youth empowerment

Jordan Ryan and Alon Coleman both participate in Youth Farm and Market Project, a youth-serving program in Minneapolis, MN. They speak with NCFY about Youth Farm's approach to youth empowerment, which includes teaching new skills and connecting young people to the community. Time: 4:44 | Size: 4.3 MB
Trauma-informed care approaches are important but limited, according to Susan McKenzie-Mohr, primary author of “Responding to the Needs of Youth Who are Homeless: Calling for Politicized Trauma-Informed Intervention” (abstract).
Enhancing Empowerment and Leadership Among Homeless Youth in Agency and Community Settings: A Grounded Theory Approach (abstract). The Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, Vol. 28, No. 1 (2011).
For Kelly Miller, getting hooked on “The Vampire Diaries,” a TV show about two vampire brothers in a small Virginia town, is a job hazard.
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
Peer Education and Leadership in Dating Violence Prevention: Strengths and Challenges (abstract), Journal of Aggression, Maltreatment & Trauma, Vol. 19, 2010. What it’s about: The authors of this article interviewed 52 domestic violence and sexual assault prevention practitioners about their experiences using youth as educators and leaders in efforts to prevent dating violence and...
At the Orion Center in Seattle, young people learn yoga, rock climbing and knitting. They make greeting cards and mosaics, and play guitar or drums during jam sessions with professional musicians. But Director Ruth Blaw is quick to emphasize, “We’re not a rec center.”
Finding funding can be daunting. Finding funding that aligns perfectly with your program's mission can seem almost impossible. To make the task a little easier, two federal entities have developed tools to help human services organizations find the programs that fit and maximize their chances of being funded.
Youth Service America will award 100 Sodexo Youth Grants of $500 each to support youth-led service projects that combat childhood hunger. Application instructions
It’s a common dilemma for young people looking for a first job: How to land a position when they’ve got no employment experience. Three runaway and homeless youth programs in Washington, DC, are solving the problem by hiring young people to work on their street outreach teams.
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