This book presents lessons learned after 4 years of Promising and Effective Practices Network (PEPNet), a project of the National Youth Employment Coalition that identifies and promotes criteria of effective practice in youth employment and development. The book, which provides a cumulative summary of all PEPNet programs, is a resource that brings youth employment and development practitioners together to share information in order to improve the methods and techniques of preparing young people for employment and life. The book includes (1) a list of the PEPNet-awarded programs; (2) a two-page summary of PEPNet; (3) a two-page profile of each of the 51 PEPNet award-winning programs, with a brief description of the program elements and contact information; (4) a funding sources and demographics chart; (5) an index to effective practices; and (6) acknowledgements of those who have worked on and supported PEPNet in the past year. (SM)