28-29 November 2008 – Micronesian Youth Services Network (MYSN) Board of Director’s Meeting. 

Background:  The Micronesian Youth Services Network (MYSN) was formed to promote, defend and foster the civil rights and well being of all youth; to improve the quality and quantity of youth and family services in the spirit of cooperation and collaboration with consideration of each community’s unique cultural values; to develop opportunities for an exchange of information between young people, organizations, agencies, individuals and coalitions on Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the Republic of Palau, the Federated States of Micronesia, and the Republic of the Marshall Islands; to recognize and support the development of island coalitions an / or youth networks; and to engage in charitable and educational training, and provide technical assistance of any and all kinds.

Guam, Palau, CNMI, and American Samoa receive federal funds from USDOL ETA and one of the national (USDOL ETA) strategic directions is to develop pipelines for formerly disconnected youths who have dropped out of school or have performed poorly in school, but have become reconnected and achieved academic success through alternative learning pathways.  Given the increasing number of dropouts, we need a series of connected education, training programs, and support services to enable youths to pursue and enter careers in specific industries, and to advance over time to successively higher levels of education to enable career advancement/promotion. Thus, it is necessary to align with MYSN to bridge the "gap" and embed WIA Programs to Youth programs and support service providers.

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