The Opportunity Youth Forum (OYF) is a network comprised of over forty local collaborations in urban, rural, and tribal communities across the United States that seeks to build and scale reconnection pathways that achieve better outcomes in education, employment and overall well-being for opportunity youth.

Children at Risk has created state legislative district one pagers, where you can explore the data on Opportunity Youth & Young Adults for each Texas House and Senate district.

Post-2020 narratives about young people as a “lost generation,” crisis framing around youth mental health and social media, and often-misleading media coverage about crime make it clear that changing the narrative is as urgent as ever.

While many Opportunity Youth and Young Adults have experienced systems involvement, unstable living conditions, and trauma, their experiences with disconnection are far from uniform. View their stories.

The ABLE Act recognizes the extra and significant costs of living with a disability. ABLE accounts allow eligible individuals the opportunity to save and fund a variety of Qualified Disability Expenses without endangering eligibility for certain benefits that are critical to their health and well-being, such as Medicaid and Supplemental Security Income (SSI).

TexProtects advocates for policy that protects children from abuse and empowers families to thrive.