Youth Advisory Council Applications 2023-24

Phone # I can best reach you at.

Dinner is provided at some in-person meetings, please list any food allergies. If student utilizes an epi-pen please identify if they can self-administer it (if none please list N/A):

Please include contact information for one school administrator, teacher, or counselor and one additional reference who will provide a scholastic and/or character reference for you. Please do not include any written letters of reference. References should be willing to attest to your work ethic and accountability as a part of the Youth Advisory Council.

In this section, please describe your interest in being a part of the Youth Advisory Council. Please address the following topics in your response:(1) What are you hoping to gain from your experience on the Youth Advisory Council (2) What do you feel are some important challenges among the Beach Cities youth/your peers that can be addressed by the Youth Advisory Council?, and (3) How you would like to make an impact on the health and wellbeing of teens in the Beach Cities? Your response must be between 250 – 500 words for each question.

What are you hoping to gain from your experience on the Youth Advisory Council?

What do you feel are some important challenges among the Beach Cities youth/your peers that can be addressed by the Youth Advisory Council?

How you would like to make an impact on the health and wellbeing of teens in the Beach Cities?

Some examples include writing blogs, video editing using final cut pro, graphic design, content creation. etc.

Please review the list of additional leadership roles available within the Youth Advisory Council and check any additional roles you are interested in being considered for if you meet the criteria. Please note, an interview is required for any leadership role and applicants will be contacted to schedule an interview once application is reviewed. Students selected will attend the Leadership Orientation and the 4 additional leadership meetings.

• Co – Chair Leads for Redondo Union High School, Mira Costa High School, Patricia Dreizler High School (this opportunity is available to two 12th or 11th grade students who meet the following criteria):
• Previous involvement in the Youth Advisory Council and additional activities outside of meetings, preferred previous involvement in the Summer Engagement Workgroup, desire and ability to help coordinate agendas, provide guidance to peers during meetings, available to peers outside of meetings for support with tasks and support goal attainment, provide support to students in leadership roles, willingness to do additional research to support projects and be leads for specific speaking engagements.
• Community Engagement Lead (Public Speaking Representative): helps coordinate members of the Youth Advisory Council to present at local city council meetings, Beach Cities Health District staff and Board member meetings, Beach Cities Partnership for Youth Coalition meetings, local school board meetings and community events. This role requires additional time commitment to write talking points, meet with staff lead to review talking points, and attend additional events or meetings. Please note, many speaking opportunities have minimal advance notice.
• Communications/ Social Media Lead: assists the BCHD Communications team with content, design input and sharing of Youth Advisory Council Campaign materials. Students in this role are not required to post to social media from personal accounts but will work on contributing online content and social media posts (Instagram, Facebook, Blog, YouTube, etc.) focused on youth health and wellness. As a student liaison between the Communications department and the Youth Advisory Council, this role requires additional time and meeting commitments.
• School Representatives (1 per Beach Cities middle & high school): assists with organizing students outside of meetings, assisting with programming and implementation for events at middle and high schools led by the Youth Advisory Council. Connecting with currently established campus clubs including ASB to connect students to Youth Advisory Council efforts, events and campaign materials. Student representatives would also be responsible for reporting back to the Youth Advisory Council at meetings to share campus information or school-related updates with the larger Youth Advisory Council.

Anyone interested in a leadership role must have previously been on our BCHD Youth Advisory Council. Optional: Select lead role if interested

By typing my first and last name, I certify and understand that all Youth Advisory Council members are expected to attend all 8 monthly meetings. Members who miss more than two unexcused meetings will be dropped from the council.

By checking this box, I am verifying my signature for attendance.

By typing my first and last name, I certify that I have completed this application, have read and understand the importance of the Youth Advisory Council, and verify the information provided on this form is true to the best of my ability.

By checking this box, I am verifying my signature for application verification.

By typing my first and last name, I certify that I understand the purpose of the Youth Advisory Council is to discuss health and social issues facing youth in our community including but not limited to alcohol and other drug use, smoking, vaping, marijuana, stress, anxiety, depression, suicide, social justice, race, healthy equity and sexual identity. The purpose is to discuss prevalent trends and solutions not individual situations or occurrences.

By checking this box, I am verifying my signature.

By typing my first and last name, I certify that I understand BCHD has permission to provide my students’ contact information among the other Youth Advisory Council members to coordinate and complete Youth Advisory Council related tasks.

By checking this box, I am verifying my signature.

Forms must be printed out and signed by pen. The forms are volunteer agreement, media release form, and ground rules found on: https://www.bchd.org/youthadvisorycouncil.

Please make sure to submit all 3 forms separately. Ground Rules and Volunteer Agreement require one signature and Media Release requires 2 (you can leave testimonial part blank).

Once they are all signed, please scan the forms and attach the files to this section.

Please also include a picture of yourself. Ensure the picture is a clear solo picture.