Categories: Youth Protection and Child Safety
March 20, 2024
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Today’s Young People Are Incredible. Tell Them So.
“What we know from the research is that being known and understood is one of the most tender and transformative experiences we can have, and that magic connection of relationship ends up helping both the kid and the grown-up at...
March 14, 2023
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Tell a Young Person They’re Special This Week
Young people in 2023 face many of the same risks young people faced 20, 50, or 100 years ago, plus a lot more. Children have faced bullies since the beginning of time; now, hateful messages can take more paths behind...
July 5, 2022
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Youth Protection Issue – Summer 2022
Summer 2022 Download PDF What's Inside Youth Mental Health: Responsibilities and Opportunities for Nonprofits What Youth-Serving Nonprofits Need To Know About Youth-On-Youth Abuse
July 5, 2022
Resource Type: Articles
Youth Mental Health: Responsibilities and Opportunities for Nonprofits
This article contains information about how to identify and respond to signs of mental health issues and suicide risk in young people. Have you ever looked into the eyes of a young person your nonprofit serves and seen that they...
March 17, 2020
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Bolstering Bouncing Back
“You may not control all the events that happen to you, but you can decide not to be reduced by them.” - Maya Angelou Kids are amazing. I always knew this statement to be true, but I wasn't able to...
March 15, 2018
Resource Type: Risk eNews
Light the Fire: Tell Young People How They Inspire
Advising nonprofit management and governing teams is a labor of love for the NRMC team. We are constantly inspired by the missions of the nonprofits whose leaders invite us into their worlds to provide risk coaching, create risk assessment frameworks,...
January 16, 2017
Resource Type: Articles
Youth Program Sample Code of Conduct
S A M P L E This form may be adapted to use with preteen or teenage participants in your program. You may wish to make the language less formal or the vocabulary less sophisticated, depending on the developmental stage...
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Cyberbullying & Cyber Threats to Young People
In August of 2009, a nonprofit college preparatory day school in Los Angeles was sued for $100 million dollars by a student’s parents following a case of on-site cyberbullying. The incident occurred when nine students accessed another student’s personal website...
Topics: Data Privacy, Tech Risk, Cybersecurity, Youth Protection and Child Safety
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Articles
Key Principles in Youth Protection: Considerations and Action Steps
NOTE: This article includes excerpts from Chapter 6 of the Nonprofit Risk Management Center’s book, EXPOSED: A Legal Field Guide for Nonprofit Executives-2nd Edition. NRMC is deeply grateful to Mark E. Chopko for his valuable contributions to this article and EXPOSED. Nonprofit...
December 8, 2016
Resource Type: Risk Management Essentials
The Youth Protection Issue
Download PDF What's Inside Cyberbullying & Cyber Threats to Young People Key Principles in Youth Protection: Considerations and Action Steps Vital Partners in Youth Protection: Engaging Parents and Caregivers