Center for Civic Partnerships

Youth and Schools

Online Tools and Resources

Afterschool
http://afterschool.gov
Locates federal programs, government guides, and community success stories.

American Educational Research Association (AERA)
http://www.aera.net
Educational research and its practical applications.

America Goes Back to School
http://www.ed.go/Family/agbts
Helps families and schools make the most of back to school time by launching community partnerships.

America Reads Challenge
http://www.ed.gov/inits/americareads/
Provides work-study for students to serve as reading mentors or tutors to preschool and elementary school children.

America’s Promise
http://www.americaspromise.org
Ensures our children and youth have access to the fundamental resources they need to become successful adults.

California Collaborative After-School/School-Age Project
http://olympia.gse.uci.edu/schoolage/
Online Center dedicated to promoting high quality after-school and school-age programs in California.

California Healthy Start
http://goldmine.cde.ca.gov/cyfsbranch/lsp/hshome.htm
Healthy Start is a statewide effort to improve school and community health through collaborative partnerships that coordinate school linked services, youth development and family support.

Children, Youth & Families, Education and Research Network
http://www.cyfernet.mes.umn.edu
Supports community based educational programs for children, youth, parents and families.

Family Education
http://www.familyeducation.com
Quizzes, polls, discussion groups and articles on parenting and education subjects.

Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org

Girls, Inc
http://www.girlsinc.org
Encourages girls to take risks and master physical, intellectual and emotional challenges. Adress math and science education, pregnancy prevention, media literacy, adolescent health, substance abuse prevention and sports participation.

Kids Corner
http://www.info.gov/kids.htm
Site links to information about government, current events and history.

Kids Next Door
http://www.hud.gov/kids/
A HUD web site that teaches kids how to become good citizens.

Learn & Serve
http://www.cns.gov/learn

National Mentoring Partnership
http://www.mentoring.org/f_resources.html
An advocate for the expansion of mentoring, and a resource for mentors and mentoring initiatives nationwide.

National School Age Care Alliance
http://www.nsaca.org
Support programs for school-age children and youth in their out-of-school hours.

The Search Institute
http://www.search-institute.org
Youth assets, excellent resources.

U.S. Department of Education
http://www.ed.gov
Resources for parents, educators and communities.

YouthBuild
http://www.youthbuild.org
Involves young people in meaningful work in their communities: constructing or rehabilitating much-needed homes for homeless and low-income people.

Suggested Reading

The Center for the Study of Social Policy, 1995. Building New Futures for At-Risk Youth; Findings from a Five Year Multi-Site Evaluation. To order write The Center for the Study of Social Policy at 1250 Eye Street, NW, Washington, DC.

Farrow, F with the Executive Session on Child Protection, John F. Kennedy School of Government. Child Protection: Building Community Partnerships. To order, call the John F. Kennedy School of Government at 617-495-1461.

Healthy Start, 1996. Great Ideas from Healthy Start. To order call the Healthy Start Field Office at 530-752-1277.

Kretzman, J P. and McKnight, J L. 1993. Building Communities from the Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets. To order call ACTA Publications at 1-800-397-2282.

Lawson, H. and Briar-Lawson, K. 1997. Connecting the Dots: Progress Toward the Integration of School Reform, School-Linked Services, Parent involvement and Community Schools. Published by The Danforth Foundation and The Institute for Educational Renewal at Miami University.