POSITIVE YOUTH DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMS Services will be positive youth development services that occur outside of school time. Describe the youth development programming/initiative proposed for implementation. Programs may use evidence-based or promising practices. Identify whether the program will implement a specific curriculum and, if so, provide an overview of its components. Identify program staffing requirements. Identify how many youth will be served through the program. Describe the implementation of programming including the delivery model (e.g., virtual, in-person, or hybrid). Identify how frequently the group will meet and length of meetings. If this is a series of meetings, identify how many the youth need to attend in order to gain positive results from the program. Identify whether there is an individual component to the program. If so, describe how this component will be implemented. Explain how youth will be identified to receive individualized services and how many individualized service each youth will receive. Describe the process for recruiting youth at risk of involvement with Iowa HHS. Explain how the program will keep youth engaged and how it will address barriers to participation such as, but not limited to, transportation and scheduling. Describe how youth will be involved in the planning, recruitment, implementation, and evaluation of the program. Provide an overview of the program evaluation component including how the program is evaluated, who completes evaluations, and schedule for collecting data. Identify how data will be collected on the effectiveness of the program including, but not limited to, all identified Performance Measures. May also include increased youth protective factors and increased social emotional competence.
