Resources & Links
The Youth Development Training and Resource Center (YDTRC) located at The Consultation Center has a generous collection of resource materials on many topics including:
- Research on youth development theory and best practices
- Evaluation of youth development strategies and programs
- Assessment of youth outcomes
- Planning tools for youth development programs
- Youth participation and youth engagement strategies and models
- Curriculum materials for youth leadership development
- Best practices guidelines for youth development organizations
- Resource development for diverse youth development programs
- Publications and resource guides on seeking funding
- Self-assessment tools for youth leaders, program staff and youth agencies
- Skills and techniques for agency supervisors and managers
- Contact information on youth-related statewide and national networks
- Youth and community development
- Resources for after-school program planning and design
- Core competencies for youth workers
YDTRC Publications
- Newsletters: New Haven B.E.S.T. Initiative on Youth Development (ongoing)
- Youth Participation Notebook: Six Strategies for Youth Engagement (2004)
- Guidelines and Workbook for Best Practices in Youth Development (1998)
Links to Youth-Serving Community Networks
- City Wide Youth Coalition
- Hartford Youth Network
- Norwalk After-School Alliance
- Waterbury Youth Services
- New London Office of Youth Affairs
Links to Statewide Networks
- Connecticut Youth Services Association
- Connecticut After-School Network
- Connecticut Voices for Children
- Connecticut Assets Network
- State of Connecticut Commission on Children
- RYASAP
- Connecticut Clearinghouse, a Program of Wheeler Clinic
- Governor's Prevention Partnership
Links to Regional Networks
Links to National Networks
- The National Training Institute for Community Youth Work (NTI), established by the Academy for Educational Development (AED)
- Forum for Youth Investment
- National Collaboration for Youth
Youth in Community Service
- Learning in Deed
- National Service-Learning Exchange
- Learn and Serve America
- Points of Light Foundation
- "Service Project Ideas for Youth" Resource Packet, Points of Light Foundation
- SERVENet
- National Commission on Service-Learning
- Women in Community Service
- City Year
- Fresh Youth Initiatives
Youth as Funders
- Youth Noise
- "Raise It and Donate It Toolkit," Youth Noise
- Youth Venture
- National Crime Prevention Council
- The Foundation Center
Youth as Peer Educators/Peer Mentors
Youth as Entrepreneurs
Youth Activisim (Note: The following websites are taken primarily from ServeNet's resources page.)
