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A CYFAR PDF Report which details the CYFAR Common Measures. It assesses CYFAR youth (grades 3-12) in three main domains: resilience, life skills, and program quality. The report provides the data from CYFAR Common Measures in 2022.

From happy to sad, anxious to relieved, frustrated to energized - our lives are filled with emotions. Emotions can help us respond to a crisis, motivate us to advocacy and action, or leave us feeling overwhelmed and exhausted. The COVID-19 pandemic has shown us what it means to live in a society under heightened stress and we are seeing the daily impact of this stress on the lives of children, youth, and families. In this webinar, join Dr. Shauna Tominey to talk about strategies for embedding emotional intelligence and trauma-informed practices into relationships with children and families to...

A tip sheet providing strategies for engaging fathers and increasing participation in youth development programs. It discusses father-focused activity ideas and suggestions for program designs.

A tip sheet providing ways to plan for a smoother transition for unanticipated departures. It discusses the knowledge management onboarding process to consider.

This tip sheet provides strategies to ensure staff delivers quality programming that helps overcome barriers to retention. In addition, it discusses factors and conditions to understand when working with low-resource populations.

A tip sheet providing strategies for spring and summer recruitment in order to showcase programs to new participants. This resource discusses ways to raise community awareness, make cross-connections, and build a presence.

A video webinar that examines youth programs, practices, and policies. It explores strategies to create a more inclusive, diverse, and equitable organization for diverse youth, families, and communities.

This PDF summarizes the CYFAR program during the 2020 year. It provides the demographics, poverty data, and each program report.

A PDF providing information on Adverse Childhood Experiences and the outcome and responses to this trauma.

A PDF summarizing Positive Youth Development (PYD) and its effect on youth programs. This resource also includes risk factors and protective factors impacting youth development.

A PDF that explains poverty and how children are affected. This resource also provides implications for youth programming.

A PDF that gives information on household instability and the possible effects of frequent transitions. This resource also provides information on how youth programming can help.

This tip sheet provides strategies on how to effectively recruit program participants. It gives specific strategies for visual promotion, media venues, online marketing, and community outreach.

A tip sheet that provides strategies on employee retention. This resource covers talent management, leadership, onboarding, open communication, work-life balance, metrics for success, and awards and recognition.

This PDF explains diversity and why diversity awareness matters.

The CYFAR Program Quality Instrument (PQI) is a 19-item survey measuring the essential elements of youth program quality. This document includes the survey, reliability and validity information, administration guide, scoring instructions, acknowledgements and list of publications using the PQI.

A poster presenting the validity of the revised Program Quality Instrument for Youth (PQI - Youth) as a brief survey to capture youth experiences.

A webinar outlining ways to promote and cultivate sustainability within CYFAR programming. The webinar explains CYFAR's role in sustainability, the PSAT, how grantees score, and how to use PSAT results.

A April 2020 Child Trends PDF that highlights the importance of including racial equity in positive youth development approaches. The PDF contains examples of programs and initiatives that showcase ways embedding racial equity looks like in programs.

A PDF that provides the outcomes of racial and ethnic equity and inclusion in job skills training approaches. The PDF contains key findings from the case study that examined implementing racial and ethnic equity and inclusion in job skills training programs and initiatives.

A 2011 Journal of Youth Development PDF that highlights and emphasized the benefits of including marginalized groups in youth development organizations. The PDF contains information on terminologies and the existing research of marginalized groups in youth development programs.

A PDF from the Annie E. Casey Foundation that outlines steps individuals and organizations can take advance and embedding racial equity in youth settings. This PDF contains clear framework and goes in depth with each of their suggested seven tips.

A CYFAR webinar providing an overview of the CYFAR Common Measures required as part of CYFAR grants. The data collected is used by USDA–NIFA as one of many tools to fight for CYFAR dollars in congress. This webinar will briefly discusses the CYFAR Common Measures, but most time will be spent on best practices for implementation.

A CYFAR webinar providing an overview of generational volunteering.

A CYFAR document providing a step-by-step guide to creating a program survey and viewing datasets.