YOU-2021-25-Strategic-Plan - Flipbook - Page 2
DEAR FRIENDS,
It is an honor and a joy to share Youth & Opportunity United’s
2022-2025 Strategic Plan.
During the unprecedented period of living and serving
impact with our stakeholders and ensuring our program
youth and families through a pandemic, Y.O.U.
models are sustainable and ready for growth.
continued to look forward and plan. We are an
organization that was poised to respond to the dual
crises of a global health pandemic and heightened
attention to our country’s deep and long-standing racial
injustices. Y.O.U.’s holistic approach, responsive nature,
school partnerships, commitment to centering those who
have been marginalized, and mental health services put
us in just the right position to support youth during such
Our 2022-2025 Strategic Plan was built on a strong
foundation of staff input and stakeholder engagement. It
began with the development of our Theory of Change,
which details the problem Y.O.U. is working to address,
our specific strategies and activities, and the ways we
expect youth to develop and grow from participating
in our programs and services. Our planning did not
challenging times.
change who we are. It did, however, allow us to re-
While we have been reminded over the past few years
for the future. As we always have, we will need the
that we cannot predict the future, Y.O.U. also has been
support of our dedicated community to make our work
reminded of our ability to make a powerful impact in our
and impact in the future possible.
articulate and affirm our work for the current times–and
community. Thanks to the deep and abiding investments
of our committed supporters, Y.O.U. is poised to both
deepen and widen our impact in the coming years.
This plan sets the path for Y.O.U. to build this future
On behalf of the thousands of youth Y.O.U. will serve
under the guidance of this plan, we thank you for your
investment in Y.O.U. and our future.
on a foundation of 50 years of service to youth in our
community. Y.O.U. intends to further step into our role
as a youth services leader. We commit to sharing our
Letitia Mann
President, Board of Directors
Craig Lynch
Chief Executive Officer
