For the tribal community, CYSD will transition from focusing solely on income enhancement through farming to a comprehensive "Community Food System" approach. This will include sustainable agriculture, local and regional food value chains, community food security, and waste management. The goals include promoting nutrition-focused production systems, creating integrated farming clusters, addressing value chain gaps, and partnering with various stakeholders to replicate sustainable livelihood practices. CYSD also aims to bridge gaps in social protection, health, and education for tribals, ensuring they benefit from development programs and schemes meant for them.

For migrant workers, CYSD will focus on safe migration, social protection, skill development, and creating employment opportunities. They will facilitate migrant labor registration, educate migrant workers about their entitlements, establish Migration Support Centers, and monitor entitlements in real-time. Additionally, CYSD will promote skilling, re-skilling, and enterprise promotion to improve migrants' livelihoods and build alliances to advocate for fair working conditions and policies for informal workers. 

CYSD will strengthen institutions like Women’s Self-help Groups, Farmers’ Groups, and Village Development Committees to enhance their effectiveness in demanding and accessing entitlements. They will also focus on building community resilience to disasters and climate change, promoting climate-resilient livelihood practices, and facilitating inclusion under social security safety nets. Efforts include enhancing community disaster management skills, integrating disaster management plans at the Gram Panchayat level, and promoting nature-based solutions for disaster mitigation. CYSD will also work to develop disaster-resilient infrastructure, promote school safety programs, document best practices, and build alliances for emergency response.

For the urban poor, CYSD aims to ensure access to basic amenities, strengthen urban governance, and integrate disaster management plans at the ward level for the urban poor. Promoting digital literacy will bridge the knowledge gap, enabling better access to opportunities. Bhubaneswar’s rapid urbanization has led to unauthorized settlements, straining civic infrastructure. Overcrowded slums lack essential services like waste disposal, plumbing, roads, and electricity. The urban poor face distinct challenges requiring effective engagement to strengthen governance and ensure sustainable amenities through Ward Development Plans and coordinated actions involving local groups.

CYSD’s change goals include strengthening governance systems, engaging citizens to monitor ward development, and enhancing urban local bodies’ planning and budgeting capabilities for the urban poor. Despite government efforts, low skills, education, and income push many into informal sectors. Linking vulnerable groups to social protection schemes, skilling programs, career counselling, and enterprise promotion will ensure dignity and empowerment. Key milestones include linking groups to social schemes, empowering 3,000 youths, and advocating for informal workers’ policies through alliances.

Disasters exacerbated by urban poverty, unplanned infrastructure, and environmental degradation increase risks for slums. CYSD aims to establish disaster resilient slum communities by incorporating Ward Disaster Management Plans (WDMPs) into municipal plans and training a Youth Force in disaster response. Milestones include WDMPs for 30 slums and equipping 100 youths with disaster response skills.