Information & Resources
- Adolescence Directory On-line: www.education.indiana.edu/cas/adol/adol.html
Adolescence Directory On-line (ADOL) a service of the Center for Adolescent Studies at Indiana University, is an electronic guide to information on adolescent issues.
- Academy for Educational Development: www.aed.org/
Academy for Educational Development (AED) is an independent, nonprofit organization committed to solving critical social problems in the U.S. and throughout the world through education, social marketing, research, training, policy analysis and innovative program design and management. Major areas of focus include health, education, youth development, and the environment.
- Center For Adolescent and Family Studies:
http://education.indiana.edu/cas/
The Center for Adolescent Studies focuses on meeting the social and emotional growth and development needs of adolescents through providing support to adults working with youth, investigating current social issues and providing tools for teens to learn and practice new, healthy behaviors.
- Center for the Future of Children:www.futureofchildren.org
The Future of Children promotes effective policies and programs for children by providing policymakers, service providers, and the media with timely, objective information based on the best available research. Resources include their journal, recent research and press releases from the field.
- Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership: www.nonprofitbasics.org
The Center for Philanthropy and Nonprofit Leadership is building a resource center with lots of great information for starting, running and funding an organization.
- Center for Public Policy Priorities: www.cppp.org/
The Center for Public Policy Priorities (CPPP) is a non-partisan, non-profit policy research organization committed to improving public policies and private practices that influence the economic and social prospects and conditions of individuals, families, and communities in Texas. Offers current information on policies impacting Texas.
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- Child Trends: www.childtrends.org
Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan children's research organization. They collect and analyze data; conduct, synthesize, and disseminate research; design and evaluate programs; and develop and test promising approaches to research in the field.
- Compumentor: www.compumentor.org/
A nonprofit organization specializing in technology assistance for community-based organizations and schools. Offers a wealth of computer related information for nonprofit organizations.
- Energize, Inc.: www.energizeinc.com/
Energize, Inc. is an international training, consulting and publishing firm specializing in volunteerism. Offers resources and articles on successfully managing volunteers in nonprofit organizations.
- Free Management Library: www.mapnp.org/library/
A free community resource library for nonprofits and for-profits. The goal of the library is to provide leaders and managers (especially those with very limited resources) basic and practical information about personal, professional and organizational development.
- GuideStar: www.guidestar.org
The national database of nonprofit organizations. This site also has resources for nonprofits.
- The Heritage Foundation’s Family & Society Database: www.heritage.org/research/features/familydatabase/
The Heritage Foundation’s Family & Society Database catalogs social science findings on the family gleaned from peer-reviewed journals, books, and government surveys.
- Home Words: http://facstaff.uww.edu/homewords/
Home Words, a service of the Social Work Department, University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, is a resource for those working with homeless families and children. They provide information for shelter workers and share expertise on direct service and advocacy for clients.
- Idealist.org: www.idealist.org
Idealist.org has built the leading nonprofit job site in the country. In addition to jobs, you can also list events, volunteer opportunities and internships, and at www.idealist.org/consultants you can find the most comprehensive directory of nonprofit consultants on the Web.
- Internet Nonprofit Center: www.nonprofits.org/
The Internet Nonprofit Center, a program of the Evergreen State Society, publishes the Nonprofit FAQ, a resource of information provided by participants in many online discussions about nonprofits and their work.
- Internet Resources for Nonprofits: www.ucp-utica.org/uwlinks/childyouth.html
This site, created by the United Cerebral Palsy Association, Greater Utica (N.Y.) Area, is as comprehensive as you can get, with links to every conceivable source of information and funding for programs serving children, adolescents and families. The site also has resources on outcome measurement, management, grantwriting, scholarships and much more.
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- Mentoring Sites
Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America: www.bbbsa.org
Mentoring Institute: www.mentoringinstitute.org
National Mentoring Center: www.nwrel.org/mentoring
National Mentoring Partnership: www.mentoring.org
National Service Resource Center: www.etr.org/nsrc/library.html (search the library for mentoring)
- National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY): www.ncfy.com/
The NCYF is a resource funded by FYSB, with a searchable database containing abstracts of over 10,000 publications that focus on youth and families. Contact them by calling 301-608-8098, or by visiting their website at
- National Criminal Justice Reference System: www.ncjrs.org
National Criminal Justice Reference System (NCJRS) is a federally funded resource offering justice and substance abuse information to support research, policy, and program development worldwide.
- National Resource Center for Youth Services: www.nrcys.ou.edu/
National Resource Center for Youth Services (NRCYS) has been providing resources to the youth services community for more than twenty-five years, and providing training and technical assistance to programs in Oklahoma and nationally. Their website has many youth-related resources available.
