Transcript Updates from - Forum for Youth Investment

QUALITY COUNTS
SITE LEAD CALL
December 21, 2009
AGENDA
Cross-site Sharing
Project Wrap-up
•Reporting requirements
•Documentation/evaluation efforts
•Final meeting
National Ready by 21 updates
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Updates from Austin
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Consensus on 17 child/youth outcomes; published initial
“Ready by 21” data book
 Launched the Youth Services Mapping (YSM) system
o 70+ service providers registered; trained 100+ district staff
 Built capacity for Quality and Results
o 89 assessors; 10 certified Methods trainers; 17 trained
trainers for Results Based Accountability
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 Leadership group forming; some work will continue
 Full situation still TBD
December 2009
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Updates from Black Oak Mine/
Georgetown Divide
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
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We are continuing to invest in training: YPQA, Service Learning, the Youth Development Institute and
Youth Worker Methods
Our school sites are both expanding and deepening their youth development practices with service
learning and other project-based learning, Response to Intervention and YPQA assessments (high
school core 9th grade program in progress along with all service learning teachers throughout the
school district)…note: Service Learning to expand to 10th-12th grade next year, spearheaded by our
Librarian and English honors veteran teacher
Family Connections, El Dorado Inc., one of our partners has redesigned their program delivery
through their action plan after the YPQA assessment…next assessment in early 2010 to observe
changes
Boys & Girls Club: Improving program delivery with YPQA feedback. We will be diligently working
with our club for continuous improvement increased programs.
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
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We have people trained in our area for all key youth development trainings except YPQA External
Assessments…workshop cancelled this week due to snow and ice storms (an every 25 year occurrence
here in N. California). We hope to be rescheduled early in 2010.
We are using YPQA as an evaluation tool for continuous improvement at this time
Although the integration of youth development practices has very little financial support at this time…it
is now part of the fabric of how we are doing things…we do have another YDI scheduled in May of 2010
which is funded.
Our new grants for Service Learning and Drug Free Communities open up new opportunities…these
are
December
2009
both long term grants covering at least 3-5 years and possibly more.
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Updates from Columbus, IN
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Enhanced professional development system for youth workers
 Increased networking among youth workers through Youth
Workers’ Café
 Youth organizations are reporting changes in practices as a result of
YPQA self-assessments
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 Youth Worker Methods Training will be added to the training menu
of the local child care resource and referral agency enabling
continuation of the professional development for youth workers
December 2009
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Updates from Grand Rapids
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
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GR Teen Profile
Result Statements/Indicator Dashboard & Focus Groups
City/County Agreement on shared indicators
Innovation Thinking Curriculum incorporating Quality components for high school
youth
 Trained trainers for YPQI coaching & planning with data
 12 External Assessors trained
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 System of Care Grant with potential for sustainability
 Federal grants for youth programs that build on areas of focus
 Building the local capacity for training and technical assistance on quality
 Quality integration for ELO Network members
December 2009
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Updates from Indianapolis
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Summit for Student Success
 Development of Community Compacts for Youth
 Building local partnerships with STRIVE/IUPUI and America’s Promise Alliance
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 Good news is that we have solid interest in YPQA/I funding from two local
foundations;
 Bad news is we don’t have an answer yet!
December 2009
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Updates from Iowa
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Embedding YPQA and Youth Worker Methods in Community
Programs
 Follow-up Assessments and Coaching
 Additional programs requesting YPQAs and Coaching
 ICYD Council is codified and operational
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 Local programs are being eliminated
 State budget will not provide funding for YPQA due to
budget cuts
December 2009
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Updates from Louisville/KY
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Program Landscaping survey for Louisville in final draft to be
sent out January 2010
 Pilot YPQA for state is complete and second group will be
complete February 2010
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 Folding efforts into Louisville YouthPrint and seeking additional
funding to create system for out of school time services
December 2009
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Updates from Nashville TN
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• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 The Mayor’s Nashville After School Alliance will be using the YPQI to
insure quality programming beginning in January 2010.
• Sustainability situation (the good news ):
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Positive Youth Development Coalition & YPQA Pilots
Local Capacity Building with AYD and YPQI
NAZA
ERO & Training
December 2009
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Updates from New York
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
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Development of our Quality Youth Development System (QYDS). Using NYS Touchstones data and
positive developmental settings for 3,500 applications State-wide.
Used Ready by 21 language in our five year RFP. Also in the RFP encouraged program to use the
YPQA for self assessment and that our staff may do an external assessment utilizing the YPQA
(approximately 18 grants).
Commissioner at OCFS called a meeting for our internal stakeholders to hear about the Ready by
21/Quality Counts initiative. Staff from The Center for Youth Program Quality and Forum for
Youth Investment attended/presented at this meeting where highlights and success were shared
from the four pilot counties and State perspective.
Created and released a Youth Development Policy statement for OCFS
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
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Good news : Have continued to allocate $200,000 of State Quality Enhancement funds to our
four pilot Counties ($50,000 per). Have trained OCFS staff in Youth Work Methods and YPQA.
Continue to disseminate information both internally and externally to other State-wide work
groups. Work with Results based leadership and Orange County to connect our work with the
County planning process.
Bad news: State budget woes and less staff, impacts both State and County level, mandated
December 2009
funding becomes priority.
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Updates from Orange County, NY
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Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
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Development of the Youth assessor Youth PQA
Collaboration with our Dashboard/planning guidelines with NYSOCFS
Sustainability situation : Good
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We are moving forward with our community asset mapping through cross-sector
community planning, with new guidelines being completed for 2011.
