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APPENDICES, Page | 72 participation. Every applicant must identify some methodology for determining whether a potential program participant would benefit from services and how youth will be matched with specific services that provide those benefits. Trauma Trauma is an experience that causes intense physical and psychological stress reactions. It can refer to a single event, multiple events, or a set of circumstances that is experienced by an individual as physically and emotionally harmful or threatening an d that has lasting adverse effects on the individual’s physical, social, emotional, cognitive, or spiritual well - being. Trauma-Informed A Trauma-Informed approach is one in which all parties involved recognize and respond appropriately to the impact of traumatic stress designed to the youth ’s individual needs and ensure the physical and psychological safety of all youth, family members, and staff. Trauma-informed care is an organizational structure and system framework that involves understanding, recognizing, and responding to traumatic stre ss reactions and the effects of all types of trauma. Trauma-informed care also emphasizes raising awareness and providing resources about trauma and the impact of trauma on youth, family members and staff. Youth Youth is defined as under the age of 21 (i.e., individuals not of legal age to use and purchase cannabis products). EVALUATIVE TERMS Local Evaluation Plan and Local Evaluation Report4 The purpose of the Local Evaluation Plan and the Local Evaluation Report is to identify whether the program achieved its goals and objectives. Outcome measures are designed to answer the question: “What results did the program produce?” Examples of outcome measures could include: • Results of pre/post surveys (e.g., improvements in the number of high school graduates or reductions in law enforcement contacts). • Implementation of programs aimed at increasing the number of youth enrolled in mentoring programs. • Changes in policies that improve access to alcohol and substance use prevention services for youth. Goal versus Objective Goals and objectives are necessary components of the Local Evaluation Plan and the Project Work Plan. These common terms are sometimes used interchangeably because both refer to the intended results of program activities. Goals are longer-term than 4Justice Research and Statistics Association, Juvenile Justice Evaluation Center. (2003, June). Juvenile Justice Program Evaluation: An overview (Second Edition) p. 7. Retrieved from http://www.jrsa.org/pubs/juv-justice/program-evaluation.pdf. 7.C. - Page 80 of 101 139