Youth

Activities Projects Publications Webinars

Youth Working at Computers

Youth face a number of challenges as they transition from childhood to adulthood. Communities should particularly take an interest in facilitating youth development, stability, and workforce readiness. Partners have a range of work focusing on youth, including analyzing important data about this population, analyzing program effectiveness, and centering youth to make decisions in research.
Related Activities:
Identifying Gaps in Neighborhood Resources for Baltimore’s Youth
2023
Baltimore Neighborhood Indicators Alliance   (Baltimore)


In Baltimore, community efforts are often a cornerstone of ongoing... [read more]

The Pittsburgh Study: Child Health Equity Project
November 25, 2022
University Center for Social and Urban Research   (Pittsburgh)


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New DataHaven classroom materials aim to inspire conversations on social change and community well-being
August 15, 2020
DataHaven   (New Haven)


In recent months, districts have been moving to integrate updated materials and re-examined practices to ensure a more equitable education for every student. Educators serve an important role in... [read more]

The State of the Detroit Child
2019
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


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USC Price Center Launches New Partnership with LeadersUp to Expand Employment Opportunities for Justice-Involved Youth
2019
Sol Price Center for Social Innovation   (Los Angeles)


The Price Center and LeadersUp are partnering to address unemployment among young people who have been involved in the justice system. Together they will partner with local businesses and... [read more]

Helping More Boston Youth Get Summer Jobs through MAPC-led Civic Tech Partnership
December 2017
Metropolitan Area Planning Council   (Boston)


As part of the ... [read more]

Drexel's Urban Health Collaborative Publishes Neighborhood Health Profile for Philadelphia Promise Zone
May 2017
Urban Health Collaborative   (Philadelphia)


Dornsife School of Public Health faculty and students will play an instrumental role in implementing a large new grant aimed at improving the education and developmental outcomes of children and... [read more]

Impact of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice on Future Youth Outcomes
November 6, 2015
Center on Poverty and Community Development   (Cleveland)


On November 5, 2015, Dr. Claudia Coulton presented the talk "Exploring the Impact of Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Involvement on Future... [read more]

The Institute for Urban Policy Research hosts youth summit on issues of racial justice
November 2014
Institute for Urban Policy Research   (Dallas)


On November 8th, 2014, the Institute for Urban Policy Research in conjunction with several other organizations in the area, hosted the first ever youth summit dedicated to exploring the topics of... [read more]

New Annie E. Casey Foundation Grant to Support Two-Generation Services in Eastside Promise and Choice Neighborhood Initiatives
November 15, 2012
Community Information Now (CI:Now)   (San Antonio)


The United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County has received a $150,000 grant over next 10 months from Annie E. Casey Foundation to implement a community-endorsed two-generation plan to provide... [read more]

Southwest Counseling Solutions & Community Youth Mapping Program
2012
Data Driven Detroit (D3)   (Detroit)


D3 partnered with Southwest Counseling Solutions to educate youth in Southwest Detroit about the geography of their neighborhood as part of the Community Youth Mapping Program. Funded in Detroit... [read more]

Mapping Addresses of Inmates Ages 18-24 in Metro Nashville-Davidson County Jail
May 2011
(Inactive) The Neighborhoods Resource Center   (Nashville)


NRC is a partner in the Transition from Jail to Community (TJC) project here in Nashville, sponsored by the Urban Institute.   The Davidson County Sheriff’s Department has organized meetings of... [read more]

Related Cross-Site Projects:
Engaging Youth with Data for COVID-19 Response and Recovery
July 2020 - March 2021
Funder: Annie E. Casey Foundation
Contact: Leah Hendey , [email protected]
Partners: Chicago, Durham, San Antonio


The COVID-19 pandemic has lead to the loss of hundreds of thousands of lives, causing financial hardships for many people and battering economies for local communities. All of this is... [read more]

