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    What is Youth Development?      

Youth Outcomes

Positive youth outcomes are:

Negative youth outcomes are:

Self-efficacy

Delinquency

Mental health

Drug and alcohol use

Educational commitment

School dropout

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Youth Development programs can provide a set of developmentally rich contexts where relationships are formed, development can take place safely, and opportunities for growth in multiple areas can be stimulated. By themselves, however they do not determine a youth's outcomes either positive or negative. (Youth Development Programs and Outcomes: Final Report for the YMCA of the USA, Search Institute, 1996)

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NYDIC was developed with support from DeWitt Wallace-Reader's Digest Fund, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation, The Edna McConnell Clark Foundation, The Charles Stewart Mott Foundation, the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation and the Lilly Endowment Inc. through a partnership with the Indiana Youth Institute and other generous funding.

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