The KIDS Consortium is a private, non-profit organization that seeks to promote, facilitate, and institutionalize the involvement of children and youth in their communities in Maine. Kids as Planners, the central program of the KIDS Consortium, gives students the opportunity to become apprentice citizens by working with adult citizens in hands-on activities. These materials include newsletters, and journal and newspaper articles that describe the involvement of Maine youth in community planning through the Kids as Planners program and other programs. (DB)