Presently in addition to Youth Bureau and United Way staff our we have enhanced our
YW Method facilitators' team which now includes: Education, Mental Health, Substance
Abuse and Faith based professionals. Our Cross Sector selection of facilitators has
allowed the RB21 initiative to be introduced to new areas within the community. A 2010
workshop calendar has been developed and is presently circulating through the
community.
RB21 principals and guidelines have now been completely written into funding and
monitoring requirements at the Youth Bureau and United Way. Giving the opportunity
for numerous new agencies to start to participate in the YPQA.
December 2009
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Updates from Rockland County, NY
• Highlights:
 4 programs participated in YPQA
 Presentation to Aspira has lined up 5 more programs for winter YPQA
 BOCES (Board of Cooperative Educational Services) incluincorporating Youth
Worker Methods workshops at staff development meetings
 Americorps members will be working on database and website for youth
community service/leadership opportunities
• Sustainability situation
 Youth Bureau Board requiring attendance at Advancing Youth Development Basics
from all applicants for funding
 2010 monitoring by Youth Bureau will include YPQA information
 Participation in Youth Worker Methods Workshops supported by Rockland County
Capacity Building Institute (providing funding for trainings and announcement
distribution to data base)
December 2009
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Updates from Oklahoma
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
 Norman - United Way Taking on Mapping
 Tulsa - Core Group of YPQA Trainers and AYD Class
Completed
 State o Department of Education 21st CCLC
o Department of Human Services
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 State and Local Partners
o Have the right players at the table
 OICA Commitment
December 2009
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Updates from Rhode Island
• Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
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Legislation passed
Completed PD system analysis
Completed landscape mapping process (PL/PD survey)
Hosted advocacy event to highlight report findings
• Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
 2 more years on 21st CCLC contract for PQA
 2 more years of capacity building funds for Providence specific work
 State’s QRIS has agreed to adopt YYPQA for school-age programs
December 2009
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Updates from St. Louis
Highlights (key accomplishments since June 2009):
• Selected 14 new pilot organizations. 43 staff trained as internal assessors
and attended YPQA Planning w/data training. 7 SL4K/Wyman staff took
external assessor refresher course. Charles Smith led meeting on YPQA at
UW for providers, funders.
• Children’s Agenda Summit stimulated by Rb21 crew attended by 275
focused on mobilizing business, civic, faith communities to mobilize around
children/youth and to “think big” about changing the outcomes. Mayor
Slay hosted business, civic leaders breakfast to garner their support for
systems changes to build capacity to improve outcomes for children/youth.
Sustainability situation (the good news and the bad):
• Program quality is now better understood by funders. We are pursuing
funding to continue it.
December 2009
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Ready by 21 National Partnership
Founder and Managing Partner
Signature Partner
Mobilization Partners
Technical Partners
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What: We engage leaders through four steps
MEET LEADERS
WHERE THEY ARE
. . . Understanding
what they are trying
to change and how
they are organized
to do it
MEET
CHALLENGE
Improved
leader
outcomes
ASK THEM TO
COMMIT to
•Connecting with their
colleagues and
counterparts
•Share their challenges
and success
•Capture their success
•Critique the
Partnership’s efforts
ASK
HELP
CHALLENGE THEM
to think differently
and act differently as
a way to bring about
greater change
HELP BY OFFERING
OPPORTUNITIES TO
STRENGTHEN THEIR
CAPACITY to
•Build Better Partnerships
• Set Bigger Goals
•Use Better Data &
Decision-making
•Implement Bolder
Strategies
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What: We engage leaders through four steps
HELP BY OFFERING
OPPORTUNITIES TO
STRENGTHENMEET
THEIR
CAPACITY to
Ready by 21
Leadership
CHALLEN
GE Capacity Audit
•Build Better
Partnerships
• Set Bigger Goals
•Use Better Data
ASK
& Decision-making
HELP
•Implement Bolder
Strategies
See Appendix for detail on each of the four steps
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LEADERS
FAMILY
COMMUNITY
& SCHOOL
CHILDREN
& YOUTH
Accountability
Supports
Outcomes
INTEGRATED PLATFORM FOR COLLABORATION & TRACKING LEADERSHIP IMPACT:
INTEGRATED DATA PLATFORM FOR CONNECTING SUPPORTS TO OUTCOMES:
External Assets/Supports:
Community & Leadership
Capacity
What supports children and youth are getting
through informal and formal settings – what assets
What leaders are doing to maximize
coordination and resource flow –
coordinating structures, action agendas
Program Landscape:
What they are participating in at school, in the
community and at home – what activities, when, where,
with whom, what quality
Demographics & Public Data:
Who and where the children and
youth are -- basic demographics, family
status and geography
Financing & Sustainability: What
policies and resources support these
efforts – public and private funding streams,
eligibility requirements, policy changes,
funding priorities, tax credits
Participation:
How much they are participating in developmentally
important things – participation intensity & consistency
Quality & Effectiveness:
Public & Family Demand
Youth & Family Engagement
Of what quality are the environments, activities and
programs – point of service quality, program evaluation,
best practice & “what works”
What youth, families, and residents
think, want and do to help – public
awareness, public opinion, advocacy efforts
Professional Workforce:
IMPROVEMENT STRATEGIES:
Of what quality are the staff & volunteers working
with children and youth – training, credentialing,
ongoing professional development
Indicators & Report Cards
How well they are doing -- tracking &
reporting on risky behaviors and positive
outcomes
Developmental Progress:
How well they are doing – surveys & polls
of young people, internal assets, wellbeing
ALL PARTNERS IN THEIR AREAS OF EXPERTISE ABOVE.
OUTCOMES-FOCUSED PLANNING APPROACHES:
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