Positive youth development is an approach that engages youth within their communities and furnishes the support youth need to build on their strengths, skills, and resources. The goal is to identify, strengthen, and develop individual youth ́s assets, while building protective factors and resiliency (16). Strategies include welcoming and celebrating youth, affirming youths’ identities, supporting opportunities to build permanent connections, facilitating youths’ development of life and other skills, and centering youth voices (17). Positive youth development is an evidence-based approach.
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