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Orange County Youth Commission <br />Santa Ana, California <br />A celebration party will mark the 3 month achievement of completion of the 12 Life and <br />Goals Setting lessons. Students will receive certificates of completion and will be <br />rewarded for perfect attendance and satisfactory attendance. At six months, a special <br />Certificate and gift will be presented to the mentors marking their six month participation <br />and an end of the employment mentoring process. <br />Character development is a unique emphasis we have incorporated into our after-school <br />programs. Our curriculum encourages responsibility and other positive social behaviors <br />so youth can live out ethical lifestyles and succeed in their future goals including <br />employment opportunities. Our goal is to provide these young people with the character <br />education necessary to make personal, academic, career-goals and meet these goals <br />successfully in the process of training them in the sport of boxing. This also aids in <br />providing our youth the opportunity to develop positive social behaviors and life skills <br />that will help them acquire and retain future employment. These character traits include: <br />1) Respect; 2) Responsibility; 3) Integrity; 4) Compassion; 5) Perseverance; 6) Initiative <br />and 7) Forgiveness. All of these character traits are necessary to pursue academic and <br />career goals and be successful once goals are achieved. They also support conflict- <br />resolution skills and give youth inner-strength to work through challenges in life. These <br />character traits are those found in productive workers and citizens. They represent the <br />type of character we appreciate in our government and business leaders. <br />Element #7 Supportive Services: <br />Helping the client- students to obtain books, supplies and clothing so that they can be <br />successful is a major part of the work that we do. Food is also another important service <br />that we will help to obtain for the client and use as motivation to get the youth to come <br />into the club for follow up, tutoring or meetings. There are a variety of sources for the <br />clothing and food that they need to survive. We will make sure that the clients know <br />about the different services that are available to them. Many of these young adults do not <br />have parents that provide them with these bare necessities. Before the client can attend <br />school they need the supplies that are required for the class. We provide funds for the <br />client to buy the materials required through our WIA grant and through private <br />contributions. <br />5. Planned Outcomes: <br />Short-term outcomes include maintaining or increasing GPA, attendance, literacy and <br />numeracy scores on the TABE from pre to post testing. Intermediate outcome measures <br />include continued involvement with the after-school boxing club, peer mentoring and <br />monitoring, and improvement of attitude. Long-term outcome includes earning a high- <br />school diploma, job placement, and trade school, or college entry and completion. Case <br />notes in each individual's case file will serve to evaluate their individual academic goal <br />attainment and character development. We want to encourage and support students so <br />they will stay in school, graduate, and to help them find the thing they love to do and <br />pursue that through further training. <br />5 <br />EXHIBIT A