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Helping America's Youth - Resources for Caring Adults
Welcome to the virtual resource center where you can find brochures, resources, documents, studies, materials, and information for your work Helping America’s Youth. Our aim is to provide a central location of information to support adults who are caring, connected, and committed to Helping America’s Youth. This information has also been distributed at Helping America’s Youth conferences, meetings, and programs across the nation.
We are grateful for the federal partners, researchers, specialists, and experts who have spent tens of thousands of hours preparing this information.
Academic Performance and Substance Use among Students Aged 12-17: 2002, 2003, and 2004 (2006)
This report examines the differences in self-reported academic performance (i.e., average grades in the last semester or grading period) among students aged 12 to 17 years by gender, age, and substance use.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School
The AmeriCorps Member Longitudinal Study
Results from a longitudinal study of AmeriCorps members demonstrate the early impacts of national service on members' civic engagement, education, employment, and life skills.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
AmeriCorps NCCC Fact Sheet
Provides statistics on members, project sponsors, volunteers recruited, cash raised and gives annual budget information.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
AmeriCorps VISTA Fact Sheet
Provides statistics on members, project sponsors, volunteers recruited, cash raised and gives annual budget information.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
Are Schools Ready for Families? : Case Studies in School-Family Relationships.
This publication shares lessons learned by both schools and community agencies working in schools as they work in partnership to be “ready for families.”
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community
Best Practices of Youth Violence Prevention: A Sourcebook for Community Action
This sourcebook reviews the effectiveness of violence prevention practices in four key areas: parents and families; home visiting; social and conflict resolution skills; mentoring, and offers a comprehensive directory of resources.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Binge Alcohol Use among Persons Aged 12-20: 2002 and 2003 Update
This report on binge alcohol use among persons aged 12-20 is collected from 2002 and 2003 data.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Bright Futures in Practice: Mental Health—Volume I. Practice Guide
This report focuses primarily on promotion of mental health and on prevention and early recognition of psychosocial problems and mental disorders and includes tips for parents on enhancing relationships with their children during middle childhood and adolescence.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Building Active Citizens: The Role of Social Institutions in Teen Volunteering
The first brief from the Youth Helping America series is based on the survey's data and explores the state of youth volunteering and the connections between youth volunteering and the primary social institutions to which teenagers are exposed - family, schools, and religious congregation. Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: Family, School, Community
Camp Invention
A nationwide creative summer enrichment program co-sponsored by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office and the National Inventors Hall of Fame, that is designed to give children in grades 1-6 an alternative to traditional classroom experiences.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Commerce
Categories: Family, School
Celebrating America's Youth: The Facts Are Positive
This booklet gives statistics that show with the right support and guidance youth are more inclined to reach their fullest potential; this support results in youth participation in community, volunteer, civic, religious, and extracurricular activities.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Character Education Newsletter – Summer 2005 – Volume I, Issue 2 Student Issue
This newsletter provides the latest developments in character education and civic engagement focusing on student involvement in character education.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School, Community
Character Education - Our Shared Responsibility
This brochure displaying English and Spanish text provides strategies on how to implement character education involving the school, home, and community.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School, Community
Child Delinquency Bulletin - Risk & Protective Factors of Child Delinquency
This bulletin is part of the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention’s Delinquency Series focusing on four types of risk and protective factors: family, peer, school and community.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Club Invention
An after school enrichment program that consists of activity-oriented adventures that enhance their understanding of science, mathematics, history, and the arts for children in grades one through six.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Commerce
Categories: Family, School
Collaborative Capacity Instrument: Reviewing and Assessing the Status of Linkages across Alcohol and Drug Treatment, Child Welfare Services & Dependency Courts
This tool is intended to be used as a self-assessment by State (or local jurisdiction) alcohol and other drug service and child welfare service agencies, and dependency courts who are preparing to work with each other or who want to move to a new level of cooperation after some initial efforts.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Comparison Matrix of Science-Based Prevention Programs: A Consumer's Guide for Prevention Professionals
The Science-Based Prevention Program Comparison Matrix presented in this document is a table listing some 150 substance abuse and other problem behavior prevention programs that have been rated according to their effectiveness by five Federal agencies.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Corporation for National and Community Service Fact Sheet
Provides statistics on members, project sponsors, volunteers recruited, cash raised, and gives annual budget information.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
Depression among Adolescents
This is a report on depression among adolescents, as well as treatment received by adolescents experiencing depression, and any illicit drug use.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Educating for Active Citizenship: Service-Learning, School-Based Service, and Civic Engagement
The second brief from the Youth Helping America series takes a closer look at the 38 percent of students nationwide - some 10.6 million students in total -- who ever participated in school-based service as part of school activity or requirement
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
Electronic Tools Guide for Youth and Parents
This w eb-b ased set of tools provides solutions for finding a job, writing a resume, researching careers, and more.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Labor
Categories: Family
The Exchange: “Linking Education and Employment for Better Futures”
