Positive Youth Development State and Local Collaboration Demonstration Projects
Fiscal Year 2005 Highlights

FYSB’s Positive Youth Development (PYD) State and Local Collaboration Demonstration Projects are the extension of an earlier investment (1998-2003) that the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) made to sponsor collaborative approaches to PYD at the State level. Nine States funded in the previous demonstration (Arizona, Illinois, Iowa, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Nebraska, New York, and Oregon) received 5-year grants in 2004 to explore new collaborative relationships with local communities.

Grantees are State-level agencies that collaborate with local nonprofits and the FYSB Runaway and Homeless Youth provider in the community to build relationships with community organizations, local government agencies, nonprofits, schools—and, of course, young people. The shared objective: give youth more opportunities to use their time in positive ways and to put their considerable energy and ingenuity to work—through education, employment, community service, sports, the arts, and so on.

The goals of the collaboration are:

• To encourage collaboration, among the State and local (or Tribal) agencies and communities, that will increase opportunities for PYD for young people
  
• To promote and facilitate communication and cooperation among the State, local communities, and youth-serving agencies, including FYSB Runaway and Homeless Youth grantees, to address the needs and issues of adolescents and young adults;
  
• To encourage an ongoing community presence and participation in the planning and execution of strategies aimed at PYD; and
  
• To energize local constituencies, including residents, community-based and faith-based organizations, and service providers, around PYD.

Here, you will find highlights of each State’s project in fiscal year 2005:

Arizona
Illinois
Iowa
Kentucky
Louisiana
Massachusetts
Nebraska
New York
Oregon