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St�ategic Initiative: Youth Engage youth respectfully, as an integral part of the Redwood City community. Strate�ic Goals • Employ 14 youth through the Verde Youth Ambassador Program in summers of 2010 and 2011 . Develop a business plan for sustaining the program beyond initial funding by December 2011 . Dcvclop and maintain Fourteen Redwood City youth (two college "leads"and 12 high school programs that support students) were employed as Verde Youth Ambassadors during the `�outh dcvclopmcnt, summer of 2010. The youth were divided into two teams— cducation, hcalth, and school/community gardens and marketing. The garden team cnrichmcnt refurbished, maintained and built school gardens on four school campuses. The marketing team conducted outreach for the City's Verde programs at summer events downtown. A Stanford Policy, Organization and Leadership Studies masters level student interns with the City one day a week for the academic year. This student is developing a case study of the Verde Youth Ambassador program as a first step in Crcatc and nurturc developing a business plan for the program. Objective is on track for partncrships and COI77�Jlet1017, collaboration that providc • Enroll 20 youth through the Verde Youth Ambassador Volunteer for critical`�outh Corps Program during 2010/2011 and 2011/2012 fiscal years. scrviccs Document and report back on their implementation of an and child carc environmental volunteer project, by September 30th of each year. The Verde Youth Ambassador Volunteer Corps was launched in September 2010 with thirteen high school students enrolled. These youth come from throughout the City and attend Carlmont High School, Sequoia High School, and Summit Charter School. The youth met Engagc`�outh weekly to plan monthly environmental community service projects. respcctfull`�, as an intcgral part Lookinq to the Future of thc Rcdwood City community The four departments that comprise the City's Youth Agenda - Parks, Library, Police, and the Manager's Office - are committed to providing for youth as a core service, and allocate significant ' - " - ` �. � - i resources to numerous on-going services for youth and families � � (as noted in the departmental annual reports). As all " �� a' � organizations continue to experience stress, it is natural to pull � , � � inward, thus making partnerships and collaborations more r` � , �;�.�--�� �' 9 � vulnerable. Therefore, the single overarching goal as we look into ° ;��I- ` , �_,._�i� ;, .�,:. the future is to increase collaboration as departments and to "� �� { _�� partner and align with other youth providers (such as Redwood City 2020) even as we engage in our day-to-day critical work.