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Initiatives and Awards
The Forum for Youth Investment and the Ready by 21 National Partners launch initiatives to help communities and states carry out Ready by 21 strategies, and recognize leaders for exemplary efforts to helping to prepare young people for college, work and life.
You can also learn more about:
- Ready by 21 services available to your community or state
- Implementing Ready by 21 strategies on your own with our toolkits
- The benefits of joining the Leader Network
- How specific Ready by 21 strategies have been implemented in selected sites around the country
Initiatives
Ready by 21 has been introduced to many communities through a series of initiatives and challenges. These provide grants, technical assistance, coaching and tools to leaders to implement aspects of Ready by 21.
- Southeast Cities Challenge
- Quality Improvement and Asset-Building Challenge
- Credentialed by 26 Challenge
- Quality Counts Initiative
- Keep the Connections
- Virginia Cities Challenge
Awards
Ready by 21 Partners have issued awards to recognize their members or other leaders from their sector who are doing extraordinary work that exemplifies Ready by 21 principles. These awards are often announced and presented at national conferences to both salute the honorees in front of their peers, and to also inspire others to follow their example.