Abstract
Youth advocacy is a form of social practice focused on the positive development of young people through the use of political and social processes that seek to influence public policy, resource allocation, support services, and media perspectives around systems of care. As an emergent field, youth advocacy has grown out of a number of efforts connected to delinquency prevention, foster care reform, and adolescent mental health that advance an assets‐based or prevention‐oriented approach to youth development. Informed by the evolution of developmental systems theories, youth advocacy activities are initiated within and by neighborhood youth organizations and community coalitions, professionally managed advocacy groups, and social networks organized along the lines of youth empowerment, rights, and voice.
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