This guide offers strategies for engaging with and using the Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment to diagnose needs and strengths, support continuous improvement processes, and better connect program providers to expertise and resources in the community. Learn more.

Resource: Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment

The Summer and Afterschool Needs Assessment helps youth-serving programs and organizations learn best practices for planning and delivering high-quality summer and afterschool programs and identify areas where they might benefit from guidance or support. The needs assessment provides organizations with a better understanding of their strengths and needs and connects ...

Opportunity: Next Level Now Collaborative Promising Practices

Through the Next Level Now Collaborative, DOL is seeking submissions of promising practices from state and local workforce-related youth programs that embed entrepreneurship into their programming. Learn more and submit.

Resource: Youth Advisory Councils

This webpage provides a detailed overview of Youth Advisory Councils (YACs). It describes the role YACs play in improving the schools and communities they serve, discusses how they can use data to make decisions and create action plans, and outlines the structure of a YAC. Learn more.

Resource: 2022 Victims of Child Abuse Act Report to Congress

This report (PDF, 12 pages) provides information about the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCA) Programs administered by the OJJDP. The goal of these VOCA-funded programs is to improve the community response to child abuse through strategic leadership, collaboration, and capacity building. OJJDP’s VOCA initiatives provide focused support at the ...

Resource: Co-regulation: What It Is and Why it Matters Video

This animated video offers those who work with, coach, teach, or care for adolescents a brief introduction to co-regulation support rooted in evidence-informed strategies to foster self-regulation in youth. From their middle school years through young adulthood, youth need trusted adults to help them build self-regulation. Learn more and watch. ...

Resources

Y2CONNECT Baltimore https://y2connect.org/ Y2CONNECT Boston Public Schools Resource Guide https://boston.y2connect.org/ About the Project Connect Model https://www.cdc.gov/std/projects/connect Interested in expanding Y2CONNECT to your community? Email the team at info@y2connect.org or contact Y2CONNECT founder and CEO to learn how! Dr. Arik V. Marcell (443) 287-8946 amarcell@jhu.edu ...

Lessons Learned

Utility of Web-Based Resource Guide for Youth Objective Founder Arik Marcell, M.D., M.P.H., examined Y2CONNECT.org Baltimore’s users, viewed content, and usage patterns from its launch 11/1/2016 to 6/30/2022. Using Google Analytics, he tabulated user engagement, demographics, device and acquisition usage, and content viewed. Over the five-year period, 65,046 unique users made 73,774 ...

Program Collaboration

Local Collaboration Y2CONNECT trains local Baltimore youth-serving organizations on how to effectively and equitably work with youth using the resources provided on Y2CONNECT.org.1 Y2CONNECT staff hold regular meetings with these organizations to share information about the website and answer questions about the guide, the resources within it, and how to use ...

Resource: Toolkit for Implementing Authentic Youth Engagement Strategies Within State Advisory Groups

This toolkit (PDF, 35 pages) discusses challenges and solutions for recruiting and retaining youth in State Advisory Groups, developing mentorship programs, and youth conference/summit planning. This document provides information on increasing engagement with justice impacted communities, youth who are at-risk of involvement in the criminal justice system, Indigenous youth, BIPOC ...

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