Enhance your community’s quality of life
The Eagle River Youth Coalition makes youth a community priority by keeping a finger on the pulse of young people’s attitudes and behaviors, through the Healthy Kids Survey distributed to all public high school students in Eagle County. This data then guides The ERYC to implement positive youth development and best practices based on the art and science of prevention.

Promote positive change for young people
The survey above reveals alcohol/substance abuse and depression/suicide as the top issues facing youth. The ERYC Youth Initiatives committee leads community planning and takes action around these matters. To multiply healthy attitudes and behaviors, The ERYC develops a social norms campaign to market the positive choices made by teenagers.

Invest in the future of Eagle County youth
The ERYC brings together more than 50 youth-serving organizations to collaborate around the opportunities and challenges facing youth to ensure young people can become healthy and successful adults.

Create opportunities for youth empowerment
The coalition gives youth a voice by empowering them as leaders in their communities. This happens through The Youth Leaders Council, which is comprised of students from area high schools working together on service-learning projects to impact issues facing young people and to influence public policy by interacting with local leaders.