Youth Participation Plan

Activity Program Responsibility Coordinating Agencies Timeframe 1 Youth participation on Board of Board of Directors Jim Pearce Intra-Agency Ongoing ) Directors Board Personnel Committee 2 Youth participation in Too Good for Drugs Gwen Love Intra-Agency Ongoing ) developing rules, rewards and Too Good for Violence Gwen Love consequences for behavior. Project Success 4 Youth participation in selection Interface Youth Programs Cassandra Evans DJJ and Intra-Agency ) of group topics and activities. Cindy Starling Pamela Purnell 5 Coordination of student input in Prevention Gwen Love Ongoing ) Safe Place and drug-free events, Community Dev. Outreach Radha Selvester or recreational events designed Reichert House Gwen Love Gainesville Police Department for middle and high school Community Coalitions participation and youth participation in community coalitions. 9 Utilization of youth to improve Reichert House Gwen Love School Personnel Ongoing ) program activities Law Enforcement Black on Black Crime Task Force Interface Youth Programs Cassandra Evans Multi-Agency Cindy Starling Pamela Purnell Independent Living Stephanie Williams 1 Utilize youth in the development Prevention Gwen Love School Counselors Ongoing 5 and delivery of PSA’s, media Community Dev. Outreach Radha Selvester School Personnel ) education, advertisement and Private and public school arts video production and teachers announcements related to services and events 1 Utilization of youth in recruiting Prevention Gwen Love Gainesville Police Department Ongoing 6 program participants Reichert House Gainesville Housing Authority ) School Board of Alachua Co. Black on Black Crime Task Force 2 Participation of youth in agency Prevention Gwen Love HPW Town Hall Meeting Ongoing 0 sponsored community Reichert House Gwen Love Youth Summit ) awareness activities Interface Youth Programs Cassandra Evans Juvenile Justice Council/SARB Cindy Starling Juvenile Crime Prevention Office Pamela Purnell Columbia County Domestic Violence Shelter, Homeless Coalition of Suwannee Valley

2 Utilization of youth satisfaction Interface Youth Programs Cassandra Evans Intra-Agency Ongoing 6 survey to enhance and improve Jessica Bechtold ) residential and non-residential Cindy Starling Florida Network of Youth and services Pamela Purnell Family Services 30 Advocacy for innovative Administration Executive Teen Court Ongoing ) programs for youth Prevention Management Team Gainesville Police Department Children’s Services Council Youth Programs Task Force Juvenile Justice Council Community Coalitions Spotlight on Youth Youth Crime Watch

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Activity Program Responsibility Coordinating Agencies Timeframe 38 Feedback from youth regarding Black on Black Crime Task Force Ongoing ) strategies to address juvenile Prevention/Community Gwen Love Gainesville Police Department crime and substance use Development Outreach Radha Selvester Alachua County Sheriff’s Dept. Reichert House Alachua County Children’s Alliance 42 Strategic Plan Implementation All Programs CDS CDS Youth and Participant Ongoing ) Implementation Groups Teams 43 Coordinate with youth groups to CDS Youth & Participant groups Ongoing ) participate with community Multi-Agency service activities Prevention Gwen Love, Community Coalitions Interface Youth Programs Cassandra Evans Heal the World Cindy Starling Department of Juvenile Justice Pamela Purnell

49 Youth participation in area Community Dev. Outreach Radha Selvester School personnel Ongoing ) hospitals, civic and community Private and public school arts groups to raise awareness of teachers programs and services and to advertise Spotlight on Youth. 50 Youth participation in Independent Living Stephanie Williams CDS Independent Living Ongoing ) Leadership Development Dept. of Children and Families Program 51 Red ribbon Week Interface Youth Program Cindy Starling PCSO, BCSD Annual ) East Prevention Gwen Love CDS School Based Community Coalitions 52 Youth participate in Fire Safety Interface Youth Program Cindy Starling Putnam County Fire Department Ongoing ) training at the shelter East

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