Transcript Ready by 21 - Forum for Youth Investment

Ready by 21
models of big picture thinking,
planning and action
February 25, 2009
Elizabeth Gaines
Program Director
The Forum for Youth Investment
[email protected]
Youth Development and Education Policy
Spring Term 2009
The Forum for Youth Investment
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Nonprofit, nonpartisan “action tank” dedicated to helping communities and the nation
make sure all young people are Ready by 21 -- ready for college, work and life.
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Working in partnership with the business, government, education and nonprofit sectors,
we provide a framework, coaching and tools for leaders who care about youth.
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Our Mission: To create powerful opportunities and incentives for youth and adult
leaders to think differently, act differently and act together because they are:
• linked by core beliefs about what is needed,
• guided by a shared sense of accountability,
• girded by compelling data, and
• driven by a common desire to ensure that all children, youth, families and communities
have the supports and opportunities they need to succeed.
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The Ready by 21 National Partnership
Managing Partner
National Mobilization Partners
Technical Partners
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Supporting State and Local Youth
Policy
• Children's Cabinet Network:
• Over 20 states with Children’s Cabinets/ Councils/ Commissions
• Youth Councils Network:
• Over 30 states and cities with youth led advisory and decisionmaking bodies
• Youth Policy Institutes
• Almost half the states have participated in these Ready by 21
Institutes co-hosted by NCSL, the Forum and NGA over the past 4
years
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Leaders – change-makers – are the pivot
point of the Ready by 21 approach
moving the small gear
makes a big difference
Source: Ready by 21
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WHO: Definition of Leaders
The goal of the partnership is to provide supports and incentives to state and local leaders
everywhere whose actions & decisions touch the lives of youth. Specifically, we identify
and support change-makers who recognize the need for a changed approach to youth
issues and have:
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Capacity (funds, expertise, time)
Motivation
Authority
Ability to engage others
State and local leaders engaging in critical tasks that
represent the fundamentals of good planning & accountability
vital for addressing critical issues across the three gears
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The American DREAM
All Youth Can be Ready.
Every Family and Community
Can be Supportive.
Each Leader Can Make a Difference.
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The American REALITY
Too Few Youth are Ready.
Only 4 in 10 are doing well.
Too Few Families and Communities are Supportive.
Fewer than 2 in 5 youth have the supports that they need.
Too Few are Trying to Make a Difference.
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The American DILEMMA
At a time when
“Failure is NOT an Option”
(The Hope Foundation)
and
“Trying Hard is NOT Good Enough”
(Mark Friedman)
THE GAP BETWEEN
VISION AND REALITY
HAS TO BE CLOSED
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Too Few Young People are Ready
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Researchers Gambone, Connell & Klem (2002) estimate that only 4 in 10
are doing well in their early 20s.
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22% are doing poorly in two life
areas and not well in any
• Productivity: High school diploma
or less, are unemployed, on welfare
• Health: Poor health, bad health
habits, unsupportive relationships
• Connectedness: Commit illegal
activity once a month
Doing Poorly
22%
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43% are doing well in two life
areas and okay in one
• Productivity: Attend college, work
steadily
• Health: Good health, positive health
habits, healthy relationships
• Connectedness: Volunteer,
politically active, active in religious
institutions, active in community
In the Middle
35%
Doing Well
43%
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Skills Valuable to Employers
Employers ranked 20 skill areas in order of importance.
The top skills fell into five categories:
• Professionalism/Work Ethic
• Teamwork/Collaboration
• Oral Communications
• Ethics/Social Responsibility
• Reading Comprehension
From the Report: Are They Really Ready to Work?
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Employers Find These Skills
in Short Supply
• 7 in 10 employers saw these skills as critical for entry-
level high school graduates (8 in 10 as critical for
two-year college graduates, more than 9 in 10 as
critical for four-year graduates.)
• Employers reported that 4 in 10 high school graduates
were deficient in these areas (Note: Only 1 in 4 of
four-year college graduates were highly qualified.)
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We Know What it Takes
to Support Development
• The National Research Council reports that teens need:
• Physical and Psychological Safety
• Appropriate Structure
• Supportive Relationships
• Opportunities to Belong
• Positive Social Norms
• Support for Efficacy and Mattering
• Opportunities for Skill-Building
• Integration of Family, School and Community efforts
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Do these Supports Really Make
a Difference? Even in Adolescence?
