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Youth, Family & Community

Set students up to excel in school and life through effective, engaging, and culturally responsive youth programming.

Supportive out-of-school-time (OST) and related programming provide young people a strong foundation to learn, grow, and thrive. Whether you focus on STEM, leadership, mentoring or reengagement, we can help you deliver high-quality evidence-based programming that nurtures student voice, authentically engages families and communities, and offers trauma-informed and culturally responsive supports. Draw on our expertise in youth program development, research, and evaluation to build your team’s capacity, assess your effectiveness, and improve program quality. Working together, we can harness the assets of your program and your community to provide young people the support they need to flourish.

Youth, Family & Community Specialties

  • Program quality/continuous improvement
  • Communities of practice
  • Evaluating programs and large-scale initiatives
  • Youth reengagement
  • Landscape/policy scans

Featured Work

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    Applied Research

    Overdeck Foundation OOST National Landscape Scan

Our Experts

  • Lena Fox
    Lena Fox

    Associate, Education & Youth Development

  • Julie Petrokubi
    Julie Petrokubi

    Managing Researcher. Equitable Learning Environments

  • Ashlie Denton
    Ashlie Denton

    Principal Researcher, Equitable Learning Environments

  • Kellie Harry
    Kellie Harry

    Senior Consultant, Native & Culturally Responsive Education

  • Destiny McLennan
    Destiny McLennan

    Senior Researcher, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation

  • Christopher Mazzeo
    Christopher Mazzeo

    Senior Director, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation

  • Marbella Uriostegui
    Marbella Uriostegui

    Researcher, Applied Research & Equitable Evaluation

Building a clear path toward equitable education for all, together

Youth & Community Resources & Insights

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    Exploring Youth Voice and Youth-Adult Partnership

    An effective and evidence-based way to improve schools, nonprofits, and government agencies is to make decisions in partnership with those being served. This six-page resource provides an overview and tips for educators and youth workers.

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    Resources for Building Teacher-Student Relationships

    A collection of blog posts, videos, education research, and websites to help teachers strengthen their relationships with all their students.

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    Youth Mentoring Program Planning and Design Resources

    The following resources for planning, designing, and implementing a youth mentoring program were developed by our National Mentoring Center project.

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    How Schools Can Get the Most From Youth Program Partnerships

    Youth program partnerships can help districts and schools accomplish more than what they can do alone. How can you build your capacity to manage them?


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For nonprofits and community-based organizations serving youth, we provide professional development and a wide range of capacity-building support through the Institute for Youth Success. Services include training and technical assistance, research, and consultation for mentoring, tutoring, and out-of-school time programs.

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