Minnesota Alliance with Youth

  • SERVE WITH AMERICORPS

    Devote a year to service, youth engagement, and eliminating poverty as an AmeriCorps Promise Fellow or VISTA.  Service sites like Anoka High School help students reach their full potential!

  • GRADMINNESOTA

    Creating innovation through collaboration, GradMinnesota is an initiative of the Alliance, the Office of the Governor and the Minnesota Department of Education that aims to end the state's dropout crisis by 2020.

  • MINNESOTA YOUTH COUNCIL

    Minnesota Youth Council gives young people a platform to develop and strengthen their voices and engage in dialogue with legislators and decision makers at the state and local levels. APPLY TODAY to serve on the council in 2017! 

Improving outcomes for Minnesota's youth:

See how the promises change lives
  • 1Caring adults
  • 2Safe places
  • 3A healthy start
  • 4Effective education
  • 5Opportunities to help others

Ensuring Youth Success!

AmeriCorps Promise Fellows dedicate a year of service to help Minnesota youth succeed; in school, work and life.  Promise Fellows help youth overcome challenges with academics, attendance and behavior, and set young people on a path to graduation success.  Interested in serving a year?  Apply today!

Learn more about the Alliance!  

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Research has shown that when addressing conflict in school, exclusionary practices such as expulsions and suspensions are not effective in either improving student behavior or school climate (Skiba, Shure, Middelberg & Baker, 2011).  Suspensions are associated with negative student outcomes such as high levels of repeat offending, lower academic performance, higher school stop-out rates, decreased […]

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