State Youth Vision Team

Vision

The California State Youth Vision Team (SYVT) shall be recognized as a bridge to linking public, private, for profit and nonprofit resources to connect youth most in need, ages 14 – 24, with youth serving agencies and high-growth employment opportunities.

Mission

The SYVT supports its vision by coordinating resources with its member agencies/organizations, exchanging information, and developing shared goals in order to empower its members to better serve disconnected youth, to include: Foster Youth, Juvenile Justice Youth, Youth of Incarcerated Parents, Youth with Disabilities, Migrant Youth, Native American and American Indian Youth, Out of School Youth, high school dropouts, runaway and homeless youth.

Resources

• State Youth Vision Team Matrix 
• The Forum for Youth Investment (FYI) 
• Improving Transition Outcomes for Youth with Disabilities
• John Gardner Center for Youth and Their Communities
• National Center for Youth Law
• The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disabilities for Youth
• National Youth Employment Coalition (NYEC)
• Supporting Transitions to the Workforce ń Youth Council Institute (YCi)
• Youngworkers.org: California's Resource Network for Young Workers' Health & Safety

State Youth Vision Team Members

• CA Coalition for Youth
• CA Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office/Economic Development & Workforce Preparation
• CA Conservation Corps
• CA Department of Alcohol and Drug Programs
• CA Department of Corrections & Rehabilitation (CDCR)
• CA Department of Education/ROCP & Workforce Development Office
• CA Department of Health Services/ MCAH/Office of Family Planning
• CA Department of Industrial Relations Division of Apprenticeship Standards
• CA Department of Rehabilitation
• CA Department of Social Services/Foster Care Support Services
• CA Health & Human Services Agency
• CA Health Incentive Improvement Project
• California Gang Reduction, Intervention and Prevention (CalGRIP) 
• California Workforce Investment Board
• CDCR Corrections Standards Authority
• DCR Division of Juvenile Justice
• Center for Employment Training
• Employment Development Department/Workforce Services Branch
• Monterey County Workforce Investment Board Executive Director
• New Ways to Work
• State Building & Construction Trades Council of CA
• Washoe Tribe of Nevada and California Native TANF Program 

Partners & Stakeholders

• CA Co-Investment Partnership
• CA Connected by 25
• CA Foundation for Independent Living Centers 
• CA Friday Night Live
• CA Youth Connection 
• California Workforce Association
• Capitol Region United Way 
• One-Stop Career Centers
• Sacramento LEED 
• Unite L. A. 
• U.S. Department of Labor/Sacramento Job Corps Center