YOB was founded by Karen Young after working as a national student organizer with Campus Outreach Opportunity League (COOL).
Kellogg Foundation, Boston Public Schools, and others, Youth on Board has published numerous important materials.
[3] In 2014 YOB was one of eight organizations selected by the Susan Crown Exchange to be part of their research and documentation project on social emotional learning called Preparing Youth to Thrive.
Support the Youth Voice in Decision-Making Movement YOB supported youth voice in decision-making on a local and national level through speaking engagements, coalitions, consultations, writing articles, participating in research studies, and writing and selling publications.
They were regularly called upon by foundations, think tanks, Federal and State DOE, media outlets, and researchers.