Forum Focus: A Portfolio Approach to Youth Policy

In this issue of Forum Focus, we focus on what researchers and policy makers are doing to help governments take stock of their efforts to make sure that every young person is “Ready by 21” – ready for work, ready for college, ready for life.

Research Update reviews efforts to establish a coherent set of youth development outcomes and indicators, create lists of program outcomes that can be used across systems and sectors, and assess program performance. On the Ground features the results-based accountability work that is underway in San Francisco. In Voices From the Fields concludes with an interview with Diane Denish, Lieutenant Governor of New Mexico, who is providing leadership to the state’s newly-formed Children’s Cabinet.