Introduction to Community Asset Mapping
As part of the Center for Court Innovation’s (The Center) commitment to helping young people understand policy development and how it affects their lives and communities, the Center uses community asset mapping as a training tool with young people. This asset mapping exercise developed by the Youth Justice Board staff enables young people to approach a community-based issue with an eye towards understanding what resources a community already possesses that can be part of the solution. The Center offers training in how to lead asset mapping with young people. These slides and handouts are samples from a longer training for adults about the value of asset mapping as a youth programming resource.