Staff Picks
These publications are the favorite picks of the Forum staff.
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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 |
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READY BY 21®: Taking Aim on the Big Picture |
READY BY 21: Taking Aim on the Big Picture describes the basic process that can be used by cities, states, funders and programs to coordinate their policies and services to support young people and their families. This tool is the "closet organizer" of youth policy. |
12/01/2006 |
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Adding It Up -- Brochure, Rationale and Guide to Mapping Public Resources for Children, Youth & Families |
Brochure: Offering the highlights of what a CYF resource map can do, and why a state or community might benefit from one, the brochure can help you make the case and spread the word about your efforts. |
12/01/2006 |
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Putting Youth Work on the Map |
Over the past year, two comprehensive studies of youth workers were coordinated by the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition. Together, these two studies, conducted by the Forum for Youth Investment and the National Afterschool Association, capture the voices and perspectives of over 5,000 youth workers from across the country. |
11/15/2006 |
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Quality Systems: Lessons from Early Efforts to Disseminate the Youth PQA |
During 2006, High/Scope worked with the Forum to provide training and technical assistance to several state and regional networks which are building quality improvement and accountability systems. Any of these communities are part of the Forum for Youth Investment's Ready by 21TM state and local policy network. |
11/15/2006 |
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Ready for Work |
In the past, much attention has been paid to the leaks in the “education pipeline”, but now employers, youth and communities are focusing on repairing the “work pipeline” to ensure that young people are ready for work by age 21 |
09/01/2006 |
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Ready by 21 at One: Read the One-Year Update |
Read about the work the Forum and its partners have done in the first year since launching the Ready by 21 Challenge. |
07/01/2006 |
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Ready for College |
Much has been written lately that asks the question -- are young people across this country ready for college? The Forum for Youth Investment, Connect for Kids, Voices for America's Children and many state Kids Count organizations have developed this series for state advocates to share the vision, messages and state policies being proposed to improve the college readiness of youth. |
04/01/2006 |
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What Do You Want to Take Stock Of? |
There are multiple types of information that are needed to translate goals into action effectively - information on children and youth, programs, policies, public and political will. This one-page handout provides a list of common ways that states and communities “take stock.” |
03/15/2006 |
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Strengthening Youth Policy Issue Brief -- Positive Youth Development: State Strategies |
What is needed to strengthen youth policy in the states? In this Research and Policy Report, co-authored by the Forum for Youth Investment and the National Conference of State Legislatures, learn concrete ways that states are addressing key challenges to creating better aligned and more effective youth policy. |
03/15/2006 |