Issue Coalitions

Issue Coalition (noun) A peer-networking group of the National Assembly that exists because of a community of interest in a particular topic.

National Collaboration for Youth
The National Collaboration for Youth (NCY), a 30-year old organization, is a coalition of the National Assembly member organizations that have a significant interest in youth development. Members of the National Collaboration for Youth include fifty national, non-profit, youth development organizations. The mission of NCY is to provide a united voice as advocates for youth to improve the conditions of young people in America, and to help young people reach their full potential.

Visit www.collab4youth.org

Collectively, the member organizations of the National Collaboration for Youth

Serve more than 40 million young people
Employ over 100,000 paid staff
Utilize more than six million volunteers
Have a physical presence in virtually every community in America

NCY establishes ten national youth worker competencies to help ensure the quality of youth programs by standardizing the qualifications of the people who provide the programs, both paid staff and volunteers. CLICK HERE to see the competencies.

NCY is the sponsor of the National Youth Development Information Network (NYDIC) and the National Youth Development Learning Network.

Family Strengthening Policy Center
The Family Strengthening Policy Center aims to make family strengthening a priority by mainstreaming neighborhood-based, family-centered practices, programs and policy. By leveraging the National Human Services Assembly's network of 70 health and human service member organizations, the Center's objective is to promote family policy that contributes to family economic and social empowerment. The Center produces policy briefs and a monthly e-newsletter and convenes a Family Strengthening Peer Network. For more information, click here.