BOA (Board of Advisors)

The Georgetown Project has an Advisory Board, representing health and social service agencies, who set goals and provide input and guidance on developing priority issues and initiating collaborative projects.  Current Board of Advisors Task Forces are:
    ▪ Parent Support/Family Involvement
    ▪ Substance Abuse Prevention
    ▪ Positive Youth Development
    ▪ Early Childhood Intervention
    ▪ Mental Health Services

Role and Function:  The Board of Advisors serves as a community coalition that provides a process and forum for creative and collaborative problem-solving regarding issues affecting children, youth, and families in Georgetown.  The Board utilizes the following strategies:

• Establishes linkages that ensure collaborative planning to develop solutions to health and social service issues affecting children and youth in the community.
• Monitors information that can be utilized to address community issues.
• Facilitates a planning process that offers an opportunity for inclusive community participation and community consensus building.
• Assists with prioritizing Georgetown Project driven initiatives.
• Utilizes the Developmental Asset framework as our philosophy of community change.

The Georgetown Project will provide tools for community organizations, parents, and youth to utilize in meeting evolving community challenges.  These tools include:

ü       An ongoing assessment of community conditions related to children and youth.

ü       Regular identification of priority concerns and a centralized point of contact to develop action plans to fill those gaps.

ü       Mobilization of multiple sectors of the community using multiple strategies to address priority issues.

ü       Continuing community education and awareness efforts about the Developmental Assets.

 BOA Meeting Dates:

 BOA Minutes from last meeting (click on link)

The Georgetown Project Board of Advisors

Link to Snapshot of Georgetown Youth