The goal of this collaborative is to mobilize and shift systems in order to address gaps in youth services while leveraging opportunities that ensure young people in our region reach self-sufficiency through workforce training, youth leadership engagement, and equitable investment in underserved communities.
Create a multi-sector collaborative effort to support opportunity youth.
1. Eliminate silos
2. Amplify collaborative services
3. Influence policy
4. Enhance multi-sector networking
5. Establish a digital resource hub
6. Increase funding for opportunity youth
What we're working towards:
Increasing staff capacity
Funding for opportunity youth to co-lead the collaborative
echnical support for assessment, measurement tools, research and evaluation
Continued policy and systems change to support opportunity youth