The USAID Policy on Youth in Development outlines two main objectives: 1. Strengthen youth programming, participation, and partnerships to support development goals. 2. Mainstream and integrate youth issues across agency initiatives by engaging young people in program design and implementation. The policy aims to improve youth capacities and opportunities so they can contribute to more stable, democratic, and prosperous societies. It focuses on challenges like economic opportunities, learning, health, and peace, and establishes principles of supporting youth needs, protecting them from harm, preparing them for the future, and creating ways for them to participate.