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A B A C K G R O U N D PA P E R

Youth Development
& Youth Leadership
PAPER PREPARED BY:

Andrea Edelman
Patricia Gill
Katey Comerford
Mindy Larson
Rebecca Hare

National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth
June 2004
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The National Collaborative on Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) is composed of partners with expertise in disability, education, employment, and workforce development issues. NCWD/Youth is housed at the
Institute for Educational Leadership in Washington, DC. The Collaborative is charged with assisting state and local workforce development systems to integrate youth with disabilities into their service strategies.
Funded under a grant supported by the Office of Disability Employment Policy of the U. S. Department of Labor, grant # E-9-4-1-0070. The opinions contained in this publication are those of the grantee/contractor and do not necessarily reflect those of the U. S. Department of Labor.
NCWD/Youth
1-877-871-0744 (toll free) www.ncwd-youth.info Collaborative@iel.org

Youth Development
& Youth Leadership

Purpose

housing and community development, secondary and postsecondary education, and juvenile justice, and would not only provide services to youth but would also value youth as a resource for program development. The comprehensive youth policy would put in place a coherent and long-term strategy that would contribute to positive youth development in such a way that no one federal agency could possibly achieve. All effective youth programs have youth development at their core. Effective youth leadership programs build on solid youth development principles, with an emphasis on those areas of development and program components that support youth leadership. This paper has been created by the National Collaborative on
Workforce and Disability for Youth (NCWD/Youth) to assist youth service practitioners, administrators, and policy makers in defining,

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