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ELEMENT 4: PLANNING AND EVALUATION Please answer each area concisely and completely. For section A -F limit responses to four vales. A. Project Intent (Check only one that best describes the project) Lifelong Learning ❑ Improve users' formal education ❑ Improve users' general knowledge and skills Information Access ❑ Improve users' ability to discover information ❑ Improve users' ability to obtain information resources Institutional Capacity ❑ Improve the library workforce ❑ Improve the library's physical and technology infrastructure ❑ Improve library's operations Economic & Employment Development ❑ Improve users' ability to use and apply business resources Human Services ❑ Improve users' ability to apply information that furthers their personal, family, or household finances ❑ Improve users' ability to apply information that furthers their personal or family health & wellness ❑ Improve users' ability to apply information that furthers their parenting and family skills Civic engagement ® Improve users' ability to participate in their community ® Improve users' ability to participate in community conversation around topics of concern B. Project Purpose — Short statement which answers the questions: we will do what, for whom, for what expected benefit(s). The Youth Know: Community Innovation project will address the lack of civic engagement in our youth by motivating them as learners, critical thinkers, and teachers, helping them to clarify issues in their minds, explore solutions, bring the community together to discuss them, and mentor younger children in their own journey to engagement. C. Anticipated Project Outputs — Measures of services and/or products to be created/provided. 12 youth interns will be trained in workforce and leadership skills to learn, design, implement and engage their community in addressing important community issues, 80 teen/young adult volunteers will learn about important community issues and engage others, 60 adult computer learners will learn how to engage civically in local, state and national governement, 120 little buddies will learn about important issues in their communities and be engaged to finding pathways to shed light, inform and address these issues. 1 Social Innovation Unconference and Fair will be produced with a total projected antendance of 200 community youth and 40 community stakeholders, and 1 Youth Know Social Innovation website will be created, 8 one minute bilingual PSA's will be created. Total anticipated community members served: 512 and 1000+ community members projected to be reached from PSA's on CTV3 D. Anticipated Project Outcome(s) — What change is expected in the target audience's skills, knowledge, behavior, attitude, and/or statusflife condition? How will you measure these outcomes? (for examples see attachment B of the application instructions) 80% of project participants will indicate an increased likelihood to participate in civic causes as compared to their initial survey, 85% of project participants will indicate an increased awareness of issues facing their community, 80% of project participants will acknowledge a sense of optimism and empowerement in finding and implementing innovative pathways to alleviating these social issues, 50% of project participants will have communicated with an elected official regarding the issues that interests them, 80% of Little Buddies will say they learned something important during their story -time and Story -book creation project, 70% of Little Buddies will want to share what they learned with another person. Outcomes will be measured via pre-tests and post-tests, surveys as well as via anecdotal self -reports and observations. E. Briefly describe how this project will be financially supported in the future. ,7mu