ABSOLUTELY
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Gambone and colleagues
show that youth with
supportive relationships
as they enter high school
are 5 times more likely
to leave high school
“ready” than those with
weak relationships…
50
45
40
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
SOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth:
Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
Youth with Supportive
Relationships
Youth with Unsupportive
Relationships
Ready by End of 12th Grade
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Not Ready
Do these Supports Make
a Difference in Adulthood?
80
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… and those seniors
who were “ready” at
the end of high school
were more than 4
times as likely to be
doing well as young
adults.
70
60
50
40
30
20
10
0
SOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth:
Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
Ready by 21
Not Ready by 21
Good Young Adult Outcomes
Poor Young Adult Outcomes
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Providing These Supports
CAN Change the Odds
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Gambone/Connell’s research suggests that if all young people got the
supports they needed in early adolescence, the picture could change…
From 4 in 10 doing well
To 7 in 10 doing well
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The Challenge for All Community Stakeholders:
To Fill the Developmental White Space
Civic
Outcome
Social
Areas
Emotional
Physical
Vocational
Cognitive
21
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Ages
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0
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At its best, school only fills
a portion of developmental space
?
School
Morning
After
School
...
Night
Times of Day
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Who is Responsible for the Rest?
• Families
• Peer Groups
• Schools and Training Organizations
• Higher Education
• Youth-Serving Organizations
• CBOs (Non-Profit Service Providers and Associations)
• Businesses (Jobs, Internships and Apprenticeships)
• Faith-Based Organizations
• Libraries, Parks, and Recreation Departments
• Community-Based Health and Social Service Agencies
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Even the Smallest Communities
have Too Many Initiatives
Civic
Engagement
Physical
Health
Delinquency
& Violence
Pregnancy
& HIV/AIDS
Educational
Attainment
Dropouts
& Illiteracy
Core Supports
& Opportunities
Substance Abuse,
Suicide, Depression
Unemployment
Social &
Emotional Health
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Vocational
Readiness
& Success
… See a Problem, Convene a Task Force, Create a Program…
Has Created a Tangle of Inefficiencies
Children’s Services in Los Angeles County
SOURCE:
Margaret Dunkle
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Using a Common Framework
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Can help with language confusion across sectors and agencies
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Helps focus on the results you want to see
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Set long term goals
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Track progress with indicators and metrics
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Track policies and resources and set priorities
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Track programs and services geographically
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Link issue/population specific action plans
…..and more
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Take Aim on the Big Picture
How are Young People Doing?
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Young
Adults
19–21+
Take Stock of the Big Picture
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
THRIVING
Ready for
CONNECTING
Life
LEADING
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Young
Adults
19–21+
Traditional Approach
Pre–K
0–5
Ready for
College
Cognitive/
academic
development
Ready for
Work
Vocational
development
Children
6–12
Youth
13–19
Young
Adults
20–24
Children
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
Physical
development
Ready for
Life
Social/
emotional
development
Civic and
cultural
development
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Families and
Communities
But What Happened to the Rest of the Picture?
Children Enter
School Ready
to Learn
Pre–K
0–5
Ready
for
Colleg
e
Ready
for
Work
Cognitive/
academic
development
Vocational
development
Physical
development
Ready
for Life
Social/
emotional
development
Civic and
cultural
Children
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
Children
6–12
Youth
13–19
Young
Adults
20–24
Families and
Communities
But What Happened to the Rest of the Picture?
Children Enter
School Ready
to Learn
Pre–K
0–5
Ready
for
Colleg
e
Ready
for
Work
Cognitive/
academic
development
Vocational
development
Physical
development
Ready
for Life
Social/
emotional
development
Civic and
cultural
Children
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
Children
6–12
Youth
13–19
Young
Adults
20–24
Families and
Communities
But What Happened to the Rest of the Picture?
