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Best Practices
Sharing Best Practices
As part of our mission, we disseminate best practices on successfully communicating and working with transition-age youth. If you are a child welfare professional, or work with youth in any way, please check out these resources. They were developed by youth trainers and YTP staff.
- Kin Care Placement – Best Practices [PDF]
- Permanency Planning – Best Practice [PDF]
- Positive Youth Development – Best Practices [PDF]
- Working with LGBTQ Youth – Best Practices [PDF]
- Working with Youth With Mental Health Needs – Best Practices [PDF]
If you have ideas for other best practice resources, please email us your ideas.
“We all need someone to believe in us. When you take the time to invest in youth, you’re giving them hope. I can personally say that I have gone further faster because someone believed in me.”
– County Youth Worker
