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Ready by 21 Guide to Program Landscape Mapping

Six page guide that takes you through the basics of the Program Landscape Mapping reasons and survey.

April 28, 2008
Ready By 21 National Partner Profiles and Commitments

The six partners who in 2007 made formal commitments to work with the Forum to advance the Ready by 21 Challenge represent the education, government, non-profit, business and community philanthropy sectors. Each was chosen because they had pledged to do business differently and sought out the Forum to help in some way.

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February 27, 2008
Ready by 21: The Challenge

"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.

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February 27, 2008
Palm Beach County's Prime Time Initiative

These reports describe the implementation of a quality improvement system built around the Youth PQA.

January 1, 2008
Ready by 21™ Quality Counts Initiative Sites Announced
More than $2,500,000 in grants, technical assistance awarded to enhance local youth programs.
October 31, 2007
Measuring Youth Program Quality: A Guide to Assessment Tools

Thanks to growing interest in the subject of youth program quality, many tools are now available to help organizations and systems assess and improve quality. Given the size and diversity of the youth-serving sector, it is unrealistic to expect that any one tool or process will fit all programs or circumstances.

Measuring Youth Program Quality
March 7, 2007
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

November 15, 2006
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.

Program Quality and Youth Outcomes

The March 13, 2008 Webinar focused on Program Quality and Youth Outcomes and included presentations by Karen Pittman, Charles Smith, and Karen Finn (formerly of the Maryland Governor's Office for Children and Youth).