Mobilizing New York State communities for positive youth development.

New  Research and Resources for Youth Development and Adolescent Sexual Health  

  • New! HIV, AIDS and Young People by Meera Beharry, MD, University of Rochester Medical Center, is the first in a forthcoming series of narrated online presentations on HIV. This presentation briefly covers the basics of HIV and AIDS, including how HIV leads to AIDS, and HIV transmission, prevention, and screening. Browse other sexual health and youth development topics among our online trainings.

  • New!  Five Promises:  Addressing School Completion and Teen Pregnancy , a narrated presentation by Mary Grenz Jalloh,  highlights how the "promises" articulated by the America’s Promise Alliance -- caring adults, safe places, a healthy start, an effective education, and opportunities to help others -- impact both achievement and teen pregnancy.

  • New! Being Y-AP Savvy: A Primer on Youth-Adult Partnerships is designed to guide groups in building organizational consensus about the practice of Y-AP. Together with short summaries of current research and current thinking about Y-AP, the manual offers guided opportunities for applying research to practice.
  • Adolescent Sexual Health: Looking for ACT for Youth resources on gender and sexual health? This page should be your first stop. 
      

  • NYSyouth.net: Our statewide youth web site now has sections on sexual health, leadership, workers' rights, and reducing stress! This new resource for young people is featured in a sexual health media campaign launched by the New York State Department of Health.
  • Positive Youth Development Resource Manual: ACT for Youth offers this user-friendly online (and fully downloadable) youth development training manual for use in educating community groups about positive youth development. The manual includes training activities with lesson plans/facilitation tips, handouts, brief power point presentations and references to other resources.