The report is presented in four chapters. We are grateful to the advisors and project officers who contributed to this effort to define and evaluate the current state of the field of positive youth development. These criteria ultimately determined the programs included in this report. Project staff, project officers, and the advisory board reached consensus on the defining constructs of positive youth development and on a set of criteria for inclusion of programs. Hendricks Brown, Debra Delgado, Joy Dryfoos, Darnell Hawkins, Doug Kirby, Spero Manson, Inca Mohamed, Jane Quinn, and Roger Weissberg.
To design the framework for this review, project staff consulted at length with project officers at DHHS/ASPE, Elisa Koff and Sonia Chessen, and Susan Newcomer at NICHD, as well as the project's advisory board whose members are C.
to examine ways to better evaluate existing and proposed models. to identify elements contributing to both the success and lack of success in positive youth development programs and evaluations. to identify evaluations of positive youth development interventions, and to examine and summarize what has been learned from these studies. to research and establish both theoretical and empirical definitions of positive youth development and associated concepts. to document and describe the commonality between risk and protective factors linked to problem behaviors in youth. 
to document and describe why a "shift in approach" has been called for which highlights characteristics of positive youth development. In September, 1996, the Department of Health and Human Services, Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE) through the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD), awarded a grant to the Social Development Research Group (SDRG) at the University of Washington, to examine existing evaluations of positive youth development programs and to summarize the state of the field. Seattle, Washington" PREFACE The Positive Youth Development (PYD) Project
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