2-1-1 Directory
2-1-1 Maine, Inc. is a 501 (c)(3) whose mission is to connect anyone in Maine who wants to give help or get help with a full range of health and human services in their community. Providers of health and human services and emergency resource services are encouraged to submit information regarding their organization and services for inclusion in 2-1-1 Maine’s Web-based Resource Directory. If you wish to be listed with the new 211 service, click on the link below. You will have to download and fill out a form or two.
http://211maine.org/

AfterSchoolPRO-Working Together
Save time by accessing web-based information through this single entry point Readily link to organizations, agencies, resource lists, and a complete calendar of conferences and events. Add your name to the AfterSchool Professional Network (free) and participate in special interest exchanges and enjoy special member benefits.
http://www.afterschoolpro.net

Building Partnerships for Youth Website
This partnership operates under the premise that youth need both motivation and capacity to make healthy choices. Youth development programming provides youth with this motivation. To achieve the project goal, a menu of effective youth development programs, curricula and other strategies are being compiled and organized in such a way as to be most consistent with youth development literature and useful to organizations that work with youth. This menu of options, housed on an interactive web site, will provide organizations that work with youth, suggested methods for motivating 9 to 13 year-olds to make healthy choices.
http://bpy.n4h.org

• Community Collaboration Tool
  The tool consists of a Powerpoint Presentation and instruction manual detailing the steps necessary to customize it for use in your state or community. The presentation provides practical examples for how community, family, and school can berengthened through non-school-hour youth development programs. Included in the presentation are questions designed to initiate discussion among state and community groups.
• Workforce Preparation Worksheet.
  The term workforce preparation has been used—along with other terms such as career development, school-to-work development, and youth transitions—to describe the network of programs dedicated to helping young people acquire basic skills, explore career opportunities, and gain experience within the workforce. View factsheet: Workforce Preparation

Bullying Prevention: Maine's Best Practices in Bullying and Harassment Prevention
www.maine.gov/education/bullyingprevention/

Disability Awareness
The National Dissemination Center for Children with Disabilities has developed a resource list that includes curriculum, texts, children’s books, videos and posters from different organizations promoting disability awareness. Browse the list at:
www.nichcy.org/pubs/bibliog/bib13txt.htm.

Focus on Families! How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School
"Focus on Families! How to Build and Support Family-Centered Practices in After School" is a critical resource for after school providers looking to create or expand an existing family engagement program. The guide provides a research base for why family engagement matters, concrete program strategies for engaging families, case studies of promising family engagement efforts, and an evaluation tool for improving family engagement practices. From the Harvard Family Resource Project.
Focus on Families

National Network of Statewide Networks
The national network of statewide afterschool networks brings together established statewide afterschool networks in their collective mission to build partnerships and policies that are committed to the development and sustainability of quality afterschool programs.
www.statewideafterschoolnetworks.net/index.html

Links for Kids