Dane County

Minutes - Final Unless Amended by

Committee

Youth Commission

Consider:

Who benefits? Who is burdened?

Who does not have a voice at the table?

How can policymakers mitigate unintended consequences?

Wednesday, February 21, 2024

5:30 PM

Hybrid meeting: Attend in person

in Room 354 of the City County

Building or virtually via Zoom.

A. Call To Order

Staff present: Megan Meinen.

Pletzer called the meeting to order at 5:38 p.m.

9 -

Present

Absent

MEGHAN BENSON, ASHLEY RILEY, LUKE WOLFE, Supervisor KATE

MCGINNITY, CHELSEY TUBBS, EMILY MASCIOPINTO, REGINA FULLER-WHITE,

CHRISTINE BENEDICT, and PRAGNYA VELLA

2 - Chair SREEJA BANDREDDI, and JEREMY THORTON

B. Consideration of Minutes

MINUTES FROM OCTOBER 18, 2023

2023

MIN-375

Attachments: 2022_1018_Youth Commission Minutes

A motion was made by BENSON, seconded by BENEDICT, that the Minutes be

approved. The motion carried by a voice vote (9-0).

C. Presentations

1. By Youth For Youth (Taylor Seale)

BYFY funding recommendations were presented to the Youth Commission. Funding has

been constant for 30 years, but the number of requests continues to rise.

D. Action Items

1. Approval of Funding for For Youth By Youth Grants

A motion was made by BENEDICT, seconded by MCGINNITY, to approve

funding for For Youth By Youth grants. The motion carried by a voice vote

(9-0).

Attendance Update

Fuller-White departed the meeting at 6:17 p.m.

8 -

Present

MEGHAN BENSON, ASHLEY RILEY, LUKE WOLFE, Supervisor KATE

MCGINNITY, CHELSEY TUBBS, EMILY MASCIOPINTO, CHRISTINE BENEDICT,

and PRAGNYA VELLA

3 - Chair SREEJA BANDREDDI, REGINA FULLER-WHITE, and JEREMY THORTON

Absent

E. Discussion Items

1. Voter Registration Events Follow-Up (Madison College - Christine; Sun Prairie -

Sreeja; Edgewood - Emily; MMSD - Ashley)

Edgewood College’s voting efforts focus on absentee voting, in-person on-campus voting,

and transportation to the polls. There were no further updates and this item will appear on

the agenda for the April meeting.

2. Change in March Meeting for By Youth For Youth Presentation

In lieu of the scheduled Youth Commission meeting on March 20th, the Commission

members will be joining the By Youth For Youth presentation on March 18th at 6 p.m.

3. Dane County Youth Assessment

The DCYA is currently being administered across Dane County. Students continue to

address concerns about confidentiality and the importance of this survey. The

Commission needs to continue to explore how to address these concerns, which arise

during each survey year.

Suggestions were made to expand mental health questions to include questions on 504

plans in schools and ADHD diagnoses. A suggestion also was made to expand

after-school activity questions to include questions about access to ACT prep and

college readiness.

4. Homelessness Presentation (Time Permitting)

Time did not permit.

5. DCYA Results Dissemination (Time Permitting)

Time did not permit.

F. Reports to Committee

None.

G. Future Meeting Items and Dates

Next meeting: Wednesday, April 17, 2024 at 5:30 p.m. at the City County Building and

via Zoom.