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IN THE MATTER OF HONORING RESOLUTION NO. 2007/269
CONTRA COSTA HEALTH SERVICES'
TEENAGE PROGRAM (TAP)
ON ITS 30TH ANNIVERSARY
WHEREAS, The TeenAge Program began in 1977 as a research and demonstration program for
adolescents to encourage responsibility for their own health care; and
WHEREAS, I or 30 years, the Teen-Age Program has expanded its mission to work in partnership with
youth and their allies to use their voices, realize their power, and influence change to create a safe
and healthy community; and
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WHEREAS, The TeenAge Program achieves its.' ssion Ii}-proVi..ding health education and training to
youth, facilitating youth-Aevel.opmeni and.mentorship programs, increasing youth access to
health services tli'r6d0 a,Teen';Na�=igator:.:Project=:and'`a°School,<Based..'�Health Clinic, and building
partnerships with-andlir...ovidirig.traiiung to oilier youth seivice':;providers ;a..nd
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WHEREAS, The. TeenAge Program ;partners with schooh.:districts; .juvenile 'detention programs,
homeless shelters, and cotriinuiiity based agencies to provide:,High-gi ali",-:l�hcaldi education and
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services.to Contra Costa's highest need youth; and:;; °
WHEREAS'The Teen-Age'P.rograin has provided health.:;educa6on:to.middle.,..sch.00l,a d high school
ageel youth since 1977, and in the last' three years alone. lias';provided-..e...ducation Eo' over 27,000
youth; and
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WHEREAS, Since 1997 the 'rccnAge Pi61iiarn has partnered.,: &UPubht,--Health :;Cliiv.c'..';Services to
operate a School Based Health Clinic..at.Kichmond:High:School.providing'services to'.-over 7,000
youth and°cont nues�':to.:::�vork".on the:expansion::or:yousch
th-f dl ool-based.,.hea l-i services;
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WHEREAS: :The.Teeriilge P ograi i has..supported schools.:and d�§tricts,:iri:;1 he provision of health
education in compliance 'Ivitli die. Cahforma Comprehensive. Sexual Helldi;.aricl_.HIV/AIDS
Prevention..Education Act since it was
passed.,in.2003 and;;;;.;:_:
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WHEREAS;';Youth.:participating in die:1'eenAge::Program-s :F" i vcrment "through -}Action projects .
have helped create positi�e changes'impacting die.;liellth cif their school and community; and
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WHEREAS, Tlie:.'I'eenAge.;Proghhh strives towards 'tire vision ,of:Contra F osta:;:as a county �vhere all
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young people::liavc ecjual opportunity to fulfill their capacity for greatiiess; and
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WHEREAS,"I'liis year the..,Tee iAge Program celebrates,its:=30`�.'.,.anm*versary '
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE'IT::;RESOLVED That`of Contra Costa County Board of Supervisors
congratulates Contra Costa .E-Ieald�� .T .. ;::;1? riAgeI' ogram for its extraordinary achievements
in providing thirty years of xcelle t lieal.the.eeducation and services to the county's most
vulnerable youth.
Y N. PIEPHO
_ Chair
�\ District III Supervisor ABS.F_.N'1'
JOHN GIOIA GAYLE B. UILKEMA
District 1 Supervisor District II Supe.rviso
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SUSAN A. BONILLA 5 E L FEDERAL D. GLOVER
District 1V Supervisor 0 District V Supervisor
all f - • 1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken
�q@ and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date
III111. shown:
a�. ..�•- 1'l"['I S"11?I�: JUN Is 12,2007
GY' JOHN CULLI N, (Jerk of the Board of Supervisor, and County
�srA caaAdrrit:istrator
BV ,Deputy
Introduced Ig Sloenl'.Wr Gioia, Dishict I