Statewide Networks

The Opportunity Youth Forum supports a growing ecosystem of state networks working to transform policy, funding and systems to expand opportunity for young people.

Statewide opportunity youth networks create the conditions for communities to move further together than they could alone. By connecting local collaboratives, youth leaders, public systems, and community partners, these networks help scale effective practices, strengthen advocacy efforts, and drive coordinated action that improves opportunities and outcomes for young people across entire states.

This work is built on years of experience doing such work in California and Texas.

The OYF also supports additional emerging and growing state networks and coalitions with the support of local place-based collaboratives. Stay tuned for more!

Featured StateWide Networks

Statewide network

Texas Opportunity Youth Network (TOYN)

 TOYN is dedicated to building the expertise and capacity for communities across Texas support young people as they achieve their education, career and community leadership goals. 

Statewide network

California Opportunity Youth Network (COYN)

COYN works to transform systems, policies, investments, & narratives to ensure all young people in California have the opportunity to flourish.

Locations

Connect Locally

Find an opportunity youth collaborative near you. Opportunity youth are young people between the ages of 16 and 24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market – about 6 million young people in the United States.

Map Key

  • Place-Based Collaborative
  • Statewide Network
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Initiative State Location Organization Partner
OY State-Wide Networks California State-Wide California Opportunity Youth Network State-Wide Collaborative
OY State-Wide Networks Connecticut State-Wide Connecticut State-Wide Network State-Wide Collaborative
OY State-Wide Networks Louisiana State-Wide Louisiana Opportunity Youth Alliance State-Wide Collaborative
OY State-Wide Networks Montana State-Wide Montana Opportunity Youth Collaborative State-Wide Collaborative
OY State-Wide Networks New Jersey State-Wide New Jersey Opportunity Youth Coalition State-Wide Collaborative
OY State-Wide Networks Texas State-Wide Texas Opportunity Youth Network State-Wide Collaborative