Offerings

 

New Orleans Youth Program Quality Initiative (NOLA-YPQI)

The Youth Program Quality Initiative (YPQI) was launched in 2015 to establish a system that would raise the bar for quality in out-of-school-time programs in New Orleans and produce better developmental outcomes for children and youth for years to come. YPQI is based on the David P. Weikart Center for Program Quality’s youth program quality intervention, which has been adopted by more than 4,000 programs in 41 states. This model draws on the latest research on youth program quality to assist program staff in assessing the quality of their programs, planning for improvement, and participating in coaching and professional development experiences that help them institute measurable quality improvements.

 

Convening and Networking

  • Communities of Practice

    • YPQI Team Leaders

    • YPQI Coaches

    • YPQI Methods Trainers

    • Executive Directors

 

Resource Development

NOYA aims to help shape a vision and framework that defines the field; developing assessment tools, training curricula, and other materials and making them broadly available; and brokering access to resources, including funding, technical assistance, and training.

Read more about our resources.

 

Training and Technical Assistance

Besides offering NOLA-YPQI Methods Trainings, NOYA offers technical assistance and professional development on topics including racial equity, youth-participatory assessment, trauma-informed youth development, culturally responsive youth development, and other related supports.

Read more about our trainings.

 

Policy and Advocacy

NOYA works to represent the contributions and needs of youth and youth development organizations to government, private funders, and others on issues including funding, policy and legislation. Some of NOYA’s current policy initiatives include supporting New Orleans Children and Youth Planning Board’s Youth Master Plan and increasing public investment in youth development organizations.

NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship

The NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship prepares young people between the ages of 17-24 to assume leadership roles in the design and decision-making phases of systems, programs and initiatives impacting youth and their families in New Orleans. If you are interested in addressing issues impacting your community including educational equity, economic equity, affordable housing, and criminal justice reform, the NOYA Youth Leadership Fellowship will help youth develop the essential skills and knowledge needed to enact social change.

 

Information

To learn more about youth development organizations in the New Orleans area, visit the New Orleans Youth Programs Directory or contact NOYA.