Newton Youth Commission

c/o Human & Volunteer Services
Health and Human Services
1294 Centre Street
Contact: Ruth Hoshino ruth_hoshino@newton.k12.ma.us
Chairperson: Joe De Vito (The Village Bank)

The Newton Youth Commission meets the 1st Wednesday of each month (except July & August) at 7:00pm in the Newton City Hall cafeteria.

• The Newton Youth Commission is a volunteer body of adults and high school students working together to empower youth. The goals of the Youth Commission are to:
• Encourage youth to take a leadership role in the community and to act as spokesperson for their peers
• Inform and provide youth with opportunities and resources to meet their needs
• Create and implement information programs, such as education seminars for high school students on health and prevention issues
• Unify teens within Newton
• Identify youth issues and problems and find solutions to address them
• Increase communication and connections between the agencies within Newton that provide youth services.

The Newton Youth Commission is staffed by the Department of Health & Human Services to support the new city-wide Youth Interagency Task Force (see Youth Services Resources Booklet.)

Also see Drugs and Alcohol Prevention - a resource guide for parents and teens –published in January 2007.

Cautionary Information for Parents, The Choking Game

On-line survey tool for assessing alcohol use.e-CHUG (electronic check up to go)

Youth Commission Minutes

Youth Services

Youth Services Resource Booklet

Drugs & Alcohol Prevention Booklet