The Strategy Planning Committee on Youth Violence was established in January 2008 in response to City Council direction to improve communication and coordination with other government agencies and non-profit organizations who are engaged with providing services and programming to local at-risk youth.

Mission
The mission statement for the Strategy Planning Committee on Youth Violence is as follows:

• Represent youth and family service providers, education institutions, government agencies and community foundations.  
• Provide support to key agencies and organizations who are working to produce a comprehensive directory of youth and family services available on the South Coast.
• Provide leadership to determine the framework for, and then to initiate, a foundation process for engaging the community in developing a strategic plan to comprehensively address youth violence issues for implementation by an institutional structure charged with that on-going responsibility.
• Initiate immediate actions to improve coordination of activities and programs that are currently underway to focus more successfully on at-risk kids.
• Establish and appoint a Steering Committee to follow-through won the direction from the Strategy Planning Committee.

Membership
The Strategy Planning Committee on Youth Violence is comprised of key stakeholders from family and youth service providers, educational institutions, government agencies and community foundations.

Meeting Schedule
Please contact staff regarding the next scheduled meeting for the Strategy Planning Committee on Youth Violence.