Creative Youth Development (CYD) is a holistic approach to deeply engaging young people through the arts and creativity to promote personal well-being and support them in reaching their full potential. SDCYD Network is a coalition of providers, partners, and young people dedicated to harnessing their collective strength to build the field of creative youth development to maximize impact for youth. We achieve this by:

Building public awareness of the impact of youth arts programs as drivers of personal and community change.

• Initiate and conduct field research & evaluation
• Create content, communications, and campaigns
• Produce youth-focused and data-driven storytelling

Sharing expertise and best practices with youth arts programs.

• Provide leadership & professional development
• Provide networking & peer learning opportunities
• Offer technical assistance

Cultivating new pathways of support that benefit all local youth arts programs.

• Advocate for policy & systems change
• Grow diversity in funding
• Pursue collective funding opportunities