Engaging Youth - Sierra Health Foundation

www.youthactivism.comAn excellent resource center for youth and adult allies for helping youth become agentsof change. The website contains excellent resources, including ideas for recruitment andoutreach.www.ydsi.orgYouth Development Strategies, Inc. (YDSI)This is the website of the organization led by Michelle Gambone, a leading youthdevelopment researcher and co-developer of the youth development framework usedby the YSPN’s Youth Development Institute. Publications document links from youthdevelopment supports and opportunities to improved outcomes for youth. The websitecontains substantial research basis for youth development practice.www.cnyd.orgCommunity Network for Youth Development (CNYD)Based in San Francisco, CNYD offers support, training and capacity building resources toyouth-serving organizations and programs throughout the state and nation. The websitecontains information on best practices, youth development research and upcoming workshops.www.nww.orgNew Ways to Work offers excellent materials on involving youth in Youth Councils.Funded by the Workforce Investment Act (WIA).www.nydic.orgThe National Youth Development Information Center offers a data base of more than1,000 abstracts, articles, and reports on youth development.www.nylc.orgThe National Youth Leadership Council is dedicated to supporting communities andschools in engaging youth in leadership and service. This site offers great research andlinks to the national service-learning web sites and national youth leadership training opportunities.www.wsysn.orgWestern States Youth Services Network is a federally funded technical assistanceprovider for runaway and homeless youth programs. They annually co-sponsor a youthleadership and advocacy conference in Sacramento. They provide training aroundcommunity youth development, training for youth development practitioners, such asAdvancing Youth Development, and also training around the Institute of Cultural Affairsfacilitation methods.