The Clark County Youth Commission is a youth driven advisory board established by the Clark County Board of Commissioners in April 1998. Members ages 11-19 from throughout Clark County provide a youth-oriented point of view to the work of the Board of County Commissioners, county departments, and community organizations.
The Youth Commission informs these groups about issues important to youth, makes suggestions on how to address the issues important to youth, and provides instruction on how to build positive partnerships with youth.
The Clark County Youth Commission advises Clark County government on a variety of policy issues including:
Behavioral/Cultural Change (PDF - 21K)
Energy (PDF - 21K)
Environmental Building Standards (PDF - 22K)
Environmental Building Standards Follow-up (PDF - 12K)
Local/Sustainable Food (PDF - 23K)
Mass Transportation (PDF - 23K)
C-TRAN Mass Transportation (PDF - 21K)
Plastic Bag Tax (PDF - 25K)
Clark County Youth Commission Policy Reports:
Social Networking
At the request of the Board of County Commissioners, the Youth Commission presented the following recommendations to increase civic engagement in the county through the use of social networking:
Government 2.0: Combining face-to-face and interface-to-interface interaction to enhance civic engagement (PDF - 570K)
Youth Mental Health
The Youth Commission presented the following analysis and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on reducing youth depression in the county:
Youth Mental Health Policy Assignment Report (PDF - 403K)
Environmental Sustainability
In the following policy assignment, the Youth Commission evaluates Clark County's environmental sustainability policy:
Policy Assignment Report on Environmental Sustainability (PDF - 270K)
For more information about the Youth Commission, please contact:
Elizabeth Hill, Program Coordinator
Phone: (360) 397-2130, ext. 5133
E-mail: elizabeth.hill@clark.wa.gov
Web site: http://www.youthcommission.org/
