Center for Youth Engagement
Description
The Center for Youth Engagement is committed to increasing the quality and accessibility of opportunities for under-served youth throughout the world.
We believe that all young people deserve to grow up in communities that provide quality services, opportunities, and supports needed for them to enter adulthood ready for college, work, and life-long civic engagement.
Founded by Reggie Moore, the Center for Youth Engagement has provided training, planning, and management services to schools, nonprofits, and agencies throughout the country.
The Center for Youth Engagement offers a wide range of comprehensive services to public, private, and nonprofit organizations seeking to provide quality developmental opportunities for young people in low-income communities. The Center for Youth Engagement can provide support or direct management of your program or service from concept to evaluation.
Services Offered:
- Program Planning & Design
- Staff Training and Development
- Partnership and Collaboration Support
- Program Management
- Process or Focus Group Facilitation
- Program Recruitment and Retention
- Social Marketing
- Youth Event Planning and Management
Engaging young people in meaningful opportunities to advance themselves socially, creatively, and intellectually is critical to their growth and development. We define youth engagement as any activity that effectively involves young people as informed and willing participants. We specifically support efforts to engage youth in:
- Community Organizing
- Out-of-School Time Initiatives
- Workforce Development
- Service Learning
- Community Mapping
- Civic Engagement
- Violence Prevention
- Youth-led Social Change
- Arts and Technology
- Youth in Government
- Urban Planning
- Participatory Research
- Youth & Adult Partnerships
- Youth in Philanthropy
- After School Programs
- Mentoring Programs
- Restorative Justice Initiatives
- Pre-college Programs
- Public Health and Recreation
- Environmental Programs
- Substance Abuse Prevention
- Rights of Passage Programs
- Cultural and Faith Based Initiatives