Policy Analysis
Policy analysis · July 2026
The Youth and Families Mental Health Ecosystem: Why Minneapolis Built It and What It Reveals
A policy analysis of the YCB's seven-layer ecosystem model: the law and funding behind it, what the 2025 data shows, the twelve coordination gaps it names, and the three futures that follow from whether they close. Synthesized from the author's doctoral research at Claremont Graduate University.
Read the analysisDiscussion brief · July 2026
Young Black Men, Homicide Disparity, and Ethical Youth Engagement
A brief from the Forum for Children and Youth Wellbeing on protecting young people, resourcing youth workers, and expanding safe hours across Minneapolis.
Read the briefAction plan · 2023
2023 Minneapolis Local Action Plan: Child Friendly Cities Initiative
Minneapolis's first UNICEF Child Friendly Cities Initiative Local Action Plan, developed by the City of Minneapolis Health Department and the Youth Coordinating Board from surveys and huddles with youth and parents. Four priorities (child-responsive emergency planning, youth voice in city decisions, community safety, and child rights education), each with strategies, partners, and indicators.
Read the planReview · December 2010
YCB Ready for Anything: A Review of the Coordination Framework, 1985–2010
Jane Leonard's 25th-anniversary review of the Youth Coordinating Board, tracing its origins in the 1985 joint powers agreement and its evolution from program manager back to cross-jurisdictional coordinator, with the full text of the 1985 Minnesota enabling legislation.
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