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THE READY BY 21® CHALLENGE:Ensuring that Every Young Person is Ready for College, Work & Life
Karen Pittman, Executive DirectorThe Forum for Youth InvestmentJuly 2008
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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 Leaders are Really Making a Difference.
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The American DILEMMA
THE GAP BETWEENVISION AND REALITY HAS TO BE CLOSED
At a time when“Failure is NOT an Option”
(The Hope Foundation)
and “Trying Hard is NOT Good Enough”
(Mark Friedman)
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The American DILEMMA
• Fragmentation
• Complacency
• Low Expectations of Youth, Communities and Leaders
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The Ready By 21 Challenge:Changing the Odds for YouthBy Changing the Way We Do Business
Youth Outcomes & Community Supports
Too few youth are ready for college, work and life, but we know what they need and if we provide more supports more will succeed.
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• 43% are doing well in two lifeareas 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
Too Few Young People are Ready
Doing Well43%
Doing Poorly22%
In the Middle35%
• 22% are doing poorly in two lifeareas 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
• Researchers Gambone, Connell & Klem (2002) estimate that only 4 in 10 are doing well in their early 20s.
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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?
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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…
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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.
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
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From 4 in 10 doing 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…
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But One Third of 6-17 Year Olds Lack the Supports They Need
50% 37%
13%
6 – 11 Years Old
45%30%
25%
12 – 17 Years Old
• According to the America’s Promise Alliance National Promises Survey, only 31% of 6-17 year olds have at least 4 of the 5 promises. 21% have 1 or none.
• The likelihood of having sufficient supports decreases with age:• 37% of 6-11 year olds have at least 4 promises; 13% have 1 or none.• Only 30% of 12-17 year olds have at least 4; 25% have 1 or none.
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Civic Social Emotional Physical Vocational Cognitive
Ages
Times of Day
OutcomeAreas
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The Challenge for All Community Stakeholders:To Fill the Developmental White Space
Morning . . . Night
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0 School AfterSchool
At its best, school only fills a portion of developmental space
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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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A Growing Consensus: Change is Needed
The business community, for example, is becoming increasingly vocal about the need for better prepared youth and its understanding of what it takes to ensure their success.
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21st Century Skills: The Common Core of Ensuring All Youth are Ready
Information & Media LiteracyCommunication
Critical & Systems ThinkingProblem Solving
Creativity, Intellectual CuriosityInterpersonal Skills
Self-DirectionAccountability and Adaptability
Social ResponsibilityFinancial LiteracyGlobal Awareness
Civic Literacy
Cultural & Behavioral Health Skills
Specific Vocational Knowledge & Skills
Subject Matter Knowledge
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Ready for Life
Ready for Work
Ready for College
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New Employer Survey Finds Skills in Short Supply
• 4 Leading business groups including Corporate Voices for Working Families and the Conference Board joined forces to survey over 400 employers and produce landmark study: Are They Really Ready to Work?
• 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
• The answer to the report –was a disturbing “NO.”
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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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Corporate Voices for Working FamiliesWorkforce Readiness Principles
• YOUTH: Reach all young people, provide additional supports to youth in disadvantaged situations, and address young people as active participants in designing and implementing solutions.
• LEARNING. Support a full range of learning opportunities across multiple developmental areas; be available in a wide range of settings throughout the day, before, during and after school and throughout the year.
• PROVIDERS. Recruit, train and compensate a professional staff that has the skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to support young people.
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Corporate Voices for Working FamiliesWorkforce Readiness Principles
• INFRASTRUCTURE. Requires an infrastructure for coordinated and strategic action.
• ACCOUNTABILITY. Utilize multiple assessment mechanisms that measure a range of outcomes and rely on improved collection and use of data.
• ALIGNMENT. Requires educators, business and community leaders to align their goals and strategies.
• PARTNERSHIPS. Requires bringing all relevant stakeholders to the table across sectors and systems.
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Ready by 21 Core Principles *
ABOUT COMMUNITY SUPPORTS
ABOUT LEADERSABOUT YOUTH• Invest early and often.• Support the whole child.• Focus attention on those
most in need.• Build on strengths, don’t
just focus on problem-reduction.
• See youth and families as change agents, not clients.
• Engage all sectors and stakeholders.
• Coordinate efforts, align resources.
• Inspire and inform the public.
• Children don’t grow up in programs, they grow up in families & communities.
• Support a full range of learning opportunities, formal/informal, in school and out.
• Assess and improve quality, reach and impact across all the places young people spend their time.
• Recruit, train and retain good staff.
