Beyond City Limits: Cross-System Collaboration to Reengage Disconnected Youth
It takes more than a single agency or public system to meet the needs of disconnected youth and help them reconnect to school, work and the right supports and opportunities. Collaboration among city, school, county and state agencies is essential. […]

Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change
Engaging young people as partners in community change is a compelling idea — but translating it into effective practice requires focused attention to a range issues. This Forum for Youth Investment paper looks at important but simple principles for research and practice […]

Teen Health & Wellness: Real Life, Real Answers, the inaugural database from Rosen Publishing Online, provides students with comprehensive curricular support and self-help tools on topics including diseases, drugs, alcohol, nutrition, fitness, mental health, diversity, family life, and more.
Developed for teens, with their unique concerns and perspective in mind, […]

Sheriff Grayson Robinson is holding another ASIST (Applied Suicide Intervention Skills Training) training. ASIST is one of the two suicide prevention programs that the GLYI is using in the Community Suicide Prevention Project (CSPP).
The training will take place on August 16 and 17 from 8:30-4:30 at the Arapahoe County Sheriff’s […]

Family Involvement in Middle and High School
The third and final brief in a Harvard Family Research Project series examining the impact of family involvement across academic and developmental stages is now online. This brief spotlights what works to promote family involvement and student achievement during this critical developmental period, and […]

Do you have big dreams for your community? Starting June 26, the Case Foundation can help you make them a reality. To encourage community members (even those who disagree) to come together to create local solutions, the Foundation is offering 20 $10,000 grants; four finalists chosen online by the public will each […]

Many are enrolling in summer classes or doing community service while others are squeezed out by adults competing for the same entry-level jobs.
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DoSomething.org has ideas to keep youth active this summer, even if they’re working. One of the ideas is applying for the Youth Advisory Council, which brings teens together as staff to generate ideas, work on the site and solicit feedback from other teens. It includes expenses-paid travel to New York City for […]

Young people between the ages of 12 and 20 can apply for $1,000 micro-grants from Youth Service America’s (YSA) Youth Venture Program to create sustainable community-benefiting “social venture” projects. The application deadline is August 13, 2007.

America’s Promise - the Alliance for Youth is hosting an upcoming regional forum to strengthen cross-sector collaboration on behalf of young people. The forum, which take place in Nashville, TN, on July 31-Aug. 1, is open to representatives from government, business, education, nonprofit and faith-based organizations, and youth. Presenters at the […]