Resources
What Youth-Serving Nonprofits Need To Know About Youth-On-Youth Abuse
By Rachel Sams and Melanie Lockwood Herman Youth-serving nonprofits invest a great deal of time and effort addressing the risk that an adult associated with their programs could harm children. Many youth-serving nonprofits may not have gone to the same lengths to address the risk that youth participants in their programs could harm other … Continued
Youth Mental Health: Responsibilities and Opportunities for Nonprofits
By Rachel Sams 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 were hurting? What did you do? If it hasn’t happened yet, what … Continued
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. The Center is deeply grateful to Mark E. Chopko for his valuable contributions to this article and EXPOSED. Nonprofit leaders often seek ‘best practices’ or standards for excellence for which to … Continued
Events
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America – Youth Protection Summit
“The Best Defense is a Good Offense: Managing Child Protection Risks and Understanding Legal Liability”
Big Brothers Big Sisters of America
“Key Strategies to Protect Children and Mitigate Organizational Risk”
Minnesota School Boards Association & Kyllo Consulting
“Understanding Erin’s Law & Sexual Violence Prevention in Minnesota Public Schools”
Society for the Promotion of Japanese Animation, Project Anime
“The Basics of Youth Protection: The Importance of Protecting Youth at Your Events”