The child and youth-serving sector can’t do it alone. That’s why we’re here.
Youth Catalytics strengthens public and private agencies, coalitions, schools, and communities across the country through organizational planning and sustainability, professional development, research and program evaluation.
Our Mission
To advance and inspire the youth services sector by originating, gathering, and disseminating new knowledge, innovative practices, and courageous leadership.
Our Services
Our services are organized into three interconnected divisions.
“Having grown up in a broken foster care system I wanted to change that experience for others, which is why I created Think of Us. I was only able to get there because Youth Catalytics not only fiscally sponsored us for the first two years, but coached me through our first hire, first federal grant, and even our first White House event.”
— Sixto Cancel, CEO of Think of Us
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Conversations produced and published by Youth Catalytics featuring innovative leaders in education and child and youth services.
The amount of multi-year grant funding Youth Catalytics secured for youth programs in 2022-3.
Executive Director Melanie Goodman speaks with educator Kathy Nimmer in our next conversation for our Working Well podcast series with the National Center on Safe Supportive Learning Environments (NCSSLE). The aim of these podcasts is to better understand how an investment in educator well-being can improve student success. Kathy was a high school English teacher for 29 years, Indiana’s Teacher of the Year in 2015, and also happens to be blind. Kathy discusses how she defines her disability, the learning curve of her own classroom experience, and her work mentoring new teachers.