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Agency Name: Adolescents-in-Need <br /> ( <br /> Mission Statement: None Provided <br /> Orange County Outside Agency Funding: 2007-08: $75,749 2008-88: $75.749 <br /> Exacutive/PnogrdmQim*ctmr: Betty Compton <br /> MAJOR SERVICES <br /> w The project provides eenvicaeto adolescents in rural Orange County School district from grades 6-12, and <br /> some of those students/parents who have dropped out of school. <br /> � <br /> Services center around o r.opu|aUon of students who are identified as vulnerable to risk-taking activities <br /> such as early sexual invoennant, substance uoe/ebuoe, defiant behavior and buUying, depression and <br /> suicide ideation, and issues of homelessness, grief and loss. <br /> OUTCOME MEASURES <br /> FY 05-06 FY 06-07 FY 07-08 FY 08-09 <br /> Actual Actual Actual Projected <br /> Risk-taking Behaviors, anger issues 13 15 14 10 <br /> Risk of dropping out of school 16 21 18 10 <br /> Psychiatric disorders bi-po|ur, depression, etc 17 32 20 <br /> Homelessness, and no place to go after school � 4 9 <br /> grief/loss and death of family member/friend 14 8 <br /> FY 2007-08 OUTCOMES <br /> Status Actual Results <br /> Proposed ProgramnC3bJectiva us �4 <br /> Anger and bullying Exceeds Expectations 14 <br /> grief and loss, death in family or friend Exceeds Expectations 14 <br /> risk of dropping out of school Exceeds Expectations 18 <br /> FY 2007-08 CHALLENGES <br /> bieoth/eo <br /> • Please deso�bachallenges your agency faced vvhiletrying tm reach your pnogremnm , , in FY <br /> |� <br /> 2007-08. How did you work to overcome these obstacles? (If no challenges existed, please write <br /> none.) This year was marked by a n increase in referrals with issues of anger , <br /> and defiant <br /> behavior especially in the ninth grade student group. Anger management groups were quickly started at <br /> both middle school and ninth grade level Some students were able to assimmilate some of the strategies to <br /> help them minimize the explosive behaviors and avoid suspension and harm to self and others. A second <br /> challenge was the marked increase in students experiencing grief and loss. Some were nearly dysfunctional <br /> with death of loved one and/or peer in school or community.the classroom due to serious otrugg|eovv e . <br /> These students were especially vulnerable with any crisis of loss in the media/society, in the community and <br /> among their peers. A grief group has been core to assisting these students and two were done this year at <br /> middle and high school level with considerable success. <br /> • <br /> 8 <br />