Knowledge Base
Child and Youth Development Information
Links on Child Development
- Iowa State Child Development Bulletins
- Michigan State Extension Children, Youth, & Families
- National Network on Child Care Developmentally Appropriate Guidance
Links on Adolescent Development
Ohio 4-H Teen LeadershipLinks on Youth Development (child and Youth)
- AED Center for Youth Development and Policy Research
- American Youth Work Center
- Building Partnerships for Youth (UA/CAL-Davis Extension)
- Brighter Futures Conference, Wisconsin Extension
- Child Trends Compendium of What Works in Youth Development
- Creative Partnerships for Prevention
- CYFERNet Children, Youth, and Families Extension Resource Network
- Forum for Youth Investment
- Iowa State Extension "Targeting Life Skills"
- Minnesota Children, Youth, and Family Consortium
- National Youth Development Information Center
- Penn State Prevention Research Center for Promotion of Human Development
- Purdue Extension Four-Fold Youth Development Model
- Search Institute 40 Assets Model
- Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
- Youth Development Frameworks (Marquette-Alger Youth Foundation)
- Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development
- YouthInfo: Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Youth Work Central (The Medical Foundation, BEST Initiative)
Statistics and Trends
National Trends, with some state data
- Bureau of the Census
- Census Bureau State and County Demographic and Economic Profiles
- Centers for Disease Control
- Child Stats
- Child Trends
- Education Statistics: US Dept. of Education
- Families and Children Gateway: Dept. of Health & Human Services
- FedStats
- Kids Count: Annie E. Casey Foundation
- National Center for Education Statistics
- Rand Corporation Social Trend Analysis
- Statistical Abstract of the United States
- YouthInfo: Dept. of Health & Human Services
- Youth Risk Behavior Survey: Centers for Disease Control
- OJJDP Statistical Briefing Book
State Trends, with some county data
Best Practices in Youth Development
Research on Program Effectiveness
- Research Reviews
- CYFAR Sustainability Research, 1999-2003
- Afterschool: Afterschool Alliance Promising Practices in Afterschool
- Juvenile Courts: OJJDP Best Practices in Juvenile Courts
- Prevention and Development: Promising Practices Network
- Prevention: Delinquency, Violence (OJJDP)
- Prevention: Developmental Research Associates/Communities that Care
- Prevention: Southeast Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
- Prevention: Northwest Center for the Application of Prevention Technologies
- Resiliency in Action
- Resiliency: Northwest Educational Lab
- Restitution: American Probation and Parole Association Best Practices
- Center for Substance Abuse Prevention Model Programs
- Workforce Prep: PEPNet Promising Practices
- Youth at Risk, National Governor's Association
- Youth Development: Child Trends Compendium of What Works
- Youth Violence Prevention: Center for the Prevention of School Violence
- Youth Violence Prevention: Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence
Chinook Newsletter - (produced by site author at the University of Wyoming)
Educational Bulletins and Fact Sheets
Developed by the Site Author at the University of Wyoming
- Families in the Fast Lane: Using the Internet at Home
- Family Resiliency
- Family Rituals that Build Strengths
- Family Strengths for Keeping Children Drug-free
- Reading and Relationships
- Parenting by Play
- Raising Optimistic Kids
- Resilient Families
- Resilient Kids and Adults
- Supporting a Child on School or Community Projects
- Working with Teachers to Support Children's Learning
- Being a #1 Adult
- Parent-Teen Communication: Spending Time with Your Teen
