Resources

There are currently over four million opportunity youth in the United States, and nearly one million of them live in communities supported by the Aspen Institute’s Opportunity Youth Forum.

This OYF assessment uses new data techniques to estimate the economic impacts of re-connecting young adults to education & workforce.

By Mike Swigert

Key Takeaways From The Open Pathways Project (OPP) Washington State Convening 2025

Each year, the Opportunity Youth Forum’s external evaluators, Equal Measure, conduct an extensive assessment of the progress of OYF, looking at the characteristics of collaboratives  and collaborative capacity; they also assess progress made on systems-level changes in OYF communities. In this report, Equal Measure looks at developments in 2024, as well as charting progress over…

Discover how the BEYO initiative is transforming youth-serving systems to reconnect young people with education, careers, & brighter futures

Youth outcomes in the Opportunity Youth Network in 2023.

Fresh Tracks’ 2025 Opportunity Youth Forum Spring Convening Report recaps powerful sessions and panels from the OYF Spring 2025 Convening

Mapping the Diversity of OYF Collaboratives: A Guide to Understanding the OYF Network is sourced from interviews with collaborative leads.

Fresh Tracks Annual Report highlights its 2024 programming, youth leadership, and the partnerships and collaborations that made it possible.