Youth Engagement Blueprint Series: Viewing Young People as Organizational Assets
Explains the importance of sustained involvement of young people currently and formerly in foster care in meaningful organizational activity.
Description
This factsheet, part of the Youth Engagement Blueprint Series, examines the benefits to organizations and young people currently and formerly in foster care of viewing young people’s knowledge, insights, and lived experiences as assets to an organization. In addition, the factsheet offers practical guidance for organizations in capacity building for implementing a youth engagement program or improving an existing one.
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Suggested Citation
Capacity Building Center for States. (2017). Youth Engagement Blueprint Series: Viewing Young People as Organizational Assets. Children’s Bureau, Administration for Children and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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