The organisation said whichever political party wins at the polls next week must "invest in youth work and make it more accessible to young people".
The call, set out in the organisation's election manifesto, follows steep cuts to youth service budgets in recent years, with latest local authority section 251 returns showing council spending on youth services fell from £815m in 2012/13 to £500m in 2015/16.
In reference to government investment in the National Citizen Service programme - which is being funded with £1.2bn of public money up to 2020 - the manifesto states that although "social action is great" there is a need for "a range of services catering to young people across a broader age range than 16- to 17-year-olds".
NYA's manifesto also calls on the government to use youth workers to support young people on apprenticeships.
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