Your Program Toolkit...and more!

Update from ACT for Youth | September 2024

Featured Resources: Your

Program Toolkit

Youth Development Program Toolkit

Good programs don't just happen. In this toolkit of toolkits (!), ACT for Youth collects resources to help youth development professionals and organizations think through and plan for effective programming.

Logic Models

A logic model is a powerful organizing tool for a program or project. You can also think of the logic model as a road map that connects your inputs (resources you can commit to the programming effort) to the long-term outcomes you are aiming for. ACT for Youth.

Visualize Success

Meaningful Youth Engagement

For those of us who work with young people, youth engagement is how we succeed. We cannot "develop" a young person without their participation. ACT for Youth.

YE Resources

Activity Toolkits

Here find curricula, practices, activities, and other resources in the areas of social and emotional learning; preparation for adulthood; and media safety, citizenship, and literacy. ACT for Youth.

Activities

Research and Resources

Conversation Starters

Connecting Conversations

Creating regular opportunities to talk with children and youth can have a big impact on their health and well-being. Find tips for starting the conversation and making it a part of the daily routine. CDC.

Fact Sheet

Five Things About Youth and Delinquency

Youth risk-taking is part of the normative developmental process. The findings in this fact sheet provide insights into the nature, scope, and context of youth and delinquency. National Institute of Justice.

Free Media Literacy Lessons

Media Literacy: Free lessons

Project Look Sharp at Ithaca College has developed a wealth of topical media literacy lessons and curriculum kits, all free with registration. Examples include:

To Break the Glass Ceiling: Analyzing Campaign Ads by Women Running for President
Climate Change Through Time Magazine Covers
Wellness Claims and Social Media
How Big is the Crowd? Proportional Reasoning and Critical Thinking

Stand-alone lessons, multiple-lesson kits, and guides are all available on the website. Project Look Sharp.

PYD in the Workplace

Strategies for Using Positive Youth Development to Empower Young Workers

Three new briefs from Generation Work / Child Trends explore how employers can use PYD in the workplace to:

Regularly solicit young workers' opinions and implement their suggestions
Foster positive and respectful relationships between managers and young workers
Promote skill building in young workers.

Professional Development

Meaningfully Engaging Young People

Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs

WEBINAR

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

12:00-1:00 ET

Free - Open - Registration required

This webinar will inspire participants with real-world success stories and equip them with principles and strategies for engaging youth and young adults authentically and meaningfully. Participants will also be introduced to strategies that aim to help assess their organization’s readiness for meaningful and authentic youth and young adult engagement.

youth.gov Webinar: Engaging Young People

The Future of Work for Nonprofit Leaders

Tech Impact

WEBINAR

Wednesday, September 18, 2024

2:00-3:00 ET

Free - Open - Registration required

While no one can predict the future with absolute certainty, it’s clear that the world of work is changing. As advancements in artificial intelligence, automation, and digital transformation reshape the nonprofit sector, understanding the future of work can help your organization prepare for what’s next. Tech Impact is a nonprofit and national learder in technology services and training.

Body image, food, and mental health: What you need to know to support young athletes

Office of the Assistant Secretary for Health

WEBINAR

October 10, 2024

2:00 ET

Free - Open - Registration required

Body image issues, food issues, and eating disorders radically impact young athletes’ participation and performance in sport. Most of us focus on physical performance and results with athletes. It is easy and common to overlook mental health – how our athletes are doing on the inside.

Join former athletic stars and experts in the field of performance, dietetics, and eating disorders to learn to learn more about how to support young athletes to perform their best and thrive, while avoiding harmful mental health issues along the way.

Grant Opportunity

National Cancer Institute Youth Enjoy Science Research Education Program

HHS National Institutes of Health

This funding opportunity seeks to facilitate the education of students from diverse backgrounds underrepresented in biomedical research who will become knowledgeable about cancer, and available to focus on cancer later in their careers. With the aim of enhancing the pool of individuals from underrepresented backgrounds interested in pursuing a career in biomedical research via early intervention strategies, the NCI Youth Enjoy Science (YES) Program will support efforts to create and maintain an institutional program to engage grades 6-12 and/or undergraduate students from underrepresented populations in cutting edge cancer research experiences.

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This newsletter was developed with funding provided by the New York State Department of Health Bureau of Perinatal, Reproductive, and Sexual Health. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the ACT for Youth Center for Community Action and do not necessarily represent the views of the New York State Department of Health.