The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY), a 40-year old affinity group, is a coalition of the National Assembly member organizations
that have a significant interest in youth development. Members of NCY include more than 50 national, non-profit, youth development organizations.
Its mission is to provide a united voice as advocates for youth to improve the conditions of young people in America, and to help young
people reach their full potential.
Collectively, the member organizations of the National Collaboration for Youth
- Serve more than 40 million young people
- Employ over 100,000 paid staff
- Utilize more than six million volunteers
- Have a physical presence in virtually every community in America
Recent News
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New release! Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth
11/21/2011
- NHSA’s National Collaboration for Youth has released a joint policy brief on “Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth” with the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, and National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty.
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America’s Youngest Are Also the Hardest Hit by Poverty
11/21/2011
- Children are poorer than all other age groups in America.
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More Loving Homes for Kids – Child-Focused Recruitment Models Improve Adoption Rates
11/21/2011
- In 2010 fewer than half of the 107,000 children in foster care were adopted.
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One in Four Families Can’t Afford to Buy Food
8/22/2011
- Rates of food hardship (rates of households answering “yes” over the course of a year to the question whether there were times “when you did not have enough money to buy food that you or your family needed”) indicate that one in four households suffers from this type of hardship and in some areas the rate is even higher.
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Poverty and Poor Eating Habits Amount to Food Insecurity for over 9 Million Children
8/22/2011
- 9.6 million U.S. children (ages 0-6) live in “food insecure” households and one in four children under five are overweight, trends that studies link to poverty, lack of access to healthy foods, over-consumption of prepared foods, poor eating habits, too much “screen time” and inadequate-levels of exercise.
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Summer Food Programs Means Kids Can Eat Free During the Summer, but They Aren’t
8/22/2011
- Although twenty-one million children are eligible to eat free or reduced-price lunch at school from September to June, less than three million children participate in the USDA’s Summer Food Service Program.
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Resources
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Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth
10/26/2011
- The National Collaboration for Youth has released a joint policy brief on “Improving Federal Collaboration for Homeless Children and Youth” with the Campaign to End Child Homelessness, National Association for the Education of Homeless Children and Youth, and National Law Center on Homelessness & Poverty. The brief contains recommendations on how the federal government can enhance policy and program coordination to improve outcomes for homeless children and youth.
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The Impact of Youth Development Programs On Student Academic Achievement
7/15/2011
This brief cites the importance of a full-range of developmental assets, in school, in the home and in the community, that youth need to succeed. It indicates that “meaningful progress in improving educational outcomes must involve multiple stakeholders and a variety of sustained efforts over time.”
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An Invitation to the Big Picture: Implementing a Local Collaboration for Youth (LCY) in Your Community
7/15/2011
The NCY and the Forum for Youth Investment recently release a guide to forming and sustaining Local Collaborations for Youth (LCY). An LCY is a means for local child- and youth-serving agencies to pool their collective expertise, resources, and voice in ‘whole-community’ efforts to improve outcomes for children and youth. It’s a chance to lift your eyes from the pressure of your agency’s own measurable outcomes and take a look at the Big Picture of child and youth well-being in your community.
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ACYF Commissioner Challenges NCY to “Rethink Positive Youth Development.”
12/9/2010
- Speaking to a packed house of policy representatives of National Collaboration for Youth (NCY) member organizations, Bryan Samuels, Commissioner of the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF), US Department of Health and Human Services, voiced strong support for positive youth development (PYD) principles but suggested that it is time to rethink PYD as it relates to high-risk youth. Samuels demonstrated that the incidence of problems affecting youth is clustered in geographic areas, noting that the PYD asset-based approach to all youth is not enough for those at highest risk of negative outcomes. He challenged the Washington Group of the NCY and NHSA to address the importance of going beyond youths’ own assets to engage families and communities in building resilience and building protective mechanisms for high-risk youth. To connect with the Washington Group or receive a copy of Commissioner Samuels’s presentation, contact nthompson@nassembly.org.
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The Role of Youth Serving Organizations in Education Reform
11/3/2010
- NCY CEO Irv Katz has written an editorial which appeared in the November 2nd Youth Today titled Youth Orgs Should Ride "Superman's" Cape on the role of youth serving organizations in education reform. Read the entire article»
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