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LA Youth Outcomes Coordination Framework

A civic operating model and interactive dashboard for aligning youth services, school access, workforce pathways, public facilities, and capital improvements. The City of Los Angeles does not govern LAUSD; this framework is a coordination layer between legally distinct authorities.

authority boundary Coordinate without pretending to control.

YDD can own standards, data, service inventory, and public reporting. LAUSD keeps school governance and instruction. LACOE, EWDD, RAP, LAPL, community organizations, and youth councils plug into the same outcome loop.

media packet

Coordinate Without Control for LA Youth

Companion civic operating model generated for this framework

Download the LA Youth Outcomes Blueprint
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pilot geographies

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software-layer functions

4

decision pathways

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infrastructure timelines

coordination framework

The compact, routing engine, and physical pipeline on one page

The visual packet frames the City, LAUSD, and agency compact as a shared operating layer: advisory, operational, budget/capital, and compliance/equity pathways feed a three-tier youth infrastructure pipeline without collapsing each institution's legal authority.

Infographic titled Bridging the Gap: The LA Youth Outcomes Coordination Framework showing the coordination compact, four decision pathways, software routing engine, and three-tier physical pipeline.
Full-size visual overview of the LA Youth Outcomes Coordination Framework. Open the image or download the blueprint for the presentation-ready packet.

spatial diagnosis

Where need, services, transit, and civic assets overlap

Prototype GIS layers show youth need, school/program access, service assets, safe-route gaps, and proposed hub catchments. Live integration should pull from YDD dashboards, Earn Learn Play, LAUSD School Explorer, transit feeds, and City facility inventories.

Map source: prototype illustrative data modeled from official LA youth/service sources listed below.

performance dashboard

Funding, readiness, access gaps, and decision authority

Stacked bar chart of prototype youth investment by operator Prototype funding allocation across access, wellness, and workforce categories for five operator groups. Recreation and Parks 48 Youth Development 34 Libraries 26 EWDD 34 Community partners 44 access wellness workforce
Source: prototype illustrative data; final version should reconcile YDD youth investment data with departmental budget and utilization reports.
Neighborhood service readiness radar chart Six readiness dimensions: need clarity, program inventory, facility capacity, data sharing, youth voice, and capital path. Need clarity Program inventory Facility capacity Data sharing Youth voice Capital path
Source: prototype readiness model; final score should be generated by neighborhood service inventory QA.
Current versus target access by pilot geography Slope chart comparing current service access to target service access for South LA, Northeast/Eastside, and Valley corridor. current target SLA 82% NEL 84% VAL 78%
Source: prototype illustrative data; final targets should be adopted as public quarterly commitments.

Decision authority matrix

decision type lead signal binding owner output Advisory recommendationsYouth councils + familiesYDD publishes responseNonbinding community signalOperational coordinationYDD + departmentsCity departments / LAUSD partnersReferral, staffing, calendar, service pathBudget / capital routingMayor, Council, LAUSD board, County boardsLegal budget authorityAppropriation, MOU, capital projectCompliance / equity escalationCity Attorney, LAUSD counsel, privacy leadsResponsible public agencyFERPA, privacy, Brown Act, ADA, equity review

institutional restructure

A compact, not a takeover

The operating model creates a City-LAUSD-LACOE Youth Outcomes Compact: nonbinding public commitments, shared service inventory, clear owner-of-record fields, and quarterly reporting.

coordination office

YDD

Own shared inventory, youth standards, public dashboard, quarterly commitments.

education authority

LAUSD

Keep authority over schools, instruction, board policy, attendance-boundary tools, and district operations.

regional support

LACOE

Coordinate countywide education support and vulnerable-youth systems.

workforce pathway

EWDD

Operate YouthSource and youth employment pathways.

physical access network

RAP / LAPL

Host youth hubs, library labs, recreation access, and joint programming.

service providers

CBOs

Deliver culturally competent services and report capacity/utilization.

accountability channel

Youth councils

Review service gaps, test language, and publish advisory findings.

software layer

The prototype becomes a routing engine

Research intake

Load youth need, program capacity, school access, transit reach, facility inventory, and public commitments.

Stakeholder feedback

Collect advisory input by youth, family, provider, department, school, and neighborhood role.

Decision routing

Classify each proposal as advisory, operational, budget/capital, or compliance/equity.

Community feed

Publish commitments, meeting notes, unresolved blockers, and youth/family comments.

Refinement loop

Re-score service gaps after each pilot cycle and flag underperforming commitments.

Deployment package

Export a neighborhood packet with maps, charts, owners, timeline, costs, and next decision.

physical infrastructure plan

Turn coordination into places families can actually use

Tier 1 / 0-12 months

Quick-build service access

MOUs, room scheduling, staffing calendars, data inventory

  • Co-locate YDD navigators in libraries, parks, YouthSource centers, and selected schools
  • Open joint-use schoolyards after hours where agreements already exist
  • Create mobile service days in service deserts
Tier 2 / 1-3 years

Retrofit underused civic assets

Capital improvement scopes, safety upgrades, operating agreements

  • Convert underused public rooms into youth labs
  • Add shade, lighting, bathrooms, Wi-Fi, storage, and secure access
  • Build safe-route links between schools, libraries, parks, and transit stops
Tier 3 / 3-7 years

Permanent youth/civic campuses

Acquisition, bond-capital alignment, joint development, philanthropic match

  • Build or acquire permanent youth hubs in high-need service deserts
  • Bundle education support, workforce, wellness, arts, and family navigation
  • Tie capital renewal to published outcome commitments
Capital pipeline for youth infrastructure Three-stage pipeline from quick-build service access, to civic retrofit, to permanent youth campuses. Tier 1 0-12 months Quick-build service access Tier 2 1-3 years Retrofit underused civic assets Tier 3 3-7 years Permanent youth/civic campuses
Source: implementation blueprint; final capital pipeline should be reconciled with City and LAUSD facility plans.

90-day pilot

Three geographies, one operating cycle

SLA

South LA

High youth need and workforce-access priority

need
92
access gap
44
target access
82%
NEL

Northeast / Eastside

School, transit, and park-access coordination

need
74
access gap
31
target access
84%
VAL

Valley corridor

Distance, heat, and distributed-service challenge

need
66
access gap
49
target access
78%

Sources and implementation note

This page uses prototype illustrative data for the first static build. A production version should replace these arrays with regularly updated public exports and label the date, owner, and quality status of each layer.