Pre–K
0–5
Children
Ready for
College
Cognitive/
academic
development
Ready for
Work
Vocational
development
Physical
development
Ready for
Life
Social/
emotional
development
Civic and
cultural
development
Enter School
Ready to
Learn
Children
6–12
Youth
13–19
Young
Adults
20–24
Families and
Communities
Alternative:
Learning to Focus Differently
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Shifting
Red to Yellow,
Yellow to
Green
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
Pre-K
0–5
Ready for
College
LEARNING
Ready for
Work
WORKING
SchoolAge
6–10
Middle
School
11–14
THRIVING
Ready for
Life
CONNECTING
LEADING
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High
School
15–18
Young
Adults
19–21+
Early Childhood
(0-5)
Learning
Elementary Age
(6-10)
Middle School
(11-14)
4th Graders
performing below
grade level in math
– 26% (21%)
8th Graders
performing below
grade level in
math – 39%
(32%)
High School
(15-19)
Young Adults
(20-24)
Families and
Communities
Teens who are not
in school and not
working – 11%
(9%)
Children suspended from school – 9 per 100 students
Working
Connecti
ng
Children with no
parents who are
employed full-time,
year round – 35%
(33%)
Teens who are not
in school and not
working – 11%
(9%)
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
Child deaths – 25 per 100,000 (21)
Teen Deaths – 76
per 100,000 (66)
Children under 18 without health insurance – 9% (11%)
Persons 18-24 in
poverty – 23%
(21%)
Substantiated cases of child abuse – 5.6 per 1,000
Children in poverty – 21% (18%)
2-year-olds who were
immunization – 84%
(84%)
Infant mortality – 9.3
per 1,000 (6.9)
Leading
Free & reduced lunch – 36.3 per 100
Number of teen
births – 53 per
1,000 births (42)
Children referred to juvenile court – 5.9 per 1,000
Persons age 18-24
not attending
school, not
working, and no
degree beyond
high school – 17%
(15%)
The Blueprint for Action
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Partners
• Big Tent
Partners- advocates,
business leaders, communityand faith-based organizations,
state agency career staff,
young people
• Shared
Responsibility –
performance measures and
evaluation and reporting
requirements
Goals
•Messages and Frameworks cover a full range of developmental stages,
developmental areas and needed family and
community supports
•Data and Metrics - use a common
core set of child and youth indicators
Strategies
• Engage Youth and
their Families –
system for all youth and their
parents to engage in local decisionmaking
• Align Policies and
Resources – drive
collective policy and funding
decisions
• Increase Demand –
legislative forums, engage public
agency staff, align communications
of all departments
• Improve Services and
Coordinate Systems
& Programs – common
assessment criteria and research
agenda across agencies
Structural Considerations
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Organizational Home
Authority
Parallel Local Structures
Scope of Vision and
Mission
• Staffing and Resources
• Composition and Scale
State Ready by 21 examples
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Maine Governor’s Children’s Cabinet –
collaborative planning and priority setting
among the state agency heads
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Oregon Commission on Children and Youth
– organizing their data with private
sector input and connecting to local commissions
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New Mexico Governor’s Children’s Cabinet-
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Maryland Governor’s Children’s Cabinet- Using a results framework and doing action
state agency heads collaborating on
legislative priorities and examining the budget and youth outcomes together; also involving youth
themselves in this process
planning for certain age groups; also connecting work to local bodies
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Iowa Collaboration for Youth Development- Collaboration between state agencies and
non-profits to improve quality of programs and services and develop strategic plan
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Minnesota Ready by 21 Legislative Caucus – forming to organize the framework of
the legislature in support of children and youth
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Shifting the work of the Maine Children’s
Cabinet
In August of 2006, the Maine Children’s Cabinet brought in the Forum
for Youth Investment to facilitate the development of the “dashboard”
tool.
• They shifted from simply reporting trend data to prioritizing cross-cutting
initiatives related to systems priorities, they articulated and now use a
tool that tells them:
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specific agency/stakeholder activities (Who is doing what, where and how?),
performance measures (How are we doing),
investments (What are we spending and from what source?),
measurable outcomes (What has changed, as a direct result of
efforts/investments?),
• policy implication (How does the outcome data inform policy change?).
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The cabinet focused on 3 big priority areas: early childhood, adverse
childhood experiences and youth transitioning to adulthood and then
organized their work into the 13 priority strategies that would impact
many results.
