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The Iowa Collaboration
for Youth Development is a dynamic, evolving partnership of state and local entities
concerned about youth and youth policies. This interagency initiative
is designed to better align state policies and programs and to
encourage collaboration among multiple state and community agencies
on youth-related issues. The goals of the initiative are to promote
the use of positive youth development principles in state policies
and programs and to facilitate the use of effective youth development
practices in communities throughout Iowa.
Since January 1999, representatives from twelve state agencies
and several local agencies and private organizations have been
meeting to discuss youth development issues, to build consensus
on a youth development framework, to promote youth development
principles and practices, and to pursue three broad objectives:
- Better
coordinate and align state policies and programs related
to youth using a positive youth development framework;
- Identify
or develop resources for use at the community level
to promote youth development and to facilitate planning
and implementation of effective youth development programs;
and
- Increase
youth involvement in state and local level policy discussions
and decision-making.
2013 ICYD Council Annual Report
Iowa
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