. The participants in the Success Bound! program will benefit from the program by receiving an array of services to first help them successfully complete their public school education, and then assist them with their transition from high school to the dual spheres of higher education and the world -of -work. The Success Bound! program's services and activities will take place over an anticipated period of 8-11 months during their senior year. It will culminate with their graduation in June 2009. The target population for the Success Bound! program are students with identified "at -risk" factors but students who have not necessarily been previously targeted for any special services or programs. Success Bound! hopes to serve "average" Santa Ana students who need that "extra push" to graduate on time and enter the world as a young adult with the tools necessary to be successful in both their work and educational careers. During the yearlong program, participants will meet at a minimum on a bi-monthly basis with program staff at their home school sites but not during the participant's instructional day. The adult mentor component is a collaborative effort with Career Beginnings of Orange County (CBOC) and will meet on a monthly basis usually on the third Wednesday evening of the month throughout the regular school year. Since not all Success Bound! student will participate in this adult mentoring program and since the CBOC program no longer has a yearlong follow-up element, this adult mentor component 11