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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 bottom right of every page. C . PROGRAM DESCRIPTION (Entire Section C, I — 6, not to exceed two pages) 1 . List Priority Needs area addressed. Parental Support & Education 2 . Briefly describe program activities including location of services . After being registered into H. O . P.E . by the parent, the student is assigned to a class by the Program Director who supervised the enrollment. Our main campus is at the Gifford Youth Activity Center. After student is assigned the teacher diligently assist the student in completing assignment brought to HOPE. Train Counselors conduct daily " Rap Sessions " designed to provide the students with coping skills so ; the student returns to his regular school on pace with fellow classmates and with a modified behavior. Their instructor mails motivational letters to all former students and each student behavior record is reviewed at the end of the year. 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 . Just by having a student a HOPE we reduce the risk of that student engaging in additional deviant behavior due to unsupervised time. Our last year ' s status proves that a student attending H. O . P.E . was less likely to be resuspended. The 2002 Tennessee Art Commission defines an "at-risk" youth as any child or youth at risk of delinquency or engaging in any other problem behaviors, such as : substance abuse, teen pregnancy, crime, and drop-out. The things H. O. P.E . students acknowledge the most in their "exist essay" is that they complete more academic assignments by coming to H. O. P.E . According to District Informational Services 77 % of our students were not re-suspended ; Up 7 % over 2001 - 2002 . By involving more parents in our parental workshop breakfast and C-POSS (Concern Parents of Suspended Students). We will aim to maintain a low level of recidivism. 8