Woodland Coalition for Youth
Woodland Coalition for Youth
The Community
Woodland is home to a rich diversity of youth and families. Located between Sacramento and the Bay Area, Woodland formerly was a small, rural town. Now with a population of about 52,000, the boom in growth during the past five years has exceeded the community’s capacity to address the accompanying challenges.
The Coalition
The Woodland Coalition for Youth is a group of youth, parents and public and private agencies that have committed to working together for systems change for youth.
Our vision for the coalition is that all youth have positive educational and social connections to be happy, healthy and successful adults.
This vision is the result of the collaboration of public and private partners who came together to consider the welfare of all youth ages 10 to 15, whom they recognized as being of particular importance because of the numerous transitions they face during this age.
Our goals as a coalition are to work together, with youth at the core, to:
- connect all youth to existing resources that will allow them to develop positive work and social connections by addressing the issues of access and effectiveness
- complete a comprehensive youth-driven community assessment that uses the youth development framework to map all resources, identify gaps and analyze access and effectiveness of supports
- encourage the use of the youth development framework throughout the community, beginning with coalition partners
- increase the involvement of youth in planning, policy work and decision making on issues that affect them or their families
- work with and consider all youth 10 to 15, not just at-risk youth, Latino youth, high-achieving youth, or any other “group,” because we believe there are many youth who may not be failing but are not thriving
Contact: Lamar Heystek
Phone: (530) 406-7221
E-mail: lheystek@yolofrc.org
Website: www.woodlandyouth.org
- Woodland Coalition Fact Sheet (2007-2008)
- Woodland Youth Action Card (2007 - 2008)
- Woodland Youth Community Profile (2007)
- Woodland Community Profile Data (2007)
- Woodland Secondary Data (2007)
- Woodland Secondary Data (2008)
Youth Engagement Leader Needed in Woodland
Reply to: ana_soltero@yolofrc.org
POSITION TITLE: Youth Engagement Leader
ORGANIZATION: Yolo Family Resource Center (YFRC)
POSITION DESCRIPTION: The Youth Engagement Leader works with the Woodland Coalition for Youth (WC4Y), a collaborative of youth and adults representing various youth-serving agencies in Woodland, to create social and educational supports and opportunities and effect communitywide systems change for Woodland youth.
Woodland Youth Council members lead park beautification project
by Lamar Heystek
Coordinator, Woodland Coalition for Youth
When the Woodland Youth Council, a group of two dozen young people working with adults to make positive community changes for youth, was asked how they would spend a $2,500 youth service grant, one member made a passing comment he thought no one would take seriously.
Woodland Youth Council receives anonymous yuletide surprise
by Lamar Heystek
Coordinator, Woodland Coalition for Youth
An elderly man of modest means stopped by the Yolo Family Resource Center on Dec. 17 bearing what he called “a little Christmas gift” – a $500 check made out to the Woodland Youth Council, a group of two dozen young people dedicated to working with adults to make positive community changes for youth.
The man, who wished to remain anonymous, is a four-year Woodland resident who was moved to share his modest savings after reading about the Woodland Youth Council’s recent canned-food drive in The Daily Democrat. He found more information about the Woodland Youth Council at www.woodlandyouth.org, the Web site of the Woodland Coalition for Youth, the organization that supports the youth council through a grant from Sierra Health Foundation’s REACH program.
Woodland Coalition for Youth Seeks Grant Writer
The Woodland Coalition for Youth (WC4Y), one of seven collaboratives to receive support from the Sierra Health Foundation’s REACH program, will make community-wide changes for youth to ensure they are safe and healthy, have positive relationships with caring adults, have meaningful opportunities to participate in the community and develop the skills they need to be successful.
Woodland Community Profile Data
The links below provide data collected by the coalition for use in preparing the 2006-2007 Woodland Youth Community Profile.
WJUSD School Accountability Report Cards
Woodland Secondary Data
The links below provide secondary data for each school within the Woodland coalition. The data sources include the California Department of Education, U.S. Census 2000, and the CA Department of Social Services via UC Berkeley. More information is available at the CA Healthy Kids Survey reports.
