The first Youth Council was established as a cooperative project between locally elected officials in Hyrum, Utah, and have been organized in over seventy Utah communities. Youth Councils are youth education and development programs that use hundreds of community volunteers from throughout Utah who teach adolescents how to work within the American political system.

 

The “Youth Council Program” focuses on the following four areas:

The “Youth Council” program educates young people to be responsible, contributing citizens when they reach adulthood.

 

The Association of Youth Councils was organized in March of 1992, with the support and encouragement of the Utah State University Administration because the success of the program had outgrown the financial and personnel resources of USU.

 

Over the years, many Utah Mayors, City Council members, and concerned community citizens have felt the need to offer a proven community service and leadership training program to their young people. The Youth Council program is meeting these needs in cities and towns throughout Utah. The program is providing both service and educational opportunities for young people. Participation in a local Youth Council group will teach adolescents the skills they’ll need to become a better prepared work force, better educated citizenry, and a better trained corps of future business and civic leaders.