Welcome to the Center for Youth and Communities!

The Center for Youth and Communities (CYC) conducts research, evaluation, and capacity building projects by partnering with education, workforce, human service, and policy organizations in support of improving the well-being of youth, young adults, and families across the lifespan.

Our team works collaboratively with program partners in a practical knowledge and skill-development effort to generate learning and document results to both prove and improve impact and quality.  Lessons learned are disseminated to build an evidence base of integrated numbers and stories.

Explore our work and public reports and research and learning partners across sectors, in communities throughout the U.S. and the world.

Project Highlights

Smart from the Start - Evaluating Guaranteed Basic income and Leaders in Training

The Center for Youth and Communities is proud to partner with Smart from the Start on evaluating their programming overall as well as their Guaranteed Basic Income program and the Leaders in Training (LIT) program.

Accelerate the Future - Advancing Education for Mental Health Care Workers

The Center for Youth and Communities is engaged in the second phase of an evaluation and learning partnership with funder Accelerate the Future to study the Licensed Mental Health Counselor (LMHC) program currently based at Framingham State University (FSU). 

Open Sky Community Services - Return on Investment from Health Care Initiatives

The Center for Youth and Communities is the evaluation and learning partner for Open Sky Community Services focused on an assessment of the return on investment from their Human Services Career Support (HSCS) and Dynamic Futures programs.