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9 SECTION II: OBJECTIVE AND STRATEGIES -PLAN OF ACTION A. Summarize the specific goals and objectives of the proposed OFF Initiative and the proposed timetable for achieving them. Q :What help do you need from agencies T . . A: "..Help my mother when my father not." (younger male) Within five years, more young males in Orange County will play an active role in helping their families break the cycle of poverty. To achieve this goal, the Orange County OFF Program will: 1. Increase the motivation and ability of males to contribute financially and emotionally to the creation of strong families. Historically, human service agencies serve individuals. While there will be a special focus on adolescent males, the OFF program will facilitate service delivery to the entire family. Case advocates will work with the entire family to obtain needed resources. They will take programs and services, whenever possible, into family settings: the home, the neighborhood, the housing project and the community gathering place. Work with the family will take place when the entire family is available: after school, after work and on weekends. Looking holistically at the needs of the entire family is critical to the success of each individual male. The family must be strengthened if it is to encourage the success of any one individual member. 2. Involve young males in the development of programs which assist them. Empowerment of program participants, a structural change for most agencies, will bring innovation to the entire service delivery system. From the beginning, we have involved our future target population and their families in the planning of the Orange County OFF Program. This participation has come through focus groups in the schools and the communities and individual questionnaires. Participants will continue to be partners with the agencies in the creation, evaluation and adaptation of OFF program services. 3. Increase the coordination of education and employment services so males can become economically competitive. Through the OFF Program, young fathers will become economically self - sufficient. Through more effective job training and educational opportunities, the fathers can play a more effective role in the lives of their partners and children. The OFF program will focus on several critical components in the development of job training. Family involvement will be critical in supporting males in the goal of obtaining a high school diploma or a G.E.D. Providing adequate services to address the multiple needs of at -risk males will be vital as well. Through the OFF program, both school systems in the county will strengthen their technical job - focused education at the middle grades and high school levels. The route of technical training will be discussed as an equal and viable 6/19/91 The Orange County OFF Draft TWO Proposal 7