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Health Resources workshops include: Topic: Anxiety & Depression Overview: Youth learn how to identify anxiety and depression and understand potential treatments. Youth learn via group activities, true and false quizzes, PowerPoint and video. Topic: Unhealthy Relationships /Domestic Violence Overview: This workshop focuses on educating youth about unhealthy relationships, including a discussion of emotional, verbal, physical, sexual abuse and acquaintance rape. The workshop stresses the importance of identifying early signs of an abusive relationship. Youth gain a greater understanding of the impact of domestic violence on the victims, including children who witness abuse. Interns are linked to community resources that help address this potential problem both for the victim and perpetrator. VIII. Post - Secondary Education Taller San Jose recognizes that ongoing education is a key indicator of economic stability and has recently elevated Education Pathways to a core component of its program model, with the goal of helping youth prepare for and gain access to post- secondary education programs. Staff has identified four areas that it believes are important for successfully navigating a post- secondary education — Academic Achievement, Financial Stability, Career Exploration and a Supportive Environment —and staff strives to help youth achieve tangible goals within each of these categories, based on the hypothesis that achieving these goals will help ensure that youth successfully navigate a post- secondary education. Currently staff works to connect interns who have completed Taller San Jose's skills training academies to educational and training pipeline programs at local community colleges, career technical schools and apprenticeship training programs. Each of Taller San Jose's training programs includes a College 101 curriculum that embeds intensive math and English into the training to prepare youth to enter a post- secondary pathway upon completion. During the 24- month period that follows the completion of their training program, youth must participate in at least 4 career and education workshops at Taller San Jose. These workshops include: Going to College I, during which youth research different post- secondary pathways that match their field of study; Going to College II, where youth learn about the different avenues of financial support to pay for ongoing education that are available to them; Preparing for the Placement /GED test, where participants will receive tips and guidance related to test taking, as well as tutoring to help them boost their basic skills levels; Applying for the FAFSA, will helps youth complete the application process for financial aid; Healthcare Boot Camp, which provides youth, who have completed the MCA, information and guidance regarding NCCT certification; and, The Master Student, which teaches basic study skills methods, along with goal planning and time management concepts. EXHIBIT A