"The Challenge" is the definitive guide to the key ideas and resources behind the Ready by 21 Challenge.

The Dilemma. Too few young people are entering adulthood ready and our collective efforts to make a difference are far too fragmented to have a big impact.

The Forum for Youth Investment issues Ready by 21™ Challenge to change the odds for youth by changing the way we do business.

Former Congressman Dick Gephardt and former Governor Tom Ridge join the Forum and national partners to move the Ready by 21 Challenge across the country – reaching communities in all 50 states over the next 5 years.

Attached are answers to frequently asked questions about Ready by 21 and the Ready by 21 Challenge.

Superintendents rock!  I’ve never started a column like this before, certainly not one about school administrators – the people whom youth workers frequently butt heads with over money, building space, bus schedules and even permission slips.

This paper serves as the introduction for the State Children's Cabinets and Councils Series, a set of reports intended to capture and organize the decisions and experiences of more than 20 children's cabinets and councils and present them against an emerging set of expectations about what the public and policy makers could and should expect from them.