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Youth Engagement Through Schools: Comprehensive Programs - Community-based Programs

	Background Information Key Organizations Research/Reports/ Initiatives
	Policy/Program Development Working With Youth Policy Models Planning/Assessment Tools
	Comprehensive Programs Community-based Community and School
	Whole School Programs School Climate/Policies Staff/Volunteer Training Consulting Students Student Representatives
	Instructional Programs Active Learning Project-based Learning Online Learning Community Service Learning
	Social Support Peer Helper Programs Student Leadership Programs Student Clubs/Sports After School Programs Mentoring Programs
	Youth Services Empowering/Friendly Crisis/Help Lines Advisory Services Employment/Education Services Personal Counseling/ Support
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This section provides links to several web-based documents defining and describing after-school programs. These documents describe the many potential programs that can be organized in schools and in the community after school.

Also see pages on Peer Helper Programs, Student Leadership Programs and Student Clubs/Sports Programs for specific types of after-school programs.

Explanations, Evidence, Planning/Best Practices Guides, Assessment /Evaluation Tools, Online Training/Training Programs, Programs/Materials, Examples

Explanations (Summaries, Articles, Fact Sheets)

Community Youth Development: A Framework for Action (CYD Journal)
Youth Development in Community Settings: A Community Action Framework (James Connell, Michelle Gambone)
Youth Trends, Service Challenges: An Advocate's Glimpse into the Future (Karen Johnson Pittman)
Increasing Investment in Youth Activities for Adolescents (Forum for Youth Investment)
Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (The Forum for Youth Investment)
Meeting Youth Needs with Community Programs. ERIC Digest (ERIC Clearinghouse on Urban Education)

Evidence

Planning/Best Practices Guides

Assessment /Evaluation Tools

Online Training/Training Programs

Programs/Materials

Community Programs to Promote Youth Development (The National Academy Press)

Examples

Blue Ribbon Campaign (Health Canada)

This summary has been prepared with funding provided by the
Population Health Fund, Health Canada

Key Resources

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