Positive Youth Development

The Family and Youth Services Bureau's Street Outreach Program funds organizations that provide street-based services to runaway, homeless and street youth who have been subjected to, or are at risk of being subjected to, sexual abuse, prostitution or sexual exploitation. These services, which are provided in areas where street youth congregate, are designed to assist youth in making healthy...
NCFY's new video series features seven youth workers from around the country, each sharing a time when they made a big difference in a young person's life.
“Service Accessibility for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Questioning Youth” (abstract). Forthcoming from Youth & Society. Published online June 1, 2011.
Sometimes serendipity and hard work combine to make really good things happen. Sasha Bruce Youthwork, an organization that works with homeless and other at-risk youth in Washington, DC, last July accepted the donation of a dilapidated house at 5032 D Street NE.
NCFY's new video series features seven youth workers from around the country, each sharing a time when they made a big difference in a young person's life. Amber Yoder describes the time a young man came to her program immediately after leaving jail. He ended up staying sober and reconnecting with his family.
NCFY's new video series features seven youth workers from around the country, each sharing a time when they made a big difference in a young person's life. Enzi Tanner remembers a young person who needed a little convincing to enter a shelter, but who was spared the harsh Minnesota winter by eventually coming in.
At the direction of President Obama, the Departments of Justice and Education launched the National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention to begin a national conversation concerning youth and gang violence, raise awareness and elevate the issue to national significance. The Fiscal Year 2012 National Forum on Youth Violence Prevention Expansion Project will competitively select and fund as many as...
This Centers for Disease Control and Prevention grant program will fund projects to do all of the following:
The Family and Youth Services Bureau will fund a national training and technical assistance center that aims to enhance and promote the continuous evidence-based quality improvement of services with a focus on the social and emotional well being of children, youth and families served by FYSB-funded runaway and homeless youth programs. Full funding opportunity announcement (PDF, 342 KB).
In recent months we've seen the tragic results of teen bullying, but we've also seen a more active focus on how to make schools and programs for young people safer. Here's a roundup of new resources that talk about how to prevent bullying:
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