“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 ...

Youth sports programmes have emerged as vital platforms for cultivating a broad spectrum of life skills that extend beyond athletic proficiency. Drawing on principles of positive youth development, ...

The 4-H Study of Positive Youth Development: Reconnection and Replication, funded by National 4-H Council, was a two-part study that aimed to extend and replicate the original 4-H Study of Positive ...

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 ...

Throughout summer 2023, the Smithsonian partnered with 4-H and the Boys & Girls Clubs of America to unleash the potential of museum visits and out-of-school learning Tracie Spinale An educator at the ...

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 ...

A free youth development program serving Black children and teens living in a low-income segregated community demonstrated positive long-term educational and financial outcomes in its alumni, ...

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 ...

Youth jobs have the potential to disrupt cycles of youth violence and lead to better outcomes with regard to school engagement, other employment, and positive youth development. Youth Opportunities ...

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 ...

In recent years, a number of social forces have changed both the landscape of family and community life and the expectations for young people. A combination of factors have weakened the informal ...