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Orange County Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br />ABOUT YOUR ORGANIZATION <br />DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPOSER <br />The Orange County Youth Commission has been in existence since 1997 and <br />has provided after-school programming to Santa Ana youth for 10 years. Our <br />after-school programs have offered a future and a hope for at-risk inner city youth <br />who live in an environment that offer little future or hope. School administrators <br />and teachers have witnessed first- hand how we have taken their at-risk students <br />and redirected them to make positive behavioral and academic choices. School <br />administrators and teachers welcome us on their campus and appreciate the <br />service we have provided for these past 10 years. We track our outcomes by <br />way of case records and grades, along with administrator/teacher and parent <br />reports. <br />We have grown from one club serving 12 children to presently operating 17 clubs <br />that have served over 600 children and teens in the past years. Children who <br />were in our clubs in their Elementary School are now helping to open up new <br />clubs in their Jr. High Schools. They also come back to their Elementary Schools <br />to help out with their old clubs. <br />We currently have four full-time employees. <br />Our 2008 operating budget is $178,000. <br />Our sources of revenue are corporate gifts, individual support, private foundation <br />support, special events and government (including WIA and Community <br />Development Block Grants). All the services or activities that happen with the <br />Orange County Youth Commission are done for no charge to the youth that we <br />serve. Our Boxing Club is the only Boxing Club in Orange County that does not <br />charge dues or an admission fee. <br />Administrative Staff Qualifications: <br />The Orange County Youth Commission founded in 1997, by Rosemarie "Rosie" <br />Avila, for the purpose of serving the needs of inner-city at-risk youth. Rosie was <br />a board member for the Santa Ana Unified School District 16 yrs and is a Trustee <br />of Biola University. She received a Master of Arts Degree from Biola University <br />in the field of Organizational Leadership. She has an Elementary Teaching <br />Credential and is a Certified Stanford Testing Administrator. <br />18 <br />