This publication explores how youth-serving agencies are linking education and employment to help runaway and homeless youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
The Exchange: “Tribal Programs Harness Cultural Strengths to Improve Conditions for Families and Youth”
This publication looks at how some programs address T ribal issues, with a discussion of the key components of effective Tribal programs and articles on the innovative use of host homes to serve runaway Tribal youth, Tribal mentoring children of prisoners programs, and Tribal domestic violence shelters.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Extra Help for Student Success
This brochure, available in English and Spanish, explains the purpose of Supplemental Educational Services (SES) under the No Child Left Behind Act and provides information to eligible students in Title I schools with extra help in academic subjects, such as reading, language arts and mathematics, provided free-of-charge.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School
Fact Sheet: Understanding Youth Violence
This fact sheet provides an overview of youth violence in the United States and strategies to prevent it.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Focus on Prevention
This guide was developed to help a wide range of groups and communities move from concerns about substance abuse to proven and practical solutions.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
FYSB Update: “Collaborating To Promote Positive Youth Development at the State and Local Levels”
The update summarizes FYSB’s (Family Youth Services Bureau) Positive Youth Development State and Local Collaboration Demonstration Projects, which encourage collaboration among State, local or Tribal agencies and communities to increase opportunities for positive youth development.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Helping Your Child Series
The Helping Your Child publication series, available in English and Spanish, provides practical lessons and activities to help school aged and preschool children master reading, understand the value of homework and develop the skills and values necessary to achieve and grow.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School
In Demand Magazine
The Labor Department's Employment and Training Administration launched CareerVoyages.Gov to drive kids, their parents, teachers and guidance counselors to information about careers, education and earning potentials.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Labor
Categories: Family, School, Community
Indicators of Child, Family, and Community Connections
This report synthesizes research on the multiple dimensions of the social context of families including family structure; family functioning; family, work and child care; school environment and civic engagement; religiosity; and social connections.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community
Information Packet: Mental Health Care Issues for Children and Youth
This information packet presents facts and statistics, a review of policies and legislation, best practice tips and identification of model programs, helpful web sites, and a current bibliography.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Information Packet: Mentoring
This information packet contains facts about mentoring that may serve as a guide for further exploration, the need, and benefit of having a mentoring program available for children when other aspects are missing from their daily lives.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Juvenile Offenders and Victims: 2006 National Report
The 2006 National Report offers a clear view of juvenile crime and the justice system's response, and serves as a resource for informed professionals who strive to shape the juvenile justice system, and for parents who desire to remain informed about the challenges facing their children.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: Family, School, Community
Lend a Hand: A Guide to Volunteering for Youth
This month-by-month guide, available in English and Spanish, lists volunteer activities anyone can do to help youth and youth-serving agencies.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community
Measuring Violence-related Attitudes, Beliefs, and Behaviors among Youths: A Compendium of Assessment Tools
This compendium provides research and prevention specialists with a set of tools to evaluate programs to prevent youth violence.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
National Strategy for Suicide Prevention: Goals and Objectives for Action
Published as an outcome of the Surgeon General’s Call to Action to Prevent Suicide, this document describes strategies for preventing suicide.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
National 4-H HEADQUARTERS USDA Mission Mandates
This pamphlet describes the purpose of the 4-H’s (head-heart-hands-health), and covers three mission mandates: Science, Engineering and Technology – tied to agricultural and environmental issues; Healthy Lifestyles – tied to human health and well-being; and Citizenship – tied to the activities of people with institutions and government for the common good.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Navigating the Teen Year’s: A Parent’s Handbook for Raising Healthy Teens
This resource has tips and advice on how parents can relate to their teens, set rules and expectations, and support them through adolescence.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Office of National Drug Control Policy
Categories: School, Family, Community
NCWD/YOUTH Guidepost for Success
This publication addresses the challenges facing youth with disabilities who are transitioning from youth to adulthood . Listed and described are guideposts for School-Based Preparatory Experiences, Career Preparation and Work-Based Learning Experiences, Youth Development & Leadership, and Connecting Activities.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Labor
Categories: Family, School
Network Self-Assessment Tool. FRIENDS National Resource Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention
This self-assessment tool is designed to assist State Lead Agencies of Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention Projects in assessing their current local and/or regional network capacity.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
No Child Left Behind - What Parents Need to Know
This publication summarizes the tenets of the No Child Left Behind law that is about school success and being actively involved in developing the habits of lifelong learning for success in life. Available in both English and Spanish.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School
Operation: Military Kids (OMK)
This brochure explains the U.S. Army's collaborative effort with America's communities to support the children and youth of National Guard and Army Reserve Soldiers impacted by the Global War on Terrorism.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Agriculture
Categories: Family, Community
Parents, Speak Up! A Guide for Discussing Abstinence, Sex, and Relationships
A publication explaining the importance of parents talking with their teenager about abstinence, sex, and relationships.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Permanence for Young People Framework
