Authentic youth voice in program assessment and planning is recognized as an effective practice that positively impacts youth, adults, and organizations. However, initiating and sustaining youth engagement in evaluation and planning is challenging for many organizations. In this session we showcase two case examples of innovative models that engage youth and adults in collaborative planning and evaluation in two very different settings: a high schools and a community coalition. We will highlight and distribute resources and tools that the school and coalition used to promote youth participation. We will discuss cross-cutting themes across the two settings to illustrate approaches that can be used by all field-based evaluators and consultants. #OrganizationalLearningandEvalCapacityBuilding #2013Conference #YouthFocusedEvaluation #AdvocacyandPolicyChange #Collaborative,ParticipatoryandEmpowermentEval #ProgramTheoryandTheoryDrivenEvaluation #Non-ProfitsandFoundationsEvaluation #HealthEvaluation #QualitativeMethods #youthdevelopment