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Corporate Voices for Working Families
Recommendations for Business *• Corporations Should Create a Coordinated Workforce
Readiness Strategy
• Corporations Should Track Workforce Readiness Training Investments
• Corporations Should Focus Special Attention on Creating Alternative Pathways for Disconnected Youth
• Corporations Should Increase Collaboration Across Sectors
• Corporations Should Increase Their Leadership in the Public Policy Arena
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Thinking Differently about Change
Increasing family, school and community supports for children and youth requires real changes in the way we do business, starting with changes in the way we frame the issues and prioritieze strategies.
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SOURCE:Margaret Dunkle
… See a Problem, Convene a Task Force, Create a Program…
Has Created a Tangle of Inefficiencies
Children’s Services in Los Angeles County
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Social & Emotional Health
Core Supports & Opportunities
Delinquency & Violence
Pregnancy & HIV/AIDS
Dropouts & Illiteracy
UnemploymentSubstance Abuse, Suicide, Depression
Civic Engagement
Educational Attainment
Physical Health
Vocational Readiness
& Success
Even the Smallest Communities have Too Many Initiatives
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We Need to Align the “Moving Trains” and “Standing Bodies”
MCTP
United Neighbor
hood Centers
Of Greater Roch.
Rochester‘s
ChildYouth 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. Subcomm
.
Youth Service
s Quality
C.
School Health Leaders
hip Team
RECAP
Community
Profile
Preventive
Services Coalition
RAEYC
Early Childho
od Develop
I.
Homeless
Continuum of care Impl. Team
MonroeCty. Sch& Comm.Health
Ed.Network
REEP
RochesterEffectiveness Partnership
N.E.T.
City Violen
ce Initiat
ive
Task Force
on Violenc
eDomestic Violence
Consortium
Perinatal CommunityConsortium
Do Right byKids campaign
HealthAction
DomesticViolence
Partnership
PerinatalSubstance
AbuseCoalition
PCIC
SACSI
Counselor’sConsortiumRocheste
r Children’s Collab.
Roch. Enterpri
se Commu
nity Zone P.
YRBS Group HW &
Tutoring Round TableStudent
Assistance Prof. Diversio
n Collabor
ative
Runaway &
Homeless
Youth Ser
Provider
Reg. 2 Prevent
ive Provid.
N
Homeless Services Network
CASASProviders
Adult Service
s Subcom
m.
StudentAsst. Prof.
Greater Roch.Area
Transitions
Collab.
America’s
Promise
NBN
Mentoring
Round Table
OASAS Preventi
on Initiativ
eCHANGE
SDFSCA Planning Committ
eesReclaimingYouth
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
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Aligning Efforts to Increase Change Horsepower
C = D x V x PAmount = Level of x Clarity x Adequacy of Change Dissatisfaction Vision of Plans
• The Harvard Change model provides a way to predict the amount of change that an organization or system can produce.
• Focusing is important, but by fragmenting our efforts we may actually be weakening demand and dissipating our capacity for sustained, high impact change.
Thinking Differently about Change
Increasing family, school and community supports for children and youth requires real changes in the way we do business, starting with changes in the way we frame the issues and prioritize strategies.
© The Forum for Youth Investment 2008
Bringing Precision to Passion
How do we move forward to make change?
• Agree on common terms and indicators across the three gears. • Use them consistently to set goals, make plans and track progress
across systems and settings.• Translate existing goals and plans into common language. • Make data systems talk to each other. Recalibrate as needed.
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Example Language
From Core Principles to Common Language
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Common Terms to describe all the elements that need to be monitored as a part of your change effort (e.g. ages, outcomes, settings)
An Actionable Vision that spells out goals across “the gears.”
Balanced Set of Indicators sorted and prioritized for each gear.
Counts, Baselines, Benchmarks to show where you started and where you want to go.
Priority Areas & Action Plans that help you set bigger goals, be better partners and deliver on bolder strategies
Implementation Strategies designed to achieve results.
Interlocking Tracking Systems that provide real time data on youth outcomes, youth participation, program/services availability and quality, and human and fiscal resource allocation.
Take aim
Take Stock
Take Action
Track Progress
Precision Basics
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Take Aim on the Big PictureHow are Young People Doing?
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
•Define desired goals/results
•Select indicators
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Take Stock of the Big Picture
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Take Action: Carefully
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNINGChildren Enter School Ready to Learn
Students graduate ready for college and
work
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Alternative:Learning to Focus Differently
Shifting Red to Yellow,
Yellow to Green
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Take Stock of the Big Picture
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
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Pre–K0–5
Children6–12
Youth13–19
Young Adults20–24
Families and Communities
Ready for College
Cognitive/ academic
development
Ready for Work
Vocational development
Ready for Life
Physical development
Social/ emotional
development
Civic and cultural
development
Children Enter School Ready to Learn
Traditional Approach: Pick One Area
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But What Happened to the Rest of the Picture?
