Websites

This site helps young adults plan their next steps in life by bringing together the most recently available information about colleges, careers and military services. Designed primarily for individuals between 16 and 24, the site features information drawn and collated from the U.S. Departments of Commerce, Defense, Education and Labor. ...

This Workplace Safety & Health Topic from the Centers of Disease Control and Prevention provides information for young people on workplace safety and health.

This blog entry describes the experience, transformation, and success of the young people who participate in YouthBuild AmeriCorps. This program for youth born into low-income families provides them with the opportunity to work toward their high school equivalency diploma while learning job skills by building affordable housing. ...

As a young worker, you have certain rights and responsibilities. This website can help you learn about your rights, the types of discrimination that young workers face, and what you can do to help prevent it.

This resource from the Centers on Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) offers educational resources and materials, such as videos, tip sheets, and posters related to youth tobacco prevention.

This curriculum in occupational safety and health can be used in the classroom or other group training sessions. It is designed to teach core health and safety skills and knowledge, and covers basic information relevant to any occupation. The target audience for the curriculum is high school age students; however, ...

The CDC's Burning Truth communication initiative encourages young people to protect themselves from too much exposure to ultraviolet rays from the sun and tanning beds in order to keep their skin healthy. The initiative website contains information on the real truth behind common tanning myths, and posters and buttons to share ...

This resource collects, screens, and identifies studies on the effectiveness of educational programs, products, practices, and policies for educators, policymakers, researchers, and the public.  This resource is designed to help schools, school districts, and educational program developers identify potential researchers (individuals and organizations) to conduct studies of effectiveness of educational ...

This blog entry from the Department of Agriculture discusses schools’ progress in complying with the school meal nutrition standards updated last year and the benefits that are already being seen as a result of the changes, including a decline in childhood obesity and an increase in children’s levels of physical ...

Workforce System Strategies is an initiative of the U.S. Department of Labor administered by the Employment and Training Administration, which provides an online, public archive of resources to make it easier for workforce practitioners, administrators, policymakers, and researchers to identify and implement effective practices based on existing research, and ultimately, ...