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Accreditation
- Organizational Council On Accreditation - COA accreditation is a comprehensive process by which an organization goes through a thorough self-study and on-site review by trained Peer Reviewers in order to achieve the highest recognition for delivering quality child and family services, behavioral healthcare services, consumer credit counseling services, and/or community support and education services that comply with nationally recognized standards of best practice.
AmeriCorps
- National AmeriCorps - Connects to the National AmeriCorps Web site where you'll find information about AmeriCorps, including AmeriCorps*NCCC and AmeriCorps*VISTA.
- WA Commission for National & Community Service - The WCNCS administers the AmeriCorps Program in Washington State and provides information on other AmeriCorps programs within the state.
- Washington Service Corps - Administers the Washington Reading Corps for the state of Washington and is one of the largest AmeriCorps programs in Washington state.
Juvenile Diversion
Street Outreach
- Dept. of Human & Health Services - Youth Information
- Institute for Youth Development - IYD is unique in its commitment to a comprehensive risk-avoidance message regarding major risk behaviors among youth: alcohol, drugs, sex, tobacco, and violence. Based on data showing unquestionable linkages between these behaviors, IYD promotes a consistent, comprehensive risk-avoidance message for all these behaviors.
- InterNetwork for Youth - Advocacy for Youth Development. Resources for youth and adults.
- National Youth Development - Advocacy for improved conditions & opportunities for youth development.
- Northwest Justice Project - Clearinghouse of legal self-help materials and tools that provide information about non criminal legal problems affecting low-income people in Washington state.
Support Organizations
Youth Employment
- Access Washington - Washington State government information. Information concerning youth employment issues can be found by selecting "Employment", then select "Teen Workers".
- Jobs for the Future - Jobs for the Future seeks to accelerate the educational and economic advancement of youth and adults struggling in our economy.
- WorkFirst Program - WorkFirst is Washington State's welfare reform program that helps financially struggling families find jobs, keep their jobs, get better jobs and build a better life for their children.
- Workforce Tools Of The Trade - Workforce Tools of the Trade, a part of the CareerOneStop, is solely targeted to fostering the professional growth of those in workforce development field across all levels of the system-front line staff, managers, administrators and partners.
Sites for Youth
- Blood Lines - A view into the souls of HIV+ youth: a film produced & Directed by Rebecca Guberman & Jennifer Jako
- Foster Club - The National Network for Youth in Foster Care
- In The Mix: Reality Television for Teens - Your issues. Your interests. Your favorite celebs. In the Mix, the national award-winning TV series for teens and by teens, brings you all of it...and gets everyone talking. We're on-air every week on PBS. Check us out!
- National Institute on Drug Abuse - Keep your brain healthy, keep your body healthy. (Has a section specifically for teens.)
- National Organizations for Youth Safety - The mission of NOYS is to promote youth empowerment and leadership, and build partnerships that save lives, prevent injuries and promote safe and healthy lifestyles among all youth.
- National Runaway Switchboard - Are you having problems at home? Are you thinking about running away? Have you already run away and need to find a place to stay, food, clothing, legal or medical assistance? Being a teenager isn't easy. We're here 24 hours a day. We're confidential and free. Whether you are in a crisis, have a friend who is in trouble, need statistics for a school report, or want ideas for spreading the word about our services, we can help. Talk to us.
- Students Against Violence Everywhere - SAVE is a student driven organization. Students learn about alternatives to violence and practice what they learn through school and community service projects. As they participate in SAVE activities, students learn crime prevention and conflict management skills and the virtues of good citizenship, civility, and nonviolence.
- Students Talking About Respect, Inc. - Students Talking About Respect, Inc. is dedicated to the development of educational activities, co-curricular programs, and awareness campaigns designed to prevent hatred and violence among youth.
- Teen Pregnancy Prevention - Think everyone's doing it? Think again.
- Teen Wire (Planned Parenthood) - Sexuality and relationship info you can trust from Planned Parenthood® Federation of America.
- TeensHealth - TeensHealth was created for teens looking for honest, accurate information and advice about health, relationships, and growing up. We offer a safe, private place that's accessible 24 hours a day to get the doctor-approved info you need to understand the changes that you (or your friends) may be going through - and to make educated decisions about your life. There's a lot of confusing, misleading, and just plain wrong health information on the Web - and our mission is to tell it to you straight.
- Tolerance.org: Mix It Up - We understand hanging out with people we think are most like us can be comfortable. But we also understand it can be uncomfortable when you want to hang out with someone new and other people think you should "stick with your own kind." [...] Mix It Up believes in the power of youth to create and sustain real change. We want to provide ideas and tools to help you break the walls of division in your school and community. Mix It Up is a project of the Southern Poverty Law Center's tolerance programs and the Study Circles Resource Center.
- Youth Communication: True stories by teens - Youth Communication helps teenagers develop their skills in reading, writing, thinking, and reflection, so they can acquire the information they need to make thoughtful choices about their lives. We currently publish two teen-written magazines: New Youth Connections (a general interest magazine) & Foster Care Youth United (by and for young people in foster care).
