As more funding becomes available for community programs designed to promote youth development, higher expectations are being placed on programs to demonstrate (and not just to proclaim) that they do ...

The Youth First Youth Leaders Network (YFYL) is a group of youth activists, ages 18 to 29, who are interested in helping to lead campaigns to close youth prisons and invest in community alternatives ...

Understanding what works to reduce violence, including violent extremism, is a key priority for many policymakers. Despite this need, to date there is very little research evaluating the effects of ...

Eyeing several benefits both short-term and long, Fort Wayne Community Schools is launching multiple youth football leagues, with an evaluation day to be held from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today at South Side ...

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 ...