Technical Assistance and Training
A New Direction for the National Youth Violence Prevention Resource Center (NYVPRC)
Effective October 2007, the NYVPRC shifted from its original focus on serving the general public to a more limited focus on serving local government and community leaders who are best positioned to plan, implement, and sustain community-wide youth violence prevention strategies. See About Us for more details about the new direction for the NYVPRC.
Among other decisions to be made, this transition will include determining whether and how best to incorporate this section of the current site into a redesigned site that will be launched in 2009. Future updates to this section of the site will be made once those decisions have been finalized sometime in 2008.
Locate Technical Assistance
Organizations
Do you need advice on creating a new youth violence prevention initiative? Is
your youth development agency seeking assistance in evaluating its program?
Search our database of organizations providing direct technical assistance and
training to youth violence prevention professionals and groups. Services include
curriculum development, referrals to local resources, training programs and
workshops, program development, and much more.
Community Tool Box
This website provides practical skill-building information on over 250 different
topics to support your work in promoting community health and development. Topic
sections cover leadership, strategic planning, community assessment, grant writing,
and evaluation, to give just a few examples. Each section includes a description
of the task, advantages of doing it, step-by-step guidelines, examples, checklists
of points to review, and training materials. The Tool Box is created and maintained
by the Work Group on Health Promotion and Community Development at the University
of Kansas in Lawrence.