Community Youth Development
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Description: National 4-H Council's mission is to advance the 4-H youth development movement to build a world in which youth and adults learn, grow, and work together as catalysts for positive change. Council partners with 4-H at all levels?national, state and local.
National Youth Leadership Council
Description: The National Youth Leadership Council's mission is to build vital, just communities with young people through service-learning. As one of America's most prominent advocates of service-learning and youth service, the NYLC is at the forefront of efforts to reform education and guide youth-oriented public policy.
Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
Description: The OJJDP Web site is designed to provide information and resources on both general areas of interest about juvenile justice and delinquency including conferences, funding opportunities, and new publications and the comprehensive strategy as a framework for communities to combat youth crime.
– Evaluation –
Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Using Timelines 
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author); Garcia, Aleta; Peterson, Donna J.; Shannon, Lisa Cassidy
Description: A bulletin that discusses applying CYFERnet resources to evaluate community outcomes. It includes a discussion of using timelines in program and evaluation planning applied to a program seeking to increase teen involvement in social action in the community.
Community Science Education and Leadership (SEAL) Project
Author: Dasher, Steven
Description: This Power Point presentation from CYFAR 2003 draws from the presenters' experiences with the Animal Ambassadors Community Science Education and Leadership (SEAL) Project. Community SEAL is a research project that focuses on community collaborations, cross-age mentoring, and science education outreach in an at-risk community.
Skills Development through Community Computing: The Irondale Community Computer Lab
Author: Dunn, Elizabeth (3 more by this author); J. Gordon Arbuckle
Description: The purpose of this report is to present a study examines the impact of community computer labs on participants Â’ computer skills, even when no formal on-site training is provided.
Skills Development Through Community Computing: The Irondale Community Computer Lab (report summary)
Author: Dunn, Elizabeth (3 more by this author); J. Gordon Arbuckle
Description: A brief summary of a report that presents a study examines the impact of community computer labs on participants Â’ computer skills, even when no formal on-site training is provided
– General Information –
Description: A brief fact sheet on alcohol advertising campaigns aimed at youth and their effects.
An Interview with Lateefah Simon: The Transformative Power of Commuity Youth Development
Author: Raskin, Sarah
Description: This interview with Lateefah Simon provides insight into the world of street violence and community interventions that make a
difference in youth's lives.
Effects of Advertising on Children
Description: A brief fact sheet on the tobacco advertising campaigns aimed at youth and the effects of such advertising on young people, as well as trends in smoking among young people.
Finding Common Agendas: How Young People are Being Engaged in Community Change Efforts
Author: Butler, Benjamin; Thaddeus Ferber; Donna Wharton-Fields; Karen Pittman
Description: This report presents an analytical framework for understanding how and why young people are connected to community youth development organizations and further examines reports on 100 such organizations across the country to explore the role that community organizations are playing in youth development.
Non-Traditional Alternatives to School Organization
Author: Hinz, Lisa (2 more by this author)
Description: This paper focuses on alternative ways of organizing schools. It includes discussions of charter schools, magnet schools, year-round schools, and other types of alternative school arrangements.
Pew Partnership for Civic Change: Civic Change Project
Description: An overview of an initiative designed to address tough issues that communities face, such as at-risk youth, affordable housing, etc.
Positive Approaches to Behavior Problems: 4-H Volunteer Leaders Series
Author: Klumpp, Mike (4 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses how to work with youth in groups. It provides an overview of the needs of youth and offers tips for handling behavior problems and issues that might arise when working with youth.
Schools can be a powerful partner in community development
Author: Besser, Terry
Description: A news release that addresses the importance of community-school linkages. It includes a discussion about how young people can improve their communities while they also gain personal benefits from being involved.
Size, Cost and Quality in Public Schools and School Districts
Author: Hinz, Lisa (2 more by this author)
Description: This paper provides a review of the research on the relationship between school and school district size, cost, and quality. Information specific to Minnesota is used to put the research into context. This report examines dominant policy positions and explains the issues facing schools and their communities and the options available.
The Forum for Youth Investment
Description: This web site is the home site for The Forum for Youth Investment, an organization committed to bringing all youth serving organizations to the table to help better serve the needs of youth. The site provides information about the organizational approach of the Forum as well as a listing of partners and supporters, links to research and policy agendas.
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA)
Description: The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's (SAMHSA) mission is to reduce the impact of substance abuse and mental illness on America's communities. In order to achieve this mission, SAMHSA has identified 8 Strategic Initiatives to focus the Agency's work on improving lives and capitalizing on emerging opportunities.
Author: Bruner, Charles (13 more by this author)
Description: Using a question and answer format to help state and local policy makers consider how best to foster local collaboration that truly benefits children and families. Checklists are provided to help policy makers quickly assess key issues in establishing interagency initiatives, demonstration projects, and statewide reforms to foster collaboration.
