Positive Youth Development

This pocket-sized brochure is intended for young people graduating from or leaving transitional and independent living programs. It features the stories of three young people who offer advice about becoming independent, realizing dreams, getting help and staying in touch. Youth workers can add their contact information to the detachable postcard in the back. 
NCFY talks to two young people about how youth leadership has challenged and inspired them. Time: 11:45 | Size: 13.4 MB | Transcript  
“Almost Home: Helping Kids Move From Homelessness to Hope” by Kevin Ryan and Tina Kelley, with foreword by Cory Booker
The Consumer Bankers Foundation and Ashoka's Youth Venture have launched the Banking on Youth competition to encourage young people ages 13 to 22 to develop a business venture that will improve society. Winners will get $1,000 in seed money.
Having the time to take a hard look at how you do things may seem like a luxury at youth-serving organizations. But a San Francisco foundation is trying to change that for a handful of nonprofits that serve runaway and homeless youth.
As Teen Dating Violence Awareness and Prevention Month continues, we want to highlight a way youth can share how they would respond to relationship violence.
Ravi Ramaswamy is a former youth worker who has moved on to help other youth workers improve their programs. As training coordinator at the David P.
Youth employment is at its lowest point since World War II, according to a new report from the Annie E. Casey Foundation’s KIDS COUNT, an initiative that tracks the wellbeing of children and youth in the United States.
The Office of National Drug Control Policy, in collaboration with the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, is accepting applications for its Drug-Free Communities Support Program. The program seeks to strengthen community partnerships and prevent and reduce substance use among youth and adults.
In our latest podcast, we hear from Bill Martin, executive director of Waterford Country School, a Connecticut youth shelter that will soon finish the three-year implementation of the CARE Model. He talks about how this evidence-based practice enables Waterford to better serve youth. Listen to the podcast.
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