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Office of Youth and Families outlines youth data hub, Opportunity Pass and warns funding cuts could curtail programs
Summary
Office Director Asia Hallett told the council the office used a $600,000 allocation to build a youth programs directory, fiscal maps and a data hub that informs the Opportunity Pass and other initiatives. She and community speakers cautioned that proposed budget cuts and expiring contracts would reduce services, including mental health contracts.
Asia Hallett, director of the Office of Youth and Families, gave a detailed presentation Monday about 2026 goals that center on a youth programs directory, a youth data hub and fiscal mapping designed to align funding to need. Hallett described work convening more than 80 organizations over 12 months to identify gaps between existing data and the questions the city needs answered to support young people.
"We just completed the first phase of that directory," Hallett said. She said the directory maps more than 200 organizations, their locations and the frequency of programming; it is intended to be used with a "joy map" showing places young people frequent. Hallett said the Opportunity Pass—an initiative to remove…
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