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Positive Youth Development

Positive Youth Development

This webpage provides a definition of positive youth development, information on the eight key practices organizations can consider when implementing the approach, and resources communities or programs can use to incorporate positive youth development into their work. 

Archived Webinar: Youth Don’t Need to Be Fixed: Strategic Framing for Messaging on PYD

This webinar describes the ways that commonly-held beliefs about youth interfere with communicating about positive youth development (PYD).

Resource: Toolkit for Embracing a "Youth Welfare" System: A Guide to Capacity Building

This toolkit provides guidance and examples that illustrate the Youth Welfare approach for working with youth in foster care.

Just Launched! Redesigned YE4C

The Youth Engaged 4 Change website has a fresh, new look with content that continues to inspire and empower young people to improve their lives and the world around them.

Resource: Newly-Redesigned YE4C

The Youth Engaged 4 Change website has a fresh, new look with content that continues to inspire and empower young people to improve their lives and the world around them.

Call for Nominations: Youth Listening Session

The IWGYP and AIR are partnering with young people to plan an event to better understand how youth make decisions in their daily lives. We’re looking for 20 young people to share their ideas with us.

Resource: PAF Program Videos

Two new videos highlight the Pregnancy Assistance Fund (PAF), a program that supports expectant and parenting teens and their children.

The Changing Transition to Adulthood: A TAG Talk

This video discusses the transition to adulthood today, how it has changed over time, what skills and capacities are helpful for youth, and the roles of families, education, and employment.

Share with Youth: Create a “my Social Security” Account

This website allows users, including youth, to access and manage their social security benefit information to plan for retirement.

Youth Engagement in Development: Effective Approaches and Action-Oriented Recommendations for the Field

This report was commissioned to identify effective approaches and recommendations to meaningfully engage youth in programs, policies and operational practices.
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