This Pathways to College Network toolbox helps state and school district leaders identify key steps to make the college-prep curriculum the standard program of study for all students.

The National Assembly's Family Strengthening Policy Center has released "Mentoring as a Family Strengthening Strategy." Findings suggest youth mentoring that involves parents or caregivers hold significant promise for strengthening disadvantaged families with children. Lessons learned and policy recommendations as well as useful resources are included in the brief.

Community organizations can develop and enhance meaningful roles for older adults in after-school programs with the help of this Experience Corps toolkit.

This new resource guide from the Annie E. Casey Foundation offers strategies to help level the economic playing field for low-income families. Find tools and resources for planning, implementing, attracting and financing new community investment -- with the goal of better connecting a community to the regional economy.

If you want to add a mentoring component to your after-school program, the After-School Program Clearinghouse from MENTOR/National Mentoring Partnership can give you guidance and tools to get started.

What does it take to ensure all young children enter school ready to learn? It takes good health and nutrition, quality child care, cognitively stimulating homes, affordable safe housing, schools ready to receive children, and more. Follow the pathway to good outcomes and learn what your community and you can do to make the case for improved circumstances to give young children the best shot at school success.

Here's list of 100 different ways your child can volunteer this summer.

Want to monitor how your program is performing so you can improve your services or make a stronger case to donors? Find guiding questions and tools on conducting a self-evaluation on the new Planning and Evaluation Center (PERC) Web site.

The Coalition on Human Needs (CHN) is an alliance of national organizations working together to promote public policies which address the needs of low-income and other vulnerable populations. The Coalition's members include civil rights, religious, labor and professional organizations and those concerned with the well being of children, women, the elderly and people with disabilities.

The National Center for Learning Disabilities and the Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation have launched the Guide to Advocacy for Parents of Children with Learning Disabilities. It includes a complete "how-to" reference on all aspects of public policy advocacy and offers information for both first-time and experienced advocates.