The Youth Development Network is dedicated to creating life-changing experiences for youth success by supporting community organizations through training, networking, and policy advocacy.
Training: Inspiring Leaders and Cultivating Learning YDN believes that in order to develop healthy young people, the people who work with youth must be equipped with effective tools and best practices. YDN provides customized training and technical assistance to organizations and schools to help them align their youth development practices. Training programs include community learning communities, customized training, coaching & technical assistance contract partnerhsips and youth leadership. Learn more about training…
Networking: Promoting Best Practices and Connecting Resources. YDN is committed to the people and organizations they train, believing that sustainable change happens through continued education and networking opportunities. These opportunities include convenings, a trainers’ network, and various communications via the YDN web site and e-mail systems. Learn more about networking…
Policy advocacy: Being a Voice for Youth YDN works to promote the success of all young people through its policy work. YDN is represented on various advisory boards and facilitates discussions with policy leaders, the professional youth provider community and youth leaders. YDN’s policy work is carried out through three partnerships: e:merge Coalition, Quality Counts and service learning. Learn more about policy advocacy…
Youth Leadership: Creating Opportunities for Youth YDN provides training and opportunities to potential youth leaders through a connection to programs and hands on opportunities. In 2010 the YDN and the Sacramento Works for Youth, a program of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) developed and published a Quick Tips guide for EMPLOYERS to help create a "youth friendly workplace that produces positive results for both the employer and the youth interns. download quicktips guide.
A complete publication is also available which helps EMPLOYERS understand the basic principles of youth development and guidence of internships with teenagers. Learn more...
YDN believes that in order to develop healthy young people, the people who work with youth must be equipped with effective tools and best practices. YDN provides customized training and technical assistance to organizations and schools to help them align their youth development practices. Training programs include community learning communities, customized training, coaching & technical assistance contract partnerhsips and youth leadership. 
YDN is committed to the people and organizations they train, believing that sustainable change happens through continued education and networking opportunities. These opportunities include convenings, a trainers’ network, and various communications via the YDN web site and e-mail systems. 
YDN works to promote the success of all young people through its policy work. YDN is represented on various advisory boards and facilitates discussions with policy leaders, the professional youth provider community and youth leaders. YDN’s policy work is carried out through three partnerships: e:merge Coalition, Quality Counts and service learning. 
YDN provides training and opportunities to potential youth leaders through a connection to programs and hands on opportunities. In 2010 the YDN and the Sacramento Works for Youth, a program of the Sacramento Employment and Training Agency (SETA) developed and published a Quick Tips guide for EMPLOYERS to help create a "youth friendly workplace
that produces positive results for both the employer and the youth interns. 
