Kenosha County Youth In Governance, a youth empowerment program that offers area teens the chance to directly participate in local government is seeking nominations for motivated young people for the 2017-2018 year.
The requirements to participate in Youth in Governance are:
- Youth must be a Kenosha County resident.
- Youth must be a high school student in 10th or 11th grade.
- Youth must have a GPA of 2.5 or greater.
- Youth must be able to attend the monthly meetings of their committee.
- Youth must attend at least one Kenosha County Board meeting during their term.
- Youth must participate in the YIG Bus Tour held last Wednesday in June.
- Youth must be able to attend additional committee meetings that are combined with other committees.
To nominate a young person, nomination forms are available here or contact Tedi Winnett, Director, Kenosha County UW-Extension at 857-1931. Nominations are due Feb. 3.