This map below presents information on state and local collaborations to support transition age youth. See further below for more detailed information on activities and participating states. You can also return to the main Transition Age Youth page for additional resources on this topic.
| Activity |
Example States |
Description of Activities from Example States |
| Data collection & data sharing |
Colorado, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Minnesota, Ohio |
- CO completed Community Readiness Assessments in six project sites.
- IN conducted a statewide survey of youth service organizations.
- IA developed a data collection system for youth transitioning out of child welfare/juvenile justice systems, maps trends, and conducted a statewide youth survey.
- KY conducted an assessment of resources for youth.
- MA is piloting data collection and goal-setting/assessment tools for youth.
- MS is developing an asset map to identify gaps and share data with service providers.
- MN conducted focus groups with youth across the state and completed a statewide evaluation of RHY services.
- OH implemented a data collection system that is mandatory for WIA participants/youth aged 16 to 21 in the labor exchange system.
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| Transition to college |
Arizona, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York |
- AZ has partnered with Central Arizona College (CAC) to dedicate a counselor to support foster care youth attending CAC.
- MA instituted a State College Tuition Waiver program for youth aging out of foster care.
- MN is training college students as interns to provide career counseling in rural areas, and has developed websites.
- NY sponsored field trips to MIT and Harvard.
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| Transition to work |
Illinois, Iowa, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oregon |
- IL sponsored career days and employment campaigns.
- IA created a drop-in youth center and leveraged funds for youth projects.
- LA introduces girls to tech careers, and provides career and financial literacy training.
- MA created a teen dating violence campaign to train youth peer leaders.
- NE worked with schools to offer Lakota language classes in grades K-12.
- NY has provided job readiness, work experience, and leadership development to youth.
- OR gave grants of $5,000 to Workforce Investment Councils to focus on PYD.
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| Strategic Plan |
Arkansas, Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota |
- AK held a State Youth Summit and Youth Service Day in 2008.
- CO, IA, and MN completed four-year implementation plans.
- IA participated in the annual Johnson County Youth Development Plan Review.
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| Integrate services & improve youth connection to resources |
Alabama, Arizona, Florida, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Oklahoma, Rhode Island |
- AL is promoting Connect 211, a phone-based resource for connecting individuals with health/human service resources.
- AZ created a PYD website.
- FL is creating a list of youth service providers, and has also blended funding and created a website.
- IL created a youth-led youth center.
- IA is creating a resource clearinghouse and safe place for youth.
- MN created a map of homeless youth services statewide and is improving outcomes for youth out of care.
- OK is providing youth aging out of foster care with training opportunities in high-demand industry sectors.
- RI developed an integrated service delivery system and a universal intake and assessment.
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| Connect service providers |
Colorado, Connecticut, Indiana, Kansas, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Hampshire, Oregon |
- CO provides training/technical assistance and gave $60,000 annually to support RHY/Family Support Agency collaborations.
- CT offers PYD training twice a year and provided grants to youth-serving networks.
- IN created the Youth Development Action Network as a hub for youth collaborations.
- KS is developing a resource map to connect service providers and identify gaps in service.
- KY engaged local agencies about youth programs and projects.
- MA will enhance coordination to prevent youth in the foster care and juvenile justice systems from leaving high-school.
- MI is developing an inventory of stakeholders and services to improve service delivery.
- NH is conducting a needs assessment to identify service gaps and has developed a website.
- OR’s Youth Development Resources and Training Committee conducts PYD trainings.
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| Develop a youth advisory board |
Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Minnesota, Nebraska, Oregon |
- AZ awarded grants to 15 counties to create Youth Development Councils.
- CO formed a rural collaborative for homeless youth and created youth leadership teams.
- IA created the Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development and other youth advisory boards.
- KS engaged a consulting firm to integrate youth involvement and develop an advisory board.
- KY formed Neighborhood Youth Councils and participated in the Mayor’s Youth Council.
- LA maintains the YouthCAN Advisory Committee.
- MD created the MD State Youth Development Collaborative Partnership in 14 agencies.
- MN created 11 paid youth consultant positions for the SRHY advisory committee.
- NE formed the Youth Development Alliance and the Governor’s Youth Advisory Council.
- OR formed the Youth Development Policy Advisory Council and Youth Action Board.
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| Community Engagement |
Arizona, Illinois, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, Oregon |
- AZ adopted an approach to inform adults about challenges facing youth.
- IL sponsored peer mediation and peacemaking training programs.
- KY sponsors an annual “Spotlight on Youth” celebration.
- LA conducts an annual festival and developed a PYD video and youth-produced play.
- MA conducted monthly roundtables with youth in detention facilities.
- NE created a program for cultural diversity in schools and developed a four-tribe collaboration.
- NY created a community steering team and an animated video commemorating the life of Frederick Douglass.
- OR offers PYD training and sponsored a public awareness campaign and a girls’ summit to enhance leadership.
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| Target & optimize funds |
Colorado, Connecticut, Iowa, Louisiana, Minnesota, Nebraska, New York, Ohio |
- CO allocated $1.57 million from Statewide Strategic Utilization Funds and created grants for rural youth.
- CT formed a funders group (local, state, public, and private) for PYD.
- IA developed more than 20 collaboratively funded projects.
- LA awarded $10,000 grants to seven parishes to fund PYD planning.
- MN participated in rapid housing restabilization implementation training.
- NE awarded $10,000 grants to foster PYD projects and helped promote a foster care bill of rights.
- NY held a mini-grant competition for youth and funded 13 youth-led projects.
- OH orchestrated an internal exchange of federal funds to fund a TANF/WIA state pilot initiative.
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| Impacts on policies & legislation |
Connecticut, Iowa, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Oregon |
- CT created Minimum Youth Development RFPas a standard for youth funding.
- IA developed a framework of desired PYD outcomes and indicators and has brought PYD to schools.
- KY passed SJR 184 to create the KY Youth Coordinating Council for youth services.
- MD drafted a Joint Resolution on Youth Development as standard for services.
- MA instituted a tuition-waver program for youth aging out of foster care, created an initiative to boost school attendance, and partnered with police to create a video.
- OR has training partnerships to leverage resources for PYD training and mandated meetings around the needs of RHY.
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Emphasis: Workforce development
Emphasis: Positive youth development, especially fostering youth transitions
Emphasis on both workforce development and positive youth development
Governor's Children's Cabinets and other high level state councils and commissions focused on youth issues
