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career testing. Therefore, she is capable to implement all testing procedures. She is motivated to garner support and referrals for and to OCYC after-school programs, which include the boxing club, from local business and government leaders Staff Qualifications: Anthony Serrano, Sports Club Director, has a certificate in drug/alcohol counseling and has worked as a drug/alcohol counselor for over 7 years. He is also an accomplished boxing coach, having trained our young boxers to win local and national championships. He is enthusiastic about our programs and thus effective in sharing this enthusiasm with Santa Ana school administrators, thus getting referrals to the boxing. Isabel Monje, After-School Club Director, has served as program director for other non- profit organizations for over lO years. She is a valued employee who has proven capable of communicating the OCYC mission to Santa Ana school administrators. Rachel Urbine, Teacher/Tutor, has served in this capacity with OCYC after-school programs since March 2005. She is working on a teaching credential at Biola University. She is one of our most outstanding mentor/teachers. She has the unique ability to show empathy and command respect and cooperation simultaneously. She has proven successful in motivating students to perform at higher level than thought possible. She is enthusiastic in her work with our youth. Sufficient Recruitment Staff: The OCYC staff members are enthusiastic about and committed to the after-school programs, including the boxing club. We have three staff members actively involyed in networking with local schools, business, along with county and city government agencies. They collectively, put in 24 hours a week in relaying to individual school administrators, businessmen, government leaders the OCYC mission and heart to provide a future and hope to youth who have little future or hope. The hope begins at redirecting negative behaviors (e.g., poor academic performance, deviant/criminal behaviors, drug/alcohol use etc...) to positiye behaviors (e.g., good academic performance, positive character development, and drug/alcohol abstinence etc...), then the future begins. As a result of these youth are equipped to meet standards for academic and career success. Performance Success: The Orange County Youth Commission has served Santa Ana inner city youth since 1997. We have been extremely successful in redirecting youth who attend our after- school programs. In fact, we have requests from non-participating schools to open clubs on their campus, and have plans to do so. As prior mentioned, many of our boxing club members have raised their GP A from as low as 1.0 to 3.5 and up. The reason for this kind of success is that the boxing club serves a two-fold purpose. First the prospect of becoming a member of the boxing team, alone, serve as an incentive for the youth to meet required GP A Second, the sport of boxing serves as a tool to teach necessary 9