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Community. Youth. Power.

Community-powered infrastructure for grassroots leadership and youth-led change.

THRIVE ON! is a community and neighborhood development organization supporting young people and grassroots leaders through leadership pathways, project incubation, and shared infrastructure. We break down barriers so grassroots leaders, youth, and local entrepreneurs can turn ideas into lasting community change.

What We Provide

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Paid, credit-bearing, and exploratory opportunities connected to real community work.

Youth Leadership & Pathways
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Incubation, fiscal sponsorship, and shared systems that help community-rooted work last.

Grassroots Projects & Infrastructure
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Youth-led assessment, shared insight, and alignment across partners and systems.

Community Learning & Coordination

Our Programs

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Early Thriver Program

For young people to learn, lead, and build through real projects.

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Rootwork Program

For grassroots leaders and community projects seeking infrastructure and support.

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Get Involved
There’s more than one way to show up.

Whether you’re a young person, a community leader, an organization, or a partner, there’s a pathway that fits.
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Learning from the ground up.

Through our Community Assessment Lab, young people document community gaps, assets, and recommendations based on lived experience and real work.

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The Latest from the Newsroom

Stay connected to stories, updates, and reflections from across our work.

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THRIVE ON! Network Inc. (THRIVE ON!) and the Children's Home of Kingston (CHK) have completed the first two cycles of IGNITE — the Winter and Spring seasons — marking the close of the program's first half before summer break. Across 17 weeks and 56 lessons, 15 Early Thrivers showed up, built things, grew things, cooked things, and in the process, began to see themselves differently.
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The Youth Services Exchange Collective (YSEC), a transplanted initiative under THRIVE ON!'s Rootwork incubator supported in partnership with the Ulster County Youth Bureau, has announced a new name, new leadership, and a bold agenda for the year ahead.
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Youth from ONE STRIKE are gaining hands-on culinary experience through THRIVE ON!'s YOUTH Force track while helping prepare meals for residents experiencing housing instability.
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Our Partners

We believe the people closest to the work already have what it takes. Our role is to remove barriers and build space for leadership to grow.

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