Youth Empowered Solutions (YES!) is a great organization – it works with high school students to  provide training on youth-adult partnerships in areas such as health, civic engagement, and advocacy.  They have practical and accessible tools and resources on youth empowerment, useful for organizational self-reflection and program evaluation.

The Students Commission (SC) is a leading advocacy, research, and backbone organization for  youth-adult partnerships in Canada.  Along with their sister entity, the Centre for Youth Engagement, the SC works with grassroots organizations and public systems to strengthen policy and programs for young people.  Their work ranges from maintaining a clearinghouse on practical tools for […]

The YALPE workbook contains information, tools, and survey instruments that youth and staff can use to assess the quality of Y-AP in their own organizations. Guidelines are also offered on how to use this assessment information to strengthen programs..  

Youth-Adult Partnerships Training Manual is the culmination of  four partner organizations—the National 4-H Council, the National Network for Youth, and the Youth Leadership Institute, and the The Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development. The training manual (260 pages) has six sections and although it is not necessary to complete each section sequentially, each builds on […]

ACT (Assets Coming Together) for Youth Center of Excellence connects research to practice in the areas of positive youth development and adolescent sexual health. Resources to aid those working in the areas of youth development and adolescent sexual health: publications and presentations, the e-letter ACT for Youth Update, and the websites actforyouth.net and nysyouth.net. Technical […]