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C_ ' CITY OF SANTA ANA them stay on the path to graduation. We currently partner with two post-secondary institutions,providing on-campus mentoring and tutoring at Saddleback Community College and Goldenwest College. This ensures that at-risk youth remain safely housed, self-sufficient and complete their post-secondary education. We collaborate closely with school counselors that advise youth on career pathways that lead to in-demand occupations. Specific pathways that we use to ensure youth are prepared to obtain a career or occupation that provides a livable wage include assessing skills and aptitudes, conducting workshops to survey in-demand occupations, and providing work experience to build skills, gain exposure and explore future employment opportunities. In addition, we provide mentoring and tutoring for school age youth to help them establish and achieve their employment and educational goals. 100% of our mentored school age youth graduate and of those, 57% enroll in post-secondary education. Specific occupational surveys used in the SUFK OC workshops include: Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Development Department Labor Market Projections, and California Community Colleges OC Strong: Economic and Occupation Projections for Orange County. There are several certificates that can be earned within I year of exit from the program.They include: - General Education Degree(GED) - Armed Guard - Security Guard - Cyber Security Specialist See Attachment M for Letters of Intent from our partner training agencies. 8. Tutoring Youth who score 8.9 and below are considered"basic skills deficient" (from TAKE or CASS). All basic skill deficient youth will receive tutoring or remedial training to improve their literacy and numeracy skills. First, we encourage all youth to complete their high school education or GED. Youth that re- connect with their secondary education may enroll in the RMTS mentoring program described above. SUFK OC employs over 100 trained mentors and tutors that help the youth achieve their educational goals, including high school graduation, obtaining a GED, or pursuing post-secondary education. In addition, SUFK OC refers youth to specific resources to improve their skills,including the following: 1) ESL classes, 2) GED programs, 3) Adult Education courses, 4)High School and Community College (college preparation classes), and 5) On-line skills courses. 9. Mentoring SUFK OC specializes in youth mentoring through two primary mentoring programs: "Journey to Self- Sufficiency" (JTS)for youth aged 18-24 (established in 2003), and"Road Map to Success" (RMTS) for school aged youth(established in 2014). The primary goal of JTS is for each youth to remain stably housed and self-sufficient at one year. For school age youth,reconnected to secondary education,the goal