This framework guides child welfare agencies to help young people achieve and maintain permanent family relationships and proposes six key components of identifying and supporting permanent family relationships for young people in out-of-home care.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Preventing Violence and Related Health-Risking Social Behaviors in Adolescents
This State-of-the-Science Consensus Statement outlines the current state of knowledge regarding adolescent violence and related health-risking social behavior and identifies directions for future research.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Promoting Connectivity and Education for Children and Youth in Care
The report discusses the importance of fathers to children, as well as the importance of staying connected to family for children in care.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Promoting Positive Youth Development: An Investment in Youth & Communities
This booklet defines positive youth development, explains why it is needed, who’s promoting it, and what can be done to help.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Putting Positive Youth Development into Practice: A Resource Guide
This brochure addresses strategies for positive youth development, concentrates on young people’s strengths rather than their problems, and rebuilding communities while linking the two together.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
READY.SET. GO! - Career Voyages
This publication provides information on the website careervoyages.gov which assists youth interested in on-the-job training, apprenticeship certification, vocational certificates, two-year professional degree programs at community colleges, or four-year bachelor degrees.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Labor and the U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School, Community
Risk and Protective Factors for Substance Use among American Indian or Alaska Native Youth
The report highlights the risk and protective factors for substance use among American Indian and/or Alaska Native Youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
School Health Guidelines to Prevent Unintentional Injuries and Violence
The guidelines offer recommendations related to school efforts to prevent unintentional injury, violence, and suicide, including a social environment that promotes safety; a safe physical environment; health, counseling, psychological, and social services for students; appropriate crisis and emergency response; involvement of families and communities; and staff development to promote safety and prevent unintentional injuries, violence, and suicide.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
7-Super Things Parents & Caregivers Can Do
This publication, in English and Spanish, gives parents and caregivers seven tips for early childhood nurturing.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School
Smart Stats: A Data Book
A resource for parents and caregivers containing information, facts, and statistics about the Too Smart To Start awareness program which addresses the knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs of 9 to 13 year-olds about the harmful effects of alcohol.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Students in Service to America: A Guidebook for Engaging America’s Students in a Lifelong Habit of Service
A guide designed to assist teachers, school principals, service-learning coordinators, or community organization staff to enhance service-learning opportunities for the young people with whom they work.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
Supporting Your Adolescent: Tips for Parents
The booklet, available in English and Spanish, offers parents a framework for understanding their adolescent children and recognizing signs that a teen might need help, and provides information on locating community resources to assist youth.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Teen Chat: A Guide to Discussing Healthy Relationships
This pocket-sized teens’ booklet encourages teens to wait, think and talk before getting into sexual relationships.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Tips for Reading Tutors
Practical, easy-to-follow advice, in English and Spanish, for tutoring children and youth - at home, at school, or in community settings.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: Family, School, Community
Title V Community Prevention Grants Program -2002 Report to Congress
This report describes effective prevention efforts such as research-based strategies to reduce risk factors for delinquent behavior, and to enhance protective factors.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Justice
Categories: Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Too Smart To Start Implementation Guide
The guide provides strategies to raise awareness of underage alcohol use among parents and other adults in your community and to design your local Too Smart To Start initiative.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Transitions to Adulthood for Tribal Youth
This monograph provides examples of programs across the country that are effectively incorporating the four core principles of youth development, cultural competence, collaboration, and permanent relationships in their programs and practice behaviors.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community
The Transition Years: Serving Current and Former Foster Youth Ages 18-21
This study describes available services, and current barriers to serving the older youth population.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
Volunteers Mentoring Youth: Implications for Closing the Mentoring Gap
Explores the characteristics that distinguish volunteers who mentor youth from those who do not.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Corporation for National and Community Service
Categories: School, Community
What is Substance Abuse Treatment? A Booklet for Families
This booklet, created for family members of those dependent on alcohol or illicit drugs, answers questions often asked by families of people entering treatment and offers a resources section with a list of support groups.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: Family, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
When It’s Not Your Kid, How Do You Deal with Drug Use and Drinking?
This brochure, developed for adult influencers, includes tips on what non-parental figures can do to help a teen in need and how to talk to parents and caregivers about their teen's problem.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: Office of National Drug Control Policy
Categories: School, Community
Youth Violence: A Report of the Surgeon General
This report on youth violence reviews research on where, when, and how much youth violence occurs, what causes it, and which of today’s many preventive strategies are genuinely effective.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Categories: School, Community, Youth Healthy Development and Well-Being
You Want to be a Part of Everything
This report features testimony from youth-centered arts programs about how to create supportive communities among young people, and helps to document the role of the arts in building positive learning communities.
Agency Sponsoring the Publication: U.S. Department of Education
Categories: School, Community
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