Browse through the following resources to gather ideas about how you might help strengthen and support school-age children’s development through your program activities.

• Creating a Positive After School Program Climate
  This resource created by San Francisco Unified School District Student, Family, and Community Support Department provides an overview of specific actions and / or program activities intended to strengthen and build students’ development.
  http://www.healthiersf.org/resources/pubs/SCB/SCB-Chapter%20D.pdf
• Tips for Building the Developmental Assets Most Linked to Common Positive Youth Developmental Program Outcomes
  This resource created by the Search Institute is a print-friendly resource that provides suggestions for how to build the assets that are most connected to common positive youth development outcomes.
  http://www.search-institute.org/sites/default/files/a/PrevPrograms.pdf
• Engaging Teens with their Community: A Service Learning Resource
  This resource created by YMCA provides a 28-page print-friendly resource that provides suggestions for how to engage teens in service-learning and volunteerism to grow their civic awareness, ethic of service, and engagement.
  http://s3.amazonaws.com/ymca-ynet-dev/files/service-learning-resource.pdf