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This report discusses conversations among state lawmakers on whether and how to incorporate SEL into school and after-school curriculum.
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Communities Supporting Youth Attendance Toolkit
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This toolkit provides community members and school staff with tools and tactics to help create an impact on students and help to improve attendance .
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About Youth Development & Youth Leadership
About Youth Development & Youth Leadership
About Youth Development & Youth Leadership

National Alliance for Secondary Education and Transition (NASET) provides background on youth development and leadership along with recommendations for communities, schools, and families in providing youth development and support.
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Innovative Examples of Community Involvement in Schools
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This article lists innovative ways for schools to involve community partners.
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Growth Mindset for Mentors
Growth Mindset for Mentors
Growth Mindset for Mentors

This toolkit helps mentors understand the growth mindset and how to apply strategies to many of the challenges that youth and adults face in life.
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Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years
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Building Community Supports for Young People in the Transition Years

This tip sheet suggests ways providers can assist young people to strengthen their existing supports and/or to connect them with other supports.
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Washington SEL Implementation Brief
Washington SEL Implementation Brief
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This brief details how youth programs and schools can improve social and emotional learning. The brief also provides resources for building partnerships to implement social and emotional learning.
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Relationships Matter: A Toolkit for Launching an Elementary Success Mentor Initiative
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This toolkit helps school districts leverage ideas and resources available from national partner organizations as well as the pioneering work of a growing number of local efforts. The toolkit offers tips, scripts, and a variety of relevant and free materials to assist in establishing an elementary success mentor program.
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Entrepreneurial Soft Skills for the Future: a Scoping Study
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Entrepreneurial Soft Skills for the Future: a Scoping Study

This report contributes to the broader debate around the role that soft skills can play in entrepreneurial success.
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The Arc - Inclusive Volunteering
The Arc - Inclusive Volunteering
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This webpage explains how community organizations can include individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities (I/DD) in volunteering. The page also includes volunteering resources and tips.
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Why Chronic Absence Matters for Faith Leaders
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Attendance Works provides recommendations to faith-based leaders on how better prepare children for the future.
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Strengthening Life Skills for Youth: A Practical Guide to Quality Programming
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This guide helps donors and youth-serving organizations in enhancing the design, planning, implementation, and evaluation of life skills programming and training based on the International Youth Foundation (IYF) nine Life Skills Standards of Excellence.
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Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults
Substance Misuse Prevention for Young Adults

This guide supports health care providers, systems, and communities seeking to prevent substance misuse among young adults. It describes relevant research findings, examines emerging and best practices, identifies knowledge gaps and implementation challenges, and offers useful resources.
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Afterschool Toolkit: Community to Business
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This toolkit helps after-school advocates form partnerships benefitting the business community, after-school programs, parents, and the youth who need these programs.
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State and Federal Investments in Afterschool Programs
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This article details how states and the federal government fund after-school and summer programs.
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Expanding Learning Opportunities Through Afterschool Programs
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This article describes how after-school and community-based programs are funded and supported legislatively.
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Study about Religions in the Social Studies Curriculum
Study about Religions in the Social Studies Curriculum
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This position statement informs the general public, the K-12 community, and educators about the importance of teaching world religions in the social studies curriculum in ways that are constitutionally and academically sound.
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Elements of Successful Schools
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This article identifies six critical elements that impact several important aspects of schooling.
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Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood: Guidance for Foster Parents
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Helping Youth Transition to Adulthood: Guidance for Foster Parents

This fact sheet guides on how parents can help youth build a foundation for a successful transition to adult life outside of foster care. It also describes the challenges youth face, the effects of adolescent brain changes, and Federal laws and programs.
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Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare
Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare
Workforce of Today, Workforce of Tomorrow: The Business Case for High-Quality Childcare

The report argues for the importance of childcare for the business future of the United States.
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Leveraging National Service in Your Schools: Toolkit to Utilizing National Service Resources
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This toolkit gives superintendents, principals, government officials, and community members resources on creating national service partnerships between districts/schools and organizations.
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Equity & Social and Emotional Learning: A Cultural Analysis
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Equity & Social and Emotional Learning: A Cultural Analysis

This brief analyzes, revises, and supplements what is known about social and emotional learning to foster the development of citizens who contribute to an increasingly interconnected, diverse global community.
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Attendance Awareness Toolkit 2019-2020
Attendance Awareness Toolkit 2019-2020
Attendance Awareness Toolkit 2019-2020

This toolkit includes customizable resources and strategies for schools, community organizations, businesses, and faith leaders to improve school attendance.
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Defining Quality: Business and Community Partnerships
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Defining Quality: Business and Community Partnerships

This documents shares the Quality CTE Program of Study Framework criteria within the Business and Community Partnerships element, recommends types of evidence that programs should consider when assessing their performance, and describes exemplary CTE partnerships.