Marin 9 to 25 Charter

Vision

Marin 9 to 25 is an action-oriented collective of Marin County youth and adults dedicated to realizing positive and equitable outcomes for youth age 9 to 25.

Aim

Marin 9 to 25’s aim is to ensure that all young people in Marin County can meet their physical, mental and social health needs.

Principles

Shared Agenda: Participants share the same vision, problem statement and approach.
Accessibility and Inclusion: Marin 9 to 25 accounts for cultural diversity, languages and disabilities in program design and implementation.
Coordinated Activities and Communications: Participants coordinate project activities, promoted by frequent and structured communications.
Aligned and Equitable Understanding of Youth Needs and Measurement: Participants work to identify youth needs set agreed-upon common metrics for measuring our programs’ impact.
Prevent Duplication of Efforts: Participants are committed to reducing service delivery duplication and inefficiencies to better streamline care and reduce overall cost of care.
Ongoing Public and Private Stakeholder Buy-In: County leaders serve as the backbone for Marin 9 to 25 sustainability, with private organizations as key partners.

Organizational Model

Steering Committee

Overview

The Steering Committee guides the work of Marin 9 to 25 and brings together stakeholders that represent the diversity of Marin County and serves as a forum to share ideas, issues and opportunities relating to the well-being of Marin youth.

Description

This committee adopts the annual plan and priorities. Members of the committee determine workgroup subject areas and track outcomes. The meetings allow members to discuss youth needs, forge relationships, and share the work being done across the county.

Composition

The aim is for at least 50% of Steering Committee to be youth members. Each Organizational member is encouraged to bring along at least one youth member. Other recruitment efforts are used to ensure that youth representation is equitable and represents the diversity of our county’s youth. Youth leadership groups within the county are represented in Marin 9 to 25, and the coalition facilitates collaboration among these groups. An evaluation of youth participation is included as a metric for success.

Characteristics of organizations represented on the Steering Committee

Outsized impact on youth well being
Represent an underserved community
Demonstrated clear success in engaging with or impacting youth
Work toward equity and diversity
Representative of community served (geography, demographics)

Steering Committee Chair

The Steering Committee determines the Steering Committee Youth Co-Chair. The co-chair serves a one-year term.

The co-chair helps set the meeting agendas, lead Steering Team meetings, and participate in coalition program meetings.
The co-chair is responsible for nominating their replacement before the end of their term.
A $1,000 stipend is provided to the youth co-chair for the length of their term.

Role

Meet quarterly to foster collaboration, share activities, and meet objectives
Join workgroups of interest and participate in workgroup activities
•Provide feedback through surveys and targeted discussions to inform and advance the work of Marin 9 to 25

Meeting cadence

The Steering Committee meets quarterly.

Budget

The budget is approved annually, in alignment with the county fiscal year.
The backbone staff reviews the budget monthly as a standard agenda item.

Workgroups

Role

Workgroups are action-oriented temporary committees created by the Steering Committee to ensure progress is made on specific collective impact projects.

Description

Workgroups are not meant to be permanent, rather they are intended to address an identified issue by facilitating collaboration between stakeholders. Any project launched by a work group should eventually be housed under the relevant participating membership organizations.

Composition

The composition of each working group is dependent on the project and will be determined by the Steering Committee.

Initial workgroups

Payer and Funder
Social Health Network
Youth Visioning

Meeting cadence

The frequency of working group meetings vary depending on need.

Program Advisors and Backbone Staff

Role

Program advisors and the backbone staff represent a cross-section of county leadership and staff are contracted to facilitate the successful coordination of the Marin 9 to 25 coalition.

Description

Program advisors are responsible for setting priorities and developing an annual strategic plan. In addition, Program advisors are available to address program issues and manage risks. Program advisor(s) also have fiscal oversight and manage the program budget.

Backbone staff are responsible for setting meeting agenda for working groups, the Advisory Committee and the Steering Committee. They are essential to Marin 9 to 25’s work as they facilitate collaboration between members through working groups and work to connect the dots between organizations. The backbone staff leads the effort for grant-seeking and grant-writing, which may lead to workgroup(s) dedicated to a particular grant request.

Composition

Program advisors include 4-5 county representatives. Current representatives: