The mission of the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) is to provide national leadership on youth issues and to assist individuals and organizations in providing effective, comprehensive services for youth in at-risk situations and their families. FYSB administers the Basic Center Program, Transitional Living Program for Homeless Youth, and Education and Prevention Grants to Reduce Sexual Abuse of Runaway, Homeless, and Street Youth Program.

This guide is intended as a supplement to The Program Manager's Guide to Evaluation. This publication is written for directors of Family and Youth Services Bureau programs and looks at issues specific to this area such as the provision of developmentally appropriate services, ways to measure outcomes through aftercare contacts and use of the Runaway and Homeless Youth Management Information System to manage data and forecast trends.

Building a diverse base of organizational support is critical in serving young people and their families adequately and appropriately, and resource development is the key activity keeping social agencies solvent. The Family and Youth Services Bureau designed this publication to help its grantees enhance their fund raising efforts.

The National Clearinghouse on Families and Youth (NCFY), based in Silver Spring, Maryland, focuses on youth and family policy and practice in the United States. The NCFY is a division within the Family and Youth Services Bureau (FYSB) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS). The NCFY highlights its youth- and family-related initiatives, and provides access to downloadable versions of its publications.