TIGblogs - Adam Fletcher

Is AMCHP Ready to Embrace Youth Leadership?

The Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs article on next steps with youth involvement

Youth Voice: A Guide for Engaging Youth in Leadership and Decision-Making in Service Learning Programs

A Learn & Serve America imprint by a variety of folks, including Cindy Sherer.

Getting Started

The purpose of "Getting Started" is to offer guidelines and sample documents for organizations interested in establishing a youth advisory committee. Youthgrantmakers.org is a communication of the Michigan Community Foundation Youth Project (MCFYP) of the Council of Michigan Foundations, with funding from the W. K. Kellogg Foundation.

Chapters include: Learn the basic components of starting a YAC; How to recruit youth grantmakers and structure a YAC; Learn how to have a successful orientation and training for your YAC members; Find out how to determine the needs of youth in your community; Learn how the grantmaking process should run from start to finish; How to raise money for your endowment fund; Make community service a vital component of the YAC; How to promote your YAC's accomplishments and recognize your members; Learn why evaluation is so important to the success of your YAC.

Best Practices in Youth Philanthropy

by Pam Garza and Pam Stevens for the Coalition of Community Foundations for Youth.

Leadership Lincoln Youth Programs (Nebraska)

Leadership Lincoln offers a variety of extracurricular programs to instill our community's youth with the value of strong leadership and to demonstrate the various roles they can play in making a difference. Includes Youth Leadership Lincoln, Youth Leadership Academy, Youth In Action Center and YouthInspire Foundation.

South Sioux City Youth Leadership Council (Iowa)

The mission of the Youth Leadership Council is to involve youth in the process to discuss community issues, including safety, serve others through community service and enhancement, and serve as a liaison to the South Sioux City Council.

Global Effort for Sustainable Development

From the International Olympic Committee website, a report about the 8th World Conference on Sport and the Environment that youth involvement is important to them.

TAP Project: A Guide for Youth Involvement

“Water – Imagine a life without it” is a guide for youth brought to you by the U.S. Fund for UNICEF’s Tap Project in conjunction with the TeachUNICEF program, which aims to give young people vital information about the global water crisis and to suggest ways that they can get involved. The guide provides background information about water use in the U.S., gives young people a glimpse into the lives of children in countries without easy access to clean water, describes ways that UNICEF is responding to this global crisis, and helps young people think
of ways they can raise awareness among their peers, families, and communities.

Across the Country, Youth Programs Bring the Issue of Brownfields Home

The story of youth involvement in a BPA program

Citizenship Education Longitudinal Study (CELS): Sixth Annual Report

Young People’s Civic Participation In and Beyond School: Attitudes, Intentions and Influences. Published by the Department for Children, Schools and Families in the UK.

thesouce

Through the Suffolk Youth and Connexions Service young people aged 13-19 (up to 25 for those with additional needs), can access information, advice, help and support on a one-to-one basis or as part of a group. They can also take part in a range of outdoor activities, youth clubs and youth projects in their local community.

School Councils UK Standard - Wiki

This site allows anyone with an interest to contribute to and keep up to date with the development of the School Councils UK Standard. We'll be doing all of our development work on the Standard on this site from now on, so what you see here is what the Standard will be when it's launched.

Get Youth on Board! A Toolkit for Stakeholder Collaboration and Youth Promotion

"Implementation on Children's and Youth Rights." Federal Commission on Economic Development and Cooperation.