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ools and applying for financial aid. Some lack role models who attended college, and may therefore feel that college is not <br />them. Additionally, research "illustrates a correlation between youth dropouts and juvenile criminal behavior (see, e.g., <br />irnberry et al.1985; Fagan and Pabon 1990). In the state of California alone, dropouts are estimated to be responsible for <br />billion dollars in annual juvenile crime costs. Incarceration during adolescence is associated with lower educational <br />iinment and decreased future earnings (Waldfogel 1994a; Waldfogel 1994b; Hjalmarsson 2008). Furthermore, juvenile <br />ie not only has an immediate impact on the delinquent and their victim(s), but can impose negative externalities on those <br />directly involved with criminal acts (see, e.g., Grogger 1997)." College Bound is our Club's strategic prevention model that <br />-ks with teens from their freshman year in high school and provides the resources and mentors that help keep them on <br />;k for a strong future so that they can be positive contributors in their community. <br />W711eIYr1 <br />