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has not been identified as a formal component of the District's 2008/09 WIA In -School youth application. Individual mentor/mentee meetings will also occur on an individualized basis. For those Success Bound! participants who enroll in an ROP course, their training will last from 135 to 360 hours depending upon the course in which they are enrolled. With respect to adult/participant ratios for Success Bound!, a full-time Community Resource Specialist working in the Secondary Enrichment Programs section of the Career Development/ROP Department will be assigned to work directly with the participants. This staff member will be assisted by a part- time employee from Career Beginnings of Orange County, a part-time retired Program Specialist and most importantly the Career/College Center coordinators at each of the comprehensive high school in the District. Assuming that the participants are divided somewhat equally between the schools, there would be one adult for every 8-10 students during the bi-monthly meetings which usually last 40 minutes. Regarding the adult mentor program, the staff assists at these monthly meetings and the adult mentors normally have no more than two mentees. These meetings usually are two hours in length. Other adult/participant contact will occur as the WIA staff work with individual participants in job placement, payroll, academic advisement and other similar situations. Also, most adult mentors meet with their mentee(s) outside of the regular monthly evening meeting environment. PROGRAM GOALS/OBJECTIVES and PERFORMANCE LEVELS for Sucros BOUND! As stated in the Executive Summary portion, the Success Bound! program has a target of thirty (30) participants attending secondary programs with in the Santa Ana Unified School District who will be high school seniors during the 2008/09 school year. The specific WIA program elements directly supported by the funding requested in this RFP response are: ✓ educational activities leading to high school graduation, ✓ paid/unpaid work experiences ✓ leadership development, ✓ 12 months + follow-up services, and ✓ comprehensive guidance & counseling. Participants will have access to four other services through other existing District programs: ✓ alternative secondary school services, ✓ occupational skill training, ✓ supportive services (transportation), and ✓ adult mentoring Participants would also be able to investigate and access similar services from other providers in the Youth Service Provider Network. Participation in specific services will be based on both the assessed needs of potential participants and their expressed interests. It is a goal of the program to enroll all 30 participants by the end of October, 2008. Several key elements of the overall Success Bound! program involve early advisement, academic assessment with the TABE (or a similar instrument) and enrollment. Individual participant's previous scholastic history and test scores from their SAUSD student records on the SchoolMax system will also govern which academic tutorial activities they should pursue. If tutorial remediation is needed, incentives in the form of pay will be offered to encourage participation en lieu of other work -related activities. Otherwise, participants will be encouraged to enroll in career/work related courses that are relevant for their chosen career pathway (several assessment instruments from JUST Publishing will be used in this area). 12