Youth Councils

June 19, 2008
Room: A118
Ohio Department of Job and Family Services
4020 East 5th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43219

Workshop description

WIA assigns youth councils a key policy- and decision-making function in the design, development, and provision of services to help at-risk youth achieve successful transitions to further education and employment in high-skill, high-wage, high-demand occupations.

This workshop provides information and tools to help youth council members

• Fulfill the legislative and regulatory function of youth councils
• Define their own youth council’s role in local system development
• Determine goals for the system
• Engage a broad range of youth development and youth-serving agencies in the community
• Advocate youth development and youth services to the local Workforce Investment Board (WIB)

• Register here for June 19th