Safe Places integrate Youth Advisory Councils for program planning to help develop community service projects and provide volunteer opportunities with their immediate neighborhoods.  As a council member, the youth have an opportunity to implement skills and abilities that enhance self-confidence as well as allow them to be a part of a healthy community.

Prom Prince & Princess
Maximino & Marcelina Hernandez

The Youth Advisory Council at UCC hosted the Los Abuelitos Senior and Junior Prom on Thursday, April 4, 2002 in the gymnasium.  The council consist of youth ages 13-17 years of age.  "In our community, there is a wide gap and a communication barrier between elderly people and younger people.  This project may be a way to focus on our similarities rather than our differences," said Natalia Martinez, a Youth Council Advisory Member.

Seniors and youth share a dance.

Seniors and youth getting to know one another.

Prom Court