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SuccmBOUNDI PROGRAM DESCRIPTION PROGRAM OVERVIEW The following pages outline brief program descriptions that are focused on those selected elements from the ten required WIA elements directly and/or indirectly serviced by the activities described in and requested by this RFP. The actual WIA Workplan follows these as set forth in the Attachment B format as requested in the RFP. Each is directly related to the basic goals for the Success Bound! participants: high school graduation, enrollment in a higher education program, the acquisition of appropriate employability skills for an entry level (or higher) position which will assist the participant in his or her pursuit of both a career and a post -secondary education and each participant's literacy/numeracy goals. Outreach /Recruitment /Eligibility Determination As mentioned previously, outreach, recruitment and eligibility determination for the Success Bound.! program's target population of 12`a graders will be initiated at the end of the spring semester of the 2007/08 school year. The program design outlined below then calls for servicing the participants during their senior year. The Success Bound! program will focus on serving participants who have expressed an interest in several career pathways; Business & Marketing, Science & Technology, Health, Human Services and Entertainment, Arts & Communications. The following chart displays examples of factors illustrative of the recruitment target population that the WIA staff will use: • Resident of the City of Santa Ana; • Identified by school staff as at risk of dropping out; • No work history • Past record of under achievement (eighth grade or below academic level); • Past record of low motivation or interest (poor grades); • Has identified a career pathway • Teen parent, homeless or runaway; • Pattern of poor attendance or attendance in alternative programs; • Poverty level, as indicated by TANF or free and reduced lunch eligibility; and/or • Membership or participation in gang -related activities. • Prior summer youth employment program enrollment; • Recommendations from high school guidance, career center and/or ROP staff, • Self -referral and/or referral by peers; • Compliance with WIA eligibility requirements; and/or • Recommendations from community, service agencies or other members of the Youth Service Provider Network. With an emphasis of the Success Bound.! program on several career pathways —particularly Business & Marketing, Health, Human Services and Entertainment, Arts & Communications, recruitment will focus on the classrooms of the instructors in those pathways at each high school and the ROP Ritchey Center. The availability of the program will also be announced via "Daily Announcements," school newspapers, current WIA participants, etc., at each site. Following the pattern developed in prior years with both WIA & JTPA programs, several enrollment events will be planned to take place after the regular school day. Actual enrollment will be on a "first -come, first -served" basis with respect to when students submit their required documentation. In order to ensure both a representative participant population from across Santa Ana and participation from the various key pathways, applications from some sites and/or pathways may be "held" for a period of time to enable others from under -represented schools and/or 14