Youth & Family Engagement

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Youth Engagement Guidance: Strategies, Tools, and Tips for Supportive and Meaningful Youth Engagement in Federal Government-Sponsored Meetings and Events “A Guide to Youth Recruitment is a tool to help those who wish to engage youth to determine how ready they are to do so. It’s a step by step guide that asks important questions so that any group who wants to engage youth can prepare themselves to be most successful with youth inclusion.”
Youth Involvement in Systems of Care: A Guide to Empowerment, Reflections from the Field, January 2005 (Marlene Matarese, M.S.W., Lorrin McGinnis, and Martha Mora) Technical Assistance Partnership. “Youth Involvement in Systems of Care: A Guide to Empowerment was developed in partnership with two youth who were involved in local systems of care as well as a team of youth and youth coordinator reviewers from across the country. The goal of the guide is to provide a resource to youth, youth coordinators, family members, professionals, and other adults working with young people. It is a starting point for understanding youth involvement and engagement in order to develop and fully integrate a youth-directed movement within local systems of care.”
Strategic Sharing Workbook: Youth Voice in Advocacy! The Research and Training Center for Pathways to Positive Futures, Portland State University. www.pathwaysrtc.pdx.edu

FAMILY ENGAGEMENT

Meaningful Parent Leadership: A Guide to Success, FRIENDS National Resouce Center for Community-Based Child Abuse Prevention