Our Interconnected Services
Organizational Planning & Sustainability
More than ever, small and mid-sized nonprofits need to be internal powerhouses, with all the same resources, skills, talent, and training their larger counterparts take for granted. Strategic planning, leadership development, workforce management, new and continuing alliances with community partners, fundraising, and board and community relations—child and youth-serving organizations cannot survive without them. That’s where we come in.
Professional Development
As the child and youth services field has matured and become more firmly rooted in science, new techniques for teaching best practices to both professionals and volunteers have continually been developed. This is especially true today, as so much teaching has shifted online. We have a long history of providing regional conferences, customized on-site training, and public courses. In addition to our core staff, we maintain a diverse cadre of specialists nationwide and work throughout North America and online.
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Research & Program Evaluation
Research and evaluation have never been more important to our field. They’re the mechanisms that tether the youth services sector to behavioral and social science, and the reason our work is more effective today than it was even 10 years ago. Youth Catalytics has conducted research and program evaluation for more than 20 years at the local, school district, state, regional, and national levels, and we pioneered groundbreaking ways to engage young people themselves in the work.