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HomeMy WebLinkAboutAgenda - 06-03-2003 - 8k.. ORANGE COUNTY BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS ACTION AGENDA ITEM ABSTRACT Meeting Date: June 3, 2003 Action Agenda ), Item No. - !� SUBJECT: United Way Grant Award for the Orange County Youth Leadership Development Institute DEPARTMENT: County Manager PUBLIC HEARING: (YIN) No ATTACHMENT(S): INFORMATION CONTACT: Sharron Hinton, ext. 2302 Grant Award Letter from Triangle United Fletcher Barber, ext. 2050 Way Annette Moore, ext. 2250 Iris Fuller, ext. 2050 TELEPHONE NUMBERS: Hillsborough 732 -8181 Chapel Hill 968 -4501 Durham 688 -7331 Mebane 336- 227 -2031 PURPOSE: To receive funds totaling $10,000 from Triangle United Way to assist in the implementation of the first Orange County Youth Leadership Development Institute (YLDI) in the summer of 2003. This program responds to a goal initiated by the BOCC "to provide recreation and educational programs for youth ages 13 -19 years of age ". BACKGROUND: In January 2003, a group comprised of representatives from Orange County government, Triangle United Way, the Town of Chapel Hill, the Town of Carrboro, and the school systems convened as the Youth Services Issues Group to discuss building an inventory of youth needs, issues and opportunities in the County. Discussions also focused on identifying partners in sharing resources, delivering services, coordinating funding and evaluating outcomes. After several meetings, the group identified the following focus areas for exploration: 1. Leadership Development (how youth can learn to do it for themselves; empowerment) 2. Development of an interactive web site (This site would "speak" to a general audience as well as teens. It would host the vast array of services, activities, programs, and opportunities available to youth ideally through both public and private sectors). 3. Training: Diversity, Dismantling Oppression (targeted to the adults /teachers) 4. A space /place for youth to "hang out" (unstructured /structured activities) 5. Transportation (helping to connect young people with social and recreational activities) w 2 A leadership subcommittee of the group has developed a proposal to launch a training program for youth throughout the County. The first annual Youth Leadership Development Institute is scheduled to operate for five weeks from mid -June through mid -July. This fifteen - session curriculum is based on the "Community Voices" model used previously in the Cedar Grove and Efland -Cheek communities to promote adult leaders and used successfully with youth groups in other parts of the state. Community Voices is a program designed by the Kellog Foundation and administered in North Carolina through the Extension Service of NC A& T State University. The overall purpose of the program is to develop groups of leaders who want to use their problem solving and communications skills to work together to carry out projects that make a difference in their communities. The fifteen training sessions are organized into four units. At the end of these four units, the participants go from being concerned individuals to becoming a skilled team with a shared vision of the future and the organizational skills to reach that vision. In the YDLI, young people will work together with co- facilitators — a young adult coordinator paired with a more seasoned volunteer professional — to learn to: (1) build a community vision utilizing a shared group leadership approach; (2) work together effectively as a group so they can communicate their vision to others; (3) apply a problem - solving method to approach their community problems in a systematic way; and (4) plan ways to continue working on their vision through organizations at both the community and County levels. The YDLI Coordinator, a temporary position, will facilitate and administer the leadership- training program, including outreach in the community to help identify participants. The leadership committee is scheduled to host two orientations for interested students, one in Chapel Hill and the other in Hillsborough, to reduce transportation constraints. Approximately 25 students will participate in the training activity — four representing each high school and five representing alternative schools (i.e. Phoenix Academy, Charter Schools, home schools, etc.). The students will be paid a small stipend for their participation in this 5 -week training session. The outcomes of the leadership training are: (1) to build cohesiveness among the group; (2) to establish of a Youth Council /Junior Commission to provide a consistent and organized "voice" for area youth; and (3) to obtain community services learning credit. Partners in this effort include the County Manager's Office, Cooperative Extension, Human Rights & Relations Department, and Triangle United Way. Triangle United Way has awarded $10,000 to support this initial endeavor. The Youth Services Issues Group sees the YDLI as the first step in generating the youth interest, involvement, and input needed to work on the other proposals that are being developed for better serving the County's young people. FINANCIAL IMPACT: Grant funds from the Triangle United Way of $10,000 will be budgeted in the Cooperative Extension Services 4 -H Program. The balance of $15,000 required to implement the program this summer is currently available within the FY2002 -03 operating budget (non - departmental fund) for the County. RECOMMENDATION(S): The Manager recommends that the Board accept the grant award from Triangle United Way. Triangle United VVbu Nuavmw Oat V. T. Triangle United Way is please .d to be a partner with Orange County CMI00000 Government to strengthen the.. scope of youth services in Orange County. g p g IKY®KNY IK rill , To this end we are committinc1 $10,000 toward a Youth Leadership Ou6 TeurN May 29, 2003 e Mr County 4 -H, the lead organize •lion for this initiative and a member agency Dun FAMUN Mr. John Link N"lt cambric County Manager Lava « 0 n a®IOMNe flr! Orange County Government °iv s°"°"S 200 S. Cameron Street v.ww.vnited»mytriangle.org P.O. Box 8181 fl " ,m, a : Hillsborough, NC 27278 MM A ; ° mum 5MMM Dear John, Thank you for this opportunityi cereiy, inda Tuday Sr. VP Resource Inve ent Triangle United Way 0 Together, we can do the most good. Triangle United Way is please .d to be a partner with Orange County P.O. Boot 110367 Government to strengthen the.. scope of youth services in Orange County. g p g Rmorfi Triangle Park Nonf, carolino , To this end we are committinc1 $10,000 toward a Youth Leadership 7709 Initiative in Orange County. the funds will be earmarked for Orange 1*0 Pevimel3r Pork Dr*e County 4 -H, the lead organize •lion for this initiative and a member agency Svile 112 Marisvine of Triangle United Way. We e;re also committed to working with 4-H to N"lt cambric develop an evaluation plan th :►t includes measurable outcomes to 27560 demonstrate the effectiveness, of the initiative in increasing the leadership 1.719.460.86P7 . 7019 f :919.40.7019 skills of the youth participants Y p p v.ww.vnited»mytriangle.org The Orange Youth Partnershi':► participants are exploring additional ways to strengthen the array of opporiiunities and supports for youth in Orange County. We look forward to c:antinuing this work, as we believe that the public and private sectors mu; � come together if we are to maximize our impact in the community. Thank you for this opportunityi cereiy, inda Tuday Sr. VP Resource Inve ent Triangle United Way 0 Together, we can do the most good.