Nebraska YouthAdult Partnership Projects

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Nebraska Youth-Adult Partnership Projects

• Youth In Governance
• and
• Civic Governance Projects

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Nebraska Projects

• Projects represented in this Summary Report
• Butler County Youth Council
• Sandhills Leadership
• LEAP _at_ Wakefield
• L.E.A.P., Hartington
• Cross County LEAP, Stromsberg
• Hayes County LEAP
• Tribal Youth-Adult Partnerships,Winnebago

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What is the Butler County Youth Council? 

• The Butler County Youth Council (BCYC) is a
  group of area students with representation from
  all four high schools in Butler County
• The Council serves as a liaison between all
  Butler County youth and adults in the community 
• The Council works to identify issues that affect
  youth in the community and then strategizes on
  how to best affect change by contacting adult
  leaders 
• Basically, the Council can serve as a voice for
  all youth in Butler County

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BCYC Meetings

• Members of the Council meet monthly during the
  school year bi-monthly during the summer
• During these meetings, the Council meets with
  adult leaders to learn about their roles in the
  community to discuss any youth issues that
  those community members may have influence upon
• Council members also gain leadership skills
  through hands-on experience and training

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What projects have the Council been involved in?

• Collected survey data to be used in a community
  grant application for street improvement 
• The Councils main project in the last school
  year, however, was spearheading introduction of a
  legislative bill in the Nebraska Unicameral that
  would have made some changes to Nebraskas
  current school permit law.

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Lawmakers OK bill clarifying limits on 14-year
old drivers
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Contact Information

• c/o 4060 N Road
• David City, NE 68632
• bcyc25_at_hotmail.com
• Coming Soon www.bcyc25.org

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Sandhills Leadership

• Contact Person Sue Pearman
• Extension Assistant
• Central Sandhills

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What Schools Participated?

• Mullen
• Cody-Kilgore
• Sandhills - Dunning
• Thedford
• Stapleton

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Youth and Adult Partnerships
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Tribal Youth-Adult Partnerships

• Winnebago Tribal Youth Council

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Winnebago Youth Council

• Meets weekly/monthly at various times
• Meetings usually include planned activity,
  discussion of youth issues, and planning of
  community activities for youth
• Involvement of Tribal Elders is important for
  all activities
• Meets quarterly with other Tribal Youth Councils
  (Omaha, Santee Sioux Ponca)

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Accomplishments

• 4 Youth and 2 Adults participated in the Nebraska
  4-H Unicameral Youth Conference, 2003-2004
• Gather The Leaders 2004 Circle of Nations
  Conference, 46 youth 5 adults, June 2004.
  Youth involved with research and presentations on
  tribal culture, traditions and governance.

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Accomplishments

• Hittin The Books Back To School importance
  of education. More than 60 high school youth 6
  Tribal Elders.
• Harvest Powwow and Celebration 40 youth 19
  adults as speakers, dancers and judges learning
  and displaying cultural traditions. Over 300
  youth and adults participated, ages 2-70. Sept
  2004

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2004 Youth Involvment in Civic Governance and Deci
sion Making
Grant
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National 4-H Council Land O'Lakes Foundation

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L.E.A.P.

• Leaders Energizing
• Activities in Partnership

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Hayes County LEAP
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Hays Center youth Lions Club improve park
Contact Kimberly Cook Southwest 4 Extension
Assistant
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LEAP _at_Wakefield 2004
Contact Amy Topp Wayne County Extension Educator
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Summer Reading Program at Graves Public Library

• Kick off week was held June 1-4, 2004 each LEAP
  member took an age group and planned activities
• On average, seventy-five youth participated each
  day - Youth ranged from 3 year olds to sixth
  grade
• Continued program for five weeks, averaged 22
  youth each week

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Summer Reading Program
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Hartington LEAP
Contact Jane Armstrong Cedar CountyExtension
Educator
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Members from the Hartington LEAP group were
chosen by the administration of their respective
schools based on their character, leadership
skills, involvement in their schools, and their
dedication to their various activities.
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• The purpose of the Hartington LEAP group is to
  have more youth get involved in the community. We
  wanted to complete a community project and our
  overall goal is to have youth serve on governing
  boards.

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Renovated the East Park
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The Hartington LEAP group also won an award at
the Annual NCIP Awards Banquet held in November,
2004. The community is very proud of this
accomplishment because of the extraordinary youth
involvement.
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The biggest accomplishment of the Hartington LEAP
group is that there are now leadership positions
available on most major governing boards in the
community.
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They include the Chamber of Commerce, Economic
Development Council, City Council and the Library
Board.
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Cross County LEAP Group

• Stromsburg Youth Community Improvement Project
  (CIP)
• Contact Colleen Pallas
• Polk County
• Extension Assistant

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Stromsburg LEAP Project

• Current Basketball Courts are in bad shape
• School Survey says something needs to be done

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Going to City Council

• LEAP Group went to the Stromsburg City Council
  Meeting to make our proposal
• The City Council approved basketball court
  proposal and paid for new custom made basketball
  poles.