YC2
Youth Community Coalition (YC2)
Please visit www.yc2.org for more information.
Mission
"Empowering Youth to Make Healthy Choices"
YC2 works toward decreasing substance abuse and promoting healthy behaviors among Columbia’ youth to foster their development into productive citizens. Over 70 organizations and individuals are represented on the Coalition’s membership roster, which also includes 24 youths. YC2 utilizes the following methodology to accomplish the group’s set goals and objectives.
Mobilization of the community
Connecting and analyzing local indicator data
Prioritizing the community’s key issues
Educating community members and key leaders and involving them in solutions
Fostering partnerships between all sectors of the community to involve everyone on the solution
Advocating for the use of prevention science and measurable outcomes in programming
Meetings
Meetings are generally held on the third Thursday of each month at 3:30 p.m. in the Columbia Housing Authority (CHA) Administration Building, which is located at 201 Switzler Street. Members take the opportunity to discuss and develop solutions for community issues, request assistance to address an issue, share information, and learn about progress toward the goals and objectives of the group. (Map to CHA.)
Upcoming Meetings
February 18th, 2010
March 18th, 2010
Funding
YC2 receives funding from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (Drug Free Community Support Program) and the Missouri Department of Mental Health.
Contact Info
Coordinator:
Becky Markt at (573) 443-2556, ext 1250 (bmarkt@columbiaha.com)
Assistant Coordinator:
Ryan Worley (573) 443-2556, ext 1284 (rworley@columbiaha.com)
