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Forum Flash: November 13
Our 3 Latest Publications, A Michigan Dropout Summit and more!
Nov 13 2008
JC Penney Afterschool Fund Pilot Communities
In the Fall of 2007, the Forum for Youth Investment and the United Way of America (UWA) agreed to work together to provide local United Ways with research-based frameworks, metrics, strategies and tools to ensure that children enter kindergarten ready to succeed and enter the second decade of life ready for success.
Nov 11 2008
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.
Nov 6 2008
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.
Nov 3 2008
Ready by 21 Brings All Michigan Stakeholders on Board
This fall, the Forum partnered with Michigan's Children and the Michigan Shared Youth Vision Partnership as they planned and convened the Michigan Dropout Prevention Leadership Summit, held on October 20 in Lansing, Michigan. The Summit was a part of the America's Promise Alliance's initiative to support all 50 states and the 50 largest cities in addressing the dropout crisis.
Nov 12 2008
Forum Trains National/Local Leaders in Iowa on Ready by 21
On October 30-31, Merita Irby and Senior Fellow Karen Finn led a Ready by 21 Training in Des Moines, Iowa. The training included a wide range of stakeholders and leaders trying to improve the odds for children and youth. Participants ranged from national organizations such as the Search Institute, America’s Promise Alliance and Child Trends to state and local level community leaders from acr
Nov 10 2008
Webinar: Introduction to the Ready by 21 Challenge – November 19, 1:00pm-2:00pm EST
Ready by 21 isn’t a program or a campaign or even an initiative. It is a challenge to all who care about children and youth to think differently – to learn a different way to approach all of the tasks associated with trying to manage, make or measure change at any level from the classroom to the capitol – so that they can act differently.
Nov 3 2008
