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Dear Forum Flash Reader,
Quality and coordination continue to be hot topics in this issue of Forum Flash. Hot off the presses, we bring you Karen Pittman's latest Youth Today column, exploring the extent to which children's cabinets are addressing cross-departmental issues to watch our for children and youth. You'll also find a new working paper from the W.T. Grant Foundation on improving the quality of after-school prorgrams and highlights from a recent symposium on building life skills hosted by the Forum, the International Youth Foundation and Nokia. In the sidebar you'll find information on an exciting new clearinghouse unveiled in partnership with The Finance Project, our Featured Partner of the Month. The Forum is also proud to highlight the college access work and film premiere of youth mobilizers in Nashville, Tennessee, our Featured Place of the Month.
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Children's Rights, Children's Advocates, Children's Cabinets
 Rhode Island Governor Donald L. Carcieri (R) has proposed saving the state $17 million (approximately 5 percent of the $360 million needed to balance the budget) by rolling the clock back on services to transition-aged youth. And as of July 1, more than 800 young adults will be ineligible for housing, health and other services, when the upper age of judistiction for youth involved in the Department of Children, Youth and Families is lowered from 21 to 18. The Rhode Island Children's Cabinet was created in 1991 to address cross-departmental issues like these, so you may be wondering, how is the Cabinet reacting and who's watching out for our children? Read more about the role and expectations of coordinating bodies in Karen's latest Youth Today column
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Just Released: Improving After-School Program Quality
Learning how to intervene effectively to improve programs is the primary issue facing the after-school field, according to this working paper from the W.T. Grant Foundation. The authors, who include Forum Program Director Nicole Yohalem, describe new information on the characteristics and practices of successful programs. They discuss the implications of this new information for program accountability and the selection of student outcomes to guide programming. Read Improving After-School Program Quality
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Symposium Explores Building Life Skills Globally
Since 2000, the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and Nokia have been working on a global youth development initiative to strengthen the expanding life skills set young people need to be ready for school, work and life. Recently, the Forum, along with IYF and Nokia, hosted a symposium for U.S. and international professionals to share insights on the importance of life skills development. Attendees explored new research findings from within and outside the U.S., and their implications for better programs and policies. Read an executive summary on lessons and challenges from the youth development initiative that sparked the event
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Sincerely,
Karen Pittman
The Forum for Youth Investment
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