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Youth development is an approach that recognizes youth as resources in rebuilding communities and looks to them as partners in creating a framework for developing and implementing successful programs best suited for their community.

It is a process which prepares young people to meet the challenges of adolescence and adulthood through a coordinated, progressive series of activities and experiences which help them to become socially, morally, emotionally, physically, and cognitively competent.

graphic image of 3 teenage girls standing together and looking up at the cameraThe following pages provide a collection of excellent on-line resources to help you in designing youth development strategies for your program.

 

Youth Development: What Is It?

Strategies for Youth Development

Brain Development & Brain Research

Resource Organizations

Training and Professional Development

Youth Development Links