What is Youth Development and what does it have to with the arts?

Foundations which support youth initiatives

Local Resources

Organizations / Resources (non-profit, government, etc.)

Youth Development Grantwriting & Collaborations

Violence Prevention Resources
 

Youth Development and the Arts
Positive youth development is an approach toward all youth that builds on their assets and their potential and helps counter the problems that may affect them. Growing up can be tough for everyone, but young people are for more likely to succeed if they are active participants in decision-making that affects their lives and their communities.
The arts can be an integral part of youth development. As federal and state policies are leaning more and more towards teaching for testing, the education of the whole child is becoming weaker. Through the work of Howard Gardner's Theory of Multiple Intelligences, (for more info, see: http://www.newhorizons.org/bibmishelf.html) and others, some educators are beginning to address the many needs of developing youth. Many alternative programs taking place before and after school and in non-traditional settings are using the arts and multi-disciplinary education as a means to address these needs.
 
 

Foundations which support youth initiatives:

CityKids
57 Leonard St.
New York, NY 1013
http://www.citykids.com
In Connecticut:
Safe Space of New Haven
560 Ella T. Grasso Blvd.
New Haven, CT 06510
203-773-0250
To engage and develop diverse young people to positively impact the world.

Connect for Kids
http://www.connectforkids.org
Connect for Kids, a multimedia project of the D.C.-based Benton
Foundation, is designed to help adults make their communities better
places for families and children. The very professional Connect for Kids
site offers an extensive array of informational resources.

Johnson, Robert Wood Foundation
http://www.rwjf.org
P.O. Box 2316
College Road East and Route 1
Princeton, NJ 08543-2316
1-888-631-9989

Funds many youth initiatives, including:
Safe Night USA
http://www.pbs.org/safenight
780 Regent St.
Madison, WI 53715
1-800-253-1158
Partnership of Black Entertainment Television & Wisconsin Public Television and funded by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Mott, Charles Stewart Foundation
http://www.mott.org
Flint, MI

Mott funds the National Center for Community Education and National Community Education Association to train and assist the 21st Century Community Learning Centers projects funded by the Department of Education. Mott is also supporting a national public awareness campaign through the Afterschool Alliance. This support includes other related education work the Foundation is doing to improve community education through promising practices, public policy development, youth development and early childhood development.
 

Local Resources / Connecticut:

Connecticut Assets Network
http://www.ctassets.org
465 Silas Deane Highway
Wethersfield, CT 06109-2171

Connecticut for Community Youth Development
Youth Development Training & Resource Center
389 Whitney Avenue
New Haven, CT 06511
203-789-7645

Connecticut Voices for Children
http://www.ctkidslink.org
33 Whitney Ave.
New Haven, CT 06510
203-498-4240

KidsafeCT
19 Elm St.
Rockville, CT 06066
860-872-1918
child abuse prevention/treatment, stress management, child advocacy

Southern Connecticut Youth Development Training Institute
Regional Youth/Adult Substance Abuse Project - RYASAP
State of CT Office of Policy & Managerment
Burroughs Community Center
Bridgeport, CT 06605
203-579-2727

Young Audiences CT
http://www.youngaudiences.org
3074 Whitney Avenue
Building 2, 2nd Floor
Hamden CT, 06518
(203) 230-8101 Phone
(203) 230-8136 Fax
Youngaud@AOL.com

Nonprofit organization which works with educational systems, the arts community and private and public sectors to provide arts education to children

Organizations / Resources (non-profit, government, etc.)

Administration for Children and Families
http://www.acf.dhhs.gov

ACF oversees federal programs that promote the economic and social well-being of children, families, individuals, and communities. The agency's Web site features news and a helpful page of links to its programs and services.

Afterschool Alliance
http://www.afterschoolalliance.org
P.O. Box 65166
Washington, DC 20035
202-296-9378
1-800-USA-LEARN

American Youth Work Center
Youth Today
http://www.youthtoday.org
Youth Today
1200 17th St., NW, 4th Fl.
Washington, DC 20036
202-785-0764

American Youth Work Center is a non-profit organization dedicated to helping people help youth.
Youth Today, The Newspaper on Youth Work is the only independent, nationally distributed newspaper that goes out to more than 70,000 readers in the child and youth services field.

Board on Children, Youth and Families
http://www.nap.edu/catalog/9944.html

Center for the Advancement of Youth, Families & Community Service
http://www.rope.org
Dedicated to strengthening school / community relationships in order to provide safe and healthy experiences for all youth through contemporary rites of passage.

Coalition for Community Schools
http://www.communityschools.org
c/o Institute for Educational Leadership
1001 Connecticut Avenue, NW< Suite 310
Washington, DC 20036
202-82-8405

The coalition's mission is to mobilize the resources and capacity of multiple secotrs and institutions tocreate a united movement for community schools.

Collaborative to Advance Social and Emotional Learning
http://www.casel.org
The mission of CASAL is to establish social and emotional learning as integral part of education from preschool through high school.

Communities in Schools
http://www.cisnet.org

Communities In Schools is the nation's largest stay-in-school network, providing access to services for more than 1 million young people through 1,500 schools  in 32 states and the District of Columbia.

