A wide variety of youth-serving organizations use Search Institute’s Developmental Assets to guide their work with children, youth, and families. Indeed, in 2004, the National Collaboration for Youth—an umbrella organization with more than 50 youth-serving systems in the United States that serve more than 40 million young people—identified building assets as a core competency for youth workers.
Tips and Tools for Youth Workers and Youth Organizations
Integrating Developmental Assets into Youth Development Programs
Search Institute’s Projects and Partners
- The Abundant Assets Alliance, with YMCA of the USA and YMCA Canada
- Is There Common Ground? An Exploratory Study of the Interests and Needs of Community-Based and Faith-Based Youth Workers, a study conducted with the National Collaboration for Youth and American Camp Association
- The Power of Youth and Adult Partnerships and Change Pathways for Youth Work, a study conducted on behalf of the W. K. Kellogg Foundation
- Deepening Impact Through Quality Youth Development Strategies and Practices, a study conducted through a partnership with Boys and Girls Clubs of America
