Youth Networking Alliance

The Youth Networking Alliance was created to align people from different sectors of the Bristol community to meet the needs of our children. Individuals and representatives from local organizations, businesses, governments, and community members meet regularly around shared goals to support youth and families.

Our desire is to create a space for the exchange of information, collaboration, education, and awareness among those who support youth in our region. By collaborating, we are more effective in offering the best programs to meet the needs of parents, students, and children.

The Youth Networking Alliance meets every other month with 20 to 40 attendees representing schools, nonprofits, agencies, health departments, faiths, government, and other local organizations. Programming varies with a regular “State of the Schools” update each September. Previous programs offered by our Youth Networking Alliance have included the following topics:

• • • “ACE – Adverse Childhood Experiences” with Becky Haas
    • “Healthy Kingsport” with Johanna Montgomery
    • “The Teenage Brain” with Alice McCaffrey, Sullivan County Anti-Drug Coalition
    • “Reading Initiative/Reading on Grade Level” with Twin City Reads
    • Poverty Simulation Information and Training from the Missouri Association for Community Action
    • Workforce Development with April Eads from BTES