Education Policy Institute
http://www.educationpolicy.org
PMB 294, 4401-A Connecticut Ave., NW,
Washington, DC 20008-2322
202-244-7535

Seeks to improve education through research, policy analysis, and the development of responsible
alternatives to existing policies and practices. In these activities, EPI strives to promote greater parental choice in education, a competitive education industry, and other policies that address the problems of both public and private schools.

Educators for Social Responsibility
http://www.esrnational.org
The ESR’s mission is to make teaching social responsibility a core practice in education.

National Center for Community Education
http://www.nccenet.org
1017 Avon Street
Flint, MI 48503
810-238-0463

National Clearinghouse for Families and Youth
http://www.ncfy.com
P.O. Box 13505
Silver Spring, MD  20911-3505
301-608-8098 (Tel/TTY)

NCFY is the Family and Youth Services Bureau's (FYSB's) central resource on youth and family policy and practice.  FYSB is a Bureau within the Administration on Children, Youth and Families (ACYF); Administration for Children and Families (ACF); U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS).

National Community Education Association
http://www.ncea.com
3929 Old Lee Highway #91-A
Fairfax, VA 22042
703-359-8973

NCEA’s mission is to provide leadership to those who build learning communities in response to individual and community needs. It does this by providing its members with national and regional training conferences and workshops; specialized periodicals, publications, and products; opportunities for peer support and networking; and  information and referral services. In addition it acts as an advocate for community education by working with related organizations and promoting at the national, state, and local levels.

National Community Building Network
http://www.ncbn.org

National Directory of Children, Youth and Families Services
http://www.childrenyouthfamilydir.com
14 Inverness Drive East, Suite D144
Englewood, CO 80112
1 800-343-6681

Publishes a national directory, a comprehensive National Guide for Professionals who help troubled children, youth and their families. The website also features a good links page with many diverse resources located at:
http://www.childrenyouthfamilydir.com/links_main.htm

National Institute on Out-of-School Time
http://www.wellesley.edu/WCE/CRW/SAC
Center for Research on Women, Wellesley College

National School-Age Care Alliance
http://www.nsaca.org
1137 Washington St.
Boston, MA 02124

The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory
http://www.ncrel.org

The North Central Regional Educational Laboratory invites you to take a
look at our re-designed after-school programming web site. The site, found at www.ncrel.org/after will provide you with resources to help a program from every stage of development

Partnership for After School Education
http://www.pasesetter.com/index.html
120 Broadway, Suite 3048
New York, NY 10271
212-571-2664

The Partnership for After School Education is a network of professionals in youth development, community members and organizations, and funding providers committed to quality education in after school settings.

PASE promotes effective educational practices through program & staff development, resource sharing, networking, advocacy, research, assessment and evaluation, and collaboration among CBOs, families, and educational institutions.

The Urban Institute
http://www.urban.org/
A policy research organization that studies societal problems and works to increase and stimulate public awareness and government action. The Institute's Web site offers a range of current news and commentary, various research reports, and information on special projects.

United States Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov

United Way
http://www.unitedway.org

Find out what your local United Way is doing to promote community-building and philanthropy.

You Can Help Kids
http://www.youcanhelpkids.org

YouthLearn
http://www.youthlearn.org
c/o Morino Institute
11600 Sunrise Valley Drive
Suite 300
Reston, VA 20191

Resources and tools for integrating technology into after school programs.
Since the mid-1990s, the Morino Institute has taken up the challenge of reaching beyond the issue of access, to cut to the heart of social divides in ways that help people in low-income communities improve their lives. The Morino Institute's two-year YDC Pilot, for example, helped youth organizations integrate technology into their out-of-school learning programs. The practical insights gained from the pilot grew into the YouthLearn online learning community and Web site.

Youth Development Grantwriting & Collaborations

Key words for searching for funding:
Youth development, youth at-risk, character education, community
schools, out-of-school time and after-school

for more help:
The Finance Project
http://financeproject.org
1000 Vermont Avenuve, NW, Suite 600
Washington, DC 20005
(202) 628-4200

Foundations, Inc.
http://www.foundations-inc.org
Moorestown West Corporate Center
101 Executive Drive, Suite 2
Moorestown, NJ 08057-4236
856-996-3070

After-school enrichment curriculum, national standards, content-based instruction

Violence Prevention Resources

The Anti-Drug
http://www.theantidrug.com
A collaboration of many organizations promoting parental involvement. Includes advice, news and resources.

The Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service
http://www.reeusda.gov
CSREES has research and education information about many subjects, and staff specialists who can answer your questions or refer you to the right agency.
Violence Prevention through Education Links (community programs and organizations, etc)
http://www.reeusda.gov/pavnet/ye/youthed.html

Mentors in Violence Prevention at Northeastern University
http://www.sportinsociety.org/mvp.html
Enlists athletes to work with youth to prevent all forms of men’s violence against women.

Partnership Against Violence Network
http://www.pavnet.org/
The Partnerships Against Violence Network is a "virtual library" of information about violence and youth-at-risk representing data from seven different federal agencies. The site offers news, information about funding opportunities, a research database, and a listing of resources and links.