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https://linktr.ee/YDRC The Youth Development Resource Center (YDRC) supports youth development providers in Detroit.

The Youth Development Resource Center (YDRC) supports youth development providers across the Detroit area to strengthen their individual and collective impact on youth. We work with hundreds of providers across Detroit – large and small with a range of program offerings — to strengthen their individual and collective impact on youth. The YDRC focuses on empowering youth development providers that

fill opportunity gaps in youth’s access to quality learning experiences — expanding the time, places, and ways in which youth learn and grow. Young people find and ignite their passions, get connected to caring adults, and are more likely to become lifelong learners with skills for success. OUR MISSION
To improve the quality of Detroit-area youth-serving organizations to maximize their impact on youth and to advocate for accessible high-quality youth development opportunities. OUR VISION
To connect all Detroit-area youth to high-quality youth development opportunities that grow their capacities to thrive in school and life.

06/03/2026

Community looks like conversations, collaboration, and people showing up for one another. 🤎

At YDRC, we work to strengthen the systems, relationships, and partnerships that help young people thrive across Metro Detroit.

This is a small glimpse into what that work looks like — and the people who make it possible ✨

06/02/2026

In May, we celebrated the culmination of our 2025–2026 Acting With Data cohort!

Over the past eight months, 45 youth-serving organizations engaged in workshops, one-on-one coaching, program quality assessments, and improvement planning to better understand how young people experience their programs and identify areas for growth.

Through this process, cohort members used data not just to measure impact, but to reflect on practice, strengthen program quality, and make meaningful improvements that support youth growth and belonging.

This work would not be possible without our incredible coaches, program assessors, and facilitators who continue to help build a culture of Continuous Quality Improvement across Detroit’s youth development ecosystem.

We’re excited to continue this work in Fall 2026. Stay tuned for application updates!

05/27/2026

✨ YDRC Summit 2026 Recap | Rising in Community ✨

250+ attendees.
120+ organizations represented.
10+ breakout sessions.
20+ speakers and facilitators.

One powerful community gathering centered on care, connection, and collective growth.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for this year’s YDRC Summit and helped make the space so meaningful. From impactful conversations to new connections and shared reflection, this year’s gathering reminded us of the power of community in moving youth development work forward. 🤎

Swipe through to revisit highlights, reflections, and moments from the day.

05/26/2026

YDRC is seeking a strategic partner to support the modernization of the Discover Your Spark (DYS) platform and strengthen the digital infrastructure that helps connect youth and families to opportunities across Southeast Michigan.

This project will support the development of a more accessible, scalable, and community-centered platform designed to improve youth opportunity discovery, strengthen provider participation, and support long-term ecosystem coordination.

📣 We’re looking for partners with experience in areas such as:
• UX/UI design
• Civic technology and platform development
• Search and database systems
• Accessibility-centered design
• Community-centered digital experiences

📅 Proposal deadline: June 3, 2026
🔗 View the full RFP: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y7mgNe0g7UllY_mvW98E4BIt3dtCse7O/edit?usp=sharing&ouid=116347584694866177771&rtpof=true&sd=true

05/22/2026

📘 Introducing the YDRC Quality Practices Guidebook: A Pathway to Reflective Youth Development

The YDRC Quality Practices Guidebook is a practical resource designed to help youth-serving professionals strengthen program and management quality and impact.

Grounded in best practices and real-world application, this resource offers tools, strategies, and reflections you can use to enhance your work with young people and support more intentional, engaging, and youth-centered experiences.

Whether you’re leading programs, supporting staff, or working directly with youth, this guidebook is designed to support continuous learning and growth across your practice. 🤎

📥 View or download the guidebook here: https://drive.google.com/file/d/19pX08Ml9HYwHgddRQrdo7s0N0j-GA-EY/view

05/19/2026

🚨 We’ve launched a new website! 🚨

YDRC’s refreshed website is now live, designed to better connect our community with resources, events, opportunities, and the work happening across Metro Detroit’s youth development ecosystem.

Explore updated pages, easier navigation, upcoming events, tools for youth-serving organizations, and more, all in one place.

Whether you’re a youth worker, partner organization, funder, educator, or community member, we invite you to explore everything the new site has to offer. 🤎

🌐 Visit us at: detroitydrc.org

05/18/2026

Michigan’s young people deserve access to safe, engaging, and enriching opportunities beyond the school day.

As conversations around Section 32n funding continue, we join partners across the state in uplifting the importance of before-school, afterschool, and summer learning programs for young people in communities across Michigan.

These programs create opportunities for learning, connection, safety, and growth, and the need continues to be clear across Detroit and Southeast Michigan.

Thank you to the educators, providers, advocates, youth leaders, and community partners continuing to share stories, data, impact, and advocacy for OST programming. Together, we can continue investing in opportunities that help young people thrive.

Learn more and take action: https://www.miafterschool.org/most-funding

Thank you to MASP for continuing to advocate for equitable out-of-school time opportunities across Michigan.

05/14/2026

🎉 That’s a wrap on the 2025–2026 Equity Accelerator for Youth Development Cohort!

Over the past few weeks, we’ve had the opportunity to celebrate, reflect, and recognize the incredible work of this year’s cohort. From our culminating dinner and Learning Lab debrief to the virtual capstone celebration and final presentations at the YDRC Summit, this closing chapter has been filled with connection, growth, and shared learning.

During the culminating dinner, cohort members reflected on their Learning Lab journey, celebrated one another’s growth, and received their stipends.

The cohort officially completed their capstone projects by facilitating a group session at the YDRC Summit for 250+ youth development professionals, partners, and community leaders. Their presentation reflected months of collaboration, shared learning, and collective visioning for a stronger youth development ecosystem.

Thank you to every cohort member, facilitator, partner, and supporter who helped make this experience so meaningful. We are excited to see how this learning continues to show up across the field. 🌱

Here’s to the 2025–2026 EAYD Cohort. 💫

05/13/2026

☀️ Ready, Set, Summer! ☀️

Join YDRC facilitators Tay Davis and Edgar Gomez for an interactive virtual workshop designed to help you launch strong, engaging, and impactful summer programming for the young people you serve.

Participants will explore what quality summer programming looks like, assess program readiness, and build a personalized Summer Learning Checklist with practical tools and strategies you can use right away.

📅 Monday, May 18, 2026
⏰ 11:00 AM – 12:30 PM
📍 Virtual (Zoom)
📝 Register Here: https://www.detroitydrc.org/events/ready-set-summer

05/12/2026

✨ YDRC Spring Summit 2026 Recap ✨

What a powerful day of learning, connection, reflection, and community at the 2026 YDRC Spring Summit: Rising in Community: Care That Holds. Systems That Last.

Thank you to the 250 youth development partners, speakers, facilitators, vendors, and leaders who made the day so meaningful. We’re leaving energized for the work ahead and grateful for the shared commitment to young people across Metro Detroit. 🤎

And honestly… we’re only getting started with summit reflections. More moments, insights, and highlights to come over the next few weeks ✨

Address

2470 Collingwood Street, Unit 218
Detroit, MI
48206

Website

http://detroitydrc.org/

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