Family and Children's Services
Metropolitan Mayors and Commissioners Youth Award Program
The Metropolitan Mayors and Commissioners Youth Award (MMCYA) is an annual award that recognizes teenagers between the ages of 13 and 19 who have overcome personal adversity and created positive change in their lives. The awards program provides business, community, and civic leaders an opportunity to actively demonstrate their belief in and support for the young people in our community. In these days when much of the press about teenagers is negative, the MMCYA focuses on teenagers who have triumphed over great odds and serve as inspirations and role models.
The Metropolitan Mayors and Commissioners Youth Award is unique because it
recognizes youth who have overcome difficult situations in their lives by making
positive changes and by exhibiting strength and determination in the face of
adversity. The young people we recognize have had a positive influence on
themselves and those around them and often have not had any official
recognition.
The MMCYA is a 3-tiered program that honors nominees at local, county, and
metro-wide levels. Typically, all nominees are recognized at the local level,
and then a screening process determines which nominees will be honored at the
county level and at the metro-wide level. This award is unique because it
encompasses all youth: youth who have not finished school, youth in traditional
classroom settings, youth in group homes, youth in alternative schools, and
emancipated youth.
For more information about the MMCYA program, contact the coordinator by clicking here.