Some helpful resources for urban and multicultural youth ministries.

Youth Works - Youth Works provides short term missions opportunities for Jr and Sr High students in the US, Canada, Mexico, and Puerto Rico. Service is done in urban, rural, small town, and Native American communities.

AfterSchool.Gov - AfterSchool.Gov.
Connecting you to federal resources that support children and youth during out-of-school hours.

AGRM - AGRM's Urban Youth Workers Resource Directory.

CCN - Church Communication Network.

Child Hunger - Second Harvest programs to end child hunger.
Valuable resources and networking information.

Hoops of Hope - Hoops of Hope
Brent "HOOPS" Fuqua
6509 Many Moon Drive
Colorado Springs CO 80918
719-210-3489
Fax 719-573-5952
brent@hoops.org

KIDS COUNT - KIDS COUNT -- a program of the Annie E. Casey Foundation.
Invaluable tools, statistics, research, data, and best practice for outreach to impoverished youth.

KingdomWorks - KingdomWorks
Awesome, hands-on, training & discipleship program for older teens and young adults who want to be prepared and equipped for the urban mission field.

Knxvl College - Knoxville College.
Looking for an institution of higher learning that goes the 2nd mile in making it possible for urban youth to attend?

StreetKids.net - StreetKids.net
Network of ministries and organizations helping street kids around the globe.

Viva Network - The Viva Network.
Global networking system for those working with at-risk children and youth.

YS Convencion - Convencion Internacional de Liderazgo Juvenil.
If you speak Spanish you have to join the best available youth ministry training in that celestial language.

FRAC Newsletter - FRAC Newsletter.
Dealing with hunger issues? The FRAC newsletter is a pretty comprehensive, ongoing listing of resources and methods available to help.

Connect for Kids - Connect for Kids.
Not exclusively urban, but filled with incredible networking, funding, and resourcing tools.

Modest Needs - Modest Needs.
Web Admin, Keith Taylor, once received a blessing when he was down and out and felt inspired to launch a web site that would do the same for others.

AC4 - Association of Christian Community Computer Centers.
Awesome resource & network for urban leaders operating computer centers.

The Navigators - The Navigators.
Multi-cultural evangelistic, parachurch organization with a long and shining history of effectiveness.

Teen Challenge - Teen Challenge.
Christ-centered rehab program for people with life-controlling problems. Worldwide organization with many urban centers throughout the US. Hands-down, this is the most effective and succesful rehab program in existence.

Ethnic Harvest - Ethnic Harvest.
Provides online resources to help North American churches and congregations build and maintain an effective cross-cultural ministry.

World Vision USA - World Vision USA / Vision City Programs.
Rebuilding lives and communities in our nation's urban areas.

Young Life - Young Life.
The urban and multicultural divisions of Young Life -- a worldwide youth ministry organization active since the 1940s!

UMI, Inc. - Urban Ministry, Inc.
The African-American Christian Publishing & Communications Co.

CCDA - Christian Community Development Association.
National network of faith-based community development associations that are rebuilding both individual lives and entire urban communities.

Urban Onramps - Urban Onramps.
Global Urban Networking, Education, Articles, Updates, and Resources.

CHIEF Network - Network of Native Ministries.
Links to various organizations providing tools, resources, training, networking, and hands-on opportunities for those working with or desiring to work with Native American youth.

Mission Year - Mission Year.
Opportunities to serve in the urban mission fields of America.

Student Missions - The Center for Student Missions.
Opportunities for students to serve in short-term urban missions projects in the USA.