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<br />Orange Count)' Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br /> <br />individual's case file will serve to evaluate their individual academic goal attainment and <br />character development. We want to encourage and support students so they will stay in <br />school and graduate, and to help them find the thing they love to do and pursue that <br />through further training. <br /> <br />Basic Program Approach! Academic Assistance: <br /> <br />Our basic program approach is to utilize the Boxing Club, which is in a community-based <br />setting, as a means for academic assistance, tutoring, mentoring and college/career <br />pathing. The youth from the community are attracted to the prospect of joining the <br />boxing team and attending programs in the facility, an authentic boxing club located in <br />the heart of Santa Ana. In order to enjoy the opportunity of boxing, they must participate <br />in the academic component of the program. Our basic approach is to offer 1 hour of <br />intensive academic tutoring prior to boxing activity. Academic tutoring is the precursor <br />to the opportunity to join the boxing team, receive boxing instruction and have time in the <br />ring. We have four computer stations available plus tutoring by college-level tutors. The <br />tutoring time will be utilized to increase literacy and numeracy scores on the T ABE. We <br />also provide mentoring and leadership development to help foster character traits that will <br />serve the youth well as they pursue employment. <br /> <br />Membership on the boxing team has been an incentive to the youth to, at minimum, <br />maintain a 2.0 GPA. However, we plan to capitalize on the galvanizing properties of the <br />boxing activity by incorporating additional incentives related to improvement in GP A. <br />Youth who demonstrate improvement in GP A and other demonstrated academic <br />measurement can earn additional time in the boxing ring. We anticipate that this will be <br />a major incentive. Those youth who show academic improvement, who regularly <br />complete homework, who have regular and on-time attendance at the club will be <br />rewarded with additional time in the boxing ring, as well as be offered paid opportunities <br />to work in the gym. Currently we have two boxing club members who have paid <br />positions. Other incentives are the regular field trips to Magic Mountain, Big Bear, the <br />beach or local museums as well as attending boxing tournaments. <br /> <br />Collaborations: <br /> <br />The Orange County Youth Commission collaborates with various entities including Santa <br />Ana Unified School District and individual schools, Hispanic Chamber of Commerce, <br />Teen Challenge, City of Santa Ana, Olive Crest, Victory Outreach, Juvenile Justice <br />Department and other teen-serving agencies in our recruitment process. <br /> <br />We work with Santa Ana College, Vanguard University, and Biola University to recruit <br />mentors and tutors for the program. OCYC President, Rosie Avila, is also a trustee of <br />Biola University. <br /> <br />Additionally, we have community and business support to enable us to help fund the <br />program. In addition to the City of Santa Ana, Northgate Gonzalez Markets (a chain of <br />small Hispanic supermarkets) is one of our major sponsors. Honda Civic of Santa Ana is <br />