The document proposes expanding a summer youth corps program to help more Oregon students complete high school and pursue post-secondary education or careers. It notes that currently only 6 out of 10 students who start high school graduate on time, 2 enroll in further education, and 1 graduates college on time. The program aims to engage an additional 500 9th graders in career and college exploration and bring a pilot credit recovery and internship program for 10th graders to a larger scale through support from volunteers, funds, and business partnerships. The goal is for all 10 students who start high school to make it through to a post-high school outcome.

1. SUMMER YOUTH CORPS An opportunity to collaborate with the faith community

2. The Challenge: Oregon’s Attrition

3. Of every 10 kids who start high school 6 will graduate from high school on time… 2 will immediately enroll in post-secondary… 1 will graduate from college on time. Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006; Connected by 25 Report

4. The Facts We lose kids during transitions from one grade to the next Top reasons for leaving include: boredom and disconnection If we don’t pay now, we pay later: A high school drop out is 3 times more likely to be unemployed and 8 times more likely to end up in jail according to a 2004 Quality Education Commission report.

5. The Good News We can identify students by name Match them with workplace and post-secondary experiences to make learning more relevant and engaging Connection to a caring adult so they don’t feel “disconnected”

6. Post-secondary training and living-wage job Portland Multnomah Youth Corps sequence

7. Summer 2010: How you can help

8. Summer 2010 – How YOU Can help Career+College Exploration (9th Graders as Target) Double the size from 500 to 1000 Credit Recovery+Internship (10th Graders as Target) Bring pilot program to scale from 35 to 500

9. Needs 250 adult volunteer coaches Funds to provide these trips and paid internships. Businesses to host tours and sponsor internships.

10. Of every 10 kids who start high school 10 graduate from high school on time… 10 enroll in post-secondary… 10 graduate from college on time. Imagine Source: National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education, 2006; Connected by 25 Report

11. CONNECT. EXPLORE. ACHIEVE.