Place-Based OY Collaboratives
About Place-Based OY Collaboratives
The Opportunity Youth Forum has a particular emphasis on supporting local action. We focus here because we believe in a future where communities self-determine their own vibrant and lasting solutions to the social and economic problems that they face. To accomplish that, OYF promotes collaborative, community-based efforts that build the power and influence of those with the least access to opportunity.
The Aspen Institute Forum for Community Solutions supports OYF Place-Based Collaboratives by providing the following types of assistance:
1) Learning: Access to our twice annual Opportunity Youth Forum Convenings, an opportunity to connect with national speakers and experts, and learn from other communities in the network.
2) Funding: Become eligible for special funding, raised by the Aspen Forum for Community Solutions from an array of national and regional funders, for specific projects related to opportunity youth; current and past examples include:
- Accelerating Impact: Scaling Youth Outcomes Cohort, and Everyone Counts
- Inclusive Economies & Financial Capability
- Belonging, Meaning, Wellbeing and Purpose
- Data for Impact
- Building Ecosystems for Youth Opportunity
- Youth-Led Change
- Equity Counts
- The Youth Entrepreneurship Fund
- Opportunity Works
- The 100,000 Opportunities (™) Demonstration Communities
- Pathways to Careers Fund
- Fund for Youth Connectivity
- The Opportunity Youth Incentive Fund
3) Evaluation: Access to annual progress assessment and impact reports, specific to your community.
4) Data: Access to frequently updated Opportunity Youth Common Measures data, tailored to your community.
5) Technical Assistance: Access to an array of technical assistance providers, and multiple communities of practice.
6) Publicity: Have your work showcased in Aspen Institute reports.
We encourage you to get involved in your local community to help to make change happen, or to consider joining OYF as a Place-Based Collaborative member, as we support communities to solve their own challenges.
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