About the Teen Initiative
The Teen Initiative is a partnership of Boston After School & Beyond, the City of Boston, private philanthropies, and others to weave diverse youth serving organizations into collaborative networks focused on the needs and strengths of high school aged youth. 
Connected youth development organizations provide an array of engaging, high quality programs and services that are more thematically diverse, developmentally appropriate, and longer-term than any single organization can provide alone. By supporting youth transitions among these opportunities, connected organizations stabilize the caring relationships with adults that are at the heart of positive youth outcomes.
Networks also serve as nodes for connecting the youth development sector to other systems serving youth, including Boston Public Schools and the Boston Public Health Commission. They also enable members to leverage their combined strengths to attract new financial resources and wield greater political power.