- National Youth Development Information Center Library: www.nydic.org/nydic/library/publications/pub_search_form.cfm
This ever-growing database currently contains over 1,000 abstracts of youth development reports, journal articles, and other documents. It also provides information on who to contact to acquire each document. The National Youth Development Information Center Library is a searchable database.
- Nonprofit Online News: http://news.gilbert.org/
The Nonprofit Online News is a program of the Gilbert Center (Nonprofit Communication, Innovation, Incubation), which studies ways that nonprofits are using the internet.
- Parent Dex - A Guide for Parents and Youthworkers: www.child.net/childco.htm
At Parent Dex, you will find every subject area there is for and about children and youth, from child psychology to teens volunteering, substance abuse prevention to parenting, brought to you by the National Children's Coalition and Streetcats Foundation.
- Project 540: www.project540.org/
Project 540 has information on nationwide programs to engage young people and foster civic skills and youth voice. Find resources from educational materials to examples of youth leadership to funding on a wide selection of different issues.
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- Public Private Ventures: www.ppv.org
Information about, and evaluations of programs and policies for youth; youth section includes information about After-school Programs, Mentoring and High Risk Youth.
- ServiceLeader.org: www.serviceleader.org
At ServiceLeader.org, you will find a huge site covering every aspect of volunteer management, from screening, matching, record-keeping and evaluation, to legal issues, risk management and virtual volunteering.
- Strengthening America's Families: www.strengtheningfamilies.org
Strengthening America's Families: Effective Family Programs for Prevention of Delinquency, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP). Access the results of the 1999 search for "best practice" family strengthening programs.
- Tech Soup: www.Techsoup.org
Tech Soup, the technology place for nonprofits, is a free online technology resource especially designed for nonprofits featuring technology news, donated and discounted products, and tools and resources.
- Teens in Trouble: http://www.lv.psu.edu/jkl1/teens/
"A Survival Guide for Parents." Has links to resources on many topics.
- The Texas Youth Commission's A World of Prevention: www.tyc.state.tx.us/prevention/
The Texas Youth Commission's A World of Prevention is a directory of programs, research, references and resources dedicated to the prevention of child and adolescent problems and the promotion of youth development in families, schools and communities.
- Virginia Beall Ball Library: www.iyi.org/library
The Virginia Beall Ball Library is a nationally recognized youth development library. The Web catalog was created a few years ago to allow youth workers to discover and request items online. The 9,000-title collection of books, videos, curricula, journals, and audiotapes cover youth and child development, nonprofit management, developmental assets, fund raising, youth ministry, education, and more.
- Youthwork Links and Ideas: http://youthwork.com/
Youthwork Links and Ideas has links to hundreds of sites of interest to Youth service providers, as well as a collection of some of the best websites for youth.
- 50 Ways to Save Our Children: http://50ways.org/
This site has many helpful tips on how to help youth and resources for all sort of topics.
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Youth Development
- Arsalyn: www.arsalyn.org/home.asp
The Arsalyn Program was created to encourage young Americans to become informed and active participants in the electoral process.
- National 4-H Council: www.fourhcouncil.edu/index.asp
4-H is the Cooperative Extension System’s dynamic, nonformal, educational program for today’s young people. All 4-H program partners are working across the country to assist youth in developing knowledge, skills and attitudes that will enable them to become productive and contributing members of society.
- National Youth Development Information Center-Youth Development Library: www.NYDIC.org
The National Youth Development Information Center (NYDIC), a project of the National Collaboration for Youth, provides current news to the youth development field and has one of the largest online libraries (which users are able to add their own youth development resources to), providing practice-related information at low-cost or no cost. NYDIC provides constant opportunities for practitioners to share knowledge and experience, enabling them to build the best practice in the field of youth development.
- Search Institute: www.search-institute.org
Search Institute (Raising Caring and Responsible Children and Teenagers) is an independent, nonprofit, nonsectarian organization whose mission is to advance the well-being of adolescents and children by generating knowledge and promoting its application. Their focus is on helping youth build assets.
- Youth on Board: www.youthonboard.org
Youth leadership and youth empowerment.
- The Innovation Center: www.theinnovationcenter.org
Channels new knowledge and innovations into communities by partnering with youth, adults and organizations to create opportunities to share effective practices, promising ideas and tough challenges.
- Community Youth Development Journal: www.cydjournal.org
CYD Journal is the leading publication for youth and community workers, educators, administrators, researchers, etc. to promote youth and adults working together to create healthy communities.
- National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY): www.ncfy.com
Provides links to information to help support young people and families.
- The Forum for Youth Investment: www.forumforyouthinvestment.org
The Forum for Youth Investment is a nonprofit, nonpartisan organization dedicated to helping communities and the nation make sure all young people are ready for work, college, and life by the age of 21.
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