Youth Development Sub-committee Recommendations

Welcome. On this page, you will find draft Youth Development Sub-committee Recommendations. There are goals and strategies for the recommendations drafted by the Youth Development Sub-committee for your review and comment. In the sidebar you will find the Sub-committee Vision Statement along with contact information for the subcommittee facilitator.

Thank you in advance for your input and participation.

INSTRUCTIONS:

Please read through the draft goals and strategies developed by the subcommittee. Below each goal, you can share whether you agree with this goal or not. Below each strategy, you can comment on whether you think this strategy accomplishes the goal or whether there are other strategies you want to share.
You are also able to provide comments via email, text message or voicemail, if you prefer. Text R672 to 885-925-2801 or for voicemail dial 855-925-2801, enter code 8712 and follow the prompts. You may email your responses to R672@publicinput.com.
Here are some general questions to help guide your thoughts:

1) Which of these goals and strategies stand out as being the most important to you? Which ones do you think will make the biggest difference in your community?

2) Are there goals or strategies that are missing here that are important to you?

3) What work is already being done on these in the community that can either be built upon or uplifted?

CONTEXT I: SCHOOL
In the school category our community members wanted to address the fact that many of the Youth in Northeast Ward 7, fell behind their classmates in other areas of DC academically and in terms of access to resources.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 1:
Trained youth professionals to provide assistance to the youth or NE Ward 7 in order to augment the current resources -- paid by the D.C. Government. These professionals would have wide latitude to track particular cases from the beginning of the individuals academic careers until after the end. In the current Covid-19 landscape these professionals could support e-learning.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 2:
An increase in tutoring services and specialized programs for at-risk students.

Closed for Comments

CONTEXT II: WORKFORCE DEVELPOMENT
In the Workforce Development category our subcommittee identified a severe lack of resources available to the Youth of NE Ward 7 in terms of career counseling and an active pipeline to make sure students can enter the workforce quickly and efficiently.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 1:
Partnerships with local universities to expose students to different career opportunities and higher education.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 2:
A fully formed jobs pipeline available to DCPS students to allow them to enter the workforce immediately after high-school should they choose.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 3:
A program for youth outside of the Summer Employment Program to allow them to make money.

Closed for Comments

CONTEXT III: AFTER SCHOOL LIFE
In the After-School category, our subcommittee identified a lack of safe public spaces and programs.

Closed for Comments

Strategy1:
A Commitment to the renovation, or creation of safe public spaces for the youth to gather.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 2:
Increased funding for a diverse set of after-school programs that continue into early adulthood.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 3:
Police trained specifically in youth engagement.

Closed for Comments

CONTEXT IV: HOME ENVIRONMENT
In the Home Environment our subcommittee sought to address what it saw as hindrances to a healthy home life. Housing instability, a lack of connectivity and a shortage of availability for essential services.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 1:
A commitment from the city to drastically increase broadband access. First through the creation of more towers and second, through an increase in the number of free wi-fi hotspots across the area.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 2:
A commitment from the city to increase current Covid-19 rental assistance.

Closed for Comments

Strategy 3:
Our committee also wanted to emphasize the need for an increase in mental and physical health services.

Closed for Comments

Youth Development Vision Statement:

Youth will be self-sufficient, healthy and whole, and engaged in their communities through quality, safe, and appropriate youth programming informed by their needs and interests, combined with parental involvement, community engagement, and staffing.

The Youth Development Subcommittee set out to address the chronic problems facing the Youth of Northeast Ward 7 by identifying aspirational policies and programs that could address the systemic deficiencies in 4 specific categories of youth life that our committee members identified:

1. School

2. Workforce Development

3. After School life

4. Home Environment

In each category, the subcommittee sought to address the ways policies and programs could demonstrably improve youth life. Through open and honest discussions, the members of the Youth Development Subcommittee found consensus of what, if enacted, could lead to an improvement in the quality of life for our youth but also put them on a path to becoming productive adults.

Subcommittee Facilitators Contact Information

Jason Jude

jason@imby.community

Tina Whitlow

info@thewhitlowfoundation.org

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Youth Development Sub-committee Recommendations

Youth Development Sub-committee Recommendations

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CONTEXT I: SCHOOL In the school category our community members wanted to address the fact that many of the Youth in Northeast Ward 7, fell behind their classmates in other areas of DC academically and in terms of access to resources.

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Strategy 2: An increase in tutoring services and specialized programs for at-risk students.

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CONTEXT II: WORKFORCE DEVELPOMENT In the Workforce Development category our subcommittee identified a severe lack of resources available to the Youth of NE Ward 7 in terms of career counseling and an active pipeline to make sure students can enter the workforce quickly and efficiently.

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Strategy 1: Partnerships with local universities to expose students to different career opportunities and higher education.

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Strategy 2: A fully formed jobs pipeline available to DCPS students to allow them to enter the workforce immediately after high-school should they choose.

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Strategy 3: A program for youth outside of the Summer Employment Program to allow them to make money.

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CONTEXT III: AFTER SCHOOL LIFE In the After-School category, our subcommittee identified a lack of safe public spaces and programs.

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Strategy1: A Commitment to the renovation, or creation of safe public spaces for the youth to gather.

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Strategy 2: Increased funding for a diverse set of after-school programs that continue into early adulthood.

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Strategy 3: Police trained specifically in youth engagement.

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CONTEXT IV: HOME ENVIRONMENT In the Home Environment our subcommittee sought to address what it saw as hindrances to a healthy home life. Housing instability, a lack of connectivity and a shortage of availability for essential services.

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Strategy 1: A commitment from the city to drastically increase broadband access. First through the creation of more towers and second, through an increase in the number of free wi-fi hotspots across the area.

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Strategy 2: A commitment from the city to increase current Covid-19 rental assistance.

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Strategy 3: Our committee also wanted to emphasize the need for an increase in mental and physical health services.

CONTEXT I: SCHOOL
In the school category our community members wanted to address the fact that many of the Youth in Northeast Ward 7, fell behind their classmates in other areas of DC academically and in terms of access to resources.

Strategy 2:
An increase in tutoring services and specialized programs for at-risk students.

CONTEXT II: WORKFORCE DEVELPOMENT
In the Workforce Development category our subcommittee identified a severe lack of resources available to the Youth of NE Ward 7 in terms of career counseling and an active pipeline to make sure students can enter the workforce quickly and efficiently.

Strategy 1:
Partnerships with local universities to expose students to different career opportunities and higher education.

Strategy 2:
A fully formed jobs pipeline available to DCPS students to allow them to enter the workforce immediately after high-school should they choose.

Strategy 3:
A program for youth outside of the Summer Employment Program to allow them to make money.

CONTEXT III: AFTER SCHOOL LIFE
In the After-School category, our subcommittee identified a lack of safe public spaces and programs.

Strategy1:
A Commitment to the renovation, or creation of safe public spaces for the youth to gather.

Strategy 2:
Increased funding for a diverse set of after-school programs that continue into early adulthood.

Strategy 3:
Police trained specifically in youth engagement.

CONTEXT IV: HOME ENVIRONMENT
In the Home Environment our subcommittee sought to address what it saw as hindrances to a healthy home life. Housing instability, a lack of connectivity and a shortage of availability for essential services.

Strategy 1:
A commitment from the city to drastically increase broadband access. First through the creation of more towers and second, through an increase in the number of free wi-fi hotspots across the area.

Strategy 2:
A commitment from the city to increase current Covid-19 rental assistance.

Strategy 3:
Our committee also wanted to emphasize the need for an increase in mental and physical health services.