Marion County Commission on Youth

Summer Youth programmccoy supports the awarded programs of the summer Youth program fund. These 200+ summer programs, funded by the 12 funders of the sypf participate in a number of services offered by mccoy. The goals of mccoy's role are: 1. Promote sypf programs to families in the indianapolis are to bring awareness to these programs and encourage enrollment and participation;2. Support Youth workers looking for summer opportunities and syp organizations looking for support for Youth workers;3.provide basic job skills and summer program worker skills training to Youth workers serving in these summer programs; 3. Foster connections among sypf program leaders; 4. Provide technical support to youth-serving organizations funded by sypf. This program runs from approximately april to october each year, with training and technical support extending through winter as program leaders prepare for upcoming programming and grant submissions.

Youth working for indy. Each summer mccoy applies for funds through the summer Youth program fund to support sypf organizations wanting to hire young people to staff their programs. These subgrants are specifically targeted to organizations employing Youth (16-22) who hail from underserved communities and/or marginalized groups. This program supports 80-100 Youth workers, their training and their organization's training from may-august (roughly) each year.

Mayor's Youth leadership council and Youth engagement & empowermentmccoy coordinates and runs the mylc program in conjuction with the mayor's office in the city of indianapolis. Connected with mylc is mccoy's impact team. The mylc program is a cohort program supporting 25 high school students interested in learning about and participating in the city's governance. The mylc meets 2x/month to engage with the mayor's office and other leaders in the indy community, learn about the process of governance and change at the community level. The impact team is a group of 50-75 students who are interested in engaging in their community through service and volunteerism. The goals of these programs are to invest in the leadership skills of our Youth, connect them with change-making in productive ways, and to connect the city's leadership with Youth voice and advice as they pursue matters of interest and important to our city's Youth.