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Lee County, Florida

The vision of the Fort Myers Youth Services Coalition is to empower our youth today for a better tomorrow. The Fort Myers Youth Services Coalition adopted the Developmental Assets framework in July 2009 as a common language for all youth and family serving agencies to utilize. The Developmental Assets in Action program has been made available to local civic groups, businesses, churches and media outlets as well in an effort to increase the use of a common language in Lee County. To effectively empower youth today for a better tomorrow a community wide focus on providing a caring, supportive environment where all children can grow to be healthy, self-sufficient, contributing adults is necessary. Through youth empowerment via positive programs, services and events it is believed that negative behaviors will reduce while involvement in constructive, healthy behaviors will increase. The mission of the Fort Myers Youth Service Coalition is designed to be proactive, inclusive of all youth ages 0-20 years old, and based upon the pivotal concept that youth are indeed a vital community resource who should be engaged in the development of the community in which they grow.