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City-County Strategic Youth Initiative Update (30min)
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Date of BOCC Meeting: May 6, 2019
Request for Board Action:
Agenda Text
The Board is requested to receive an update about the City-County Strategic Youth Initiative. In 2017 the City and the County jointly created a new Youth Initiatives Manager position to promote alignment among youth serving programs supported by the City and County of Durham for youth ages 5 to 24.
Since December 2017 when Youth Initiatives Manager Lara Khalil was hired, the Office on Youth has endeavored to carry out the work of the strategic youth initiative and to build a foundation for success. Priority activities during the period have included connecting with hundreds of stakeholders, mapping/examining relationships in the youth services ecosystem, initiating a strategic planning process for the office, conducting best practices research on related work, creating a large and growing youth engagement network of service providers and developing a vision for a youth listening project. The purpose of the youth listening project is to understand how local government can better engage and communicate with youth and their families.
Alignment with Strategic Plan: This item aligns with Goal 1: Community and Family Prosperity
Resource Persons: Lara Khalil, City-County Youth Initiatives Manager
County Manager’s Recommendation: The County Manager recommends that the Board receive the current progress report from the Durham City-County Strategic Youth Initiative.
Signature
County Manager: ____________________________