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Engaging Key Stakeholders: Chattanooga Connections Webinar
These leaders need to be committed and collaborative in ways that contribute to the overarching mission of the group. This webinar explored the local partnership efforts in Chattanooga, Tenn. and the tools from three Ready by 21 Partners - Corporate Voices for Working Families, United Way Worldwide and the American Association of School Administrators.
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Chattanooga, TN
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
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To really change the odds for children and youth, your community needs the involvement of its influential leaders from all sectors. That includes education, business, government, nonprofits and families. “Involvement” goes beyond signing up and saying “Call me when you want something.”
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Fishing Village Youth Get Hooked on Life Skills
Location
Deer Isle, ME
Deer Isle, Maine: Quick Action Builds Community Support
Location
Deer Isle, ME
Island Shows How to Ignite Interest in Ready by 21
Location
Deer Isle, ME
Moving Towards Quality
Program Landscape Mapping Packet
Thursday, April 15, 2010
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This resource packet is designed to help leaders better understand the services, supports and opportunities available to children and youth in a community. It includes a guide, a template for a program landscape mapping survey, and a set of sample charts and results.
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Education Strategies: Improving Success for Children and Youth
Focus Areas:
- Enter school ready to succeed
- Read proficiently by 4th grade
- Make a successful transition to middle school
- Graduate from high school on time
- Be ready for success in college, work, and life
Saturday, April 23, 2011
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Education is the cornerstone of individual and community success. But with more than 1.2 million children dropping out each year, America faces an education crisis. The cost? More than $312 billion in lost wages, taxes and productivity over their lifetimes. These trends are reversible, but only when communities and public, private and nonprofit sectors work together. United Way Worldwide is dedicated to improving education outcomes for all children and youth, and this website lays out their priority areas, resources and case studies.
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An Invitation to the Big Picture: Implementing a Local Collaboration for Youth (LCY) in Your Community
How are the children and youth in your community doing? What’s their high school graduation rate? How about the number of adolescent pregnancies, rate of childhood obesity and the level of juvenile crime? Are they ready by the age of 21 to go to college, get a job, be a parent?
Thursday, June 23, 2011
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The NCY and the Forum for Youth Investment recently released a guide to forming and sustaining Local Collaborations for Youth (LCY). An LCY is a means for local child- and youth-serving agencies to pool their collective expertise, resources, and voice in ‘whole-community’ efforts to improve outcomes for children and youth. It’s a chance to take a look at the Big Picture of child and youth well-being in a community. It’s about identifying gaps, aligning efforts, and improving impact.
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Summit Toolbox: Planning a Successful Summit
Community events and summits are generally intended to build a sense of urgency around the crisis facing America's young people, secure a commitment to action from leaders in all sectors and most importantly, to result in follow-up action plans to strengthen current efforts and initiate new strategic activity to help more young people graduate from high school ready for college, work and life.
Sunday, August 23, 2009
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The website by the America's Promise Alliance contains tips, templates, reference materials and other resources to help you plan a successful event to galvanize your community to take action to improve the lives of youth.
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