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Long Beach Youth Fund
View the 2005 Commission on Youth and Children's Annual Report
View the 2006 Commission on Youth and Children's Annual Report and Profile
CYC Resolution
On October 21, 2003, the Long Beach City Council adopted a resolution forming the City's first Commission on Youth and Children. The Commission is a youth-adult board consisting of ten adults and nine youth. The adult commissioners include one Long Beach Unified School Board member, one parent of a child or children under the age of 21, and eight youth service experts. Each youth member has been selected by the City Council member of the district in which he/she resides, and appointed by the Mayor. Youth commissioners must be under the age of 19 at the time of appointment.
Commission Members: | Jeanetta McAlpin
Adult Co-Chair, Social Services | Rolando Sanchez
Co-Chair, 8th District Youth | | VACANT
Co Vice-Chair, Adult | VACANT
Co Vice-Chair, Youth | Leslie Barnes
1st District Youth | Nicolas Rademacher
3rd District Youth | | Jens Pettersson
4th District Youth | Malia Blake
6th District Youth | | Chris Dingman
7th District Youth | Lincoln Davis
9th District Youth | | Maria Angel Macias
Youth Enrichment | Dr. Gregory Canillas
Education | |
Commission Vacancies
Youth
2nd District Youth
5th District Youth Adult
LBUSD Board Member
Education
Job Training
Juvenile Justice
Early Childhood Development
Health
Parent
| | Function: Advises Mayor and City Council on issues relating to the City’s provision of services to youth and children; Annually reviews the City’s legislative agenda and Education and Youth Strategic Plan.
| | Membership: (Appointed by Mayor) - Eight (8) adults having high level professional experience and/or background service delivery or policy development related to youth and children.
- One (1) adult member serving on the LBUSD Board of Education
- One (1) parent of a child under the age of 21
- Nine (9) youth under the age of 19 at time of appointment and selected by the councilmember of the District in which he/she resides.
| | Officer Election: Annually in August | |
Term:
2 years (4 terms max)
| Commission Meetings:
Please note that the CYC has changed its monthly meetings to every other month. In addition, the location and time of the meetings have been changed:
Every other month on the Fourth Wednesday at 6:00 p.m.
Parr Health Enhancement Center - Conference Room will Vary
(1055 Linden Avenue, Long Beach 90813) City Liaisons to the Commission on Youth and Children:
Marc Gutfeld,
Superintendent, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine
Marla Camerino,
Clerical Support, Department of Parks, Recreation and Marine 7550 E Spring Street
Long Beach, CA 90815
Phone: (562) 570-1771 / Fax: (562) 570-1134 | |
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