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| Forum Flash: December 29 |
As the year comes to a end, several projects at the Forum are reaching major milestones. The Ready by 21 Quality Counts sites celebrated the end of the first year and planned ahead to the second and final year of the initiative. |
12/29/2008 | |
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Youth Today: Ready for Life: Yes, That Means College |
By Karen Pittman, December 2008 The core belief here at the Forum for Youth Investment – that all young people should be Ready by 21 – ready for college, work and life – often provokes public criticism. The exchanges typically go like this: “Not every young person needs to go to college,” calls out one person from an audience. True, I say, but all should be ready to. |
12/01/2008 |
| Forum Flash: November 13 |
Change is coming. Not just to the White House, but to Ready by 21 communities across the country. Stay tuned for exciting updates on our Ready by 21 rollout plans in the next issue of Forum Flash. Also check out our 3 latest publications, a Michigan Dropout Summit and more!
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11/13/2008 | |
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Youth-Adult Partnerships in Public Action |
The Forum partnered with the University of Wisconsin’s Center for Nonprofits to publish Youth-Adult Partnerships in Public Action: Principles, Organizational Culture and Outcomes. |
11/06/2008 |
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Out-of-School Time Policy Commentary: "Speaking in One Voice" |
This commentary highlights the work of the Collaborative for Building After-School Systems, a collaborative of mature, city and county-wide nonprofit OST intermediaries, to develop and adopt common youth-, program- and system-level measures that are easy and cost-effective for local systems to implement. |
11/03/2008 |
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State Children's Cabinets and Councils Series |
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.
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10/28/2008 |
| Thaddeus Ferber speaks at World Bank conference |
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10/23/2008 | |
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New Mexico: Children’s Cabinet Report Card: Growing Our Future, Together 2008 |
The Children’s Cabinet is a working group of the 14 departments that work closely on children’s issues. These departments include a wide range of state agencies, such as: Youth and Families Department, Human Service Department, Department of Health, Public Education, Higher Education, Corrections, Workforce Solutions, and even Economic Development and Cultural Affairs. |
09/01/2008 |
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What Works for Youth Workers? Next Gen's "Lessons Learned" |
In 2007, the Next Generation Youth Work Coalition launched the Clear Policies for Career Pathways project to identify and build upon efforts underway around the country to establish comprehensive workforce development systems for the youth work field. |
08/27/2008 |
| Forum Flash: August 14, 2008 |
Youth Councils and Children's Cabinets in New Orleans, Next Gen Bulletin 8 and more! <!--break-->Sign Up for Forum E-Newsletters here. |
08/14/2008 |