YouthPlus 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.

Founded in 1986, Youth Service America believes that youth, communities, and democracy thrive when we all work together for the common good. We’re on a mission to make working together for the common good the common expectation and common experience of every young person. Even though youth participation rates are at or near record-high levels, we’re still leaving 3 of every 4 young people out, and participation rates are even lower among youth from underserved, historically excluded low-income communities and communities of color. YSA is working to change that. YSA activates young people, ages 5-25, to find their voice, take action, and acquire powerful civic and 21st Century skills as they solve problems facing their communities. Over the last 10 years, YSA’s campaigns & events engaged more than 3.2 million young people in service. YSA supports its activation campaigns & events with grants, training & resources, and recognition programs for young people and their adult partners. Youth-led projects use Awareness, Service, Advocacy, and Philanthropy (ASAP) strategies to change the world.

Youth Development Center (YDC) is a non-profit organization providing an after school academic intervention program for at-risk students in grades 1–6 in Houston’s Greater Fifth Ward.YDC is licensed as a school-age program through the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services. Our program is provided free of charge to our low income students. YDC meets Monday through Thursday of the academic year. Our program provides the following for our students: •Results-oriented academic development with classrooms supervised by certified teachers •Leadership training and character development based on Christian values •Nutritious meals •Transportation from selected campuses to YDC and home at the end of the day •Field trip opportunities during the school year •Summer enrichment program