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Youth Advisory Council

Youth Community Connections, along with the Minnesota Alliance With Youth, is proud to announce they are recruiting youth representatives ages 14-18 for its joint Youth Advisory Council.

Do you want to be a voice for young people in Minnesota? Do you have ideas to make your community or the entire state a better place for young people? We want to hear from you!

Applications are due by Friday, December 15th, 2006 at 5:00pm.

Download your application packet here – PDF (allows you to download and print the application only).
Download your application form here – HTML (allows you to type your answers directly onto the electronic document and email your application).

Mail, fax, or e-mail your application to:

Amber Schmugge
Youth Community Connections
200 Oak St SE, Suite 270B
Minneapolis, MN 55455
Fax: 612-624-6905
Email: info@youthcommunityconnections.org

Community Dialogues

YCC, and its many partners, have been working together to address issues around quality programming for children and youth and quality (or skills, knowledge and abilities) of people working with children and youth ages 10-18. While YCC’s overall target age is 5-18 year olds, it has purposefully narrowed its focus around quality issues to complement the work of the early childhood and school age care fields around professional development. National research has proven the point of interaction between the child/youth and adult is what determines the quality of the care and experiences a young person receives. YCC and its partners have responded to the research to ensure we have well-informed and trained volunteers and quality professionals working with children and youth ages 10-18. This response has generated a plan to develop a professional development system that supports the development of individuals working with older children and youth.

Click here for a list of dialogue sites.

YCC Connector

Youth Community Connections produces a monthly newsletter to keep its partners and the public informed of its work.

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