Affinity Groups
The Forum provides support to the directors, chairs and members of state children’s cabinets and their equivalent coordinating bodies as they strive to better align and coordinate the work of their child and youth serving agencies. As a part of this network these well-positioned state leaders receive technical assistance both in person, by phone and web. The Forum and the Ready by 21 National Partners have created resources and tools for these leaders to use to advance their work. The most important benefit that participants in the network receive is the opportunity to interact with a group of peers engaged in this same unique role in states across the country, sharing tips and best practices and working through solutions to common problems.
RELATED NEWS AND PUBLICATIONS
Forum Testifies For Tennessee Children and Youth Resource Mapping Bill
As a part of the Ready by 21 national partnership agreement between the Forum and the National Conference of State Legislatures, the Forum agrees to support state legislators as they work to implement a Ready by 21 approach in their states.
April 14, 2008
2008 Directory of State Children's Cabinets and Councils
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.
December 1, 2007
Audio-Conference for Governor's Policy Advisors
Many policy advisors, chiefs of staff and even some Lt. Governors got on the phone to learn more as they think about shaping their work on children and youth.
March 7, 2007
Ready by 21 Change Maker Update: State-Level Children's Cabinets and Commissions Come Into Their Own
In March 2006 the Forum along with NGA and the New Mexico Children's Cabinet hosted the second annual Children's Cabinet Roundtable in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Eight states participated in the Roundtable and discussed their progress in coordinating resources, collaborating on strategies, and convening key players in improving outcomes for children and youth.
April 10, 2006
Linking State and Local Policy Planning: Oregon's Approach to Untangling the Web of Services for Youth and Families
Around the country, states are making strides to coordinate youth policies and align programs, services and funding. In many ways they are ahead of federal efforts to do the same. In order for systems to flow seamlessly, however, communities must play a direct role in assessing their own needs, making recommendations for improvements and shaping the flow of resources.
December 1, 2005
State Children's Cabinets and Councils: Getting Results for Children and Youth
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.
December 13, 2007
2007 Roundtable on Children's Cabinets and Councils
Representatives from 11 states attended the Roundtable in April of 2007 in Des Moines, Iowa to share their experiences, ideas and challenges. Several special guests, including the Governor of Iowa, Chet Culver, the First Lady of Iowa, Mari Culver and Patricia Kempthorne, the Former First Lady of Idaho, joined the event as well.
April 1, 2007
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.
December 1, 2006
Alignment of Results Accountability (RBA) and Ready by 21
This document represents the thinking of Mark Friedman's Fiscal Policy Studies Institute and The Forum for Youth Investment on the intersection and compatibility of the respective frameworks of Results Accountability Talk to Action and Ready by 21. The purpose of this analysis is to demonstrate the relationships between these two bodies of work.
March 20, 2006
Iowa Youth Survey
The Iowa Youth Survey is a joint effort conducted by The Iowa Department of Public Health's Division of Behavioral Health, Iowa Department of Education, Office of Drug Control Policy, Iowa Department of Human Rights, Criminal and Juvenile Justice Planning and Statistical Analysis Center, and Iowa Department of Human Services.
October 10, 2005