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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 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 appointed by the City Council member of the district in which he/she resides, and is under the age of 19 at the time of appointment.
Commission Members: | Jessica Quintana
Co-Chair,
Parent | Bryant Daron
Co-Chair,
2nd District Youth | | Mary Soth
Co Vice-Chair,
Early Childhood Development
Profile Committee | Megan McDonnell
Co Vice-Chair,
3rd District Youth | Leslie Barnes
1st District Youth | Chelsii Summerville
4th District Youth | | Stephanie Viramontes
7th District Youth | Rolando Sanchez
8th District Youth | | Ana Mora
9th District Youth | Helen Ingram
Education | | Marty Isozaki
Job Development | Maria Angel Macias
Youth Enrichment | | Jeanetta McAlpin
Social Services | Jon Meyer
LBUSD, Board of Education
Executive Committee | | Victor Perez, M.D.
Health | Marc Rothenberg, Esq.
Juvenile Justice
Long Beach GRIP Advisory Committee | | Rebecca Turrentine
Education |
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5th District Youth -
6th District Youth | | 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:
Fourth Wednesday at 5:00 p.m. El Dorado Park, Large Conference Room, 2760 Studebaker Road. 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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