On June 14, 2022, Commissioner Maria G. Marino along with fellow county commissioners conceptually approved a $2,208,000 annual allocation for its Youth Services Department in the action areas of Health and Wellness, Safety and Justice, and Social and Emotional Learning from October 1, 2022, to September 20, 2025.

The department's Youth Master Plan has identified these action areas as priorities, which include evidence-based/promising programming measures with outcomes. The final contracts with each action area agency will be presented to the board after contract negotiations are complete.

For more information about these action areas and the Youth Master Plan, visit pbcbirthto22.com.

Pictured here: Mayor Robert S. Weinroth, Commissioner Maria G. Marino, Vice Mayor Gregg K. Weiss, Commissioner Melissa McKinlay, Commissioner Mack Bernard, County Administrator Verdenia C. Baker, Assistant County Administrator Dorritt M. Miller, County Attorney Denise Coffman, Youth Services Department Director Tammy K. Fields, Youth Services Department Outreach and Community Programming Division Director Geeta Loach-Jacobson, Youth Services Department Senior Program Specialist Ike Powell III., representatives from local community-​based agencies and children who are served through agency programs.