Reno adopts family platform before Congress of Cities.

Nation's Cities Weekly, December, 2006 by Karpman, Michael

With support from local youth, the City of Reno, host of the 83rd annual Congress of Cities and Exposition, recently adopted NLC's City Platform for Strengthening Families ahead of this year's conference.

The platform, developed by NLC's Council on Youth, Education, and Families (YEF) and adopted by more than 40 cities, outlines the essential tasks necessary for sustained progress on behalf of children, youth and families at the municipal level. The Reno City Council adopted the platform through a resolution after members of Reno's youth council brought it to their attention at a joint meeting on November 14.

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"The youth council and the city council both agreed that the platform had a lot of good suggestions for...

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