- YouthNOISE.org - Your world, your noise. YouthNOISE is a group of young people--from all 50 states, the District of Columbia and more than 176 countries--together with a small group of adults working to provide information from more than 300 nonprofit partners to date that will spark youth action and voice.YouthNOISE is a project of the Tides Center, a nonpartisan, nonsectarian, nonprofit organization.
Youth Services
- Administration for Children & Families - The Administration for Children and Families (ACF) is a federal agency funding state, territory, local, and tribal organizations to provide family assistance (welfare), child support, child care, Head Start, child welfare, and other programs relating to children and families.
- American Youth Policy Forum - To improve opportunities, services, and life prospects for youth, we provide learning experiences for national, state, and local policymakers and practitioners.
- America's Promise - America's Promise is a collaborative effort that builds upon the collective power of communities and partners to help fulfill the Five Promises for every young person in America.
- Child Advocacy Central - Information on the child welfare system, resources, etc.
- Child Trends - Improving the Lives of Children and Families: Child Trends is a nonprofit, nonpartisan research organization dedicated to improving the lives of children by conducting research and providing science-based information to improve the decisions, programs, and policies that affect children and their families.
- Child Welfare League of America - The Child Welfare League of America (CWLA), the nation's oldest and largest membership-based child welfare organization, has been known and respected as a champion for children since 1920.
- Children's Alliance - Statewide child advocacy organization.
- Connect For Kids - Guidance for grown-ups, better policies for kids
- Future of Children - Providing research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children. (The David and Lucile Packard Foundation)
- International Youth Foundation - The International Youth Foundation (IYF) is working in more than 60 countries and territories to improve the conditions and prospects for young people where they live, learn, work, and play.
- Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative - The Jim Casey Youth Opportunities Initiative is a national foundation whose mission is to help youth in foster care make successful transitions to adulthood.
- Join Together - Substance abuse and gun violence - Boston University
- Missing Kids - National Center for Missing & Exploited Children
- National Dropout Prevention/Center Network - The mission of the National Dropout Prevention Center/Network is to serve as a research center and resource network for practitioners, researchers, and policymakers to reshape school and community environments to meet the needs of youth- including youth with disabilities- in at-risk situations so these students receive the quality education and services necessary to succeed academically and graduate from high school.
- National Institute on Drug Abuse - Keep your brain healthy, keep your body healthy. (Has a section specifically for teens.)
- National Mental Health Association
- National Network for Youth - For 25 years, the National Network for Youth has been dedicated to ensuring that young people can be safe and lead healthy and productive lives. With more than 700 direct members and 1,500 constituents involved in its regional and state networks, the National Network informs public policy, educates the public and strengthens the field of youth work. In doing so, young people are championed, especially those who because of life circumstances, disadvantage, past abuse or community prejudice have less opportunity to become contributing members of their communities.
- National Resource Center for Youth Services - (at the University of Oklahoma) Enhancing the quality of life of our nation's youth and their families by improving the effectiveness of human services.
- National Youth Development Information Center - National Youth Development Information Center is a one-stop website for youth workers with interest in any and all of the following areas: funding, programming, research, policy, job and training opportunities.
- National Youth Leadership Council - For more than two decades, NYLC has led a movement linking youths, educators, and communities to redefine the role of young people in society. That movement is service-learning, and it empowers youths to transform themselves from recipients of information and resources into valuable, contributing members of a democracy.
- National Youth Violence Campaign - The National Association of Students Against Violence Everywhere (S.A.V.E.) and The Guidance Channel are proud to be founding partners of the National Youth Violence Prevention Campaign. The goal of this campaign is to raise awareness and to educate students, teachers, school administrators, counselors, school resource officers, school staff, parents, and the public on effective ways to prevent or reduce youth violence.
- Search Institute - Practical Research Benefiting children and youth.
- The Children's Bureau - The Children's Bureau (CB) is the oldest federal agency for children and is located within the United States Department of Health and Human Services' Administration for Children and Families, Administration on Children, Youth and Families. It is responsible for assisting States in the delivery of child welfare services - services designed to protect children and strengthen families.
- The National Runaway Switchboard - The National Runaway Switchboard (NRS) is a not-for-profit volunteer organization whose mission is to provide confidential crisis intervention and referral to youth and their families through national and local telephone switchboards, as well as advocacy and educational services on behalf of youth. It is the federally designated national communication system for runaway and homeless youth. Information is available 24 hours a day throughout the United States and its territories, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. Virgin Islands, and Guam.
- Parent Trust of Washington - Parent Trust for Washington Children creates lasting change and hope for the
future by promoting safe, self sufficient, healthy families and communities. The organization is committed to decreasing isolation, increasing knowledge of healthy brain development, improving family bonding, promoting knowledge of school readiness, building family and life management skills, developing the ability to give and receive support, and preventing child abuse and neglect. To learn more, you can call 1-800-932-HOPE (4673).
- Washington Parent Power - Helps Washington families make ends meet. This is an easy internet tool for families and their advocates to discover benefits they may qualify for. It explains public benefits and shows people where to go and how to get them.
- Youth Service Opportunities Project - YSOP is an IRS 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, founded by Quakers in 1983, which is committed to making young people a part of the solution to societal problems by helping them learn what a difference they can make in the lives of others. While YSOP was created for young people, we welcome young people of all ages to our program.
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