The Center For Youth & Community Development

The Center For Youth & Community Development, doing business as Collaborating For Youth, is a tax-exempt nonprofit based in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, that operates as a federal grant recipient (39% of recent awards as prime) and sub-recipient (61%) focused on youth substance abuse prevention and academic enrichment in rural south-central Pennsylvania. The organization does not hold federal contracts or contract vehicles; its entire federal footprint consists of grant awards and sub-grants.

Collaborating For Youth's core capability centers on underage alcohol prevention and youth community development. The organization operates the Drug Free Communities (DFC) Coalition across Adams County, serving approximately 12,000 to 14,000 youth ages 12–20 across six public school districts (Bermudian Springs, Conewago Valley, Fairfield Area, Gettysburg Area, Littlestown Area, and Upper Adams). Its prevention work uses coordinated environmental strategies, social-norms campaigns, caregiver education, and intergovernmental enforcement alignment to address underage drinking rates in the region, which run nearly 10 percent higher than national baseline. The organization also operates as a sub-recipient on the 21st Century Community Learning Centers (21st CCLC) program, delivering academic enrichment, tutoring, mentoring, and afterschool programming for students attending high-poverty schools.

Customer concentration is heavily weighted toward the Department of Education Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, which accounts for fourteen of the organization's twenty-three recent awards (61% coverage). The Department of Health and Human Services Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA Center for Substance Abuse Prevention) accounts for three awards, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the Office of Justice Programs Bureau of Justice Assistance account for smaller shares. Two active SAMHSA STOP Act grant awards anchor the prime work: a four-year project grant awarded September 30, 2026, running through September 29, 2030, and a completed award from September 30, 2022, through September 29, 2026. Sub-recipient work flows through the Pennsylvania Department of Education under 21st CCLC sub-awards spanning from 2021 through 2026, with four additional sub-awards issued in early 2026 and earlier 2025.

Activity has been irregular but showed uptick in 2025–2026, with five awards in 2026 and four in 2025 following lower volume in 2021–2023. Combined dollars obligated across all twenty-three awards total $10.2 million. The organization's role as a sub-recipient on Education and public-health grants reflects its operational footprint in community-based youth services rather than federal contracting capacity; no contract prime or sub work appears in the source.