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Positive Youth Development

The Power of the Adolescent Brain: A TAG Talk

This video uses research to shine a light on adolescent brain development.

Resource: YouthPower – What Works

This website promotes a Positive Youth Development approach to empower young people to become agents of their own development. 

Resource: SAMHSA’S Youth Engagement Guidance

This resource includes information and tools that can help federal staff and contractors appropriately engage youth before, during, and after government-sponsored events and meetings.

Resource: Top 10 Tips for Engaging with Young People

This guide advises service providers and others how to engage successfully with youth, using specific examples to illustrate effective (and ineffective) communication. 

The Crisis of Connection for Adolescent Boys: A TAG Talk

This video discusses the crisis of connection, its impact on the health and well-being of adolescent boys, and the implications for their work with teens.

YE4C Responds to Current Events Affecting Youth

To help youth effectively address the issues of the day, IWGYP has updated the YE4C homepage by adding a Current Events page to give priority focus the best federal resources that are timely and responsive to the issues that are top-of-mind to youth today.

Recent Events: AfAmWomenLead Initiative

This blog post describes the African American Women Lead (AfAmWomenLead) Initiative, established by the White House Initiative on Educational Excellence for African Americans to support the development of Black women and girls. 

Resource: Money Lessons for Kids of All Ages Website

This website includes resources and information that parents and youth-serving professionals can use to teach young people about making informed financial decisions. 

A Positive Youth Development Research Agenda

The Interagency Working Group on Youth Programs (Working Group) recognizes the importance of Positive Youth Development (PYD) and works to ensure that current research-based content is included on youth.gov and to identify resources that support federal efforts in promoting positive youth development and youth engagement. The Working Group created a ...

2015-2016 E3! Ambassadors

The White House Initiative on Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) announced its second class of E3! Ambassadors.
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