Send East Los Angeles Drop-Outs to a Green Residency program at UCLALA CAUSA YouthBuild

The proposed project will afford 10 high risk East Los Angeles youth ages 17 -24 the opportunity to participate in a paid comprehensive 10 month green construction training program, earn their high School diploma, coenroll in community college courses, and participate in UCLA's Green Summer Intensive Transfer Experience Program. The Green SITE participants will be immersed in an academically rigorous program designed to educate students about how to successfully enroll and excel at the university level, while training them on the impact that the green economy and related career fields will have in their communities. These youth will be matched with current UCLA students that will serve as peer mentors that will volunteer to guide them over their 2 year community college experience.