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Troy Youth Assistance asks council for more funds as county mentor training is cut
Summary
Troy Youth Assistance presented its annual report and warned the council that county defunding of mentor training has left Troy without a locally trained mentor pipeline; TYA asked the city for an additional $5,000 and described program innovations including a podcast library and student editing training.
Carl Schmidt, an adviser to Troy Youth Assistance, presented the group's annual report to the Troy City Council on Feb. 10 and asked the city to consider increasing its support to $20,000 annually, specifically requesting an additional $5,000 above the $15,000 the city provided last year.
Schmidt said Troy Youth Assistance continues core services at roughly the same level as prior years but has added a library of on-demand podcasts created with local school staff and external experts to help parents and principals find resources. He said students in the Troy School District are learning editing and production skills as part of the podcast project.
The main concern Schmidt raised was mentor availability. He said Oakland County has…
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