About Building Partnerships for Youth

Building Partnerships for Youth is a partnership between National 4-H Council and the University of Arizona designed to build the capacity of youth serving organizations in the fields of education, health, faith, and youth development to facilitate the intentional integration of youth development concepts and approaches into policies and programs.
Learn more about our project.

Network With Experts!

Extension professionals from across the country are looking for new partners to collaborate on promoting the health and well-being of young people. Use this new database to find those working in your state or county.

Are you Interested in joining our database? Register Here

Get Ready to Spotlight Positive Youth Development

A unique and exciting opportunity for individuals interested in putting Positive Youth Development concepts to work at the state level through interdisciplinary collaborations. - Web-Based Sessions - Info and Enter

Latest Announcements

Just Announced! Spotlighting Positive Youth Development Teams selected for 2009-2010! Please join us in congratulating Colorado, Kansas, Minnesota, New Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Louisiana on their successful applications to participate in our next cohort to promote positive youth development across the sectors of education, health, youth programming, and the faith community. More information will be coming soon about each of the teams and their goals for the project. This year's application process was extremely competitive. We received more than double the number of applications this year versus our last cohort, including applications from more than 29 states and even interest internationally. Thank you for your interest in our work!

Get Connected with our State Teams

Check out our map of current and past state teams participating in the project!

Resources for State Teams

Current state teams can connect to resources available here: