Who can you consider as potential partners?

When considering partnerships that address youth-related issues, at the top of your list should be the following:

• Businesses and community organizations
• Youth and families
• Media organizations
• Libraries, parks, and recreation departments
• Public health departments and health care providers
• Schools
• Human services agencies
• Elected or appointed officials
• Faith-based organizations
• Cooperative extension offices
• Law enforcement and juvenile justice agencies

Resources

Organizations and agencies you may not have considered can provide opportunities for youth to participate and give back in new and creative ways. Consider the following groups and links:

Youth Councils of Local Workforce Investment Boards (LWIBs)
LWIBs support the development of a well-prepared, educated, and adaptable workforce to meet the current and future needs of local employers. These organizations are required to have Youth Councils, which focus on youth employment-related issues.

Neighborhood Networks
Offers adult job-training classes, provides after-school activities and mentoring programs, and operates computer-training programs that target senior citizens.

YouthBuild
Assists adjudicated youth, youth aging out of foster care, and out-of-school youth in obtaining high school diplomas or GED credentials while providing opportunities for them to construct or rehabilitate affordable housing in their communities.

Job Corps
Provides vocational and academic training to young people aged 16 through 24.

Weed and Seed
An innovative, comprehensive, and multi-agency approach to law enforcement, crime prevention, and community revitalization that "weeds" out criminals and drug abusers in a community and "seeds" much needed human services.

AmeriCorps
Tutors and mentors disadvantaged youth, fights illiteracy, improves health services, builds affordable housing, teaches computer skills, cleans parks and streams, manages or operates after-school programs, and helps communities respond to disasters.

Learn and Serve
Supports efforts that engage students in community service and civic involvement.

Safe Communities
Community transportation injury prevention programs that expand resources and partnerships, increase program visibility, and position transportation and traffic safety within the context of injury prevention.

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