About

Youth Master Plan

We mobilize children and young people, and support adults to share power, in order to shape cultures and systems, so young people can lead their education, have their safety prioritized, connect to the world around them, and engage in their communities.


Five priorities

Priority 01

Capacity and sustainability

Durable policy, funding, and program alignment.

YCB Coordination Framework · Theory of Change

Priority 02

Coordination and equitable access

Aligned networks that reduce barriers and open equitable access.

Program Finder · Youth Mental Health Ecosystem

Priority 03

Youth voice and power

Youth voice moving into policy influence and systems change.

Minneapolis Youth Congress · Youth Engagement

Priority 04

Safety, trust and wellbeing

Outreach that builds safety, trust, connection, and wellbeing.

Safety Perceptions Study · Community Assessment · Forum for Children and Youth Wellbeing

Priority 05

Data, learning and policy

Shared data and learning driving credibility and policy shifts.

Policy Analysis · Ecosystem Analysis


The full plan

Read the Youth Master Plan

The full strategic action plan (built from interviews, surveys, and youth-led meetings in nearly every city council ward) sets out the values, engagement methods, and priorities guiding this work, together with what young people themselves said they want changed.

Download PDF

See the plan in action

Every program and initiative maps back to these priorities in the wider youth ecosystem.

Open the ecosystem