a brief introduction to ready by 21 a program of the forum for youth investment a community-based...
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•A Brief Introduction to Ready by
21
• A program of the Forum for Youth Investment• A community-based approach to improving
outcomes for youth.
• 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.
• Working in partnership with the government, business, education and nonprofit sectors, we provide a framework, coaching and tools for leaders who care about youth.
• 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.
Leaders – change-makers – are the pivot point of the Ready by 21 approach
Source: Ready by 21
moving the small gear makes a big difference
SOURCE:Margaret Dunkle
Business as Usual… See a Problem, Convene a Task Force, Create a Program…
Has Created a Tangle of Inefficiencies
Children’s Services in Los Angeles County
Shared Outcomes• Focusing on shared outcomes enables us to
move towards critical community goals.
• Using shared outcomes allows us to act strategically using a systems-based approach.
• Committing to shared outcomes is part of “big picture” thinking.
COLLABORATIONS
United Neighborh
ood Centers Of
Greater Roch.
Rochester‘s Child
Youth 2000
Juvenile
Justice
Council
CCSI TIER
II
Interagency
Council
Comm. Asset
Network
Board of
Health
Children & Family
Serv. Subcomm
.
School Health Leaders
hip Team
RECAP
Community Profile
Preventive
Services Coalition
RAEYC
Early Childho
od Develop
I.
Homeless
Continuum of care
Impl. Team Monroe
Cty. Sch& Comm.
Health Ed.Network
RochesterEffectiveness Partnership
N.E.T.
City Violenc
e Initiati
ve
Task Force
on Violenc
e Domestic Violence
Consortium
Perinatal CommunityConsortium
Do Right byKids campaign
PerinatalSubstance
AbuseCoalition
SACSI
Counselor’sConsortium
Rochester
Children’s Collab.
Roch. Enterprise Community
Zone P.
YRBS Group
HW & Tutoring
Round Table
Student Assistance Prof.
Adult Service
s Subcom
m.
StudentAsst. Prof.
Greater Roch.Area
Transitions
Collab.
America’s
Promise
CHANGE
Continuous Improvement
Service Delivery
Advocacy
Evaluation
Positive Outcomes for
Youth & Families
© 2008 The Forum for Youth Investment. Ready by 21 and the Ready by 21 Logo are
registered trademarks of the Forum for Youth Investment.
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Best Practice
Community Mobilization
CASASProvide
rs
Cross - Systems Change
MCTP
NBN Not Me Not Now
SDFSCA Planning Committ
eesReclaimi
ngYouth
PCIC
OASAS Preventi
on Initiativ
e
Community
Service Board
Reg. 2 Prevent
ive Provid.
N
Mentoring
Round Table
Runaway &
Homeless Youth
Ser Provider
DomesticViolence
Partnership
HealthAction
Homeless Services Network
Youth Services Quality
C.
Diversion Collabora
tive
The Big Picture Approach–Child- and Youth-Centered–Research-Based–Action-Oriented
Focus and Prioritize Differently… see both the forest and the trees
The Big Picture Approach:Thinking Differently
Support educational outcomes
• What do youth need to succeed in school? To plan to graduate from college? To be ready to succeed in college and work by age 21?
• How can we help youth succeed in school? Plan to graduate from college? Succeed in college and work by age 21?
• What critical services do we need to fund in order to achieve these goals?
Support critical services• Basic supports including safe housing• Transportation• After-school programs• Civic, social and work opportunities• Social supports• Access to physical and mental health
care
The Total Child requires the Total Community. We have to insulate the education pipeline.
© 2008-2010 The Forum for Youth Investment. Ready by 21 and the Ready by 21 Logo are registered trademarks of the Forum for Youth Investment.
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Do these Supports Really Make a Difference? Even in Adolescence?
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Youth with SupportiveRelationships
Youth with UnsupportiveRelationships
Ready by End of 12th Grade Not Ready
ABSOLUTELY
SOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth: Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
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…
… 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.
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Do these Supports Make a Difference in Adulthood?
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Ready by 21 Not Ready by 21
Good Young Adult Outcomes
Poor Young Adult OutcomesSOURCE: Finding Out What Matters for Youth: Testing Key Links in a Community Action Framework for Youth Development
from 4 in 10doing well
to 7 in 10 doing well
Providing These Supports CAN Change the Odds
Gambone/Connell’s research suggests that if all young people got the supports they needed in early adolescence, the picture could change…
It is Marketable
It Matters
It is Malleable
It is Measureable
Research shows that improved youth outcomes requires program attendance and program quality.
The core elements of program quality are both measurable and consistent across a broad range of program types.
Decision-makers and providers will invest in improving quality if they believe that it matters, is measurable and is
malleable given available resources.
Most programs can improve quality by undertaking integrated assessment and improvement efforts.
Quality Counts
Help leaders improve what they do, how they do it and rethink why they do it…
Enabling increases in the availability and quality of family, school and community supports needed to help children and youth…
Leading to positive outcomes and raising the probability that young people are ready for college, work and life by 21
What’s needed?
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CHILDREN& YOUTH
FAMILY COMMUNITY& SCHOOLLEADERS
Accountability Supports Outcomes
Change the oddsfor youth
Change the waywe do business
Change the landscapeof communities
Washtenaw County Data• These data are from 2005 (HIP data)
as well as 2007-8 (school data) and other sources. We need to update these dashboards as well as analyze data by residence, SES, race and age.
Learning Dashboard
LEARNING Elementary Age(6-10)
MiddleSchool(11-13)
HighSchool(14-18)
YoungAdults(19-24)
MEAP math scores 93 79 63
MEAP reading scores 90 83 71
MEAP writing scores 65 75 56
Average Daily School Attendance 95 95 95
High school completion 88
Earned 2- or 4-year degree within 5 years 67
All Washtenaw County children and youth will have an effective education that promotes life-long learning.
No Data/NA Critical Status Cautious Status Satisfactory Status
Thriving DashboardAll Washtenaw County children and youth will be healthy
through access to resources and practice of good health habits.
No Data/NA Critical Status Cautious Status Satisfactory Status
THRIVINGElementary
Age(6-10)
MiddleSchool(11-13)
HighSchool(14-18)
YoungAdults(19-24)
Child Poverty 8.6 %
Free and reduced lunch 22 %
Chlamydia rates 1 % 37 % 39 %
Depression/Suicide – Suicide thoughts 20 %
Substance abuse Alcohol use in last 30 days 14 %
Physical activity and weightYouth at normal weight 66 % 79 % 56 %
Connecting Dashboard
CONNECTINGElementary
Age(6-10)
MiddleSchool(11-13)
HighSchool(14-18)
YoungAdults(19-24)
School safety – harassmentExperience a school environment safe from
intimidation and harassment41%
School safety – physical violenceExperience a school environment safe from
physical violence48%
Delinquency 48%
Confirmed cases of neglect/abuse 218
Extracurricular Participation 56
Single, supportive adult 92
All Washtenaw County children and youth will make positive choices and are safe and supported in their families and communities.
No Data/NA Critical Status Cautious Status Satisfactory Status