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Orange County Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br />Continuous Improvement: <br />We intend to require that our boxing club members maintain a 2.0 GPA in order <br />to attend boxing tournaments and to continue to attend after-school boxing <br />activities. to order to ensure that these youth maintain appropriate GPA and <br />increase in literacy and numeracy scores, we intend to offer one-hour tutoring <br />service prior to boxing activity and continue to serve WIA youths who come later <br />in the day. <br />Staff will attend monthly meetings to make sure we are implementing the <br />program correctly and quickly adjusting the program to new requirements or <br />assessment data. Staff will meet regularly to evaluate program goal attainment, <br />including recruitment and goal setting and achievement. We will keep in contact <br />with WIA staff and be monitored by them during the program. Case managers <br />will go through fifes regularly and students will be assessed prior to the program <br />and during the program to ensure they are making progress as well as at the end <br />of the program. <br />PROGRAM DESCRIPTION <br />Overall Services to the WIA participant <br />• Academic tutoring <br />• Access to computer and <br />Internet for academic support <br />• Group and individual <br />mentoring <br />• Peer mentoring <br />• Presentations by guest <br />speakers <br />• Character education and <br />leadership development <br />• Skill development in boxing <br />• Employment Adult Mentoring <br />• Life Skills Program <br />• Job shadowing and work <br />internships <br />• Participation in special events <br />and boxing tournaments <br />• Transportation to off-site <br />events <br />• Case management services <br />• Vouchers and stipends for <br />supportive needs <br />• Participation in service <br />projects <br />• Referrals to other youth- <br />serving agencies in and out of <br />the Youth Council Network. <br />We have numerous partnerships and collaborations such as with other service <br />providers and with employers. Thus, we can make referrals to other agencies as <br />needed, and our relationships with businesses can lead to employment for our <br />youth. When Mel Trudel, owner of Custom Comfort mattresses came to speak at <br />the Club, he met and hired one of the boxers. SA Police Sergeant Henry Esparza <br />works out at the gym and is mentoring one of our youth. This youth also received <br />the chance for job-shadowing at a drug counseling agency, and was <br />subsequently hired there. <br />13 <br />