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4b eo~narship~ o THE CITY OF , AGENDA REPORT £~~c`~ ~ ~~`' ~. CITY COUNCIL AND BOARD OF TRUSTEES ~ ~ PL£~S~4NTONm JOINT MEETING ,~ - ~~ PLEASANTON UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT March 31, 2008 TITLE: OVERVIEW OF THE YOUTH MASTER PLAN UPDATE AND THE TRI- VALLEY ADOLESCENT HEALTH INITIATIVE RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council and School Board review this report and provide input as necessary. SUMMARY Over the past two years, City Council, School Board and Tri-Valley community members, county, school district and city staff from Dublin, Livermore and Pleasanton have been working to identify mental health needs for Tri-Valley youth. The approach has had multiple stages including the formation of a Youth Planning Board and stakeholder groups and the administration of a survey to identify the priority need. This report provides an update of the status of the Tri-Valley Adolescent Health Initiative (TVAHI) and explains how the results from the TVAHI will be integrated into the City of Pleasanton's Youth Master Plan. BACKGROUND The goal of the TVAHI is to improve access to and expand health wellness services for adolescents in the Tri-Valley region. The TVAHI is comprised of various regional stakeholders from the Tri-Valley Cities. Pleasanton stakeholders have included City Council and School Board members, City of Pleasanton staff (City Manager's Office, Library, Parks and Community Services and Police), Pleasanton Unified School District staff, representatives from the Parent Teacher Association, representatives from the Health Community, a representative from YMCA and Pleasanton youth. The TVAHI also has a steering committee with one city, school district and youth representative from each community. Over the past two years the TVAHI stakeholders and a Youth Planning Board (YPB), including youth representatives from each city, have completed research, administered a survey to Tri-Valley youth (Tri-Valley Student Health Survey [TVSHSJ), held youth focus group meetings, published and distributed a teen resource guide, and brainstormed ideas for youth health services. Using the results of the survey and other local data relating to youth health, the YPB constructed a list of recommendations relating to youth health and wellness. These recommendations were developed broadly enough for each stakeholder group to design asub-set of prescriptive recommendations to fit their community. As a result, members of the Pleasanton TVAHI stakeholder group designed the following three recommendations specific to Pleasanton's youth: