Great Web Links
There are a lot of great Positive Youth Development Resources on the web. What is your interest?
Get Real Oregon
www.getrealoregon.org
The Oregon Commission on Children and Families and Oregon Department of Community Colleges and Workforce Development are teaming up to lead a public awareness campaign, "Get Real, Oregon!" The purpose of the campaign is to encourage adults to treat youth as partners — not problems. The campaign's public service announcements are currently airing on Oregon television stations to encourage adults to connect with youth
Northwest Network for Youth
www.nwny.org/info/index.shtml
The mission of the Northwest Network for Youth is to support members through forums for professional growth, creative resource expansion, and promotion of Community Youth Development
CYD Journal
www.cydjournal.org/contents.html
is to be a catalytic force in promoting youth and adult partnerships; working to create just, safe, and healthy communities; and influencing policymakers at the local, regional, and national levels. Our features, columns, and themes translate the CYD vision into action; promote dialogue about key issues; and teach critical community-building and organizational skills.
Our United Villages.org
www.ourunitedvillages.org
Bringing people together to share their ideas to inspire practices that strengthen communities.
Youth Today
www.youthtoday.org/youthtoday/
Youth Today is the only independent, nationally distributed newspaper that goes out to more than 70,000 readers in the child and youth services field.
The Future of Children
www.futureofchildren.org
A journal of the David and Lucile Packard Foundation, The Future of Children promotes effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with the best available research. The web site posts current and past issues of the journal, accompanied by executive summaries, author bios, and Issues and Idea Guides. Other online resources provide fast facts of important child well-being statistics, an index of all journal figures and tables, a free email newsletter, and links to Packard Foundation grantees in the fields of child research, policy, and advocacy. Interactive tools include “My Journal Library,” which allows visitors to create their own collection of specific journal articles, and a conversations section where users can submit questions to and participate in online discussions with journal authors and editors.
Search Institute
www.search-institute.org
Search Institute is dedicated to advancing the well-being of children and adolescents through research, communications, networking, and training. At the heart of the Institute's work is “40 Assets,” a research-based framework of the positive experiences, relationships, opportunities, and personal qualities necessary for young people to develop into healthy, caring, and responsible individuals. The Institute's web site offers discussion groups, polls, surveys, tools, and training opportunities. Online publications include articles, research results, a press kit, Assets magazine, and a groundbreaking national study, Grading Grown-Ups: American Adults Report on Their Real Relationships with Kids. The site also posts a full catalogue of guides, videos, pamphlets, and other resources and products available for online sale.
The Forum
www.forumforyouthinvestment.org
The Forum for Youth Investment (the Forum) is dedicated to increasing the quality and quantity of youth investment and youth involvement by promoting a "big picture" approach to planning, research, advocacy and policy development among the broad range of organizations that help constituents and communities invest in children, youth and families. To do this, the Forum is committed to building connections, increasing capacity and tackling persistent challenges across the allied youth fields.
National Association for the Education of Young Children
www.naeyc.org
The National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC) exists for the purpose of leading and consolidating the efforts of individuals and groups working to achieve healthy development and constructive education for all young children.
Academy for Educational Department
http://aed.org
Founded in 1961, AED is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis and innovative program design and management. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, and the environment.
The American Youth Policy Forum
www.aypf.org
The American Youth Policy Forum (AYPF) is a non-profit, non-partisan, professional development organization providing learning opportunities for policymakers on youth policy issues at the national, state and local level.