Community Action Framework for Youth Development

The framework seeks to address five questions:

1. What are our basic long-term goals for youth? (Box A)
2. What are the critical developmental milestones or markers that tell us young people are on their way to getting there? (Box B)
3. What do young people need to achieve these developmental mile-stones? (Box C)
4. What must change in key community settings to provide enough of these supports and opportunities to all youth that need them? (Box D)
5. How do we create the conditions and capacity in communities to make these changes possible and probable? (Box E)

[E] Build Community Capacity and Conditions for Change
Building stakeholders' awareness, knowledge, engagement and commitment
Conveying urgency, possibility, equity and inevitability of change

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[D] Implement Community Strategies to Enhance Supports and Opportunities for Youth
Strengthen community adults' and families' capacity to support youth
Reform and coordinate public institutions and services to support youth development
Increase number and quantity of developmental activities for youth
Create policies and realign resources in public and private sectors to support community strategies activities and learning experiences

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[C] Increase Supports and Opportunities for Youth
Adequate nutrition, health and shelter
Multiple supportive relationships with adults and peers
Meaningful opportunities for involvement and membership
Challenging and engaging activities and learning experiences
Safety

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[B] Improve Youth Development Outcomes
Learning to be productive
Learning to connect
Learning to navigate

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[A] Improve Long-Term Outcomes in Adulthood
Economic self-sufficiency
Healthy family and social relationships
Community involvement