What We Do... The 4-H Center for Youth Development has four major areas of activity: RESEARCH AND EVALUATION The focal point of the mission of the CYD is basic and applied research and program evaluation that deepens understandings of youth in the contexts of their families and communities. Research and evaluation projects are conducted primarily through collaborations among CYD staff, UC Cooperative Extension professionals, and UC campus-based scientists. When appropriate these collaborations may involve other community collaborators (e.g., collaborating agencies and youth professionals, scientists from other institutions, UC Cooperative Extension Program Representatives, community stakeholders and decision-makers, youth program volunteers, and youth). The goal of all research and program evaluation activities at the CYD is the extension of the results of these activities to academic, practice, and lay audiences. EDUCATION AND TRAINING To support the research and evaluation mission, the CYD provides education on research-based knowledge of children, youth, families, and communities. The CYD also provides training on applied research and program evaluation. The target audience for education and training efforts conducted by the CYD is UC Cooperative Extension Youth Development Advisors. FOCUS (the CYD monograph series), Research You May Have Missed (RYMHM), and CYD Reports (working paper series) are published with the goal of meeting the education mission of the CYD. COMMUNICATIONS The CYD provides regular communications regarding its research and evaluation and education and training activities. Audiences for these communications include UC Cooperative Extension professionals, UC campus-based scientists, other youth professionals, scientists from other institutions, youth program volunteers, youth, and community agencies, stakeholders, and decision-makers. The Update (quarterly newsletter), the CYD Bulletin (electronic email bulletin), and the Website are produced with the goal of meeting the communications mission of the CYD. SUPPORT Our location on the UC Davis campus allows the CYD to provide limited campus-based support to UC Cooperative Extension Youth Development Advisors for such needs as library access, Internal Review Board (IRB) human subjects protocol document preparation and submission assistance, and basic training on commonly used campus resources (e.g., library literature searches).