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By: G.R.O.W. — G.R.O.W. Kids Program For: Children's Services Advisory Council co PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C. I — 6, not to exceed two pages) 1 . List Priority Needs area addressed. Funding that will provide immediate access to quality early childhood programs for disadvantaged, parenting youth with children ages 0 to 10 who require training/employment assistance to provide a healthy, home environment. 2. Briefly describe program activities including location of services. • Outreach and recruitment • Parenting/pregnant youth are identified during the intake process completed at our facility • A needs and career assessment will be completed at our facility • Parenting youth will be referred to ALPI and CCCR to apply for/obtain assistance or be placed on the waiting list • Parenting youth must bring an approval for assistance or evidence of placement on the waiting list • Children of eligible parents will be enrolled in to child care or after-school program • Parents will be enrolled and must actively participate in our employment/training program • Children will be transported to/from child care; Ross Small World to manage daily operation • Parents will be transported to/from class/training at our facility • Job placement assistance provided for parents • Follow-up for one year on participating parents and children 3. Briefly describe how your program intends to address the stated need/problem. Include reference to any studies or evidence that indicate proposed strategies are effective with target population. Once applicants have been determined eligible to receive services through our out-of-school training and employment program, all barriers to enrolling in and completing the program will be identified. GROW will immediately enroll eligible children of eligible participants that must be placed on waiting lists prior to entering child care. Once children are enrolled into child care, parent must enroll and actively participate in all education, training, work experience, savings, entrepreneurship, and employment activities as written and agreed in their youth self-sufficiency plan. Under the direction of and in partnership with Ross Small World, children will participate in age-appropriate activities and receive quality care; depending upon the ages of the children, they may also participate in the food program to ensure that healthy balanced meals provided. Children will remain enrolled in child care until such time that parents are approved for child care assistance through ALPI or CCCR, or until the parent is terminated/exited from the program for failure to participate as required, voluntarily resignation, incarceration, entering the military, relocating from the area, or for some other reason that disqualifies the child from participation. Once a parent completes the program and is exited from the system, children can remain enrolled in child-care as part of follow-up to help ensure the parent' s ability to enter and retain employment, continue their education/training, and successfully provide their children a stable, safe, positive, more productive home environment. There are several studies that have demonstrated the importance of quality child care and other 6