Community Services

The Clark County Youth Commission is a youth-driven advisory board established by the Clark County Board of Commissioners in April 1998. Members ages 11-19 from throughout Clark County provide a youth-oriented point-of-view to the work of the Board of County Councilors, county departments, and community organizations.

The Youth Commission informs these groups about issues important to youth, makes suggestions on how to address the issues important to youth, and provides instruction on how to build positive partnerships with youth.

For more information contact Elizabeth Hill at
(360) 397-2075 Ext. 5133, or
elizabeth.hill@clark.wa.gov.

Reports produced by the Youth Commission

Parks and Open Spaces - At the request of the Board of County Commissioners, the Youth Commission presented the following recommendations to increase park use in Clark County.

Social Networking - In this policy assignment, the Youth Commission addresses how to increase civic engagement in the county through the use of social networking.

Youth Mental Health  - The Youth Commission presented the following analysis and recommendations to the Board of County Commissioners on reducing youth depression in the county.

Environmental Sustainability - In the following policy assignment, the Youth Commission evaluated Clark County's environmental sustainability policy.

Recommendations:
Behavioral Cultural Change
Energy
Environmental Building Standards
Local Sustainable Food
Mass Transportation
Plastic Bag Tax