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Helping America's Youth - Resources for Caring Adults
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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