Useful Resources for Youth Development
Below are a variety of links to youth development program planning manuals, examples of best practices, program evaluation and assessment tools, and research findings. We have tried to loosely organize the resource list thematically.
If you know of additional websites that are not listed below, please
let us know about them and we will add them to the list.| General Resources | |
| Advocates for Youth | http://www.advocatesforyouth.org |
| American Youth Policy Forum | http://www.aypf.org/ |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention: Healthy Youth | http://www.cdc.gov/HealthyYouth/ |
| Children, Youth and Women’s Health Service | http://www.cyh.com |
| Community Network for Youth Development | http://www.cnyd.org/home/index.php |
| Kidshealth.org | http://www.kidshealth.org |
| Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development | http://www.theinnovationcenter.org/ |
| Learn to be Healthy | http://learntobehealthy.org |
| National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth | http://www.ncfy.com/ |
| National Youth Development Information Center | http://www.nydic.org/nydic/ |
| New York State Office of Children and Family Services | http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/Youth/ |
| Promising Practices Network | http://www.promisingpractices.net/ |
| Teenwire.com | http://www.teenwire.com/ |
| The Institute for Youth Development | http://www.youthdevelopment.org/default.asp |
| US Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families | http://www.acf.dhhs.gov/ |
| Funding Sources | |
| America’s Promise (see the federal funding guide) | http://www.americaspromise.org/ |
| Healthy Youth Funding Database | http://apps.nccd.cdc.gov/HYFund/ |
| New York State Office of Children and Family Services (sign up for funding announcements) | http://www.ocfs.state.ny.us/main/Youth/ |
| The Institute for Youth Development | http://www.youthdevelopment.org/articles/pr050301.htm |
| Demographic and Socioeconomic Indicators | |
| National Adolescent Health Information Center | http://nahic.ucsf.edu/index.php |
| Youth Risk Behavior Surveillance System | http://www.cdc.gov/healthyyouth/yrbs/index.htm |
| New York State Kids’ Well-being Indicators Clearinghouse | http://www.nyskwic.org/ |
| Adolescent Sexuality, Pregnancy and STD Prevention | |
| American Social Health Association | http://www.ashastd.org/ |
| Advocates for Youth | http://www.advocatesforyouth.org |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention | http://www.cdc.gov/STD/ |
| Healthy Teen Network | http://www.healthyteennetwork.org |
| Iwannaknow.org | http://www.iwannaknow.org/ |
| National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy | http://www.teenpregnancy.org/ |
| Planned Parenthood Federation of America | http://www.plannedparenthood.org/ |
| Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States | http://www.siecus.org/ |
| Life Skills | |
| Casey Life Skills | http://www.caseylifeskills.org/ |
| National Youth Employment Coalition | http://nyec.modernsignal.net/page.cfm?pageID=110 |
| Literacy and Tutoring | |
| National Center for Family Literacy | http://literacyconnections.com/ |
| National Institute for Literacy | http://www.nifl.gov/ |
| Literacyonline.org | http://www.literacyonline.org/ |
| Literacy Connection | http://literacyconnections.com/ |
| Literacy Matters | http://www.literacymatters.org |
| Nutrition and Health | |
| Alliance for a Healthier Generation | http://www.healthiergeneration.org |
| Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Nutrition for Everyone | http://www.cdc.gov/nccdphp/dnpa/nutrition/nutrition_for_everyone/index.htm |
| Food Pyramid | http://www.mypyramid.gov/ |
| Kidnetic.com | http://www.kidnetic.com/ |
| Learn to be Healthy | http://learntobehealthy.org |
| USDA Nutrition Education | http://www.fns.usda.gov/eatsmartplayhard/ |
| Mental Health | |
| American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry | http://www.aacap.org/ |
| Mentoring | |
| National Mentoring Partnership | http://www.mentoring.org/ |
| Violence Prevention and Conflict Resolution | |
| National Center for Injury Prevention and Control | http://www.cdc.gov/ncipc/factsheets/yvfacts.htm |
| National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign | http://www.violencepreventionweek.org |
| National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center | http://www.safeyouth.org |