seated with me right now are from civi corps, executive director, alan lessik and brand perry. alan i want to start with you? >> civi has been around for eight years.we're a we're a charter school in the oakland unified school district for kids 18-24 year 18-24 yearso dropped out of school, want to come back and get a high school diploma. we have a job training program which is an inducement, once they join that they get paid a salary. when they graduate they can become an intern in our recycling program. >> cheryl: do they get referred to you? >> people volunteer. our name is known. we also work with agencies but most of folks come because they heard about the incredible job we do. 85% of our kids graduate with a high school diploma. >> cheryl: brandon is one of huge success stories? >> i needed a high school diploma. that is what i wanted to get it and doing a job and learning how to recycle and prune trees and stuff like that. >> cheryl: what had you been doing before? >> nothing. sitting at home and doing nothing. >> cheryl: how did you hear about it? >> couple people tell m