ACAcamps.org donate contact us site map
About ACA
Who We Are
Vision, Values, & Mission
Annual Report
Board of Directors
Elections
Inside ACA
Logos
Camp Accreditation or Affiliation
Membership
Public Policy
Local Offices of ACA
Support Camp
 
 
Inside ACA — February 2007 Printable Version (PDF)

Youth Development Resources

Meet the Mentoring Challenge
New Guidebook Suggests Ways to Improve Your Youth Organization
Red, White, and Green Grants


Meet the Mentoring Challenge

Child Trends, a nonprofit research center, outlines critical steps that youth-serving program providers should consider when recruiting mentors and recommends resources that can be used in the process in its latest news brief, Recruiting Mentors in Out-of-School Time Programs: What's Involved?

Top of page


New Guidebook Suggests Ways to Improve Your Youth Organization

Chapin Hall Center for Children at the University of Chicago has recently published A Self-Study Guide for Managers and Staff of Primary Support Programs for Young People, which offers four key components of effective youth agencies with techniques for implementation. Download the Guidebook.

Top of page


Red, White, and Green Grants

Youth Service America and the Civil Society Institute announce the second round of the Red, White, & Green Climate Change Grant. This opportunity offers $500 to young people in the United States between the ages of fifteen to twenty-five and to organizations that engage youth ages fifteen to twenty-five.

Applicants are expected to develop and implement a service-learning project about climate change that engages their community, policy-makers, and candidates running for election in 2007 and 2008. We welcome projects where youth work in partnership with adults (parents, coaches, teachers, youth leaders, etc.): but the projects should be youth-led, and must take place between May 1 and October 31, 2007.

Applicants need to download application materials at www.YSA.org/awards. BOTH the Introduction & Requirements document (.pdf format) and the Application & Guidelines document (word format) are required to submit a competitive application.

For more information, send an e-mail to redwhiteandgreen@ysa.org.  Application deadline: March 9, 2007, 5p.m. EST.

Top of page

2007 February Inside ACA Newsletter
Inside ACA Home
Quick Links
Find a Camp Volunteers Media Knowledge Center Membership
Find a Job Message Boards Parents Camping Magazine Public Policy
Donate Conferences Research Education/Training Accreditation
Bookstore Buyers Guide Blog RSS Feed ACA Logos
Contact ACA
National Office
Local Offices
Webmaster
About ACA
© 2008 American Camping Association, Inc.