Florida Youth Council Application

Florida Youth Council Application
Thank you for your interest in The Florida Youth Council!

The Florida Youth Council is a group of youth and emerging leaders (age 15-30) with disabilities or special health care needs that live in Florida. We are a program of The Family Café.

The Florida Youth Council is all about getting youth and emerging leaders involved in self-advocacy, peer mentoring and other activities that will improve the quality of life for youth and emerging leaders with disabilities in Florida. The program provides a means for youth and emerging leaders to decide what issues are important to their generation, to express those issues in their state and local communities, and to develop strategies to solve them.

We are seeking a group of enthusiastic, motivated youth and emerging leaders to participate. If you would like to take a leadership role in advocating for youth and emerging leaders in Florida, please join us!

Before you start our application, you might want to gather some information. During the Application, you will be asked for the following:
- Your Basic Contact Information, like your name, email, phone number, and address.
- Some Questions to Answer about yourself and how you can make an impact on the FYC. You might want to think about your answers before and write or type them out. Those questions will be:
  - Tell us about the activities you are currently involved in or have been involved in at your school or in your community.
  - Tell us about some leadership skills that you possess and/or leadership experience you have.
  - Tell us how you are hoping to benefit from being a part of the Florida Youth Council. Also, please tell us about how your participation will benefit the Florida Youth Council.
- Two Letters of Recommendation. You can either get them ahead of time or we can email them a form to fill out. If you want to email them the form, make sure you have their email addresses ready and let them know to watch for the email.
We are excited to have you apply. Please click "Next" to start your application.

Florida Youth Council Application
Name

First NameLast Name
Gender

Other
Date of Birth

MonthDayYear
Date
Address

Street Address

Street Address Line 2

CityState

Zip Code
Phone Number
Please enter a valid phone number.Format: (000) 000-0000.
Email
example@example.com
Type of Disability (Optional)
Race (Optional)

Other

Questions Time
OK, this part might not sound like a lot of fun, but we have three questions that we would like you to answer so we can get to know you a little. Relax, have fun and be creative! Feel free to attach additional pages, but try to keep your answers to one page per question.
Tell us about the activities that you are currently or have been involved with in your school or community.
Tell us about some leadership skills that you process and/or leadership experience you have.
Tell us how you are hoping to benefit from being a part of the Florida Youth Council. Also, please tell us about how your participation will benefit the Florida Youth Council.

Commitments and Responsibilities
Being a Florida Youth Council member is a rewarding experience, though it does come with a few commitments. Members are expected to assist with events such as The Annual Family Café and the Florida Youth Council's Annual Youth Summit., including participating in planning leading up to each event.

Some of those commitments include:
- Participate in monthly Florida Youth Council conference calls of about one hour in length
- Provide monthly articles for our newsletter, The Noodle
- Provide videos twice a month for the Florida Youth Council Social Media Accounts
- Participate in face-to-face meetings up to 3 times a year
- Participate at the Annual Youth Summit
- Participate at The Annual Family Café
- Provide advice and input on the Youth Council’s various activities
- Participate in Disability History and Awareness activities
- Participate in, or present at, local community events
- Participate in the mentoring of new council members
- Participate in leadership trainings
- Respect other members’ viewpoints, opinions, and values
Basically, we are asking you to give us all of your energy, ideas and enthusiasm as we move the Florida Youth Council forward. If you want to take a lead role in making a difference for youth and emerging leaders in Florida, and have fun doing it, this is the program for you!

To show your intent to commit to all of the Commitment and Responsibilities of the Florida Youth Council, please fill out the pledge form below.
I, First Name* Last Name* , pledge to participate fully in the activities of the Florida Youth Council, to attend all program functions, and to do everything in my power to make the Florida Youth Council a success.
Signature
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Letters of Recommendation
We would like you to get two Recommendations from people who are not members of your family.

You can either upload their letters here or enter their email info, and we'll email them a form to complete. If you upload their letters here, make sure they include:
- Their Name
- Your Name
- What is their relationship to you?
- How long have they known you?
- Why do they think you would be a valuable Contributor to the Florida Youth Council?
If you have us send the form to them, please let them know to watch for it.
Recommendation Method
Recommender 1 Email
example@example.com
Recommender 2 Email
example@example.com
File Upload (you can add more than one file)

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Florida Youth Council Application

Florida Youth Council Application

Questions Time

Commitments and Responsibilities

Letters of Recommendation