what we do

Launch State based Youth Chapters

We partner with in-state allies to identify and equip emerging youth leaders to launch and lead local chapters. Within weeks, each new team taps into YCA’s ready-to-go infrastructure, legal, compliance, digital tools, and strategic coaching, so they can immediately begin organizing, running voter registration drives, advocating on issues, and developing leadership pipelines in their communities.

Operational Support

While local chapters focus on growing their teams and organizing voters, YCA handles the operational engine: finance, HR, payroll, compliance, cybersecurity, and data. This shared backbone allows chapters to confidently scale digital and field programs across campuses, neighborhoods, and online spaces. With continuous coaching and infrastructure already in place, chapters can onboard staff, deepen training, and launch high-impact campaigns from day one, not year three.

Win Policy & Political Change

Chapters run year-round campaigns that advance policy, protect ballot access, and drive youth and BIPOC voter turnout in high-stakes elections. From voter registration and GOTV to issue advocacy and legislative pressure, our programs are built to win—and built to last. We use shared data systems to track impact, share learnings across states, and rapidly scale what works. Whether it’s passing local ordinances, defending democracy, or flipping key seats, our chapters organize with urgency and strategic clarity to meet the moment and shape the future.

About Youth Civic Accelerator

The Youth Civic Accelerator (YCA) is a strategic experiment, part incubator, part operations hub, created to launch and scale youth-led civic infrastructure in the states that need it most. We focus on places where youth power is untapped, where organizing capacity is thin, and where the political stakes are highest for our generation.

Too often, young leaders are asked to do transformational work—organize, register voters, win elections, shift policy,with no real support. YCA flips that script. We eliminate the barriers that burden emerging organizations by centralizing the operational backbone: finance, HR, payroll, legal, compliance, and data systems. Instead of spending their first years building infrastructure from scratch, chapters tap into a ready-made support system that allows them to hit the ground running.

This model allows local organizers to focus on what they do best: building relationships, mobilizing their peers, and leading bold campaigns that protect democracy, advance justice, and deliver real wins for their communities.

That’s why we call it an accelerator, we help youth-led efforts move faster, scale smarter, and go deeper than they ever could alone.

The Accelerator Model

  1. Seed
    We raise the resources, in close partnership with in-state allies and aligned funders, and connect emerging youth leaders to our legal, compliance, data, and coaching backbone. Within weeks, a new chapter is equipped to launch voter engagement, advocacy, and electoral work—not years down the line.

  2. Build
    Chapters recruit volunteers, hire and train organizers, and begin executing advocacy and turnout campaigns. As they grow, YCA handles the essentials—compliance, payroll, digital security, finance, HR, and data infrastructure—allowing local leaders to focus on developing strategy, hitting political goals, and building leadership pipelines.

  3. Scale
    With a solid foundation in place, chapters expand their operations to meet the moment. They grow voter registration, GOTV, and issue campaigns across campuses, neighborhoods, and digital platforms, driving the kind of bold, youth-led organizing that delivers real policy wins and shifts power statewide.