§ 2–1585. Executive Working Group.

(a) There is established a Youth Development Plan Executive Working Group (“Working Group”), that shall advise its chair on the youth development plan. The chair of the Working Group shall be the Deputy Mayor for Children, Youth, Families and Elders (“chair”). The other members of the Executive working group shall include:

(1) Current members of the Youth Development Plan’s executive steering committee, including the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety and, the Superintendent of the District of Columbia Public Schools, the City Administrator, and the President of the District of Columbia Children and Youth Investment Trust Corporation;

(2) The Director of the District of Columbia Department of Employment Services;

(3) A member of the Council, as designated the Council Chairman;

(4) Adolescent youths, to be selected by the chair of the Executive Working Group as follows:

(A) A member of the Mayor’s Youth Advisory Council,

(B) A system-involved youth who may be a youth who is legally a ward of, or committed to the care of the District of Columbia, or who is under the care of, the Department of Mental Health, and

(C) At least one youth who resides in the District;

(5) At least one representative from the Department of Parks and Recreation, as selected by the chair;

(6) At least one representative from the Department of Youth Rehabilitative Services, as selected by the chair;

(7) At least one representative from the Child and Family Services Agency, as selected by the chair;

(8) At least one representative from the Metropolitan Police Department, as selected by the Deputy Mayor for Public Safety & Justice;

(9) Representatives from other governmental agencies and instrumentalities as selected by the chair; and

(10) At least 2 District residents who have demonstrated an interest in youth violence or youth development in the District.

(b) The operations of the Working Group shall be subject to the discretion of the chair; provided, that Working Group shall meet at least twice a year. The chair of the Working Group shall work to ensure that the Group receives meaningful, informed feedback and input from its youth members.