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Edit this Header. Type the organization and program name and the funder for whom it is being completed . The page # is already set at the <br /> bottom right <br /> of every page. <br /> C . PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C, 1 — 6, not to exceed two pages) <br /> 1 . List Priority Needs area addressed. Parental Support & Education <br /> Error ! Not a valid link. <br /> r, <br /> 2 . Briefly describe program activities including location of services . <br /> After being registered into H . O . P. E . by the parent, the student is assigned to a class by the <br /> Program Director who supervised the enrollment. Our main campus is at the Gifford <br /> Youth Activity Center. After student is assigned the teacher diligently assist the student in <br /> completing assignment brought to HOPE. Train Counselors conduct daily "Rap Sessions" <br /> designed to provide the students with coping skills so ; the student returns to his regular <br /> school pace with fellow classmates and with a modified behavior. Their instructor mails <br /> motivational letters to all former students and each student behavior record is reviewed at <br /> the end of the year. <br /> 3 . Briefly describe how your program addresses the stated need/problem. Describe how <br /> your program follows a recognized "best practice" (see definition on page 12 of the <br /> . Instructions) and provide evidence that indicates proposed strategies are effective with <br /> target population . <br /> Just by having a student a HOPE we reduce the risk of that student engaging in additional <br /> deviant behavior due to unsupervised time. Our last year' s status proves that a student <br /> attending H. O .P.E . was less likely to be resuspended. The 2002 Tennessee Art Commission <br /> defines an " at-risk" youth as any child or youth at risk of delinquency or engaging in any <br /> other problem behaviors , such as : substance abuse, teen pregnancy, crime, and drop- out. <br /> The things H . O . P.E . students acknowledge the most in their (exist essay" is that they <br /> complete more academic assignments by coming to H . O . P .E . According to District <br /> Informational Services 77 % of our students were not re-suspended ; Up 7 % over 2002- <br /> 2003 . By involving more parents in our parental workshop breakfast and C- POSS . <br /> (Concern Parents of Suspended Students) . We will aim to maintain a low level of <br /> recidivism. <br /> 8 <br />