• The Department of Family, Youth and Community Sciences offers two new (as of Fall 2003) minors

• Minor in Family, Youth and Community Sciences  
• A minor in Family, Youth and Community Sciences (FYCS) helps to prepare students for rewarding careers in professions that strengthen families, children, youth and communities. This minor can support students majoring in:  

  Education	Sociology	Psychology
  Business Administration	Health Professions	Communication
  Religion	Human Nutrition	Anthropology
  Political Science	Urban Planning	Criminology

•     Minor in Organizational Leadership for Nonprofits.

• The nonprofit sector of the economy is growing and career opportunities are increasing for careers in social services, health services, education, natural resources and community development. This minor develops professional competencies in leadership and management that prepare students to work in nonprofit and government agencies and other community-based organizations. The nonprofit minor meets the requirements of the American Humanics certification program
  • The minor requires 17 credit hours of coursework; 11 hours are chosen from core courses (including 2 hours of approved internship work) and 6 hours are chosen from approved electives.

• Gator Humanics - Non-Profit Leadership Club: This club is based on American Humanics, Inc. (AH), a national organization that collaborates with affiliated university programs and nonprofit agencies to recruit, prepare and place students in meaningful careers with youth and human service agencies.

• The Gator Humanics Student Association is open to all undergraduates and to all majors.
• GHSA provides students with non-profit leadership development opportunities through participation in various social, cultural and professional co-curricular activities and events.

• UF's Office of Community Service: A vital and comprehensive complement to FYC and any program. 
• The Office supports students, staff, and faculty from interested in promoting service, activism, and community-based research to address needs identified by the community.

• IDEAL - "Promotes campus involvement, develops and strengthens student leaders; and serves as a resource and liaison between the constituents of the UF community. With specialized training and the expertise of our professional advisors and leadership mentors, we can prescribe structural, interpersonal, and financial remedies for some of the most common organizational ailments!"
  
  
• The Hip Hop Collective: This UF club does community service and performances to benefit children (more about what they have done). They currently have a bi-weekly mentoring program in the East Gainesville housing project "Forest/Village Green Apartments" on N.E 15th St. For this project, they have teamed up with it's sister organization at Santa Fe and the Office of Community Service. 
• When: First and Third Saturday of every month from 12:30 – 3:00 
• What it includes: Talking to and teaching the kids about graffiti, lyrical content, poetry and lyricism, and influences in music and community. Also, dance, nutrition, stretching, reading, coloring, turntablism, and more. We provide healthy snacks each time. 

• BUDDHISTS FOR P.E.A.C.E.: "The primary purpose of this organization is to foster awareness of issues related to peace, culture, education and the environment based on the Buddhist ideals of compassion and empathy." They are affiliated with SGI-USA, a Buddist Organization that has secular youth and community endevours. 
• (VOV) is a youth-sponsored initiative to help young people identify and counteract the root causes of violence in their lives. VOV outreach programs began in 1999 as a response to growing concerns over the rise in youth-related violence. The VOV campaign is non-partisan and non-sectarian. It aims to promote awareness, introspection and dialogue among our youth, our families, our schools and our communities.