Our Mission
What we do and who we are
Youth Collaboratory harnesses the power of the youth services community to innovate, evaluate, and drive effective strategies that assure the safety and well-being of youth and young adults, unlocking their limitless potential.
How we work and why
Young people today face a litany of complex issues that challenge the future of our country. While these problems don’t always have obvious solutions, we believe that they are solvable with a comprehensive, research-driven approach. Youth Collaboratory prioritizes the following issues:
- Coordinated community responses to youth and young adult homelessness;
- Preventing and addressing relationship violence, sexual exploitation, and trafficking of youth; and,
- Supporting opportunities for young people to build community with family, peers, and others to enhance their assets, explore their strengths, and develop lasting connections.
We tackle these issues collaboratively with a comprehensive approach that crosses all sectors of the youth-services field. Through targeted consulting services, strategic national partnerships, and research-based program models, we operate across sectors to help youth-service providers focus on one goal: strengthen outcomes for youth and young adults in high risk situations.
Our impact
Since 1988, Youth Collaboratory has worked to develop innovative, effective, and sustainable approaches to program improvement and expansion for youth serving nonprofits across the country. Our work is laser-focused on real-time actions that provide a tangible and measurable positive impact in the lives of young people, their families, and communities all across the country.
Connect with Youth Collaboratory
Partnering with Youth Collaboratory provides your organization access to:
- An experienced, national thought-leader in the youth service field
- A diverse community of youth serving nonprofits throughout the United States
- Research-based, practice-rooted innovations that positively impact youth and young adults