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ORGANUATION: FRONTLINE FOR KIDS/GYAC PROGRAM: FRONTUNEIGYAC TEEN PROGRAM FUNDER: CHILDREN'S SERVICES ADVISORY COMMITTEE Co PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C, 1 — 6, not to exceed two pages) 1. List Priority Needs area addressed. The funding priorities that this proposal addresses is "promoting school success" by providing programs that support and educate parents and encourage academic achievement for children, "promoting healthy lifestyles" to strengthen children's resiliency to meet the challenges of life and providing programs for both the physical and mental health of children. 2. Briefly describe program activities including location of services. This first FRONTLINE/ GYAC program is in a great location in the heart of Indian River County at the Gifford Youth Activity. Center. Youth will be referred to the program by parents, neighborhood associations, social service organizations, First Stops, school guidance counselors, school resource officers, civic organizations and local churches. Every candidate must complete an application and be accepted into the program. Upon $cceptance into the program, each participant is assigned to a Frontline/GYAC counselor. Within the first few weeks, all participants will complete a number of written and verbal assessments to evaluate their current levels of psycho-social functioning, interest, and their performance and skills in a variety of areas to include physical fitness; cognitive/academic ability, technology skills, leadership, vocational, etc. The counselor works very closely with the school' s guidance counselors, teachers and family members. Then, based on these formal and informal assessments, each participant with their counselor develops their own Success Plan. The Success Plan entails activities to be utilized to help the adolescent reach their ultimate potential assuring a healthy life style, academic success and support which will help them to achieve a future filled with promise and o ortunities. 3. Briefly describe how your program addresses the stated need/problem. Describe how your program follows a recognized "best practice" (see definition on page 12 of the Instructions) and provide evidence that indicates proposed strategies are effective with target population. Frontline is concerned with the development of the "whole" child and therefore seeks to comprehensively "wrap itself' around the participants. The carefully developed program components and activities work in combination to address the multiple needs of each adolescent. The program, therefore, offers a long-term commitment to participants (until graduation from high school and/or through G.E.D. attainment), in a structured environment, utilizing a comprehensive Reality Therapy approach to teach appropriate behavior and coping skills. In addition, with the help of collaborative partners, the following is provided to create resiliency in the participants: A Personal Success Plan: Informal and formal assessments help to evaluate strengths, weaknesses, resources and barriers to success, then with the help of the participant' s counselor a Personal Success Plan is developed which identifies goals and a specific plan of activities for success. Personal Growth and Development: Students will participate in multiple activities to learn new skills and reinforce strategies that will foster success. Activities such as daily reality groups, daily individual reality counseling and attendance at the facilitating mini-workshops help participants make healthy decisions and improve communication and coping skills. 6