R3 YOUTH DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE

Karen PittmanCo-Founder & CEOThe Forum for Youth Investment

AFTERNOON SESSION

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The Forum for Youth Investment

• Nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” dedicated to helping states and communities make sure all young people are Ready by 21 -- ready for college, work and life.

oLocated in Washington, D.C. oAdjunct office in Michigan (Center for Youth Program

Quality)o35+ staff headed by prominent national leadersoHistorically a “forum” where policy, practice and

research meet

Ready by 21 National Partnership

Mobilization Partners represent state and local government, business, education, nonprofit, and community leaders

Founding / Managing Partner

Signature Partner

Mobilization Partners

Ready by 21 National Partnership

Technical partners representing organizations with expertise in using data indicators and report cards, mapping fiscal and program resources, improving program and staff quality, and building capacity of leaders to make change

The Ready by 21 Partnership’s Goals

To improve child and youth outcomes by helping state and local leaders increase their capacity to:

Build broader, stronger partnerships (and structures) Set bigger goals Expect and use better data to drive decisions Define and implement bolder strategies

This is why the Ready by 21 Partnership focuses on a) reaching all leaders and b) encouraging partnerships.

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Youth Investment.

Moving the small gear makes a big difference

Leaders take on a recurring set of tasks whenever they set out to create a new agenda

From Idea

To Implementation

But do they stop to ask how these agendas add up?

But changing cultures one system at a time is tough

Continuous

Improvement

Service Deliver

y

Advocacy

Cross - System

s Change

Community

Mobilization

Evaluation

Positive Outcomes for

youth & families

Best Practic

e

Early Childhood

Community Development

Violence

Education

Homeless

Youth

Disabilities

Health

Alcohol and Substance Abuse

Initiative

Network

Coalition

1/19/01, RS

Collaborations

MCTP

United Neighbor

hood Centers

Of Greater Roch.

Rochester‘s

Child

Youth 2000

Juvenile

Justice

Council

CCSI TIER

II

Interagency

Council

Comm. Asset

Network

Not Me Not Now

Community

Service Board

Board of

Health

Children & Family

Serv. Subcom

m.

Youth Service

s Quality

C.

School Health Leader

ship Team

RECAP

Community

Profile

Preventive

Services Coalitio

n

RAEYC

Early Childh

ood Develo

p I.

Homeless

Continuum of

care Impl. Team Monroe

Cty. Sch& Comm.Health

Ed.Network

REEP

RochesterEffectiveness Partnership

N.E.T.

City Violence

Initiative

Task Force

on Violenc

e Domestic Violence

Consortium

Perinatal CommunityConsortium

Do Right byKids campaign

HealthAction

DomesticViolence

Partnership

PerinatalSubstance

AbuseCoalition

PCIC

SACSI

Counselor’sConsortium

Rochester

Children’s

Collab.

Roch. Enterpr

ise Commu

nity Zone P.

YRBS Group

HW & Tutoring

Round Table

Student Assistance Prof.

Diversion

Collaborative

Runaway &

Homeless

Youth Ser

Provider

Reg. 2 Preven

tive Provid.

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Homeless Services Network

CASASProviders

Adult Service

s Subcomm.

StudentAsst. Prof.

Greater Roch.Area

Transitions

Collab.

America’s

Promise

NBN

Mentoring

Round Table

OASAS Prevent

ion Initiativ

eCHANGE

SDFSCA Plannin

g Committ

eesReclaimingYouth

SOURCE:Margaret Dunkle

A Tangle of Inefficiencies: the typical approach see a problem…

convene a taskforce…. create a program…

Children’s Services in Los A

ngeles County

Want Fully-Prepared Youth?Insulate the Education Pipeline

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• Academic Attainment• 21st Century Skills• Risk Management

HOW?

Broader PartnershipsBigger GoalsBolder StrategiesBetter Data

The Ready by 21 National Partnership Can Help

Ready by 21 … Responding to pressing issues? Selecting a planning/decision-making

approach? Engaging stakeholders, including youth? Creating Partnerships and coordinating

teams? Creating a vision & setting goals? Gathering data? Selecting priority areas? Developing action plans? Advocating for resources? Implementing strategies? Tracking progress? Reporting results? Making improvements?

Wanting to do all of the above?

Responding to pressing issues? Selecting a planning/decision-making

approach? Engaging stakeholders, including youth? Creating Partnerships and coordinating

teams? Creating a vision & setting goals? Gathering data? Selecting priority areas? Developing action plans? Advocating for resources? Implementing strategies? Tracking progress? Reporting results? Making improvements?

Wanting to do all of the above?

Meets Leaders where they are.

Asks questions about where they’ve been.

Helps them go farther faster.

HELPYou get further with targeted tools & capacity-building services that ensure

that you can check YES on the Leadership Standards check-list below.

Build Broader Partnerships Set Bigger Goals

Use Better Data & Information for

Decision-making

Implement Bolder Strategies

Involved key stakeholders?

