The Partners for Children Youth Development Team defines youth development in New York State.

• National Youth Development Information Center  is a one-stop website for youth workers
• Community YouthMapping (CYM)  is a developmental approach to collecting information on resources and issues that requires meaningful participation by youth and adults in a community. Young people and adults canvass their neighborhoods/communities and document baseline information on resources for other young people, children and families.  
• Youth Development summary volume in the Annals of the Academy of Political and Social Sciences  
•   NYS Youth Violence Reduction Strategy: Goals and Guiding Principles
• Youth Engagement/Voice Pilot Web Site The Partners for Children (PFC) Youth Development Team in cooperation with the Assets Coming Together (ACT) for Youth Upstate and Downstate Centers of and for Excellence are happy to announce the opening of their Youth Engagement and Voice Web Site !
• National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA)  Announces its new Back to School Initiative which provides students and teachers with informative, accurate information about addiction and drug abuse
• Interactive Website that is geared specifically for adolescents ages 11 to 15.   It contains age-appropriate facts on drugs, real stories about teens and drug abuse, games, take-home activities, and a question and answer forum.
• Using the PRISMS Prevention Risk Indicator Services Monitoring System profiles in your community:  Assessing Youth Alcohol and Substance Abuse Risks and Problems describes the framework of PRISMS.
• Tracking Recent Teenage Pregnancy and Birth Rates:   New York State and the United States examines National and New York State teenage pregnancy and birth trends, teenage sexual and reproductive behavior, contributing and protective factors and consequences associated with teenage pregnancies and births, and draws conclusions based on this research. Teach Youth Life Skills  An online resource, the Casey Family Program helps professionals and caregivers work together to teach youth the skills they need to live successfully on their own. Three components:
  • the Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment (ACLSA)
  • a Life Skills Guidebook for professionals
  • and Ready, Set, Fly! A Parent's Guide to Teaching Life Skills.
  Each guide can be used independently or with the others to develop a customized life skills teaching plan for youth ages 8 and up.

  Also included are a manual for using the ACLSA and guidebook, and age-appropriate activities for the program's six topical areas: daily living skills, Housing and community resources, money management, self-care, work and study skills and social development.

• A Guide To Positive Youth Development  prepared by the ACT for Youth Downstate & Upstate Centers for Excellence
• The ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence The ACT for Youth Upstate Center of Excellence, housed at Cornell University, is a partnership among the Family Life Development Center at Cornell University, The University of Rochester Division of Adolescent Medicine, and the New York State Center for School Safety.