NEW YORK Resources
Goddard Riverside Beacon Program
The Goddard Riverside Beacon Program is a free, after-school community outreach
program for middle and high-school students that offers a number of programs, including
tutoring, homework help, arts and crafts, theater, music, community service, basketball,
and much more. It also offers ESL and GED programs.
Tools 4 Schools
Tools 4 Schools redistributes used office furniture, computers
and supplies from businesses to address the pervasive needs of cash-strapped
public schools, and community based non-profits around New York City.
Children's Aid Society
CAS provides services targeted to New York City's neediest families and children.
CityKids Foundation
CityKids teaches young people problem-solving and decision-making processes
that include themselves as part of the solution.
Fresh Youth Initiatives
The mission of FYI is to support and encourage the efforts of young people in Washington
Heights to design and carry out community service projects, develop leadership skills and
fulfill their maximum potential.
HIV/AIDS Technical Assistance Project
Conducts HIV/AIDS education programs geared toward students, teachers and parents
of children in the New York City public school system.
Institute for Urban and Minority Education
They provide leadership training to minority youth through seminars, workshops,
fellowships, and education in the use of electronic technology.
Kids Next Door
A US Housing and Urban Development hosted site that teaches kids how to be better citizens.
The Door
The Door's mission is to meet the needs of youth, ages 12 to 21, by offering them a comprehensive,
integrated range of youth development services.
YouthLink
National organization dedicated to empowering youth.
Youth Net
Space for youth from around the world to organize.
Youthtree USA
The searchable directory of real-life youth programs; online resources; and products and services
for youth-related organizations, associations, youth professionals, parents and youth.
RESEARCH ON YOUTH
Alliance for Justice
Since its inception in 1979, the Alliance has worked to advance the cause of justice for
all Americans, strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy,
and foster the next generation of advocates.
American Youth Policy Forum
The American Youth Policy Forum is a nonpartisan professional development organization providing
learning opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
This site is set up so that you can see how New York City kids compare to others in several areas.
Children's Bureau
Federal appropriations for youth programs go through here.
Children's Aid Society
CAS provides services targeted to New York City's neediest families and children.
Children's Health Fund
Shows the health status of New York's homeless children
Child Welfare League of America
CWLA is an association of almost 1,000 public and private nonprofit agencies that assist over 2.5 million
abused and neglected children and their families each year with a wide range of services.
Citizens Committee for Children
For more than 50 years, CCC has been providing a voice for children who have no voice, especially
poor and vulnerable children and children with special needs.
Communities in Schools, Inc.
National network of stay in school programs that try to bring local community resources to support the
work of parents, teachers and children in the school system.
Fund for the City of New York - Youth Development Institute
Trailblazing ideas on how city officials and community activists can create productive environments
for adolescents.
National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
The mission of the National Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is to prevent teen pregnancy by
supporting values and stimulating actions that are consistent with a pregnancy-free adolescence.
National Center for Children in Poverty
The mission of the (NCCP) is to identify and promote strategies that reduce the incidence of young child
poverty in the United States and that improve the life chances of the millions of children under age six who
are growing up poor.
National Coalition for Child Protection Reform
A site devoted to defending the needs of America's youth.
National Network for Youth
With direct members and regional and state constituents, the National Network works to fulfill its mission:
to ensure that young people can be safe and grow up to lead healthy and productive lives.
The Lesbian & Gay Comm Srvcs Ctr, Inc.-Youth Enrichment Svcs
The Center's Youth Enrichment Services (YES) program provides lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender
youth under the age of twenty-two with opportunities for support, community building, and self-exploration.
Resources for Teen Violence
Site maintained by teens in California with many links to Teen Violence Prevention sites.
Statewide Youth Advocacy
The state budget is analyzed for its direct impact on youth.
Straight Scoop
Webiste of national youth anti-drug media campaign site sponsored by The White House Office
of National Drug Control Policy.
Public Education Regarding Sexual Orientation Nationally
Watchdog group monitors sexual education in public schools
Alliance for Justice
Since its inception in 1979, the Alliance has worked to advance the cause of justice for all Americans,
strengthen the public interest community's ability to influence public policy, and foster the next generation
of advocates.
American Youth Policy Forum
The American Youth Policy Forum is a nonpartisan professional development organization providing learning
opportunities for policymakers working on youth issues at the local, state and national levels.
Annie E. Casey Foundation
This site is set up so that you can see how New York City kids compare to others in several areas.