Highlights from C4Y Nampa's 2025-2026 Academic Year

Communities for Youth (C4Y) Nampa has had a busy year! 

In our first year as a C4Y Regional Initiative, we’ve had a number of successes as well as lessons learned when it came to building the best community for our young people. 

Key Projects

Some of the key projects to build well-being in Nampa youth included: 

• Nampa Hosting Its First Youth Well-being Data Walk

• Exploring the Survey Data with Nampa School District Students

• Creating an Action Team to Help Guide Future Work Around the Nampa Youth Well-being Data

• Gaining Insight from Youth About How to Increase Community Connection in Nampa

C4Y staff member discusses Nampa's Idaho Youth Well-being Survey results with Columbia High School students.

2025-2026 Nampa Youth Well-being Survey

This year, 2,596 middle and high school students, in grades 7th-12th, from East Valley, Lone Star, New Horizons, South Middle, Union, Columbia High, Nampa High, Skyview, and Nampa Academy participated in the Idaho Youth Well-being Survey for Nampa. 

Some of the main takeaways from this year’s district-wide data and data walk presentation included:

• 67% of students report feeling physically healthy 5–7 days per week.

• 93% of students report intermediate or high levels of mattering.

• 25% of youth report they have moderate-to-severe symptoms of depression.

• 13% of youth had low feelings of connection to the community.

Data presentations inclusive of all students and schools that participated in 2025-2026 are available on the C4Y Nampa Data Page. If you are interested in school or district-level information, please contact your building principal.

C4Y Executive Director Dr. Megan Smith presents the results of Nampa's Idaho Youth Well-being Survey to local community members.

Our Coalition, Partnerships & Community Engagement

Key Partners Have Included:

• Southwest District Health

• Nampa School District

• The City of Nampa

• Healthy Impact Nampa

• 2C Kids Succeed 

• Boys & Girls Clubs of Canyon County

• Idaho Hispanic Foundation

• Nampa Young Life

• Canyon County Drug Free Coalition 

• St. Luke's

• Nampa Mayor’s Teen Council

• Breaking Chains Academy

• Nampa Recreation Department 

This year, C4Y Nampa engaged community and school partners, parents, and other community members through our Community Data Walk, individual school meetings, and Action Team Meeting collaborations.

C4Y is so proud of what we have been able to do this year. As we continue the work to move upstream for youth well-being in Nampa, we invite new and existing partners to stay up to date and reach out about ways that they can learn more and/or get more involved.

If you have any questions or would like to get involved in the current work of the Communities for Youth Nampa Initiative, please contact Community Lead Tara Woodward at  Tara.Woodward@swdh.id.gov.