Youth Engagement and Community Connection Strategy

The contract titled Youth Engagement and Community Connection Strategy seeks to develop comprehensive strategies aimed at fostering meaningful youth involvement, strengthening healthy peer and community connections, and creating purposeful opportunities for young people to contribute to their communities through youth development programs. The effort is directed toward enhancing the impact of existing initiatives by designing evidence-based, culturally responsive approaches that engage youth as active participants rather than passive recipients, with a primary focus on implementation within Los Angeles. The strategy must align with community needs and prioritize equity, inclusion, and sustainable engagement models that empower young people to lead and shape their own developmental experiences. This is a subcontract under the Department of Youth Development in California, with a NAICS code of 813410 indicating nonprofit organization operations. The solicitation was posted on May 7, 2026, and responses are due by May 30, 2026. The place of performance is explicitly centered in Los Angeles, requiring the contractor to have a strong understanding of local youth dynamics, community resources, and cultural contexts. While no set-aside provisions or point of contact details are provided, interested parties must submit proposals through the designated online portal linked in the contract data. The overarching goal is to produce actionable, scalable frameworks that can be adopted by partner organizations to deepen youth engagement and reinforce positive social outcomes across the region.