Youth Resources:
The Iowa Workforce Development
site has numerous
online resources for students and youth seeking employment. For career resources for traditional and
non-traditional students visit Student Career Hints.
Youth
Advisory Council
The Region 2 Youth Advisory Council
provides guidance for and exercises oversight of local youth programs
operated under the Workforce Investment Act. In addition, the Council
provides expertise in youth policy and assists the Regional Workforce
Investment Board (RWIB) in:
-
Developing and recommending local
youth employment and training policy and practice;
-
Broadening the youth employment
and training focus in the region to incorporate a youth development
perspective;
-
Establishing linkages with other
organizations serving youth in the local area; and
-
Taking into account a range of
issues that can have an impact on the success of youth in the labor
market.
Members of the Youth Advisory Council
serve three-year terms, and represent persons or agencies with special
interest in youth policy.
Current members of the Youth Advisory
Council include:
-
Sherry Becker, North Iowa
Vocational Center
-
Sarah Skemp, Workforce
Development Partnership
-
Jennifer Kammeyer, North Iowa
United Way
-
Fran DeGroote, North Iowa Area
Community College
-
Rachel Sorenson, Hampton-Dumont
Community School District
-
Jim Wilson, Juvenile Court System
For more information about the Youth
Council, Contact Sarah
at 800-392-2230 Ext. 502, 641-422-1502.
