SANTA ANA UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT/ROP (3) - 2010

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participants and coordinating case management activities that may involve of service providers in the provider's network. Case notes logged in the files will be one of the primary elements in the documentation of these activities. Records from counselors and other academic guidance and career center personnel at the high schools will also be a part of each participant's file (within the parameters of existing privacy legislation). This aspect of the program would also be the main method for tracking each participant's progress towards the basic goals of the Success Bound! program. As noted in the Element #5 description above, career/technical courses offered by the District and ROP must have documented entry-level employment opportunities. As such, training received bv_ Success Bound! participants in these programs does lead to employment opportunities in high growth/high demand industries. Many of the specific programs available to Success Bound! participants are in green and STEM areas as was also noted in the Element #5 description. Additionally, the CCROP is leading a STEM committee that meets monthly with many of the Santa Ana Unified ROP faculty to revise/develop specific courses that meeting current green and STEM initiatives. All ROP offerings are grouped by vocational areas and each major area has a community- based advisory committee that insures that the training received by participants (including Success Bound! participants) provides the entry level skills in that career path that will lead to self-sufficiency With dozens of offerings, it would not be practical to include Labor Market Information documentation for each course. However, the staff of the Career Development/ROP Department of the Santa Ana Unified School District can make this information available upon request. PROGRAM FACILITIES SITE AVAILABILITY, ACCESSIBILITY & HOURS OF OPERATION The program will be offered primarily at the ROP Ritchey Center and the comprehensive hi schools with senior classes; Century, Godinez, Saddleback, Santa Ana, Segerstrom and Valley. All these sites and the two continuation high schools (Cesar Chavez and Loren Griset) are readily accessible to project youth. The monthly evening meetings with adult mentors will take place in either the high schools or local business such as Orange County Teachers Federal Credit Union or Ingram-Micro. These sites and others such as the Santa Ana W/O/R/K Center are accessible in terms of both public transportation and handicapped accessibility. With respect to career training, school bus transportation is available for high school students attending ROP courses (this includes local drop-off points for internship opportunities) for both early and late afternoon classes. The project staff will also assist participants in getting transportation to other activities whenever possible. Prior experience with the CBOC organization has indicated that the adult mentors will also assist participants with transportation needs. In recognition of the importance of the District's normal academic program and the academic standards which it embraces, Success Bound! program activities will take place outside the normal academic day. Regularly scheduled bi-monthly meetings will take place before/after school (7.00 to 8:00 am and/or 2:45 to 4:45 pm) in the evening (6:00 to 8:30 pm) and/or during lunch that is legally considered as non-instructional time for students(] 1.15 to 11.55 am 12.15 to 12.55 pm). Facilities meet ADA requirements vis-a-vis handicap access put forth by the ADA/BEO laws. As a public institution, particularly one that serves a wide variety of students with handicapping conditions from 18 months of age to 21 years old, the Santa Ana Unified School District makes all efforts to insure compliance is fully met both from a physical plant point of view but from an educational perspective too. Additionally, State of California building requirements for public school buildings 23 ro 0 O u, -n O N W A EXHIBIT A