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Maine Results by age and outcome
Early
Childhood
(0-5)
Learning
Children enter school
ready to learn & School
ready for children
Elementary
Age
(6-10)
Young Adults
(20-24)
Youth Succeed in higher
education
Youth prepared to enter the
workforce
Connecting
(Social/Emotional
Well-Being)
Leading
(Civic and
Community
Engagement)
High School
(15-19)
C&Y succeed in school and schools succeed
for children
Working
Thriving
(Physical
Health)
Middle
School
(11-14)
C&Y respected safe and nurtured in their
communities
Families
Communities
C&Y succeeding in
school and schools
succeeding for children
Families having
opportunities to work
and play
Communities capable of
meeting the needs of
children and families in
all of their diversity
Families having
opportunities to work
and play
Communities keeping
children and families at
the heart of all decisions
Families recognizing the
rewards and
responsibilities of raising
children
C&Y respected safe and nurtured in their communities
Families living safe and
healthy lives
Families living safe and healthy lives
Communities capable of
meeting the needs of
children and families in
all of their diversity
Communities capable of
meeting the needs of
children and families in
all of their diversity
Communities creating
collaborative
partnerships
Communities promoting
and modeling clear
standards of behavior
Dashboard Initiative: Jurisdictional Team Planning
Related MaineMarks results:
Children respected, safe and nurtured in their communities
Communities capable of meeting the needs of children and families in all of their diversity
Communities keeping children and families at the heart of all decisions
Cabinet
Dashboard
Priority
ACEs/
Resiliency
Initiatives/
Programs
Lead
Agency
Jurisdictional
Team
Planning
DOC
Partner
Agencies and
Community
Stakeholders
Primary
Population
Served
DHHS
Local Police
Judicial
systems
Juveniles
Funding
Sources/
Streams
Implementation:
Activities, Actions,
And Products
A communitybased, multidisciplinary
planning process
to reduce the use
of secure
detention of
juveniles.
Detention is an
adverse
childhood
experience in
itself; also have
found large
proportions of
youth with
significant mental
health, substance
abuse, and
histories of
physical and
Selected
Federal and State
Indicators/Related
Indicators,
(Maine Marks)
# of youth detained
# of days of
detention used
Related Policy
Recommendations:
(MOU’s, Agreements,
Directives,
Legislative Initiatives)
Promote detention as
a process not a place.
Dashboard Initiative: Keeping Maine’s Children Connected
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Related Maine Marks Outcomes:
Children ready to enter school and schools ready for children
Children and youth succeeding in school and schools succeeding for children and youth
Families living safe and healthy lives
Communities creating collaborative partnerships
Communities keeping children and families at the heart of all decisions
Cabinet
Dashboard
Priority
Youth in
Transition
Initiative
Keeping
Maine’s
Children
Connected
Lead
Agency
DOE
Partner
Agencies and
Community
Stakeholders
DHHS
Labor
Correction
s
Local
schools
and their
trained
liaisons
All in –
patient
psychiatric
and
juvenile
correctiona
l facilities
Primary
Population
Served
Funding
Sources/
Streams
Children
and Youth
who face
school
disruption
Children’
s Cabinet
Pooled
funds
through
DOE
Implementation
: Activities,
Actions,
And Products
Establishing
model
internal
communicati
on protocols
in 6 schools
Advisory
Comm. with
First Lady
Chair reps
include 4
youth,
Parents,
Foster
Parents,
State
agencies,
Schools, &
Selected
Federal and State
Indicators/Related
Indicators,
(Maine Marks)
# of
children/youth
able to continue
and complete
educational
program
#Reduced
number of
transitions in
each child’s life
# of school,
clinical, and state
liaisons trained
in coordinated
transition
planning for
youth
Related Policy
Recommendations:
(MOU’s,
Agreements,
Directives,
Legislative
Initiatives)
Agreement
to share
funding of
state
coordinator
to oversee
regional
trainings of
liaisons.