Pre–K0–5
Children6–12
Youth13–19
Young Adults20–24
Families and Communities
Ready for
College
Cognitive/ academic
development
Ready for
Work
Vocational development
Ready for Life
Physical development
Social/ emotional
development
Civic and cultural
development
Children Enter School Ready to Learn
Children Enter School Ready to Learn
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Alternative:Learning to Focus Differently
Shifting Red to Yellow,
Yellow to Green
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
Pre-K0–5
School-Age6–10
Middle School11–14
High School15–18
Young Adults19–21+
Ready for College
LEARNING
Ready for Work
WORKING
Ready for Life
THRIVING
CONNECTING
LEADING
Moving Ideas to Impact
Bring Big Picture Thinking into all of your work.
The Maryland Model for The Maryland Model for Youth Transition Policy – Youth Transition Policy – Ready by 21® Ready by 21®
Secretary Brenda Donald, Department of Human ResourcesSecretary Brenda Donald, Department of Human Resources
Trudy Chara, Governor’s Workforce Investment BoardTrudy Chara, Governor’s Workforce Investment Board
Thomas Senecal, Maryland Youth Council Thomas Senecal, Maryland Youth Council
Key discussion points:Key discussion points:
““Ready by 21” plan developmentReady by 21” plan development Role of the Youth CouncilRole of the Youth Council Connecting to the “Moving Connecting to the “Moving
Trains” within the StateTrains” within the State ImplementationImplementation
Maryland’s 3-year Children’s Maryland’s 3-year Children’s PlanPlan
Goals:Goals:1.1. Develop a Comprehensive Prevention StrategyDevelop a Comprehensive Prevention Strategy2.2. Build on Established FoundationsBuild on Established Foundations3.3. Develop a Transition Aged Youth PlanDevelop a Transition Aged Youth Plan
Transition Aged Youth PlanTransition Aged Youth PlanReady by 21Ready by 21
Youth Leadership in Action ProgramYouth Leadership in Action Program
Launched in October 2006Launched in October 2006 Convened 30 stakeholders Convened 30 stakeholders Collaboration of:Collaboration of:
Casey FoundationCasey Foundation Forum for Youth InvestmentForum for Youth Investment Governor’s Office for ChildrenGovernor’s Office for Children
Involved the Statewide Youth CouncilInvolved the Statewide Youth Council
Goals of Ready by 21 -Goals of Ready by 21 -Ensuring that ALL of Maryland’s
309,000 youth aged 18-21 will be ready for college, work and life
Source: Forum for Youth Investment
How will we measure “readiness” How will we measure “readiness” in Maryland?in Maryland?Learning -Learning -
Increase in the % of youth classified by Increase in the % of youth classified by the highestthe highest degree or degree or highest level of school completedhighest level of school completed
Working -Working - Increase in the % of youth employed in the civilian labor forceIncrease in the % of youth employed in the civilian labor force
Thriving -Thriving - Decrease in the % of youth in MD aged 19-24 who have no Decrease in the % of youth in MD aged 19-24 who have no
health care coveragehealth care coverage Decrease in the % of youth that are infected with HIV or AIDSDecrease in the % of youth that are infected with HIV or AIDS Decrease in the # and rate of Deaths by Injury (homicide, suicide Decrease in the # and rate of Deaths by Injury (homicide, suicide
and accidental)and accidental) Decrease in the # and rate of arrests of youth ages 18-21 for Decrease in the # and rate of arrests of youth ages 18-21 for
violent, non-violent & drug offensesviolent, non-violent & drug offenses
Ready by 21 GoalsReady by 21 Goals
Goal 1: Making the CaseGoal 1: Making the CaseGoal 2: Support of Capable, Competent, Goal 2: Support of Capable, Competent,
Caring Adult Caring AdultGoal 3: HousingGoal 3: HousingGoal 4: Health and Well - Being Goal 4: Health and Well - Being Goal 5: Pathways to EducationGoal 5: Pathways to EducationGoal 6: Equal JusticeGoal 6: Equal JusticeGoal 7: AccountabilityGoal 7: Accountability
Role of the Youth CouncilRole of the Youth Council Created by Executive Order in 2006Created by Executive Order in 2006 Tasked to provide youth feedback to all Tasked to provide youth feedback to all
Maryland child-serving agencies and the Maryland child-serving agencies and the GovernorGovernor
Eventually charged with advising the Eventually charged with advising the Children’s Cabinet on the 3-year children’s Children’s Cabinet on the 3-year children’s plan, the Ready by 21 Agenda, and other key plan, the Ready by 21 Agenda, and other key issues affecting youth across the state. issues affecting youth across the state.
