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Orange County Youth Commission Santa Ana, California environment and speak to them what they have to accomplish to be hired for specific positions within that particular industry. Placement in Jobs or Continuing Education: We actively refer working-age youth to local job opportunities and instruct them III applying for jobs, such as part-time employment to complement their schooling. One of our guest speakers, an owner of a mattress company, hired one of our participants, and another was hired at a counseling center after job-shadowing one of our staff. Currently, we have two prior or regular boxing club members who are paid employees. We plan to continue this practice of providing work experience to promising young men and women in our program. Follow-up and Retention: As clients exit the program, we will follow-up to make sure they are progressing in their personal goals and working toward employment and career training. Since we are new to the WIA program, we currently do not have any clients who have exited the program. We plan to call clients monthly after they exit to see how they are doing, provide on-going counseling and invite them to boxing club activities, including field trips and community project events. Hopefully, many of them will stay in the boxing program after they have completed their year with us. Clients who have exited the program will be invited to different inspirational events and activities as well as field trips and community service activities. During follow-up calls, staff will provide individual counseling to encourage youth to continue to seek a higher education. Mr. Serrano will use this time to assess whether the youth is experiencing obstacles to meeting life goals for higher education. He will then refer student to appropriate assistance (e.g., drug/alcohol rehab, counseling, etc.). He will also refer to WIA youth-serving agencies for necessary counseling, if deemed appropriate. The boxing club program is a very popular program among our Santa Ana youth, thus they are willing to do what is needed to, not just attend the club, but also, become a member of the team. Our boxing team has won local and national tournaments and these youth want to join this winning team. Currently, we have five boxers who will be competing in the World Amateur Boxing Competition this Spring. Consequently, they are willing to put in the required discipline in, not just boxing practice, but also, academic study to meet the present 2.0 GP A requirements to belong to the boxing team. F AeILITIES Program activities will take place at the Santa Ana Boxing Club.