Related Publications:
UNC Charlotte Urban Institute
Charlotte
Connecting for Stability: Understanding The Relatives and the Young People They Serve
February 22, 2023
Report - By: Jenny Hutchison; Sydney Idzikowski; Trish Hobson
Connecting for Stability: Understanding The Relatives and the Young People They Serve
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
NNIP Camp October 2022: Engaging Youth with Data and Research
October 5, 2022
Meeting Materials - By: Urban Institute
DOCX
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Using Data and Community Engagement Collaborations to Guide an Equitable COVID-19 Recovery
June 2021
Blog post - By: Jessie Wang
Blog
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Youth Housing Survey
2021
Protocol/Methods - By: IHS
PDF
Community Information Now (CI:Now)
San Antonio
COVID and Bexar County Young Adults: How has the Coronavirus Pandemic Changed the Lives of Bexar County’s Young Adults?
March 2021
Website - By: CI:Now; MOVE Texas
StoryMap; Infographic
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Communities United Youth Survey Findings
January 11, 2021
Report - By: IHS
PDF
Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Los Angeles
Accelerating Fair Chance Hiring among Los Angeles Employers
January 2021
Report - By: Sol Price Center for Social Innovation
Accelerating Fair Chance Hiring among Los Angeles Employers; Project Findings Report; Fair Chance Employer Framework
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Report Detroit: An Interactive Catalog of Neighborhood Research
November 2020
Website - By: Stephanie Quesnelle
Blog announcement; Report Detroit website
Kinder Institute for Urban Research
Houston
Young workers account for almost 30% of pandemic-related job losses in the Houston region
November 16, 2020
Blog post - By: Parker Harvey; Mingming Zhang; Jie Wu
Blog: Young workers account for almost 30% of pandemic-related job losses in the Houston region
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Tips for Engaging Youth in Research
November 12, 2020
Blog post - By: Camille Anoll
Blog
Urban Institute
NNIP Coordinator
Engaging Youth in Making Community Change
August 5, 2020
Presentation - By: Camille Anoll
Anoll_CIC Impact Summit 2020_Youth Engagement.pdf
Institute for Housing Studies
Chicago
Understanding Displacement Pressure for Community Assets: Results from the Connect Chicago Innovation Program
July 2020
Report - By: Geoff Smith, Andres Alvear, Sarah Duda
Understanding Displacement Pressure for Community Assets: Results from the Connect Chicago Innovation Program
Data Driven Detroit (D3)
Detroit
Child Vaccines in Michigan
July 6, 2020
Digital Feature - By: Data Driven Detroit; Michigan League for Public Policy
Press Release; Childhood Vaccines in Michigan Story Map
DataWorks NC
Durham
Youth Voices & the Right to Housing During COVID-19
2020
Presentation - By: Genesis Danquah
PPTX
Center on Poverty and Community Development
Cleveland
The Impact of Summer Youth Employment (SYEP) in Cleveland on Criminal Justice and Educational Outcomes
February 2020
Report - By: Center on Urban Poverty and Community Development; Youth Opportunities Unlimited
Summer Youth Employment Report

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Related Webinars:
NNIP May 2023 Idea Showcase
May 10, 2023 - 1:00pm
Speaker: Geoff Smith, Institute for Housing Studies at DePaul University; David Harris, Urban Strategies Council; Jocelyn Gama, Urban Strategies Council; Jacob Virges, Urban Strategies Council; Jennifer Newcomer, Colorado Futures Center; Charles Bruner, Child Equity


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Related Stories:

Improving Homeless Services for Youth in Cuyahoga County
June 15, 2023

The number of youth and young adults experiencing homelessness continues to increase in Cleveland and across the country due to personal challenges and systemic barriers, such as lack of safe and...

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Aligning Investments with Needs of Atlanta’s Children and Families
July 13, 2020

In recent years, Neighborhood Nexus has developed and maintained an innovative measure: the Child Well-Being Index....

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Tracking the Well-Being of San Antonio's Children and Families
February 1, 2020

Community Information Now (CI:Now, the NNIP partner for San Antonio) is supporting United Way of San Antonio and Bexar County as it leads the community in creating a future where young children...

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Building Youth Job Readiness and Self-Efficacy through Health Impact Assessments
October 30, 2019

In summer 2019, a hundred Philadelphia youth learned the power of data through a piloted summer learning experience by the Urban Health Collaborative (UHC) at Drexel University’s Dornsife School...

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Utilizing Youth Voice to Inform Local Health Planning in Austin
September 8, 2019

In 2018–19, 20 high school students identified the assets of and health needs for their Del Valle community, which directly informed the priorities set in the 2019 Austin/Travis County Community...

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Training Dallas’s Youth to Make Change in their Communities
August 30, 2019

“Youth inherit a world with a lot of policies that affect them. They don’t necessarily have the tools to make those changes. So what we want to do is equip students with...

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