Staff Picks
These publications are the favorite picks of the Forum staff.
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2008 Directory of State Children's Cabinets and Councils - June 2008 Update |
The 2008 Directory of State Children’s Cabinets and Councils provides at-a-glance responses to basic but important questions: which states have children’s cabinets and councils? Who is involved in them? What do they do? The guide provides summaries of interviews done with children’s cabinet and council directors in the latter half of 2007. |
12/01/2007 |
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Youth Ready by 21: A Five-Year Action Agenda for Maryland |
In Maryland, there are many agencies, organizations, task forces and coalitions focused on various pieces of the puzzle needed to ensure that all youth are ready for adulthood. While aiming for similar ultimate goals, these groups are often working in parallel and occasionally at cross purposes due to funding streams and grant restrictions. |
10/10/2007 |
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Building Effective Youth Councils: A Practical Guide to Engaging Youth in Policy Making |
The guide is designed to help states and localities create or strengthen their own youth councils. It is a synthesis of theory and practice that provides a general framework for thinking about youth councils, explaining the principles for youth action and the importance of youth engagement. |
07/15/2007 |
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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 issues. The principles described in this paper emerged from the commingling of research and practice that occurred when the Forum for Youth Investment merged with Community IMPACT! USA. |
07/01/2007 |
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Iowa's Youth Development Strategic Plan 2007-2010 |
Iowa is working through the Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development and Iowa’s Promise to ensure that all Iowa youth have the opportunity to be successful…in school, in a career, and in life. Iowa’s vision is for All Iowa Youth to be Safe, Healthy, Successful and Prepared for Adulthood. |
06/06/2007 |
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Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools, Second Edition |
Program quality assessment and improvement continue to be central themes in the after-school and youth development fields. In March 2007 we released the first edition of this report comparing the purpose, history, structure, methodology, content and technical properties of different program observation tools. |
03/07/2007 |
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Building Quality Improvement Systems: Lessons from Three Emerging Efforts in the Youth-Serving Sector |
Quality is fast becoming a policy priority in states and localities around the country. As a result, formal and informal networks of youth organizations are seeking and developing strategies to help them assess and improve performance. |
03/01/2007 |
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Business Leadership: Supporting Youth Development and the Talent Pipeline |
The Forum for Youth Investment has partnered with Corporate Voices for Working Families to support a Youth Transitions Task Force charged with identifying and promoting the corporate and public policies necessary to ensure that young people ages 14-21 have the opportunities to develop the skills and knowledge needed to be successful in work and in life. |
02/15/2007 |
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Core Assumptions About Change |
This two-pager summarizes the core assumptions that philanthropists, planners and policy makers consciously or unconsciously take into account when making decisions about where to focus their efforts to bring about change. |
12/15/2006 |
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Incorporating Youth Development Principles into Adolescent Health Programs:A Guide for State-Level Practitioners & Policy Makers |
The youth development approach has gained traction over the past twenty-plus years, across a range of youth-serving fields, including public health. |
12/15/2006 |