This toolkit was developed by the Innovation Center for Community and Youth Development.

HERE’S HOW THE CREATORS DESCRIBE THIS TOOLKIT:

If you work with a youth development organization, you can use this toolkit to enhance leadership opportunities for adolescents both within your organization and in the community. If yours is a civic activist organization working with young people, it can enhance the developmental aspects of your work. The toolkit aims to provide youth workers with ways to create a range of supportive contexts and of opportunities for young people to grow.

Each section of this toolkit includes a description of key concepts, a set of promising practices, checklists, a list of resources, vignettes illustrating practical lessons from the Youth Leadership for Development Initiative, and workshops or activities that have been used successfully with groups of young people.