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Orange Coamtr Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br />two -fold purpose. First the prospect of becoming a member of the boxing team, alone, <br />serves as an incentive for the youth to meet required GPA. Second, the sport of boxing <br />serves as a tool to teach necessary character qualities to meet academic and career goals <br />and succeed in them once they are met. Therefore, it is a perfect venue for teaching <br />necessary character traits to make and meet academic and career goals. Moreover, the <br />incentive to become a "winning" boxing team member galvanizes them to meet the <br />academic requirement to join the team. <br />Short-term outcomes (i.e.. maintain or increased TABS scores, documented positive <br />character change): Projected percent of youth who achieve one or both objective = 75% <br />We intend to give our youth a pre and post literacy/numeracy test. In order to ensure <br />meeting literacy and numeracy standards set by V�'1_A. Detailed case notes will provide <br />evidence of positive character change. <br />Intermediate outcome (i.e.. continued program involvement and peer mentor <br />involvement): Projected percent of youth who achieve one of combination of objectives = <br />70% <br />To ensure that our clients graduate from high school, get a job after high-school. or <br />continue a college -bound trajectory, we plan to continue to engage them to remain as <br />members of our after-school boxing club. Moreover, we plan to invite seasoned <br />members to get involved by becoming peer mentors. therefore continued involvement <br />and peer mentoring will serve as intermediate outcome measures. <br />Long-term outcomes (i.e., high school graduation. trade -school or college <br />enrollment/completion): Projected percent of youth who achieve one or combination of <br />objective = 75% <br />The attention to literacy and numeracy competency. along with 2.0 GPA is for the <br />purpose ensuring high school graduation and subsequent job placement and success, trade <br />school enrollment or college bound trajectory. Thus. high school diploma, job placement <br />and success, and trade school or college enrollment/completion will serve as long-term <br />outcome measures. <br />With our new employment mentoring component we will measure the success of our <br />program, by the interest and attendance of the students, the effort they put into goal <br />setting creating immediate, intermediate and long term goals and the steps that are taken <br />to achieve their immediate goals. <br />Incentives will be given to the youths to continue in the program. Youth receive a <br />certificate of completion for participation. <br />The boxing club has been an incentive to the youth to maintain 2.0 GPA in order to <br />become a member of the boxing team. We do not turn any young person away. They are <br />welcome to utilize our boxing facility and we encourage them to do so. However, once <br />11 <br />