Integrating 

   "Youth Guided"  and

"Cultural and Linguistic Competency" Values into System of Care

A strong overview of youth voice, youth engagement, and other similar language that is commonly used in systems of care.

Family and Youth Voice In Systems of Care: The Evolution of Influence

A brief history of the role that youth and families have had in systems of care and their impact on children's mental health across the country

Building Effective Youth-Adult Partnerships

An overview of

youth-adult partnerships. Includes strategies for ensuring that youth engagements efforts are  meaningful.

#Things2Consider: Strategic Sharing

An overview of strategic sharing and the important role that sharing our stories can have for creating change.

Strategic Sharing Workbook: Youth Voice in Advoacy

A great resource for learning how to share your story to create community change. It also Includes some awesome worksheets and hands on exercises. 

Strategic Sharing

A resource for youth with foster care experience to know how to to share their story. Also includes tips for adults who want to support youth in sharing their experience.

Strategic Sharing Workbook for Youth and Young Adults in Foster Care Who Love Passionate Items

This is a great resource on how to share your story with other people. It also includes some awesome worksheets that you can do to think about your story.

#Things2Consider: Strategic Planning

This document describes an engaging and brainstorming exercise to encourage youth members  to visualize the structure and goals of their organization to get involved in the planning process.

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#Things2Consider:

Measuring an Organization's Success

This is a great flyer one how to measure an organization’s success. It clarifies between reach and impact to make sure an organization is helpful to youth.

#Things2Consider: Creating a Youth Advisory Board 

This resource is essential in recognizing the value of youth advisory boards along with how to create and sustain them.

#Things2Consider:

Stipending Youth

This document talks about how to develop a stipend policy for youth and young adults. It gives a lot important tips on how to get started.

#Things2Consider: Community Resource Mapping

This document provides a breakdown to community youth resource mapping and introduces how to make it youth driven.

Language in Youth Movement

This reference explains the definition and usage of common words within the youth movement. It also clarifies the distinction between words such as ‘Youth Directed’ v. ‘Youth Guided’.

Youth Advocate to Advocate for Youth: The Next Transition

This packet informs youth on the different stages to becoming an advocate for youth. At the end of each stage additional resources are provided.

Youth Advocate to Advocate for Youth: The Seven Stages

This document is a summary of the previous packet involving the seven stages of youth advocate to youth advocating for youth.

Improving life Trajectories for Young Adults with Mental Health Challenges

This document provides identification on state structures and processes in place to support youth mental health challenges.

Connecting Youth and Young Adults to the Affordable Care Act

This document is an informational resource about understanding affordable care act and how it relates as a youth.

Rocking Your Youth Movement 

This toolkit was developed by Youth M.O.V.E. National with the intent to provide useful tools and information to chapters on how to develop sustainability.

A Guide to Youth Recruitment

This toolkit provides a step-by-step guide and planning worksheets on how to recruit youth for an organization. This would be a helpful resource for a group just starting to grow and needs help identifying their audience.

A Guide for Youth: Understanding Trauma

This packet explains trauma through a simplified cartoon. The document not only explains what trauma is but its impact, symptoms/ triggers, the ACES study, as well as introduces resiliency as the next step in the healing process.

#Things2Consider:

Measuring an Organization's Success

This is a great flyer one how to measure an organization’s success. It clarifies between reach and impact to make sure an organization is helpful to youth.

#Things2Consider:

Stipending Youth

This document talks about how to develop a stipend policy for youth and young adults. It gives a lot important tips on how to get started.