Youth Council - ChallengesYouth Council - Challenges Establishing a quorum, especially in a short Establishing a quorum, especially in a short
amount of timeamount of time Getting a large amount of work done with Getting a large amount of work done with
relatively few meetingsrelatively few meetings Eventually, a “core group” formed of those Eventually, a “core group” formed of those
members who were actively involvedmembers who were actively involved In order to be effective, the Council had to In order to be effective, the Council had to
focus on only a few issuesfocus on only a few issues
Youth Council - ResultsYouth Council - Results Members of the Youth Council successfully lobbied for the Members of the Youth Council successfully lobbied for the
adoption of the Ready by 21 Agenda and made adoption of the Ready by 21 Agenda and made recommendations for the Agenda.recommendations for the Agenda.
The Council drafted a Youth Bill of RightsThe Council drafted a Youth Bill of Rights The Council was able to target a few key issues and provide a The Council was able to target a few key issues and provide a
unique youth perspective on those issues to government unique youth perspective on those issues to government workers and members of the Children’s Cabinetworkers and members of the Children’s Cabinet
Council members continue to be involved in the Council members continue to be involved in the implementation of recommendations and advise the implementation of recommendations and advise the Children’s CabinetChildren’s Cabinet
The Council was involved in the drafting and passage of The Council was involved in the drafting and passage of Senate Bill 1, which will establish a whole new, all-Senate Bill 1, which will establish a whole new, all-incorporating Youth Council in September. incorporating Youth Council in September.
Maryland model was designed to Maryland model was designed to ‘connect to moving trains’:‘connect to moving trains’: Pathways to Education & Employment Pathways to Education & Employment
Subcommittee recommendations to the Subcommittee recommendations to the Children’s Cabinet Children’s Cabinet
DHR and DLLR agreementDHR and DLLR agreement GWIB Emerging Workforce CommitteeGWIB Emerging Workforce Committee
Youth resources web portalYouth resources web portal Data sharing across child serving agenciesData sharing across child serving agencies
Implementation – Key stepsImplementation – Key steps
Steering Committee -Steering Committee - Five core Subcommittees formed to focus on seven Five core Subcommittees formed to focus on seven
goal areasgoal areas
Structure -Structure - Subcommittees are comprised of members Subcommittees are comprised of members
representing the agencies on the Children’s Cabinetrepresenting the agencies on the Children’s Cabinet
Connect moving trains - Connect moving trains - Leveraging resourcesLeveraging resources
Implementation - ChallengesImplementation - Challenges Program DevelopmentProgram Development
Meet timeline to develop an implementation planMeet timeline to develop an implementation plan Developing sustaining agency partnerships to fully Developing sustaining agency partnerships to fully
implement recommendations implement recommendations Sustaining steering committee membership and Sustaining steering committee membership and
enthusiasmenthusiasm Staff support provided from Ready by 21 teamStaff support provided from Ready by 21 team
Lessons LearnedLessons Learned Timing is everything!Timing is everything! Highest level leadership support is essential.Highest level leadership support is essential. Connecting moving trains helps move the Connecting moving trains helps move the
agenda and build partnership.agenda and build partnership. Engage new players as soon as possible will Engage new players as soon as possible will
help to ensure continuity of effort.help to ensure continuity of effort. Engaging youth is critical to success.Engaging youth is critical to success.
For more information email Marina Chatoo: [email protected] more information email Marina Chatoo: [email protected]
Governor’s Office for Children
Department of Budget and Management
Department of Disabilities
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Department of Human Resources
Department of Juvenile Services
Maryland State Department of Education
Governor’s Workforce Investment Board
Maryland Youth Council
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Our Work This Morning
• Use these ideas and tools to get a better sense of the current picture in your state and how you can link, align and leverage your efforts.
Across Ages
AcrossOutcomes
By Population
Change the oddsfor youth
Across Systems & Settings
With Quality Supports
Change the landscapeof communities
Stakeholders& Strategies
Change the waywe do business
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Big Picture Coordinating Bodies
Big Picture GoalsMessages & frameworks
Youth centered data
Common metrics
Big Tent PartnersEngaged stakeholders
Linked coalitions & coordinating structures
Big Impact StrategiesImproving systems & services
Aligning Policies and resources
Engaging youth and families
Increasing demand
A Blueprint for Action
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Optional for Team Time:
Does your state have the change horsepower that it needs?