Youth Action: Youth Contributing to Communities - Communities Supporting Youth
Author: Irby, Merita
Description: A position paper that explores trends in youth development, civic engagement and community development, identifies common themes and important differences between the youth action programming approaches, introduces the concept of creating action pathways for youth, and offers recommendations for planning and policy.
– Professional Development –
A Method on Presenting Key Concepts Regarding Positive Youth Development to Community Audiences
Author: Perkins, Daniel (17 more by this author)
Description: A lesson plan format for teaching youth development concepts to community groups.
Disseminating and Sustaining the Strengthening Families Program in Washinton State
Author: Overath, Renee; Jennifer Crawford, Washington State University Extension, Chelan County; Drew Betz, Washington State University Extension, Whatcom County
Description: CYFAR 2009 workshop, this presentation includes information about the development and continuation of the Strengthening Families Program in Washington State. This program works with youth between the ages of 10 to 14 and their parents/caregivers.
Stories of Hope - CYFAR 2007 Keynote Speaker
Author: Simon, Lateefah
Description: Lateefah Simon’s keynote address draws on her transformative work with high risk young people in high need communities. Simon will illustrate some of the strategies she has found to be effective in promoting healthier communities and healthier lives for low income youth. Lateefah Simon serves as the director of Reentry Services for San Francisco District Attorney Kamala D. Harris. She is responsible for the development and implementation of programs and services in the DA’s office that aim to provide young adult reentering offenders with opportunities to gain skills, become employable, and exit the criminal justice system. Before joining the District Attorney’s Office, Simon served as the executive director for nine years of the San Francisco–based Center for Young Women’s Development, a nonprofit holistic reentry organization run for and by low-income young women. Simon’s innovative and successful approach to working with young adults in the criminal justice system has received national awards and recognition. In 2003, she received the prestigious MacArthur “Genius” Fellowship; and in 2005 she was honored by the state of California as “Woman of the Year.”
Author: Bovitz, Laura (4 more by this author); Teresa Vivar, New Brunswick 4-H Volunteer Coordinator & Abigail Kesely, 4-H Program Assistant
Description: This CYFAR 2009 workshop presentation includes 10 steps for program development with Latino youth from building trust and rapport with the Latino community to making the program sustainable.
The Forum for Youth Investment
Description: This web site is the home site for The Forum for Youth Investment, an organization committed to bringing all youth serving organizations to the table to help better serve the needs of youth. The site provides information about the organizational approach of the Forum as well as a listing of partners and supporters, links to research and policy agendas.
Using Focus Groups Methodology to Assess Community-Based Program Sustainability
Author: Maring, Elisabeth; Donielle Inskeep (University of Maryland 4-H Youth Development); Tammy Humberson (University of Maryland 4-H Youth Development); Edith Hull (University of Maryland 4-H Youth Development); Kendra Wells (University of Maryland 4-H Youth Development); Moireen Clark (University of Maryland 4-H Youth Development)
Description: This CYFAR 2009 workshop presented information on the use of focus groups to evaluate the sustainability of CYFAR New Communities Projects in Maryland. Steps for development, implementation, and analysis of data with focus groups are presented.
– Programming Resource –
Applying CYFERnet Resources to Evaluate Community Outcomes: Using Timelines
Author: Jakes, Susan (22 more by this author); Garcia, Aleta; Peterson, Donna J.; Shannon, Lisa Cassidy
Description: A bulletin that discusses applying CYFERnet resources to evaluate community outcomes. It includes a discussion of using timelines in program and evaluation planning applied to a program seeking to increase teen involvement in social action in the community.
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention
Author: Thornton, Timothy
Description: A resource about preventing youth violence. It includes the following chapters: 1) a section discussing planning, implementing, and evaluating an intervention; 2) strategies to prevent youth violence. It also includes a fact sheet about youth violence and information about a public health approach. In addition, it lists books and organizations involved with Violence Prevention.
Building a Foundation for Community Leadership: Involving Youth in Community Development Projects
Description: This handbook is designed to guide Extension agents, high school teachers, or adult leaders of youth organizations in creating and implementing their own youth leadership and community development project.
Community Science Education and Leadership (SEAL) Project
Author: Dasher, Steven
Description: This Power Point presentation from CYFAR 2003 draws from the presenters' experiences with the Animal Ambassadors Community Science Education and Leadership (SEAL) Project. Community SEAL is a research project that focuses on community collaborations, cross-age mentoring, and science education outreach in an at-risk community.
If Not You Who? Taking A Stand For Young People In Your Community - The Asset Building Approach
Author: Smith, Claudette (1 more by this author)
Description: Curriculum trains community leaders to use the developmental asset framework to address issues facing youth in their communities. Curriculum consist of a facilitators guide which offers experiential training in an easy to follow language using activities that are effective for teaching the asset building concepts to limited resource, low income community leaders and families. Also effective with youth. Also includes a participant course book.
