"The YPQA tool was extremely helpful in breaking down the social emotional components into manageable chunks in which to focus on. Seeing those components broken down made it easy to focus on those areas in which our program could improve and have the greatest impact on the youth we serve."

STEM Paths Innovation Network

“The[YPQI] trainings have given our staff tools for SEL implementation and have made it easier to engage youth in the program. We recently had a training on Planning with Data and our team’s biggest take away was the goal setting portion. It taught us the importance of goal setting for programming and how goals can lead to more effectiveness and efficiency, which can lead us in to a higher quality program.”

Urban Family

Over the past few months, we have had several parents share their life skills, careers, and experiences of working and living in the United States. The students were very interested in interviewing the parents and asking them various questions. The students were proud to see their parents sharing their knowledge in the classroom. We think this kind of activity is very meaningful for students to understand the life of immigrants and for students to have a closer relationship with their parents.

Chinese Information and Service Center

"As an organization we have learned that the intentionality of coaching and leveraging YPQI as a conversation starter has been invaluable as an accountability and quality control framework. Moreover, YPQI has provided an opportunity for program partners in our collaborative to observe each other's programs and dialogue around promising practices.”

Seattle Housing Authority