Positive Youth Development

The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management will support projects that encourage children, teens and young adults to explore the natural world through hands-on education and volunteer experiences, to steward nature, and to develop an interest in natural resource careers. Full opportunity.
Charitra, a networking website for social causes, founded by software company SAP, is challenging nonprofit organizations to spread awareness of their causes. The first 10 nonprofits to attract more than 100 online supporters will get $500 from SAP. The two organizations that run the most successful overall campaigns will win $5,000. Learn more.
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. Up first is Linda Mascarenas from Family and Youth Services in Stockton, CA. She talks about a teen mother who eventually became a paid employee of Mascarenas' youth program.
School should be a safe space for all students to learn. But too often lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth are taunted and bullied in class, the hallways and the schoolyard.
In honor of Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Month, in April, NCFY asked two longtime sexual health educators to recommend their favorite online resources on STDs. Monica Rodriguez is president of the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, or SIECUS. Deborah Mathis is administrative chief of women’s health at the University of Pennsylvania’s...
The National Institute on Drug Abuse's Easy-to-Read Drug Facts site is just that: Easy to read. The site talks about drug abuse, addiction and treatment in short sentences and plain English. Pages can be easily printed out for people who don't have computers. And users can listen to pages if they prefer that to reading. The site is a good tool if you work with young people and families...
Seems like there’s never enough time to do all the things that need to be done to make the world a better place. Maybe that’s why Global Youth Service Day -- the largest and longest-running service event in the world, and the only day of service dedicated to children and youth -- is actually a weekend. Mark your calendar for April 20-22, 2012. But don't stop there. Here are three...
The Department of Agriculture's Rural Youth Development Grants Program supports the expansion of effective, high quality youth development programs for youth in rural areas and small towns. Grants should be used to
Organizations in areas with large numbers of female ex-offenders are invited to apply for grants to help ex-offenders improve their job prospects. Strategies must be
Mothers Against Drunk Driving invites teens to make very short videos (one minute or less) about underage drinking prevention. The top five finalists will each win an iPad and an all-expense paid trip to Dallas in June 2012 for the Teen Influencer Summit. The grand prize winner will also receive an all-expense paid trip  to Washington, DC, for MADD’s National Conference in September...
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