Forum Flash: July 17, 2007
Making Sure Quality Counts and Youth are Engaged
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Save the Date! July 25, 2-3 p.m. EST: Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Youth Programs Audio Conference is intended to assist program developers and intermediaries,
community organizations and policy makers by sharing information on creating and maintaining effective public-private partnerships to improve and expand youth programs and initiatives. To learn more, click here Read a related resource from The Finance Project: A Guide to Successful Public-Private Partnerships for Youth Programs
Read another related resource, Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline, Corporate Voices for Working Families created in partnership with the Forum.
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Launching the Ready by 21 Quality Counts Initiative
The Forum is embarking on a three-year partnership with High/Scope and the National Training Institute to improve the quality and reach of youth programs and policies in communities across the country thanks to major support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. The Forum will manage the initiative and use its Ready by 21 framework to help communities engage stakeholders, assess leadership and program capacity, identify policy priorities and build momentum for quality improvement systems. Learn more
The Forum is embarking on a three-year partnership with High/Scope and the National Training Institute to improve the quality and reach of youth programs and policies in communities across the country thanks to major support from the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and Atlantic Philanthropies. The Forum will manage the initiative and use its Ready by 21 framework to help communities engage stakeholders, assess leadership and program capacity, identify policy priorities and build momentum for quality improvement systems. Learn more
| Hot Off the Press:Core Principles for Engaging Young People in Community Change |
Engaging young people as partners in community change is a compelling idea, but translating that idea into effective practice requires focused attention to a range of issues. The principles described in this paper emerged from the commingling of research and practice that occurred when the Forum merged with Community IMPACT! USA. They are important but simple principles for putting the idea of youth engagement into practice. They can be implemented in a wide range of organizations, including schools, youth organizations or community centers that want to strengthen their commitment to youth leadership, or community-change focused organizations or coalitions that want to strengthen their commitment to youth involvement. Read the report
| Forum Staff Plan & Lead Sierra Health Foundation Regional Youth Development Conference |
Almost 300 youth and adult leaders gathered at the first REACH Regional Youth Development Conference (a program of the Sierra Health Foundation) in Sacramento, California on July 10. The conference, planned with support from the Forum, focused on specific strategies that community coalitions can use to improve the odds for children and youth. Forum Executive Director Karen Pittman delivered the keynote address, challenging participants to change the way they do business so that all young people are Ready by 21. For the luncheon plenary, Forum Managing Director Merita Irby interviewed youth mobilizers from the Oasis/Community IMPACT! team from Nashville, Tennessee, on ways that they have brought about school and community change. Karen and Merita also led workshops on moving local policy agendas, building coalitions, strengthening youth councils and improving the quality of programs and the workforce.
Learn more about a new job opening in Sacramento's Office of Youth Development
Sincerely,
Karen Pittman
The Forum for Youth Investment
Publishing Date:
July 17, 2007