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Youth Bureau seeks full‑time youth aid and highlights summer programs, Albany advocacy trip
Summary
Tuesday McDonald told council the Youth Bureau budget remains largely grant‑funded, requested funding for a full‑time youth aid position, and highlighted programs including Project Elevate, summer youth employment, Grandpa's United mentoring and a youth advocacy trip to Albany.
Tuesday McDonald presented the City of Peekskill Youth Bureau's 2025 budget and asked council to include a full‑time youth aid position to ensure program stability and implementation capacity. McDonald said most youth-bureau funds come from grants and that a new full‑time role is necessary because many grants pay for program expenses but not personnel.
McDonald reviewed signature programs and partnerships: Project Elevate (high-school grant programming), workforce development grants managed by staff, Rising Tide and summer youth employment, and a mentoring program called Grandpa's United. She noted a summer trip to Albany that transported roughly 40 youth to advocate for funding, and said two youth earned praise from a partner for their performance in an environmental leadership competition. McDonald also described collaborations with after‑school providers (Club Inspire, ARDS 10566), Project Elevate partners and a pending $80,000 earmark from Senator Harcombe/Harcomb for the youth media center and youth court initiatives.
Councilors asked about attendance numbers, outreach to Hispanic and other communities and capital improvements for the youth bureau facility; City staff said planning grants ($125,000 each previously) and other applications are in process and that Tuesday would return with a plan to use media‑center funds for building improvements and programming.
