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11 <br />B. Describe the specific strategies which will be used to achieve those goals and objectives and <br />the proposed schedule for implementing each of them. <br />Q :What would you like to be doing in 20 years? <br />A: "Marne, with family, and good job." (younger male) <br />Staff Requirements <br />A program coordinator, two case advocates and clerical staff will operate the <br />OFF Program. The coordinator will oversee the entire program and will <br />coordinate a mentoring program for the younger males and a business <br />apprenticeship program for the older males. The coordinator will identify, <br />recruit, train and supervise the mentors. One case advocate will work with a <br />group of approximately twenty younger males. Another case advocate will <br />work with a group of twenty older males. <br />Referral and Identification Process <br />Younger males in the OFF Program will be family members of JOBS <br />participants or those receiving child support, are on AFDC or are from <br />working poor families. Program referrals will be made to the OFF Program <br />Coordinator and Case Advocate by school guidance counselors, juvenile <br />justice staff, public health nurses, JOBS staff members, and any other human <br />service providers who know of young males who are "at- risk "and a member <br />of a low- income family. <br />Identification of the older males will come primarily from the JOBS program <br />and other social service agencies. Criteria for selection will include that they <br />are from an AFDC family, have needs that are not being met and have a <br />strong desire to participate in the OFF program. <br />The OFF Program Coordinator will develop referral forms to be filled out by <br />teachers, public school administrators or human service providers. Males will <br />be screened by the OFF Program Coordinator and interviewed by the case <br />advocate. The first twenty males will be selected by May, 1992. The remaining <br />twenty males will enter the program no later than August, 1992. <br />Length of Participation <br />The twenty younger males will participate in the OFF Program until they <br />have completed the middle grades. The twenty older males will remain <br />involved until they implement successfully their individual plan. Once <br />individual males have graduated from the OFF Program, new males will be <br />added to the program. <br />Role of Case Advocates <br />The case advocate for the younger males will work closely with the four <br />public schools identified to work with the OFF Program, two in southern, and <br />two in northern Orange County. Each school will appoint a site coordinator <br />6/19/91 The Orange County OFF Draft TWO Proposal 9 <br />