Members of Coventry City Council's cabinet are to consider the move when they meet next month as part of a package of savings across its youth services and early years provision.
Under the plans, delivery of universal youth services across the city will cease and be replaced with a targeted offer focusing on "the hardest to reach and most vulnerable young people", a council statement said.
The new service is likely to be run by the voluntary and community sector, which the council said has shown "a lot of interest" in taking on targeted, local youth work.
A £525,000 transition fund has been set up to help local groups run the new streamlined service.
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