Under the Workforce Investment Act of 1998, the Capital Area Workforce Development Board is authorized to appoint a Youth Council as a Committee of the Workforce Development Board. 

Council Responsibilities include:

  1. Competitive Procurement of Federal Workforce Investment Act (WIA) Youth Funds

  2. Oversight of contracted Youth Services and Activities

  3. Linkages with Educational and Youth Serving Organizations

  4. Promote and Evaluate Pilot Youth JobLink Career Center Information Sites

  5. Host Annual Youth Summit for youth in Wake and Johnston Counties

  6. Advise and Report to Capital Area Board on Youth Issues

Youth Council Members:

 

 

Name

Representing

Zena Anderson

Cisco Systems
Michael Ballen Raleigh Police Department

 

Thomas Bennett

Wake County 4-H Youth Development

 

Susan Bloomfield

Wake Technical Community College

 

Deborah Bolin

Johnston County Youth Services

 

Carmen Carroll

CA JobLink Career Center at Swinburne
Christian Cole Youth
Quenton Cooper Wake County Human Services

 

Dot Ehlers

Eleventh Judicial District ReEntry

 

Kenneth Gibbs

Vocational Rehabilitation

 

Cynthia Giles

NC Youth Advocacy and Involvement Office
JoAnne Honeycutt, Vice Chair Johnston County Schools
  Debra Johnson Raleigh Housing Authority

 

Jan Oakley

Parent Representative
Susan Portman Weststar Precision Inc.

Doug Sorrell

 Department of Juvenile Justice & Delinquency Prevention

 

Harolyn Whitehead, Chair

Wake Technical Community College
Adult Education Center

Staff:

Jessica Locklear - McLeod

Capital Area WDB Staff

Youth Council 2009 - 2010 Meeting Schedule:
Date Location
Wednesday, November 4, 2009
9:00 - 10:30 am 		 Wake County Commons Building 
Wake County Office Park

Wednesday, January 13, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 am 

 Johnston Community College
Workforce Development Center
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 am 		 Capital Area Workforce Development Board 
The Parkview Building
Wednesday, May 12, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 am 		 Johnston Community College
Workforce Development Center
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 am 		 Capital Area Workforce Development Board
The Parkview Building
Wednesday, September 8, 2010
9:00 - 10:30 am 		 Johnston County
TBA


Council work groups/committees will generally meet between regular Council meetings. Special meetings of the Youth Council may be called by the Chair as needed to conduct Council business.

NC Cooperative Extension - 4001 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC 27610 
Wake County Commons Building - 4011 Carya Drive, Raleigh, NC  27601
Capital Area Workforce Development Board - The Parkview Building, 2321 Crabtree Boulevard, Raleigh, NC 27604
Johnston Community College Workforce Development Center - 135 Bestwood Drive, Clayton, NC 27520
 

Serving Youth

 
Each year, Youth Programs overseen by the Capital Area Workforce Development Board serve more than 250 young people in Wake and Johnston Counties.
 

Over a 30-year long career, the difference between what you will earn with a bachelor's degree or dropping out in 9th grade can be more than $1 million.
 
 
©Capital Area Workforce Development Board, 2006.