Drafter
Clerk 04/15/2015
Title
A MOTION adopting a youth action plan for King County.
Body
WHEREAS, since the 1960s, King County has participated in and funded programs aimed at assisting children and youth, including, but not limited to, distribution of federal funding, as well as local programming and funding, and
WHEREAS, in 2013, the county spent more than $162 million in funding from all sources on a wide range of services and programs that influence youth at all stages of development, from birth to young adult, and
WHEREAS, the services and programs for youth and children are provided across King County government by nine departments and agencies that contract with dozens of community-based organizations and local nonprofit organizations who, in turn, work in collaboration with each other, the county and other governments to serve children, youth and their families, and
WHEREAS, in January 2014, the King County council and executive enacted Ordinance 17738, which called for the development of a Youth Action Plan to set King County's priorities for serving its young people, from infants through young adults, and
WHEREAS, a twenty-five-member Youth Action Plan task force, comprised of representatives of a broad range of organizations and entities with substantial expertise and knowledge relevant to children and youth, in addition to diversity in views and experiences, was appointed to develop the Youth Action Plan, and
WHEREAS, Ordinance 17738 charged the Youth Action Plan task force members with responding to the following topics:
1. Identification of the mission and vision of the Youth Action Plan, and whether the executive's stated vision that "infants reach adulthood healthy and safe, academically and vocationally succeeding, and socially and civically engaged" reflects the recommendations of the task force;
2. A bill of rights for King County's youth, akin to the youth bills of rights adopted by jurisdictions in California and e...

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