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NCFY Recommends: How Well Are You Serving LGBTQ Youth?
June 15, 2012
How welcoming to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning youth are your facilities, handouts, reading materials and speech? A new checklist (PDF, 53KB) from the National Center for Cultural Competence, at Georgetown University, can help you  measure how LGBTQ-friendly your organization or program's staff and services are.
NCFY Recommends, Cultural Competence, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth

NCFY Recommends: College Resources for Undocumented Students
June 12, 2012
A new guide (PDF, 1 MB) from the College Board, the organization that administers the SATs and the AP courses and exams for high school students, brings together dozens of resources for undocumented students who want to attend college in the United States.
education, NCFY Recommends, Self-sufficiency

NCFY Recommends: Help from a Counselor Just a Text Away
June 06, 2012
National Safe Place, NCFY Recommends, Safety, Trauma-informed Care, Relationship Violence and Sexual Exploitation, Runaway and Homeless Youth

NCFY Recommends: Discuss Ending Youth Homelessness With Federal Cabinet Secretaries
June 04, 2012
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness meeting on June 12, 2012, at 1:30 Eastern will be streamed live. At the meeting, Administration on Children, Youth and Families Commissioner Bryan Samuels will present the proposed framework to end youth homelessness to the council and all those viewing the webcast.
NCFY Recommends, Opening Doors, Permanent Connections, Safety, Self-sufficiency, Well-being, Runaway and Homeless Youth

NCFY Recommends: Anti-Bullying Resources
June 04, 2012
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:
bullying, NCFY Recommends, Well-being, Mentoring, Positive Youth Development

NCFY Recommends: Connect Youth With Jobs
May 18, 2012
Know any young people looking for a job? If you work with youth, the answer is probably yes. Young Americans today face record unemployment.
NCFY Recommends, youth employment, Self-sufficiency, Positive Youth Development, Runaway and Homeless Youth

NCFY Recommends: Your Go-To Education Clearinghouse
May 08, 2012
Wouldn't it be nice to have one central source to find what works in education? The U.S. Department of Education thought so and created the What Works Clearinghouse. Staff reviewed thousands of studies on hundreds of education programs, products, practices and policies. They identified as many reliable sources as possible. Then, they organized them in a searchable online database. When you...
education, NCFY Recommends, research, Starting and Managing a Youth Program

NCFY Recommends: Resources to Track How Well You're Helping Youth
April 26, 2012
Tracking the impact of your program is critical, but it shouldn't take all your time. PerformWell, a new website from Urban Institute, Child Trends and Social Solutions, has measurement tools and suggestions to help human services professionals manage their programs' day-to-day performance. The site combines research-based findings and assessments with guidance from experts in the field...
NCFY Recommends, Runaway and Homeless Youth Program outcomes, Starting and Managing a Youth Program

NCFY Recommends: Help the Federal Government End Youth Homelessness
April 18, 2012
The United States Interagency Council on Homelessness needs your ideas! The council aims to end youth and family homelessness by 2020, as outlined in the Opening Doors strategic plan. You can help by submitting your thoughts on two topics:
education, NCFY Recommends, Opening Doors, Runaway and Homeless Youth

NCFY Recommends: Supporting LGBTQ Youth in School
April 11, 2012
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.
bullying, NCFY Recommends, Safety, Cultural Competence, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender & Questioning Youth, Positive Youth Development

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