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Nina Arnold
Secretary
Maddie Ulinski
Vice-Chair
Pencil sketch by Mary Ann Barr 2021
The Town of Danby in New York
Town Hall, 1830 Danby Road, Ithaca, NY 14850
Call the Town Court 607-277-0095
Town Court Hours Mon-Tue 8am-11am
Call the Town Clerk 607-277-4788
Town Clerk Appointments 11am–6pm Mon–Fri
Danby Youth Commission
Contact youth@danby.ny.gov for more info!
Youth Program Grants Available! Up to $100 per child is available to help offset costs for extracurricular programming. Provided in partnership with United Way of Tompkins County and the Town of Danby.
See the Youth Program Grants page for details and here for the application
Overview
The purpose of Danby Youth Commission is to recommend policies, plans, and procedures to the sponsoring municipality to enable the development, implementation and coordination of effective programs that meet the recreational and developmental needs of youth. The Danby Youth Commission continues to work with the Tompkins County Municipal Youth Services System – which is committed to providing opportunities for underrepresented and underserved youth to deal successfully with the challenges of adolescence. By building partnerships, communities can offer diverse, cost-effective programs that strengthen and support young people. The Danby Youth Commission meets on the second Thursday of every month at 7pm.
Goals
- Create Danby Youth Commission consisting of 7 members, as outlined by the proposed Operating Guidelines.
- Meet monthly to review current program offerings, updates from county and municipal entities, to obtain a sustainable budget (fundraising/advocating).
- To assess the needs of youth and families by conducting a Needs Assessment, as needed and/or required.
- To follow best practices regarding diversity, equity, and inclusion.
- To complete Tompkins County Youth Services Department’s Vitality Check List to evaluate Youth Commission needs and strengths.
Specifications
The Danby Youth Commission is dedicated to fulfilling the need for quality youth development programming. The triangle diagram here details the hierarchy of interventions for you. The higher the area on the diagram, the less youth are served, and the cost is significantly increased per-youth. To reach the underserved and underrepresented youth most effective, the Danby Commission will focus on positive youth development programming.
The Town of Danby sits on the traditional & ancestral land of the Gayogoho:no’ (Cayuga Nation), one of the five nations to first form the Haudenosaunee. Indigenous peoples were largely forced out of Upstate New York by the Sullivan-Clinton Expedition in 1779. The land that would become the Town of Danby was a part of the Watkins and Flint Purchase, a 336,380 acre patent granted by New York State to numerous eastern investors in 1794.