Local Youth Councils, formed under the auspices of the Workforce Investment Act, present a powerful and viable opportunity to focus local communities on the development of comprehensive youth-serving systems. Even though the Workforce Investment Act is currently undergoing reauthorization, a number of shifts in the focus of the youth program component will continue to have direct impacts on local Youth Councils across the country - and present a new set of challenges. Youth Councils will continue to be well suited to carry out this work.