MYAC:

• advises the Mayor and the City Council and assists City departments on topics regarding youth issues and related matters within the City, and on ways in which information regarding youth issues can be disseminated;

• encourages and promotes the education of youth regarding City government and the importance of citizen input, participation and responsibility; and,

• solicits from each of the City’s middle and high schools qualified and interested persons eligible for appointment for Commission vacancies and forwards those names to the Mayor and the City Council.

MYAC is composed of up to thirty (30) members selected from residents of the City, or who attend school within the City, enrolled in grades Nine (9) through Twelve (12). Membership shall be composed of:

• A minimum of one (1) and maximum of three (3) representatives from each Tempe Union High School District school located within the City. 

• Remaining members will be selected at large and shall reside in Tempe or attend school within the City (including online/homeschooled students).

The Human Services Director or their designee shall serve MYAC in an advisory capacity.  Members are selected for a three-year term by Tempe schools and youth group leaders. 

MYAC usually meets on the second and fourth Tues. of the month at 5:30 p.m. during the school year (Sept. – May), in the Tempe Public Library, 3500 S. Rural Rd., Tempe, unless otherwise noted on the meeting agenda.

Students can apply to serve on the MYAC online.  For more information, please visit www.tempe.gov/MYAC, or contact Delaina LeForce, Community Health and Human Services Coordinator, at (480) 594-7441 or Delaina_LeForce@tempe.gov, or Adrian Cascio, Community Health and Human Services Supervisor, at (480) 858-2460 or Adrian_Cascio@tempe.gov.