ORANGEWOOD CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION (2) - 2010

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• Leadership development opportunities, which may include community service and peer-centered activities encouraging responsibility and other positive social behaviors during non-school hours, as appropriate • Supportive Services (e.g. tools, books, clothing, etc.) • Adult Mentoring for the period of participation and a subsequent period, for a total of not less than 12 months • Follow-up services for minimum of 12 months after the completion of participation as appropriate 5. Indicate planned outcomes. The following outcomes will be achieved. Percentages are based on the 2008/2009 Local WIA Performance Rates: Population Ages # to be served Performance Measurements Older, Out-of-School 17-21 20 Entered Employment/Education Rate (20 eligible clients) 13 65% Older, In-School 17-21 4 Diploma/Certificate Rate (24 eligible clients) 11 45% Literacy/Numeracy Gains (20 eligible clients) 3 15% 6. Describe the basic program approach (workshop/classroom/in the community). The primary goal of the Foster Youth Liaison Project is to create access to WIA services. Over the course of the project year, we will provide general services through the Orangewood Resource Center (ORC) to at least 100 non-WIA foster/emancipated youth. In addition to connecting non-WIA youth to other WIA providers throughout the City of Santa Ana and County of Orange, the Foster Youth Liaison Project will enroll 24 foster/emancipated youth in the WIA program. Peer Mentors will provide intensive case management to foster/emancipated youth at a 6:1 participant to case manager (Peer Mentor) ratio. Each of the 4 Peer Mentors will be available in the ORC 18 hours per week. Depending on each participant's My Action Plan (MAP), they may utilize our other services as needed including our independent living skills workshops, community service activities, leadership opportunities, tutoring, mentoring, etc. The Peer Mentors will work with FYLP youth on the completion of WIA paperwork, TABE testing, WIA activities (Educational Achievement Services, Job Search Readiness, Supportive Services), performance goals, MAP goals, earning incentives, resource referrals, exits, and follow-ups. 7. Describe how you will conduct outreach and recruitment. Include how 75% of the enrollment goals will be met by the second quarter of the contract. Our Peer Mentors will aggressively advertise and recruit for this opportunity in the first few months of the program year to enroll 24 total participants with at least 18 enrolled by the end of the second quarter of the contract. Outreach will include mailings to known foster/emancipated youth residing in Santa Ana. We will also distribute marketing materials at ILP workshops, the ORC, Orange County Social Services and YSPN sites. Additionally, we will publish marketing information in the monthly ILP E-Newsletter. In our experience, the best way to recruit youth for FYLP is by approaching those who visit the ORC. These youth already have first-hand knowledge about our Resource Center, feel comfortable visiting, know the Peer Mentors involved in FYLP, and are most likely to follow through with the requirements of the WIA Program. EXHIBIT A OCF/Foster Youth Liaison Project 2