DETROIT, Mich. — Detroit is asking its young residents to tell City Hall what should change, and it plans to turn the best answers into real programs.
The city Office of Youth Affairs launched Youth Solutions, which accepts proposals from Detroiters age 26 and younger through an online intake form. Office director JerJuan Howard said the goal is to move roughly 10 ideas forward with city resources and support.
The effort grew out of the State of the Youth tour, a series of town halls Mayor Mary Sheffield’s administration is holding at 24 schools, split between 12 Detroit Public Schools Community District buildings and 12 charter schools. Each stop opens with a resource fair featuring as many as 20 city departments and partners.
Students at those sessions have asked for more jobs, mentoring and programs aimed at younger teens. Two youth ideas are already being developed: a program to reduce gun violence and a neighborhood beautification and landscaping project.
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