Youth Catalytics

Youth Catalytics is a private, not-for-profit organization that works to support and advance child and youth services in communities across the United States. Through professional development and research, we strengthen social services, promote best practices and respond to emerging issues that directly impact the lives of young people and their families. We are highly intentional about how we invest our time, energy and financial resources, undertaking projects that haven’t received adequate attention elsewhere and that can result in replicable models for change. In 2012, we changed our name from New England Network for Child, Youth & Family Services to Youth Catalytics. Originally established in 1981 to provide training and support to child and youth service programs, the organization has expanded to work with multi-service agencies, schools, communities, state systems, universities and foundations. Today, our interest and expertise also extends to many different subpopulations: at-risk and high-risk youth, pregnant and parenting teens, children and teens in out-of-home care, sexual minority youth, and children and youth marginalized by poverty. Our new name reflects that expansion. Put simply, we help improve any system or program that works with young people.