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- EIN 45-3792486
- info@youthmovenational.org
- (800) 580-6199
- 624 N Plankinton Ave #425 Milwaukee WI 53203 USA
- www.youthmovenational.org
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Nonprofit Overview
Causes: Mental Health, Mental Health & Crisis Intervention
Target demographics: Youth MOVE National connects, supports, and develops youth leadership in advocacy to create positive change. We practice authentic youth engagement through youth driven decision making by elevating youth voices of lived experience. We ensure that young people are heard and valued as leaders in the agencies, communities, and systems that impact their lives. Youth MOVE National utilizes our experiences and skillsets to affect positive change in youth-serving systems through youth advocacy, youth leadership development, youth engagement, training, technical assistance and consultation, youth-adult partnership and leadership trainings and facilitations, youth conference planning and delivery, distance and peer learning around youth engagement, and chapter development. Additionally, our team creates intersectional capacity building efforts in order to develop shared learning spaces to break down silos for the expansion of effective youth engagement strategies.
Geographic areas served: Youth MOVE National is a youth-driven, chapter-based organization dedicated to improving services and systems that support positive growth and development by uniting the voices of individuals who have lived experience in various systems including mental health, juvenile justice, education, and child welfare. Youth MOVE has a chapter network spanning 30 states, 4 tribes and the District of Columbia, allowing a cross-system, cross-cultural, and varied geographical representation of youth voice and experience. Youth MOVE National envisions a future in which young people are valued as empowered leaders, advocates, and designers of communities that are built for all youth to thrive.