Welcome to the Youth Arts Impact Network
In 2014, EdVestors, with support from the Barr Foundation, established a cohort of over 100 youth arts organizations as the Youth Arts Impact Network (YAIN). YAIN works to strengthen the local youth arts community and build capacity of the larger Creative Youth Development (CYD) field, resulting in youth arts organizations better serving young people and maximizing their impact.

YAIN has met to share evaluation knowledge, explore the development of evaluation tools and identify resources that can best meet their measurement and evaluation needs. Thus far, this work has increased knowledge sharing, strengthened the local youth arts field, and has expanded to include conversations with the wider, national CYD field.

In 2021 we formed a Public-Private Partnership to invest in continuing this important work (read more here).
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We are hoping that this website provides all organizations, teaching artists, and alums, access to resources, frameworks, important reports, and current opportunities.  As you view and share tools and templates, increase your network, utilize the resource documents, and discover opportunities, please feel free to let us know what is helpful and what can be improved.


How Best to Navigate this Website:
  • The Create Section focuses on​ information related to supporting young people to develop their Creative and Artistic Skills. Here you will find resources for supporting your organization around ​Creativity & Craft and Voice & Storytelling in CYD programming.
  • The Connect Section focuses on supporting young people to explore and build a strong sense of themselves in relationship to others.  Resources related to social and emotional health as well as mental health support can be found here.
  • The Catalyze Section focuses on ​​supporting young people to catalyze change in their lives and communities as emerging leaders. Resources related to Social Justice and Cultivating Leadership can be found here.
And please use the search function on the front page for any resources you are looking for, the search function is accurate and effective!
​For updated YAIN CYD Monthly Resources and Opportunities click here.