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Requesting approval to accept a $10,000 CHNA 17 Youth Leadership Development Grant for the Health and Human Services Department for youth programming.
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To the Honorable Board:
The Health & Human Services Department of the City of Somerville has been awarded a CHNA17 Youth Leadership Development Grant in the amount of $10,000.00.
Our proposed program will build upon our previous youth led CHNA Youth Focus Project initiatives that utilized social norms marketing prevention strategies. These strategies worked to promote positive youth behaviors among youth to address priority health issues (substance abuse, bullying, and youth access to services) while utilizing social media networks (Facebook and Twitter).
This expansion project will allow SCAP to hire 6-10 Somerville Positive Youth Leaders to form a Social Marketing Committee (SMC). In addition SCAP will expand programming over the summer by hiring a facilitator to run a Social Marketing Club which will train and engage 10-20 youth leaders in implementing social media platforms to address the above issues. This youth development program will support SMC youth.
My staff will be available to answer any questions you may have.
Joseph A. Curtatone, Mayor