KidsCan Young Person's Advisory Group Competitors

Youth Leadership Institute builds communities where young people and their adult allies come together to create positive community change. For over 20 years, we have sparked change through our California community-based programs--in San Francisco, Marin, San Mateo and Fresno Counties--and our national Training and Consulting Services. The Youth Leadership Institute leads the way in engaging youth in several key areas of community change, including food access, youth philanthropy, educational equity, civic engagement, and prevention of alcohol, tobacco, and other drug use. YLI is committed to engaging and developing young people of color, low-income youth, and other non-traditional leaders as agents for social justice.

Youth Coalition is an international organization of young people (ages 18-29 years) committed to promoting adolescent and youth sexual and reproductive rights at the national, regional and international levels. We are students, researchers, lawyers, health care professionals, educators, development workers, and most importantly, we are all dedicated activists.

Youth Connections was founded in October of 1976 in Franklin, IN as a 501(c)3 non-profit organization established to serve Johnson County's youth in crisis through a youth shelter for homeless and struggling youth. Since then, Youth Connections programs and services have moved away from operating a house for youth and have evolved to respond to other emerging community gaps and needs. Today, our programs are focused more intently on the prevention of juvenile delinquency through ongoing programming built on evidence based practices. We serve our community's at-risk youth by "reducing the risk factors" associated with juvenile delinquency such as divorce & family breakdown and a lack of resources for youth before and after school hours. All of our efforts are focused on "increasing" the resiliency of at-risk youth so they may not fall victim to delinquent behavior. We offer the following programs and services to address this need: - Safe Place Program (24 hr youth help line, school education, & Safe Place locations) - Families In Transition {F.I.T.} (classes addressing family disruption due to divorce) - The Children’s Visitation Center (supervised visitations between at-risk youth & families) - Custody Evaluations (child custody disputes) - Host Homes (serving runaway & homeless youth) - Jumpstart Group Mentoring (after-school group mentoring for at-risk youth)