What youth outcomes can programs and communities seek to affect, maintain or improve? Based on models of youth development and youth outcomes, The Youth Outcomes Compendium provides detailed information on more than 25 youth outcomes across four areas of development:  educational achievement, health and safety, social and emotional well-being, and self-sufficiency.  The compendium answers three questions for each outcome: 1) Why does this outcome matter?; 2) How is the outcome measured?; and 3) Can programs affect this outcome?

Based on program evaluations, what approaches enhance youth outcomes? What program approaches are effective at meeting the needs of youth?  Child Trends' What Works: Programs for Teens series summarizes the best available program evaluations to determine what works, what doesn't work and what are some "best bets" (or promising practices) for anyone who designs, administers, or funds services for youth.