Ready by 21 Webinar Series, Non-Profit of the Year Award and more!

Across the country, too few youth leave high school ready for success. Community statistics and conditions vary, but there is no community across the country that is doing well enough by its children and youth. There is a need to do more. More to the point, there is a need to do better – to make bolder commitments, to create broader ownership and partnerships, to ensure greater returns on public and private investments.

The Forum for Youth Investment convened a group of key stakeholders in Louisville, KY at the Neighborhood House in an effort to assist these community and state leaders with aligning their youth efforts into a big picture framework.

On September 9, Corporate Voices for Working Families (CVWF) awarded the Forum for Youth Investment its prestigious Non-Profit of the Year Award, recognizing the Forum's commitment to partnering with corporate partners and its excellence in ensuring that all children are "Ready by 21."

On September 11-12, the Forum convened the current cohort of William T. Grant Distinguished Fellows to share experiences and reflections on their work across research, policy and practice. The goal of the Distinguished Fellows Program is to increase the supply of, demand for and use of high-quality research in the service of improved youth outcomes and well-being.