Maryland’s Youth Policy
Structure
Joint Committee for
Children, Youth and
Families
Children’s Cabinet
Advisory Council
For Children
Youth Council
Governor’s Office for
Children (GOC)
24 Local Management
Boards (LMBs)
Maryland’s Child Well Being Results
Child Well-being Results
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5
years
prior
1
year
prior
Cur
rent
Yea
r
2000
2004
2005
(rate or %
change)
(rate or %
change)
7.4
8.5
7.3
-1.4
-14.1
6.4 (2005)
Low Birth Weight
Births to
Adolescents
8.7
9.4
9.2
5.7
-2.1
8.1 (2004)
Ages 10-14
0.9
0.7
0.6
-33.3
-14.3
0.7 (2004)
Ages 15-19
41.2
32.4
31.8
-22.8
-1.9
41.1 (2004)
80.0
81.0
84.0
5.0
3.7
83 (2005)
Unintentional
3.8
4.2
4.1
7.9
-2.4
N/A
Assaults
0.3
0.3
0.4
33.3
33.3
N/A
Self-Inflicted
0.3
0.3
0.3
0.0
0.0
N/A
Deaths
Substance Abuse-2
8th grade
32.7
33.7
29.8
-8.9
-11.6
32.7 (2004)
Cigarettes
10.6
3.3
5.9
-44.3
78.8
9.2 (2004)
Alcohol
22.8
16.4
16.2
-28.9
-1.2
18.6 (2004)
Marijuana
Children Enter
School Ready to
Learn
Kindergarten
Assessment
3
(Composite Score)
10.6
6.9
6.4
-39.6
-7.2
3.4 (2004)
Full Readiness
52.0
60.0
67.0
28.8
11.7
N/A
Results &
Indicators
Babies Born
Healthy
Infant Mortality
5-yr
1-yr
change change
National
Comparison
Data1
Healthy Children
Immunizations
Injuries
Maryland’s 3-year Children’s
Plan
Goals:
1. Develop a comprehensive prevention strategy
2. Develop a Transition Aged Youth Plan
3. Build on established foundations:
a) Children enter school ready to learn
b) System of care to ensure stable and economically
independent families
c) More for Maryland Opportunity Compacts
d) Support locally determined community plans
Next Steps:
A “Ready by 21 Leadership Team” has
been created as a permanent workgroup
of the Maryland Children’s Cabinet to
oversee implementation of and
accountability for the Ready by 21 Action
Agenda.
Unique Work in Massachusetts
• State agencies, united ways, private funders,
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community organizations and youth together
Creating a vision and results framework, developing
measures
Aligning the work of moving trains and getting to a
comprehensive set of strategies and action steps
Pioneers in developing leadership results, measures
and strategies
Linking to big coordinating body
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Ready By 21 Process in MA
Step #1
The stakeholders
Retreat 1
Statement
of Purpose
Create Action Planning Team
Step #2
Core Principles & Vision
Retreat 2
Contributing
Factors
need coordination. Engage as many other stakeholders throughout the
process.
Develop “Core Principles” as overarching beliefs and create an
inspirational vision statement.
Statement
Step #3
Results
framework
Invite the right people. Identify “moving trains” in Massachusetts that
Results Statements & Indicators
Step #4
Contributing Factors
Identify result statements that will get us to our vision. “What we want to
achieve for children and youth, families, communities, and leaders.”
Identify powerful indicators to track progress against result statements.
Consider what stands in the way of success for each indicator,
particularly addressing the gaps when disaggregated. Synthesize to
find the common themes and similar factors that impact many of the
indicators.
Priority
Strategy
Areas
Retreat 3
Shared
Accountability
Step #5
Strategies & Action Steps
Step #6
Shared Accountability and
Account for existing strategies and develop new strategies and action
steps that will impact the contributing factors/themes based on best
practices.
Create an implementation and sustainability team with clear
accountability mechanisms and ways of tracking progress.
Implementation
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Massachusetts Moving Trains
• Recently generated action plans:
• Readiness Commission
• Governor’s Adolescent Health Council/Shared
Vision
• Mass GOALS
• Special Commission on Afterschool and OST
• Task Force on Youth Aging Out of Foster Care
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Massachusetts Agenda for Youth
Large Coalitions/ Commissions Represented by Members
AmeriCorps
Achieve Massachusetts
American Diabetes Association’s Advocacy Committee for
Massachusetts
Beverly Community Council
Boston and Beyond Teen Initiative
Boston Youth Services Network
Barnstable County Council for Children, Youth & Families
Boston Collaborative for Food and Fitness
Brockton Blueprints Coalition
City of Worcester Youth Office Planning Team
City of Worcester Social Justice Roundtable
Council of Massachusetts United Ways
Commonwealth Corps
Coalition for Asian Pacific American Youth
Childhood Obesity Reduction Task Force
Department of Mental Health’s Transition Age Youth Initiative
Department of Mental Health’s Youth Development Committee
Department of Public Health Youth Violence Prevention Coalition
EOHHS youth-related initiatives
Equal Justice Partnership
Expanded Learning Time Schools
Governor’s Adolescent Health Council
Governor’s Anti-Crime Council
Governor’s Juvenile Justice Advisory Committee
Governor’s Readiness Project
Hasbro Summer Learning Initiative
Interagency Task Force
JP Unidos
Latino Partnership for Youth Development
Local Officials Human Services Coalition (Mass Municipal Association)
Mentoring Organizations
Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
Mass Health Wellness Advisory
MA Alliance of Boys & Girls Clubs
Massachusetts Campus Compact
Mass Mentoring Network
Mass Non-Profit Net
Mass. GLBT Youth Commission
North Shore Cape Ann Community Health Network
Obesity Task Force
Pioneering Healthy Communities
Prevention First Coalition
Racial & Ethnic Disparities Workgroup
Suffolk University Center for Restorative Justice and Community
Governance
Special Commission on Afterschool and Out-of-School Time
Summer Safety Funder Collaborative
The Juvenile Defense Bar
The Partnership for Latino Success
Teens Leading the Way
Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition
United Way/Youth Venture
WestMOST Network
Worcester Violence Prevention Coalition
Workforce Investment Boards
Youth ACT
YMCA’s of Massachusetts
YWCAs of Massachusetts
YWCA 30 under 30 Campaign
Massachusetts leaders will not rest until:
All Children and Youth…
• Are college & career ready
• Have optimal emotional & physical health
• Are civically engaged
• Are valued & empowered through
supportive relationships
• Are safe from harm
All Families….
