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Orange County Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br />evaluate their individual academic goal attainment and character development. <br />We want to encourage and support students so they will stay in school and <br />graduate, and to help them find the thing they love to do and pursue that through <br />further trainina. <br />Basic Program Approach/ Academic Assistance: <br />Our basic program approach is to utilize the Boxing Club, which is in a <br />community-based setting, as a means for academic assistance, tutoring, <br />mentoring and college/career planning. The youth from the community are <br />attracted to the prospect of joining the boxing team and attending programs in <br />the facility, an authentic boxing club located in the heart of Santa Ana. In order <br />to enjoy the opportunity of boxing, they must participate in the academic <br />component of the program. Our basic approach is to offer 1 hour of intensive <br />academic tutoring for those who need quiet time prior to boxing activity. We <br />continue to offer tutoring for any WIA youth coming in during normal business or <br />boxing instruction hours. We have a second location that is available to us that <br />we can take the client-students to if they need more intense study time that is <br />quieter. Academic tutoring is the precursor to the opportunity to join the boxing <br />team, receive boxing instruction and have time in the ring. We have four <br />computer stations available plus tutoring by college-level tutors. The tutoring time <br />will be utilized to increase literacy and numeracy scores on the TABE. We also <br />provide mentoring and leadership development to help foster character traits that <br />will serve the youth well as they pursue employment. <br />Membership on the boxing team has been an incentive to the youth to, at <br />minimum, maintain a 2.0 GPA. However, we plan to capitalize on the galvanizing <br />properties of the boxing activity by incorporating additions! incentives related to <br />improvement in GPA. Youth who demonstrate improvement in GPA and other <br />demonstrated academic measurement can earn additional time in the boxing <br />ring. We anticipate that this will be a major incentive. Those youth who show <br />academic improvement, who regularly complete homework, who have regular <br />and on-time attendance at the club will be rewarded with additional time in the <br />boxing ring, as well as be offered paid opportunities to work in the gym. Other <br />incentives are the regular field trips to Magic Mountain, Big Bear, the beach or <br />local museums as well as attending boxing tournaments. <br />Collaborations: <br />The Orange County Youth Commission collaborates with various entities <br />including Santa Ana Unified School District and individual schools, Hispanic <br />Chamber of Commerce, Teen Challenge, City of Santa Ana, Olive Crest, Victory <br />Outreach, Juvenile Justice Department and other teen-serving agencies in our <br />recruitment process. <br />6 <br />