Youth Thrive is an independently funded community collaborative in Wake County, NC. We seek to serve those who serve our youth.
Youth Thrive is a community-based collaborative comprised of individuals and organizations working to create positive change for Wake County youth (ages 5-18). By ensuring an effective and unifying partnership, Youth Thrives seeks to provide a space for communication, alignment and sharing of resources to better serve our young people.
When community concern arose after an increase in youth homicides in Wake County, community conversations were led by then Mayor Pro Tem, Dr. James West. As a champion of the cause of ensuring all children can thrive in a healthy environment, Youth Thrive, Dr. West sought to bring key stakeholders together to determine how to solve emerging problems facing Wake County youth.
Local community foundation, The John Rex Endowment, provided a generous investment of $1.25 million dollars to establish a collaborative that would increase the likelihood of positive outcomes for youth. Funding began in March 2011 and will continue until March 2016.
To foster and maintain a sustainable community partnership that promotes the success of youth, ages 5-18, in Wake County.
We invite you to join our Board of Directors, Action Teams and our Youth Thrive Network.