My Own Backyard: Exploring the Urban Landscape through Poetry and Art
Author: Umbach, Sandee
Description: My Own Backyard programs bring youth and communities together; highlighting a sense of place through artistic expression in poetry, visual art, and technology. Participants will learn how students in underprivileged areas can be encouraged to find the beauty in their everyday surroundings, and to express and integrate their thoughts on their own neighborhood's unique history, traditions, people, and places.
Pew Partnership for Civic Change: Civic Change Project
Description: An overview of an initiative designed to address tough issues that communities face, such as at-risk youth, affordable housing, etc.
Positive Approaches to Behavior Problems: 4-H Volunteer Leaders Series
Author: Klumpp, Mike (4 more by this author)
Description: This fact sheet discusses how to work with youth in groups. It provides an overview of the needs of youth and offers tips for handling behavior problems and issues that might arise when working with youth.
Preventing Violence in our Schools
Description: The University of Minnesota Extension Service offers these resources to provide insights and strategies for working with teachers, students, community groups, and families as they react to the Columbine High School tragedy.
Recruitment Tips for a Mentoring Program
Description: A factsheet that discusses how to recruit volunteers for a mentoring program.
Skills Development through Community Computing: The Irondale Community Computer Lab
Author: Dunn, Elizabeth (3 more by this author); J. Gordon Arbuckle
Description: The purpose of this report is to present a study examines the impact of community computer labs on participants Â’ computer skills, even when no formal on-site training is provided.
Skills Development Through Community Computing: The Irondale Community Computer Lab (report summary)
Author: Dunn, Elizabeth (3 more by this author); J. Gordon Arbuckle
Description: A brief summary of a report that presents a study examines the impact of community computer labs on participants Â’ computer skills, even when no formal on-site training is provided
Sustaining Effective Youth Programs by Building Organizational Capacity
Author: Dotterweich, Jutta (7 more by this author)
Description: CYFAR 2009 workshop on sustaining effective youth programs. Relies on the principles of positive youth development and strategies to involve youth in key roles in the community. This presentation illustrates the steps to building organizational capacity needed to help sustain youth programs.
The Teen Assessment Project: Supporting Youth, Strengthening Families, Building Strong Communities
Author: Cross, Charlotte (2 more by this author)
Description: A program overview descrbing the teen assessment project in New Hampshire. It also provides information for doing local community-wide teen assessment projects.
Understanding and Preventing Youth Violence
Author: Miles, Carol
Description: A fact sheet about youth violence prevention.
Us and Them: Trust, Democracy, and Youth Development
Author: Flanagan, Connie (1 more by this author)
Description: A research lecture presented at CYFAR 2002 that focuses on the role that youth development programs play in building social trust and promoting democracy
Author: Bracamonte Wiggs, Christine (1 more by this author); Lynne Borden, University of Arizona
Description: CYFAR 2009 workshop about programs to support a sense of belonging among culturally diverse youth populations. The session examines the impact that belonging has on youth development, discusses critical factors that support the development of belonging among youth, explores what youth development programs can do to enhance belonging among youth participants, and discusses experiences related to promoting belonging among diverse youth populations. Examine the impact that belonging has on youth development Includes information for CYFAR program leaders to 1) Learn about critical factors that support the development of belonging among youth; 2) Explore what youth development programs can do to enhance belonging among youth participants; and 3) Discuss experiences related to promoting belonging among diverse youth populations.
Youth Action: Youth Contributing to Communities - Communities Supporting Youth
Author: Irby, Merita
Description: A position paper that explores trends in youth development, civic engagement and community development, identifies common themes and important differences between the youth action programming approaches, introduces the concept of creating action pathways for youth, and offers recommendations for planning and policy.
– Research –
Description: A brief fact sheet on alcohol advertising campaigns aimed at youth and their effects.
Effects of Advertising on Children
Description: A brief fact sheet on the tobacco advertising campaigns aimed at youth and the effects of such advertising on young people, as well as trends in smoking among young people.
Finding Common Agendas: How Young People are Being Engaged in Community Change Efforts
Author: Butler, Benjamin; Thaddeus Ferber; Donna Wharton-Fields; Karen Pittman
Description: This report presents an analytical framework for understanding how and why young people are connected to community youth development organizations and further examines reports on 100 such organizations across the country to explore the role that community organizations are playing in youth development.
Author: Bird, Marianne (2 more by this author); Katherine Heck; Richard P. Enfield; Patsy Eubanks Owens
Description: This powerpoint presentation from CYFAR 2006 reports on research done using a youth photographic survey to document places, programs, people and activities youth viewed as supportive of their development. The planning and evaluation of the photographic survey are outlined.
The Forum for Youth Investment
Description: This web site is the home site for The Forum for Youth Investment, an organization committed to bringing all youth serving organizations to the table to help better serve the needs of youth. The site provides information about the organizational approach of the Forum as well as a listing of partners and supporters, links to research and policy agendas.
Us and Them: Trust, Democracy, and Youth Development
Author: Flanagan, Connie (1 more by this author)
Description: A research lecture presented at CYFAR 2002 that focuses on the role that youth development programs play in building social trust and promoting democracy