While program assessment and staff training are valuable but sometimes daunting tasks, Camp Fire USA is expanding both through a partnership with the Forum.

Ready Thoughts: As We Count Kids, Remember Young Adults

Ready Partners: Help with Promise Grants, Dropout Prevention Fund, Changing Communities

In February 2011, President Obama released a Presidential Memorandum on Administrative Flexibility, charging all agencies with aligning administrative and regulatory requirements to allow states, localities, or tribes to target funds toward coordinated effo

Download the Forum's Recommendations for Administrative Flexibility, created with input from the members of the Children's Cabinet Network.

Anyone who has kids knows that 5-year-olds get up earlier than 15-year-olds. Still, many schools ignore that basic reality: Bus schedules often have sleepy teens on the corner as early as 6 a.m. to start classes between 7 and 8 a.m.

Sign on to this letter to tell President Obama to create a Presidential Youth Council by emailing Thaddeus Ferber (thaddeus@forumfyi.org) and Alex Wirth (alxwirth@gmail.com). 

Tell President Obama to create a Presidential Youth Council.