• Sacramento Bullying Prevention Project  Please visit the recently launched website for more information:www.sactobullyprevention.org.
   
• The Future of Children -- Providing research and analysis to promote effective policies and programs for children
  • Transition to Adulthood - Spring 2010
     
• Child Trends
  • Ten Ways to Promote Educational Achievement Beyond the Classroom --  Many factors beyond the classroom can affect whether children and youth succeed in school.  A new Child Trends brief, Ten Ways to Promote Educational Achievement and Attainment Beyond the Classroom, identifies 10 actionable goals involving non-school factors that can affect educational outcomes.
  • Related Research from Child Trends
    • What Works for Adolescent Reproductive Health: Lessons from Experimental Evaluations of Programs and Interventions  
    • Early Care and Education Quality and Child Outcomes
    • What Works for Summer Learning Programs for Low-Income Children and Youth: Preliminary Lessons from Experimental Evaluations
       
• Call 2-1-1 Sacramento - Get Answers! Information about community programs and services for your family.
  • Call 2-1-1 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
    Assistance is also available in other languages.
    Can't dial 2-1-1?  Call 916.498.1000 or 800.500.4931  or visit their website at  http://211sacramento.org/
     
• The Indiana Youth Institute - Issue Alert --   warning signs and resources on teen dating violence ... review online alert
  • FREE WEBINARS: Archive Includes Numerous Topics on Youth and Youth Work
    The Indiana Youth Institute's free, monthly Webinars are archived online. Topics include:
    • "Understanding and Responding to Teen Dating Violence,"
    • "Renew You,"
    • "Fundraising Essentials: Working with Foundations," and
    • "Teen Textuality: What Youth Workers Need to Know about Sexting."

IYI Webinar archive

 

• Foster Kids and Food Stamps:  A new process has been developed that will enhance the likelihood that foster youth eligible to receive food stamps, will not suffer a lapse in receiving this important benefit.  
  • The new process is detailed in All County Letter (ACL) 09-25 and is being disseminated to as many interested parties as possible, including all county welfare directors, chief probation officers, food stamp program specialists, child welfare program managers, and many others in the field. The new process does not change eligibility requirements or use new forms, but encourages a single point of contact for processing foster youth food stamp applications. 
    
    Foster Care Ombudsman -  www.fosteryouthhelp.ca.gov  toll-free 1-877-846-1602 
     
• Mental Health Services Act  -- Prevention and Early Intervention
   PEI Planning Committee Meeting Schedule    
   

   
• Sacramento Alcohol & Other Drug Youth System of Care Planning Group (YSOC)
  The YSCO Planning Group blog is the place for information, updates, and events regarding everything YSOC-related.  This blog is filled with valuable resources, including interpeter services, shared resources and a host of other valuable, informative elements! Check it out!  YSOC Blog
   
• E:MERGE Brochure
  The e:merge brochure outlining the Approach and listing the Partners is now available in a downloadable format. These new information tools are ideal for introducing state and local decision-makers to the Ready by 21 Approach and Partnership. Read the brochure.
   
• Asset Champion - Alternative Schools - August 2009
  Search Institute monthly news - 50 years of discovering what kids need to succeed. Review the newsletter
   
• The San Juan Unified School District maintains a "Community Resource Directory for Students and Families" which is available for review or download from the District's web site. This document contains a variety of information that may be helpful.
   
• Teen Pregnancy Prevention Collaborative - Get Involved
  • contact Linda Mack-Burch 916.876.7838 or mack-hurchl@saccounty.net
     
• For education practitioners, administrators, and policymakers in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, WestEd's Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) is a trusted source for research-based knowledge. www.relwest.wested.org ~For education practitioners, administrators, and policymakers in Arizona, California, Nevada, and Utah, WestEd's Regional Educational Laboratory West (REL West) is a trusted source for research-based knowledge. www.relwest.wested.org
   
• Doing What Works (DWW) is a website sponsored by the U.S. Department of Education. The goal of DWW is to create an online library of resources that may help teachers, schools, districts, states and technical assistance providers implement research-based instructional practice. http://dww.ed.gov/
   
• Healthy City Sacramento Region Website - http://www.healthycity.org/
  This website is a user-friendly site offering extensive data sets, mapping tools, and service provider information in a single location.  The site was developed by The Advancement Project, and through a partnership with he Coalition on Regional Equity, the Community Services Planning Council and the UC Davis Center for Regional Change.
   
• Prevent Alcohol and Risk-Related Trauma in Youth (P.A.R.T.Y) 
  Folsom, CA USA
  P.A.R.T.Y. Program Coordinator: Vicky Fitzgerald  Email: vickfitz@aol.com  
  Telephone #: (916) 792-4890 Folsom Mercy Hospital 
  http://partyprogram.com/Default.aspx?cid=5&lang=1
   
   
• raft - resource area for teaching - resources, ideas & materials for Hands-on teaching.
  • Contact 916.640.1442 or visit raft website 
     
• Community Programs to Promote Youth Development -- National Research Council and Institute of Medicine
• Exemplary Practices in Adolescent Development -- Sierra Health Foundation
• Finding Out What Matters for Youth -- Youth Development Strategies, Inc.
   
• Focal Point Summer 2009--  research, policy, & practice in children’s mental health
• Youth Voices in Community Design Handbook ― A How-To Guide for Adults on Involving Youth in Community Planning
• California Center for Civic Participation and Youth Development -- Funded by a grant from The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Washington Youth Voice Handbook -- Activities and workshop outlines for engaging youth
• Innovation Center --Research and tools for youth engagement in community and civic activism
   
   

See you in the Funny Papers

Google's Literacy Project, UNESCO and the International Reading Association have named this site as one of the most innovative for making reading and writing fun.  Available in seven languages, and is used by educators and parents for autistic children as a teaching aid.  The site contains teach resources as well as uses for family and home schooling.

Bill Zimmerman, former newspaperman created MakeBeliefsComix after he retired in 2006. A website that lets you write and illustrate your own comic strips and e-mail them to family and friends. "I wanted to give students a choice of whimsical animal and human characters with different emotions...It was a way for them to tap into their creativity and tell their own graphic stories." And he says, "I also wanted to bring families closer together."

http://www.makebeliefscomix.com 

(resource: July-August aarp news - article by Paul Wisenthal)