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OCAPICA - YSPN <br />FY 2014-15 <br />assistance, participants will be referred to free tutoring services and if necessary are <br />available through Supportive Services, <br />X. MENTORING/SUPPORT <br />A. Mentors support participants in the academic realm and beyond, helping them balance <br />their workload, manage stress, and also provide moral support to the students. They also <br />aid participants in creating a plan of action for the semester and/or their future and meet <br />with them to make sure they are on track to reach their goals. Mentors provide personal <br />insight into the educational experience and are more likely to help facilitate workshops. In <br />addition to the general support provided by the program, students are also given individual <br />attention though periodic one-on-one meetings with the program staff and/or volunteer <br />mentors. Meetings are strategically scheduled throughout the year to monitor and problem <br />solve with the participant as an aid to help her/him reach their academic, health, and <br />personal goal(s). Mentors are recruited from CSUF's Asian American 230 Service Learning <br />Class, college student organizations, CSUF Asian American Studies Department, CSUF <br />Department of Public Health, local Chamber of Commerce, and from the community at <br />large. <br />B. Mental health services became crucial for many youth, especially those who were homeless <br />or living in unsafe, unstable situations. In coordination with OCAPICA's mental health unit, <br />WIA program staff provides additional support through mental health case management, <br />individual therapy, support groups, wellness workshops, pregnant and parenting support, <br />and access to supportive services. OCAPICA utilized a coordinated approach in which all <br />youth and their families are screened and assessed at the point of entry. This allows <br />individuals to participate in and receive services from all available programs at OCAPICA. <br />Regular communication is maintained between WIA program staff and OCAPICA's mental <br />health clinicians for consultation and program design. Staff members from the different <br />programs have integrated team meetings to discuss program design/delivery and jointly <br />develop service plans for co -enrolled participants. Staff, resources, and curriculum <br />complement each specific program, and resources are shared where appropriate. Through <br />this arrangement, more than 60% of OCAPICA's WIA youth participants have successfully <br />participated in this focus of mental health and wellness. <br />C. For youth who require mental health services, OCAPICA is able to refer youth to in-house <br />clinicians in OCAPICA's own Prevention/Early Intervention (PEI) program, Well(ness)essity, <br />and an in-house Full -Service Partnership/Wraparound (FSP/W), Project FOCUS. With these <br />resources at our disposal, OCAPICA is able to provide more coverage for youth facing <br />unsafe/unstable situations, challenging personal issues, and other hindrances that keep <br />them from achieving their goals in OCAPICA's WIA Program, <br />EXHIBIT A <br />