Mission
To create an equitable, united and safe county where all yourh are engaged in family, school and community, have a sense of safety and well-being, feel they have a voice and are empowered to use it, and are abl eto access opportunites for successful transition into adulthood.
What is the Youth Violence Prevention Taskforce!?
The Youth Violence Prevention Task Force and county-wide strategic planning process is a project of the Santa Cruz County Criminal Justice Council. The task force formed in December 2012 and worked together for one year to complete a community assessment of assets and needs related to Youth Violence.
As part of this process, the Task Force completed the first Santa Cruz County Status on Youth Violence report in December 2013. Representing input from over 200 stakeholders through two community summits and monthly task force meetings, the report presents local primary and secondary data on over 60 indicators that are known risk and protective factors for youth violence.
The Plan Is Bold. The Leadership Is In Place. Let's Get Started! 
The new Go for Health! strategic plan makes a new commitment to reduce obesity by 10% by 2020 with focus on the following areas:Check out the ACTION PLAN!
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The Go for Health! new strategic plan is a partnership with a steering committee that includes:
- Santa Cruz County Health Services Agency
- Santa Cruz County Health Services Department
- Santa Cruz County Office of Education
- Second Harvest Food Bank
- Reboot @ The Beach
- United Way of Santa Cruz County
- Pajaro Valley Community Health Trust
- Health Improvement Partnership
- Ecology Action
- Santa Cruz City Schools
History of Go for Health!: In 2004, over 150 agencies representing a wide array of sectors worked to create a comprehensive plan to address the rising rates of childhood overweight in Santa Cruz County. The result was the Go for Health! collaborative and its various sub-committees. Go for Health! is working with schools, parents, health care professionals, local media, local markets/businesses, city planners, local and state policy makers to effect long-term change in reducing the rates of obesity in our community.
Stay tuned to learn ways you can join the movement in reducing obesity in Santa Cruz County by 10% by 2020!
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