Site with resources for policy leaders, practitioners and researchers working on youth and education issues. Site contains publications and others resources focusing on: education, youth development and community involvement and preparation for careers and workforce development.

Oldest and largest youth mentoring organization in the United States. The site allows users to search for local youth mentoring opportunities.

Index of agencies involved in welfare reform and children and family-related research and programs.

Site dedicated to ending the practice of trying, sentencing and incarcerating children under 18 in the adult criminal justice system. Includes facts, policy recommendations and resources focused on raising awareness about the negative impacts of prosecuting children in the adult criminal justice system.

Site includes articles on youth service, alternative spring break resources, tips and resources for getting involved, tools to track volunteer hours and and more!

Survey monitoring health risk behaviors and their impacts on U.S. youth and adults.

Site with extensive research on the civic and political participation of young Americans.

Information on current events affecting youth. Site also contains reports and publications on a wide variety of youth-related subjects.

Site dedicated to ensuring children have healthy and safe childhoods and transitions into adolescence and adulthood. Includes data on meeting children’s needs, preventing poverty, advocating for children and engaging faith communities.

Agency that provides court-appointed volunteer advocates for abused and neglected children. Site contains resources for people interested in becoming court-appointed advocates who help ensure that children have permanent, thriving homes.

Federal web site with comprehensive information on education legislation (like No Child Left Behind), initiatives and resources.

Site dedicated to inspiring, supporting, and celebrating young people who are changing our world. Site provides monthly monthly "challenges" in three areas: community building, health, and the environment. It also contains information about youth grant and award opportunities.

Catch-all resource for parenting and family issues. Addresses a variety of topics ranging from helping youth with homework to talking with them about death, war, sex and drugs.

Site with resources for engaging youth. Some resources are free; others can be purchased.

Organization that helps youth in foster care make successful transitions into adulthood. Contains information on engaging and equipping foster youth to become leaders, establishing “opportunity passports” for foster youth and advancing public policies that positively impact foster youth.

Site with resources for developing a spirit of service in elementary and middle school aged youth. Developed by the Points of Light Foundation, and includes youth news and project ideas.

Provides easy-to-understand information about youth health. The site has separate sections for children, teenagers and parents and includes basic medical, developmental and parenting information.

Comprehensive information on learning disabilities, including their causes, consequences and the legal issues surrounding them. The site also features experts and discussion boards.

Site dedicated to educating, empowering and energizing young people by increasing their civic engagement and involvement in affecting public policy. Contains links to a Youth Mobilizer's Toolkit and Youth Policy Action Center.

National and state data on teen pregnancy (trends, resources, research, fact sheets, etc.).

Information on eating disorders and body image. The site provides great information to support friends, family and teachers who may encounter youth with eating disorders.

Information on drugs and their prevalence, risks and implications. The site also contains information on recognizing the signs of drug abuse and finding help.

Site containing a variety of publications and research on child abuse. Topics include recognizing the warning signs of abuse, its consequences and how to help.

Youth Service America offers an online planning tool for young people to develop service projects. Project Plan-It! will guide youth through project planning and allows them to print their plan, timeline, budget, funding proposal, press release, service-learning reflection plan and other helpful resources.

Site with resources for students and college faculty to facilitate community conversations, address issues and create solutions for the challenges facing our democracy.

Site that provides global information about education, HIV/AIDS, poverty, disease and other problems affecting children worldwide.

Federal site with comprehensive information on programs, services and policies impacting children and families. Also includes a variety of children and family-related research and data.

Comprehensive index of youth-related publications and resources. Includes case studies of effective youth programs.

Site with resources for creating local, national and global service opportunities for youth. Resources include information on organizing public policy and awareness campaigns and service learning curriculums and toolkits.

Site with an extensive youth workshop and conference calendar, contacts for funding organizations that support youth development, listings of recent grants to youth-serving organizations, youth-related book and video listings, and information on youth research and legislation.

Site dedicated to helping youth (ages 12-20)create, launch and lead sustainable community-benefiting clubs, businesses and organizations. Includes information on developing action plans and applying for Youth Venture funding.

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Cracking India
Bapsi Sidhwa; Milkweed Editions; 1991
Fictional book that recounts the partitioning of India and Pakistan in the 1940s through the eyes of a young village girl. The novel demonstrates how children often become helpless victims of religious, social and political upheaval.

On Their Own
Gary Stangler and Martha Shirk; The Hatcher Group; 2004
Nonfiction book chronicling the inspiring stories of ten young people transition from foster care to adulthood.

Sheila Kinkaid and Christina Macy; Pearson Foundation; 2005

Nonfiction book on more than thirty young people in over twenty countries who are taking action in their local and global communities.

Peter Edelman, Harry J. Holzer and Paul OffnerBook; Urban Institute; 2006

Book focused on improving the educational and employment prospects of the 2-3 million youth ages 16-24 who have been out of school and the labor market for over a year. Concentrates on young men, especially African Americans and Hispanics.

John Bridgeland, John DiIulio Jr. and Karen B. Morison; Civic Enterprises; 2006

Findings from an extensive survey (25 focus groups) of American high school dropouts. Includes insights on why young people drop out of high school and recommendations for addressing this silent epidemic.

Nancy Martin and Samuel Halperin; American Youth Policy Forum; 2006

Report on reconnecting out-of-school youth to the social and economic mainstream. Provides background on the serious high school dropout problem and describes what twelve communities are doing to connect dropouts to education and employment training.