YLAT Publications
YLAT: An Innovative Approach to Systems Improvement
Amid comprehensive system reforms, the presence of YLAT has been a guiding force, a clear voice, and a motivation to continue the urgent effort. This paper explores the YLAT model, describing the principles, activities, results, and challenges Maine has faced in creating and sustaining this innovative approach. Available for downloading later in April. Download PDF
2007 CFSR Toolkit for Youth Involvement
The Child and Family Service Review (CFSR) Toolkit for Youth Involvement provides important information on how to prepare youth and adults to work in partnership to improve the nation’s child welfare system. The toolkit promotes youth involvement in the CFSR process and delineates the ways youth can be more effectively engaged when evaluating child welfare services. The toolkit is available in print form with digital files or as a web document that will be regularly updated with best practice information from the field. Download PDF
Influencing public policy in your state:
A guide for youth in care
This book was put together to help youth advocate for better policies. It offers straightforward advice and practical strategies on topics ranging form coalition building to public speaking to help youth become more effective in shaping public policy. Download PDF
Partnering with Youth: Involving Youth in
Child Welfare Training and Curriculum Development
The publication is a guide book for trainers, administrators and practitioners on how to engage youth in the child welfare system as speakers, presenters, and partners in curriculum design and delivery. The publication was made possible by the Children's Bureau, Administration on Children, Youth and Families, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. Download PDF
Promising Practices: How Foster Parents Can Support 
the Successful Transition of Youth from Foster Care
to Self-Sufficiency
The goal of this report is to identify promising practices and tools and to create a source of information and assistance for foster parents as they work with youth in preparing to live independently. Download PDF
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Transitioning from Foster Care
This guidebook is designed for programs that primarily work with youth in and transitioningfromfoster care. The described activities utilize William Bridges’ transition framework and are incorporated within a three stage experiential learning model. Specific transition activities and facilitation techniques are provided as a resource for program development and/or the enhancement of current program orientation and training. Download PDF
Engaging Youth
This document is a summary of the Muskie School’s Youth and Community Engagement team’smost recent experience expanding their work with young people in foster care and the transitionframework. Our two primary goals were to deepen our understanding of how youth in foster care connect with the transition framework and to explore how adult partners can best support healthy transitions for young people. A secondary goal was to work with a group of youth to develop training techniques and a curriculum for sharing the framework with residential group care providers. Download PDF
Mentoring Youth in Transition Guidebook
This guidebook intends to assist mentors to understand the challenges of being a youth in transition and to develop strategies for building effective mentoring relationships. Download PDF
Mentoring Youth in Foster Care
This publication is designed to help communities and agencies plan for and implement mentoring programs for youth in foster care. Download PDF
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