Strengthened, linked & aligned coalitions and networks?

Created or supported the development of an overarching leadership council?

Established goals for children & youth that really reflect what we know about how they develop and learn?

Defined the essential supports needed in order to establish clear goals for all families, settings & systems?

Adopted a data-driven decision-making process?

Identified & filled information and data gaps and connected data across systems and levels?

Brought the best information about what works into the decision-making process?

Improved the quality, reach & coordination of programs, services and systems?

Engaged youth & families as change makers?

Aligned policies & prioritized the use of resources?

Increased public demand for quality supports & clear results?

Tracking Indicators of Child Well Being is important

• 4th Graders reading below grade level – 41%• 8th Graders reading below grade level – 29%• Children affected by asthma – 7%• Teens who are high school dropouts – 11%• Teens who are not in school and not working – 11%

• Child deaths – 25 per 100,000 • Children suspended from school – 9 per 100 students • Persons age 18-24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school –

17%• Children with no parents who are employed full-time, year round – 35% • Teen Deaths – 76 per 100,000• Children in the care of their grandparents – 6%• 2-year-olds who were immunization – 84%• Infant mortality – 9.3 per 1,000• Children in single parent families – 34%• Children in Poverty – 21%• Substantiated cases of child abuse – 5.6 per 1,000• Children referred to juvenile court – 5.9 per 1,000• Number of teen births – 53 per 1,000 births • Persons 18-24 in poverty – 23%• Children under 18 without health insurance – 9%

Goals and indicators should span the ages and developmental areas

Pre-K0–5

School-Age6–10

Middle School11–14

High School15–18

Young Adults19–24+

Ready for College

LEARNING

Ready for Work

WORKING

Ready for Life

THRIVING

CONNECTING

LEADING

Indicators of well being:progress over 1 year

  Early Childhood(0-5)

Elementary Age

(6-10)

Middle School(11-14)

High School(15-19)

Young Adults(20-24)

Families and Communities

Learning 4th Graders reading below grade level – 41% (38%)

8th Graders reading below grade level – 29% (29%)

Teens who are high school dropouts – 11% (8%)

Children in immigrant families – 6% (20%)

4th Graders performing below grade level in math – 26% (21%)

8th Graders performing below grade level in math – 39% (32%)

Teens who are not in school and not working – 11% (9%)

Children suspended from school – 9 per 100 students

Working Teens who are not in school and not working – 11% (9%)

Children with no parents who are employed full-time, year round – 35% (33%)

Connecting(Social/Emotional Well-Being)

Children in Poverty – 21% (18%) Children in single parent families – 34% (31%)Substantiated cases of child abuse – 5.6 per 1,000

Children referred to juvenile court – 5.9 per 1,000

Children in the care of their grandparents – 6% (4%)

Children suspended from school – 9 per 100 students

Number of teen births – 53 per 1,000 births (42)

Thriving(Physical Health)

Child deaths – 25 per 100,000 (21)Teen Deaths – 76 per 100,000 (66)

Persons 18-24 in poverty – 23% (21%)

Children affected by asthma – 7% (8%)

Children under 18 without health insurance – 9% (11%)

Substantiated cases of child abuse – 5.6 per 1,000

Children in poverty – 21% (18%)

Persons age 18-24 not attending school, not working, and no degree beyond high school – 17% (15%)

2-year-olds who were immunization – 84% (84%)

Free & reduced lunch – 36.3 per 100

Infant mortality – 9.3 per 1,000 (6.9) Number of teen births –

53 per 1,000 births (42)Babies born at low-birth weight – 9.4% (7.9%)

Leading(Civic and Community)

Children referred to juvenile court – 5.9 per 1,000Children from immigrant families – 6% (20%)

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  Continuum of Youth DevelopmentDevelopmental Ages/Stages

  Early Childhood(0-to 5-year

olds)

Elementary(6-to 10-year-

olds)

Middle School(11-to 14-year

olds)

High School(15-to 19-year olds

Young Adults

(20-to 24-year olds)

Learning(Basic and Academics)

         

Working(Work/Career

awareness preparation)

         

Thriving(Physical &

Mental Health & Safety)

         

Connecting(Social/

Interpersonal Skills)

         

Leading(Civic and

Community Engagement)

         

Develo

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Outcomes All youth • are academically successful• graduate from high school• graduate college and career

ready and prepared for a lifetime of learning

Indicators• % passing Algebra by end of 9th grade• % taking rigorous courses senior year• High school graduation rate• Drop out rate• Attrition rate (12th – 9th)• % meeting TSI requirements … and more …