• Are economically stable & resilient
• Have safe, affordable & appropriate
housing
• Have access to quality physical & mental
health resources
All Communities….
• Are rich in social & economic capital
• Are safe & enriching places to live, work,
learn, & play
• Are healthy places to live
All Leaders…
• promote social justice and address root
causes
• foster the development of new leaders
• are competent, accountable and
responsive to the needs of children,
families and their communities and build
bridges to ensure their success
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MA results statements
(grouped by priority area)
Develop 21st Century Skills
• C &Y Will be college & career ready
Foster healthy Lifestyles and resiliency
• C&Y have optimal emotional & physical
health
• C&Y are valued & empowered
• Families have access to quality physical
& mental health resources
• Communities are healthy places to live
Provide Pathways for Economic Self
Sufficiency
• [C &Y will be college & career ready]
• Families are economically stable &
resilient
• Communities are rich in social &
economic capital
Build Safe and Connected Communities
• C&Y are safe from harm
• Families have safe, affordable &
appropriate housing
• Communities are safe & enriching places
to live, work, learn, & play
Create a New Paradigm for community
leadership and engagement
• C&Y are civically engaged
• Leaders promote social justice and
address root causes
• Leaders foster the development of new
leaders
• Leaders are competent, accountable and
responsive…
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Strategies by priority area
Healthy Lifestyles and Resiliency
Ensure Culturally relevant systems
Create Youth Led Campaigns
Establish Early Warning Systems to identify social/emotional
issues
Maximize Information of existing parent resources & opps
Expand School support functions
Improve Community Education on health, lifestyle, care options.
Improve care coordination and Family Support
Increase Marketing to promote positive behaviors
Safe and Connected Communities
Increase Cultural Competency
Improve Relationship Building among youth and adults
Increase Youth Empowerment – civic life opps
Increase community resources
Support people who work with youth
Increase Parental involvement
Improve/maintain communal spaces (indoor/outdoor0
Increase data integration and use to target/assess services
Develop 21st C Skills
Reduce Disparities
Increase Connections w/ Mentors
Strengthen Peer relationships
Provide Youth Empowerment Opportunities
Integrate (increase coom/coord families, schools, OST)
Expand AS/OST
Increase Professional development
Provide Additional Pathways to PSE
Ensure SpEd supports/inclusion
Provide Meaningful Jobs
Develop Early Intervention Policies
Support the Reengagement of Drop outs
Increase Coordination through 0-21 coalition planning
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Strategies by priority area (contd)
Pathways to Economic Self-Sufficiency
Youth Engagement in career exploration and employment
Adult Skill building for parents/caregivers
Improve outreach/utilization/services of Benefit Programs
Increase incentives for Private Sector investment
Support Decriminalization through workplace policies and family supports
Strengthen Financial literacy of youth and families
Encourage adoption of Living Wage policies
Improve affordable Housing and Transportation options
Create a New Paradigm for Community Leadership and Engagement
Increase anti-racist, anti-discrimination efforts in orgs and communities
Create inclusive systems of governance
Increase collaboration w/in and between organizations
Increase transparency and accountability
Ensure high-performance through quality improvement and resource use
Encourage innovation
Develop and support new leaders
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Children’s Budget Analyses
States creating them:
• New Mexico
• Tennessee
• Florida
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Traditional Government Centered Approach:
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Youth Centered Approach:
Expenditures by Result
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Discretion over Funding Sources
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Funding Sources by Payer
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Spending on
“Front-End” versus “Back-End” Services
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Context Analyses
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