i4Y - Innovations for Youth

The Youth and Allies Against Homelessness (YAAH) research team, led by i4Y Faculty Co-Director Coco Auerswald and Post Doc Benjamin Parry, PhD, has released their newest community-partnered research publication, Preventing Youth Homelessness in Highly Marginalized Populations. If you would like to read it, please click here.

i4Y postdoctoral scholar Brian Villa’s article on the importance of youth participatory action research (YPAR) in research practice partnerships is now available here on NNERPP Extra.

The Youth Equity Discovery Initiative (YEDI) provides research mentorship to undergraduates as they engage in impactful youth equity research work. This year's cohort of 30 undergraduates features students from a diversity of majors, including public health, political economy, applied mathematics, and many more! YEDI Scholars will present their yearlong research across disciplines at the Spring 2026 Symposium.

The YPAR Network has released a video series is designed to develop the knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy of adults who want to collaborate with young people for youth participatory action research (YPAR). YPAR is an approach to youth engagement in which young people and adults partner in the entire research process, from identifying issues and collecting data to analyzing findings and advocating for change.