Comparisons for equity

Community outcomes

and indicators

for each cell of the

framework – draft sample

for High School

Learning

Track Progress Against Big Picture Goals

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Example Language

Using Common Language

Using a Common Framework

• Can help with language confusion across sectors and agencies

• Helps focus on the results you want to see

• Set long term goals

• Track progress with indicators and metrics

• Track policies and resources and set priorities

• Track programs and services geographically

• Link issue/population specific action plans …..and more

Maine Children’s Cabinet’s Shared Youth Vision

Connecting the Dots: Policy to Practice Overview 2010

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Maine Governor’s Children’s CabinetChair, First Lady Karen M. Baldacci

Commissioners of... Education, Health/Human Services, Corrections, Labor, Public Safety Chief Justice as partner in planning

Executive and Senior StaffResearch and troubleshoot federal and state barriers to effective services for

Cabinet policy consideration as needed

Children’s Cabinet StaffOversee, facilitate and coordinate cross-systems priority initiatives and various grants

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How it all relates

Maine Governor’s Children’s Cabinet

Shared Youth Vision Council and Juvenile Justice Task Force

Recommendations

District Collaborative Strategic Plans to:Increase graduation ratesReduce school dropout

Reduce formal detention and incarcerationIncrease college and work-ready skills

Eight District CouncilsEight Americorp VISTA’s

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Whatever it takes…

…to move the Maine Marks

• 90% High School graduation rate from 77%• 41% to 56% college completion rate• 33% to 56% community college completion rate

by 2016• Reduce juvenile incarceration by 50%

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SYV Council: What are we asked to do?

• We are asked to promote collaboration and improved communications among the various state agencies and community based partners.

• We are asked to lead the effort to advise and address issues confronting youth ages 9-24 in transitions.

• We are asked to be guides of the development and implementation of strategic plans.

• We are asked to review all child/youth population needs with priority given to those youth in transition.

District CouncilCounties/Areas

• York District 1 York County• Cumberland District 2 Cumberland County• Western District 3 Androscoggin, Franklin, Oxford • Midcoast District 4 Waldo, Lincoln, Knox, Sagadahoc • Central Maine District 5 Somerset and Kennebec • Penquis District 6 Penobscot and Piscataquis • Downeast District 7 Washington and Hancock • Aroostook District 8 Aroostook

We think of data and information…

…that tells us how we are doing in each gear…

Better Data

for Better Results

HOW ARE CHILDREN & YOUTH DOING? Child and Youth Demographics (e.g. Census data) Child and Youth Well Being (e.g. Child Report Cards, Single Student Identifiers)

WHAT SUPPORTS ARE AVAILABLE? Supports and Assets (e.g. 40 Assets Survey) Program Participation (e.g. Youth Participation Reports) Program Availability (e.g. Program Inventories) Program Quality (e.g. Program Evaluations) System/Org Effectiveness (e.g. Performance Measure Reports) Provider/Workforce Capacity (e.g. Youth Workforce Survey) Resources/Investments (e.g. Children’s Budgets)

WHERE ARE THE PUBLIC COMMITMENTS & LEADERSHIP? Leadership Actions (e.g. Mapping Change Horsepower) Policy Priorities (e.g. Policy Benchmarks) Public Will (e.g. Polling, Focus Groups) Political Will (e.g. Political Leadership Assessment) Stakeholder Perceptions (e.g. Key Informant Interviews)

Shared Youth Vision DistrictYouth Council Indicators

•Increase #/% of children entering Kindergarten meeting school-readiness measures•Increase #/% of children K-12 graduating to each grade with peer cohort•Increase #/% of 8th grade students successfully transitioning to and completing 9th grade•Increase #/% of youth in care supported in permanent families•Increase #/% of youth in care participating in community or afterschool/summer school supportive programs•Increased #/% of all students participating in afterschool/summer (ELOs) and other diversion or prevention/intervention programs•Increase school attendance rates•Reduce #/% of truancy and drop out•Reduce #/% of out of school expulsion or suspension•Increase number of schools amending policies that create barriers to students staying connected to school and completing their education•Reduce #/% of transient students (reduce school mobility rates)•Increase #/% of school and afterschool educators and staff trained in positive youth development practices •Increase #/% of youth graduating from high school with peer cohort•Reduce #/% juveniles held in formal detention•Reduce #/% of juveniles incarcerated•Increase #/% of students enrolled in higher education•Increase #/% of youth/young adults participating in career and workforce development education

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www.mainemarks.org

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• Maine Marks is a set of social indicators that reflect the well-being of Maine children, families and communities.

• It is an initiative of the Governor’s Children’s Cabinet in partnership with the University of Southern Maine and other organizations.

Maine Children’s Cabinet Network Integrated Data Sharing Vision Statement

• Integrate data across age groups• Integrate data across common outcome areas• Integrate multiple types of information (demographics,

youth indicators, participation data, quality/performance data, program availability data, provider/workforce capacity data, resource/investment data)

• Integrate data across levels and boundaries• Integrate data across systems• Find proactive solutions to preserving

confidentiality

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READY BY 21POWERFUL SOLUTIONS FOR PASSIONATE LEADERS

Broader Partnerships │ Bigger Goals │ Better Data │ Bolder Strategies

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