Drafter
Clerk 12/03/2015
Title
A MOTION declaring the county's intent to establish a grant program to support mentoring services for youth.
Body
WHEREAS, in January 2014, Ordinance 17738 created a youth action plan task force to develop a proposed youth action plan to provide a policy basis for the development and implementation of King County policies and programs involving youth, and
WHEREAS, in April 2015, the youth action plan task force report included recommendations in nine areas, including social justice and equity and stopping the school to prison pipeline, and
WHEREAS, recommendations related to social justice and equity addressed the need for King County to prioritize and provide resources to recognize, prevent and eliminate institutional racism and other forms of bias across county government, and
WHEREAS, recommendations related to stopping the school to prison pipeline called on the county and its partners to support preventative practices and programs that reduce the likelihood of contact with the juvenile justice system, and
WHEREAS, in June 2015, the council passed Motion 14378, adopting the youth action plan task force recommendations, and
WHEREAS, in July 2015, Ordinance 18088 placed on the ballot the best starts for kids property tax levy to fund prevention and early intervention strategies to improve the health and well-being of children, youth and their communities, and
WHEREAS, in November 2015, King County voters approved the best starts for kids property tax levy, and
WHEREAS, best starts for kids property tax levy proceeds will become available in late 2016 following council approval of an implementation plan that takes into consideration the county's youth action plan and any recommendations of the county's juvenile justice equity steering committee that was formed in 2015 to address disproportionality in the juvenile justice system that are adopted into policy, and
WHEREAS, a 2002 report prepared for the Edna M...

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