Youth Development or Leadership Resources on the Web
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The following Web sites are a starting point for looking at information to support youth development and leadership. For a more detailed set of links on related topics go to the links section of the Central CAPT Web site.
Four Directions Electronic Mentoring Project
www.tapr.org/4d
Funded by the U.S. Department of Education, this project is specifically designed to link volunteer online mentors with Native American students and their teachers located in remote, rural areas.
The National Mentoring Partnership
www.mentoring.org
The National Mentoring Partnership is an advocate for the expansion of mentoring and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide. Includes a very useful resources section which includes information about experts, effective practices and research.
National Youth Development Information Center
www.nydic.org
Information-rich site includes an easy-to-search database with numerous documents on peer programming, youth participation, and youth development, along with instructions on how to order them. Detailed set of links specific to youth development professionals and thoughtful research and evaluation sections make this a "must see" site.
Project Northland
www.miph.org/capt/northland.html
Project Northland seeks to delay or reduce alcohol use among adolescents in northeastern Minnesota using a community-wide, multiple component intervention program. Youth action teams are a significant feature of Project Northland. This paper summarizes the community components of the project including the activities of the youth action teams.
Quest International
www.quest.edu
The Quest mission is to empower and support adults throughout the world to nurture responsibility and caring in young people where they live, learn, work and play. A strength of this site is its extensive links section which is nicely organized by category.
Youth As Resources (YAR)
www.yar.org
YAR is a community-based program that provides small grants to young people to design and carry out service projects that address social problems and contribute to significant community change.
Do you have other suggestions for this list of Web sites? Send any feedback or suggestions to Central CAPT, centralcapt@miph.org.
