“4-H began over 100 years ago and has since grown into the largest youth development program in the nation. 4-H prepares young people to be leaders in their community and around the world through ...

The CI Study of PYD is a three‐nation, cohort comparative longitudinal study of the use of the R. Lerner and J. Lerner model of Positive Youth Development (PYD) for understanding the bases of PYD ...

There is an Extension office in almost every county in the United States. The Extension system is the outreach link between local communities, the educational base of the land-grant universities, and ...

Findings from nonexperimental and small scale quasi-experimental studies of community programs for youth provided the foundation for the descriptions in Chapter 5 of programs considered to be ...

This month, the Positive Youth Development organization is introducing the 21st Century Community Learning Center program, which will be open to students in the St. Thomas-St. John district. Positive ...

Frederick Douglass said, “It is easier to build strong children than to repair broken men.” Alternatives, a community-based nonprofit organization in Hampton, has been building young people for 50 ...

The 4-H Study of PYD: Reconnection and Replication aims to extend and replicate the original 4-H Study of PYD. Conducted between 2002 and 2012, the original study found that when PYD was promoted by ...

Adventure Central provides out-of-school programs where youth engage with positive adults from our community, connect with the natural world and learn critical life skills. For the past 25 years, a ...

Girls on the Run Rhode Island empowers girls with life skills through a curriculum that integrates running. The organization measures success by participant feedback, program completion, and observed ...

Adolescence is the pivotal period between childhood and adulthood. It is the time when youth need to acquire the attitudes, competencies, values, and social skills that will carry them forward to ...

There is an Extension office in almost every county in the United States. The Extension system is the outreach link between local communities, the educational base of the land-grant universities, and ...