• The primary responsibility of the Youth Council is to provide expertise in youth policy and to assist the local WIB.
   
• Create a strategic plan using labor market information and other  community data;
   
• Craft the parameters for a Request for Proposal to direct how local WIA youth services are to be delivered, recommend WIA youth providers to  the WIB, and conduct oversight.
   
• Broaden the youth employment and training focus in the community to incorporate a youth development perspective; and
   
• Promote and market goals, activities and accomplishments of the Youth Council.

• Members of the local WIB who have special interest or expertise in youth policy;
   
• Members who represent service agencies, such as local law enforcement agencies and juvenile justice;
   
• Members who represent local public housing authorities;
   
• Parents of eligible youth seeking assistance under WIA;
   
• Individuals (including former participants) and members representing organizations that have experience relating to youth activities; and
   
• Members who represent Job Corps Centers, if a Center is located in the local area.

Note: While the Act requires certain representation, it also leaves considerable discretion to the local WIB and local elected official(s) to determine appropriate additional members needed to create a Youth Council that best represents the community and one that will be successful in accomplishing the goals of the Youth Council.