A Collaborative Learning Community to Benefit Youth and Young People with Disabilities

By Jessica Queener, Communications and Outreach Manager, Youth Transitions Collaborative and the National Youth Transitions Center

August 1, 2016

The Youth Transitions Collaborative (YTC) is a community of organizations that share the goal of empowering youth and young people with disabilities to create a self-directed path to adulthood and employment, and to participate in and contribute to society.The National Youth Transitions Center (NYTC) provides a single location in the nation's capital for modeling cross-systems collaboration and improving the transition services available to youth and young people, their families and communities.

As an innovative "collaborative community," the NYTC provides opportunities for nonprofits serving youth and young people to build capacity, create new partnerships and benefit from its national agenda. This national agenda is comprised of policy and advocacy efforts, innovative research and cross-sector collaborations that stimulate new thinking and learning across the country.

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