Maine Youth Action Network

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MYAN aims to connect you with a wide range of organizations and resources on this topic. If you do not find what you are looking for, please contact MYAN.

Who's Who in Maine

Maine Association of Non-Profits (MANP)
http://www.nonprofitmaine.org
Committed to advancing and strengthening the non-profit sector. offers a Skillbuilders series covering a wide range of topics, including skills such as recruitment, presenting & facilitating meetings and workshops, and working with volunteers.

Print Resources

Adult Roles

50 Things Adults Can Do With Young Men & Women (The Bank of Ideas)
Adult Coordinator Basics (MYAN)
Action Planning Tips for Advisors (MYAN)

Recruitment & Group Formation

10 Stages of Youth Participation (MYAN)

Building Effective Youth Councils: A Practical Guide to Engaging Youth in Policy Making (Forum for Youth Investment)

Engaging Youth: A How-to Guide for Creating Opporunities for Young People to Participate, Lead and Succeed (Sierra Health Foundation)

Gay-Straight Alliance Handbook (GLSEN)

Guide to Starting or Reviving a Group (SEAC)

Guide to Screening and Background Checks (US Dept. of Education Mentoring Program)

Leadership & Organizing 101 (Student Environmental Action Coalition)

Recruiting for Your Group (MYAN)

Steps to Setting Up A Youth Program (Prof. Michelle Vasquez Jacobus)

Tips for Recruiting Diverse Youth (MYAN)

Why Get Youth Involved: The Research (MYAN)

Teambuilders & Energizers

Meetings & Group Process

Brainstorming (Adapted from Osborn's Applied Imagination)
The Consensus Process for Decision-Making (MYAN)
Effective Facilitation (MYAN)
The Full Value Contract (Adapted from Project Adventure)
Ground Rules and Agreements (Center for Collaborative Planning)
Guidelines for Giving & Receiving Feedback (Dee Kelsey)
Stages of Group Development (Seattle University)
Tips for Facilitating Discussion Groups & Brainstorms (Project 540)
A Simple Guide to Facilitating Activities (MYAN)
Recipe for Youth Engagement (MYAN)

Collaboration & Sustainability

Building Community Partnerships (MYAN)
Fire It Up: A Toolkit for Youth Action (Youth Action Network)
Tips for Youth Program Sustainability (MYAN)
Sustainability on the Fly (EMT Associates/US Dept. of Education Mentoring Resources Center)
A Continuum Model for Understanding Youth Participation (MYAN)
Tips for Youth-Adult Partnerships (MYAN)
Making it Work: A Guide to Successful Youth-Adult Partnerships (Texas Network of Youth Services)

Contact Us:

Mailing Address:

510 Cumberland Ave.
Portland, ME 04101

Office Address:

As of December 18th, same as above!

Phone Number:

(207) 874-0060

Fax Number:

(207) 553-5927

Funding Line:

MYAN is an initiative of the People's Regional Opportunity Program, funded by a collaborative effort of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services (Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention and Office of Substance Abuse) and the Department of Education, supported primarily by the fund for Healthy Maine and federal grants from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration and Department of Education.

Primary Funders:

John Elias Baldacci, Governor; Brenda J. Harvey, Commissioner; Maine Department of Health and Human Services; Printed under appropriation #'s: 014-10A-9970-072 4099,010-10A-2033-012-4099, 93.283013-10A-2568-032-4099; In accordance with Federal laws, Maine DHHS does not discriminate on the basis of disability, race, color, creed, gender, sexual orientation, age, or national origin, in admission to, access to, or operations of its programs, services, or activities, or its hiring or employment practices. Questions, concerns, complaints or requests for additional information regarding the ADA may be forwarded to the Maine DHHS ADA Compliance/EEO Coordinators, #11 State House Station, Augusta, Maine 04333, 207-287-4289 (V), 207-287-2000 (TTY) or 207-287-3488 (V), 207-287-4479 (TTY).

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