Iowa
Surveying Youth Workers
New York-Integrated County Planning Template
New York's integrated planning template and instructions for completing the template.
Iowa-RB21 Gears Worksheet
This worksheet was apated for and used by the Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development during a steering committee retreat.
Iowa-ICYD Strategic Plan
Iowa Collaborative for Youth Development's (ICYD) five-year strategic plan.
Landscape Mapping Surveys
See slightly adapted versions of the Forum's landscape mapping survey tool used by Columbus and Iowa. Rhode Island also adapted the landscape mapping survey as well as incorporating workforce development questions into the survey.
Iowa Drop-out Summit Power Point
The Forum, along with Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development, co-sponsored Governor Culver's dropout prevention summit aimed at creating urgency and developing action plans to respond to the dropout crisis of minority youth in 15 Iowa communities.
Mason City Kicks Off Quality Counts Initiative with Adolescent Youth Workers Summit
On May 8, Karen Pittman traveled to Mason City, Iowa where she delivered the keynote at the first annual Adolescent Youth Workers Summit that kicked off Mason City's participation in the Ready by 21 Quality Counts Initiative. There, Karen spoke to over 100 youth work practitioners and community leaders about the importance of improving the quality and reach of youth programs.
Iowa Dropout Prevention Summit
As part of the Forum's commitment to support Quality Counts sites, the Forum, along with Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development, co-sponsored Governor Culver's dropout prevention summit aimed at creating urgency and developing action plans to respond to the dropout crisis of minority youth in 15 Iowa communities.
