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The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs supports several subgroups, including one focused on Positive Youth Development. Eight Federal youth-serving departments participate actively on this subgroup, which is focused on identifying promising approaches, strategies, and evidence related to positive youth development, youth-adult partnerships, and youth engagement in youth programs. As part ...
The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (IWGYP) is composed of representatives from 21 federal agencies that support programs and services focusing on youth. The IWGYP seeks to promote achievement of positive results for at-risk youth.
I know now it's not where I'm from; it's where I'm going. It's not what I drive; it's what drives me. It's not what's on me; it's what's in me. And it's not what I think; it's what I know. Ralph Waldo Emerson once said: Do not follow where the ...
More than half of teenagers report participating in youth volunteer work, form of civic engagement...
Opportunity youth are young people who are between the ages of 16 to 24 years old and are disconnected from school and work.
Round 1 Notice Inviting Applications On November 24, 2014, five Federal agencies came together to offer a new opportunity to help communities overcome the obstacles they face in achieving better outcomes for disconnected youth. For the next 100 days (application deadline: March 4. 2015), states, tribes, and municipalities could apply to ...
Positive Experiences + Positive Relationships + Positive Environments = Positive Youth Development...
Nearly all young people hold at least one job between ages 18 and 25.
Involving youth in disaster prevention, preparedness, recovery, and response efforts can help ensure they are able to respond when faced with disasters...
The AmeriCorps National Civilian Community Corps (NCCC) and the Department of Defense's National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program began their collaboration in 2009 as a way to assist one another with placement and leadership opportunities for disadvantaged and out-of-school youth serving in their programs. By providing these youth with transitional structures ...
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